Horse power drop using early A 273 manifolds

In '68 and '69, the 273 and 318 used the same exact manifolds, so, how can there be any difference? If your question is whether using the '64-6 LH manifold instead of a '67-up LH manifold, I doubt there would be much difference since the 273HP engine had 235 HP vs. 230 for the stock 318. Now, with engine mods, and/or high RPM, you'd need some dyno testing to see what differences there might be.

Commando was 65-67 only. A Body 273/318 Exhaust manifolds same from 67-69. A stock 2 barrel 318 wished it made 230 hp, more like 150-170 hp.