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Old 07-26-2009, 04:00 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt View Post
All of the advertised HP numbers on engines are fake -- it's just like advertised prices on cars. Most of the better known engine builders will tell you the truth though if you ask them "With everything hooked up on the engine, and with the mufflers attached, what will it make at the crank?" and then follow it up with "... and what does that usually translate to in HP at the rear wheels with my trans. and the POS rear I'm using?" You know they know the answers.
So the Dyno results that Roush provided me with my engine are not actual results at the crank? Same thing with a KC engine or a Ford Crate Motor?

Never been on a Dyno to see what the readings are at the rear wheels. Don't really care.
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