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Originally Posted by willhe64
Today's engines make WAY more power than the muscle cars of yore. Saw an article where they put a gen5 SS up against the 3 most powerful muscle cars ever. A boss 429 mustang, a hemi 'cuda and an l82 corvette. All 3 of those cars made about 280hp to the rear wheels on a modern chassis dyno. The Camaro made 380. A small block with 50 less cubes no less.
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Exactly! Except I think you meant L88 instead of L82. L82s were only about 245 net horsepower, at the crank, and that was in 1973. I think they dropped off as the 70s wore on until about 1980, which I think was the last year.
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