360 vs 383
Not a theoretical guy. No youtube, no calculators, no racing (my friends do that)
OK but you used NHRA specs to make a point and used them incorrectly at that.
Calculators are tools. Mock them all you want but I’ll base whatever I’m doing on data and fact.
Just built engines in the old days. Used to buy cars with 360's pull the heads, 727 trans, and 8 3/4 pig and send them to the scrap yard. A lot of back in the day has not changed.
None of that makes sense or has any relevance to the discussion. It also sounds as if you’ve been living under a rock for the last 50 years.
There are those who can, and those who can't.
Which is true for all walks of life. Your point being?
Who needs 750 on the street.
No one needs it but it’s fun to have it. I don’t think anyone is talking about building a 700 hp street 383 engine either. I used the example to illustrate that to run a number within a particular racing class, you’d need *** hp to do it. Not sure how you twisted that around?
I am happy with around 300 real hp.
Why even bother with a V8 then? I personally wouldn’t be happy with such mediocre output. I wouldn’t advertise it either.
Have fun playing with your calculator.
You make it seem like using tools to gain information is a bad thing. Don’t mock what you don’t understand. understanding comes from knowledge and knowledge comes from information. Right?
Honestly though, your arguments are mostly emotional ones. Engine building is a technological pursuit based in fact and hard numbers which is the opposite of emotion.
Have fun making less power than the engines originally came with.