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Originally Posted by Fearer2010SS
Ummm you do know that before 1972 these cars were rated SAE gross? So take an engine like an LS5 making 365hp/465lb-ft in Chevelle SS application only made 270hp/390lb-ft in 1972. The only difference is that SAE gross ratings measure power without any accessories attached to the engine, while SAE net measures them with on. SAE net is how engine power is measured to today. The LS3 or L99 would smoke any classic musclecar power wise if your convert the figures back to SAE gross.
As for musclecars having crappy tires your right about that. But what your forgetting is that automakers would often send tricked out ringer cars to these auto magazine tests rather than the "real" stock version. Case and point would be the 421 64 GTO........
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Sure I am aware of that, but my point is the actual 1/4mile times. The example above is they lowered the stock Barracuda times from 14sec to 12sec by just adding slicks which were still inferior to todays street tires. So your point of any LS3 or L99 would smoke any Classic musclecar does not hold true unless you mean on the top end.