400 hp 5.2l vs 5.9l Magnums
No Rob, he’s 100% correct. The more power strokes you make in the same time the quicker and faster the car will be.
Agreed. He crutched a 318’s weaker output with more gear is the way to go- no argument. How he states what he did his a run & hide - smoke and mirror show side stepping the 318’s lack of power and then claiming in a way it’s all a wash with gearing when the topic is power.
Further BS is hiding the fact with more smoke and mirror with chassis issues which are not the starter topic of engine power but just a way to beef up what is not there. It’s illusion.
When the 632 BBC became the rage, all the guys using them were shifting at something like 6200 and the 572 guys were shifting at 7k. The 632’s were slower.
I remember.
Today, the 632’s are shifting at 8500 plus.
Im not sure why Chrysler guys are so afraid of RPM. 7k is nothing.
It’s because they have to drill a block and stop other oiling issues.
In this below;
A highly efficient 361 making say 1.45 lbs-ft per cid and a terribly inefficient 400 making 1.1 lbs-ft per cid but both making same peak hp which is probably impossible with those lbs-ft:cid but if so the 361 would spin lower and make more torque than the 400
This is true to a point but assumes much and leaves many variables out. He is making blanket statements that are a false leading paths.
I made the stroke the same but left the bore sizes at a huge difference on purpose but tightening them up with a 383-400 could yield get more discrepancies and seeming outlandish results.
Verification via a calculator also assumes much as variables in person builds or material and conditions of the quality of parts and machine work abound greatly.
In the above posts, his see- able claim is a 318 can out power a 360 through rpm. If I stop here, it’s a challenge for some to see that possible. But it is through changes of the engine. But he stated 400hp set of engines. And the 318 wins through gearing and rpm.
This is short sighted IMO since the 318 was helped in the conversation but not the 360. Might as well have given the 360 a 2bbl. & exhaust manifolds running 2.76 gears on 33’s.
Sound absurd? He does to me.
I’m not 318 bashing which everyone should know I don’t talk that trash. I have a ‘70 (IIRC) sitting on the side that I want to do what most people call a waste of money and insane. Build the hell out of it.
Hey, it’s only money and my time to waste right?
LMAO