289 vs 318 ..... Ford vs Mopar

Heard about this 65 Falcon in the early 70s. It had quite a reputation. The owner had this and a 67 Corvette fastback. In 1974, he was getting married and sold both. I bought the Falcon Futura 289. Heads were ported into water passages, heated in a foundry and welded. Chevy intake valves were turned down to 1.94", 1 5/8" exhaust valves. Racer Brown .525 lift solid lifter cam with 1.6 Chevy rockers, Holley 800 cfm double pumper, cranking cylinder pressure was 225 lbs.. Unhook the exhaust pipes and it sounded like the early funny cars. Some kind of made up T10 sprint car 4 speed trans from Holman-Moody. Early 8.75 Chrysler with 4.10 and Chrysler Super Stock springs and pinion snubber with added crossmember. In 1975, I had the builder move the frame rails in and widened the tubs 3". I bought 4 6" Cragar SS and had the rears widened to 9". Goodyear Polyglas F70s front and L60s rear. Car weighed 2840 lbs with 1/2 tank gas. Don't know any hp or torque but I could let the clutch out and just start rolling, then stomp it to the floor and it would pull like a 440. Then at about 6500 rpm, those L60 would bust loose. Ride it out until it stopped spinning, at 8000rpm yank 2nd and repeat, then chirp the tires hard in 3rd. I hung out with mostly 440 Mopar a-body drag racers and even they were impressed.