Re: [FWDLK] DAMMIT, we're in agreement; I hate that!

[Bill Watson <wwatson@xxxxxxxxx>]

When it  comes to the advertised horsepower ratings of an engine, it's not
the engineering department that sets the fgures, it's the advertising
department.

As a case in point, in 1958 Chrysler of Canada used a 2-bbl version of the
354-cid Chrysler V8 in the Dodge Custom Royal, DeSoto Firedome and Chrysler
Windsor.  When you check the parts book, all three cars used the same
parts - the part numbers are identical for all three  (although the DeSoto
did use a different carb during part of the year).

You would think the numbers would be the same for all three, since the
engines (carb, manifolds, and all) are identical for all three.  Nope ....

Dodge Custom Royal :
    HP - 275 @ 4400 rpm;  Torque - 370 @ 2000 rpm
DeSoto Firedome :
   HP - 295 @ 4600 rpm;  Torque - 385 @ 2000 rpm
Chrysler Windsor :
   HP - 290 @ 4400 rpm;  Torque - 385 @ 2000 rpm

When it came to the 426 hemi, there apparently was an unwritten "ceiling"
for advertising horsepower ratings back then - 425.   No American
manufacturer had an engine with more than 425 advertised horsepower.  The
engineering departments had other figures, though.

Bill
Vancouver, BC


----- Original Message -----
From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 5:00 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] DAMMIT, we're in agreement; I hate that!


> So, who  you gonna believe? The  (H.P.) "numbers", or the guy who
> INVENTED them?
>
> Beyond the fact that the D501 woulda kicked the A-- of the 56 D-500-1 ,
> ( & the 56 D-500-1
> MIGHTA been faster than the 57 Super D500 )
> nobody (beyond "The Shadow") really knows
> what 'numbers'  these engines REALLY produced!---but, ya know,   "The
> Factory"  shoulda dyno'ed  the 50's/60's  engines!  Too bad there is
> no-one  with factory documentation,
> to show what the "blue-printed"  engines woulda 'made'.
>
> btw,  I forget the 'real' H.P. numbers, but the 60's  426 c.i. engine
> ACTUALLY made, what?  550 H.P. (@ the flywheel)?
>
> Neil
>

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