Power advantage between Ford 351, Mopar 340 and Chevy 350??

Mean416 said
I don't trust old school magazine quarter mile numbers. Look at what those guys were working with for tires. And those production cars were so saddled with all kinds of BS from the factory that made them slower and heavier than they would have been in the hands of a decent tuner.

Just look at what basic cam heads and intake mods do to a factory car, even from that era. You can make a lot more power pretty easy. Go watch the Richard Holdener video where he mods a Mopar 360 out of a 70s era dodge van. He makes damn good power with very modest upgrades.

You know the manufacturers would sometimes roll in with a "ringer" car to do magazine testing.

One thing that always stands out, Mr. bastid points out, the mph on the lower HP 340 compared to the higher rated hp chevy. those chevies must have weighed a bunch, or they were overrated and/or mopar underrated the 340. :)

70 LT1 Z28 4.10/auto car ran something like 100mph and 14.2ish in the 1/4 during a test IIRC. About the same as the Mopar posted earlier in the thread. Hmmmm