Realistic horsepower for the street

[Ron61]

Rick,

I had a 418 stroker for racing and a 408 for the street. The 418 put out around 530 horse and the 408 around 490. I have owned every FE engine that Ford has built including the 332 PI and all are good, but I stand by my statement that like the BB/SB there is no clear winner. It all depends on what you want to do with the car. Myself I much prefer the Stroked 351 Windsor in a Cobra to a BB. Since my racing has always been road racing, I don't have to worry to much about 200 MPH top end that the BB will give. I still have one BB car and it is a 69 with 42,012 original miles on it and still has the original old Polyglas Tires. Fun to drive at times but won't begin to corner like my Cobra did. Please note that in my prior post I said I had Windsor Strokers. But I also know of a couple of very good running 302s around here. The worst engine I ever had in a car was a 1965 427 Tunnel Port with two huge Holly Carbs that you could stand in. I traded it after about a month for 390HiPo as it wouldn't run on the street at all unless I was in 1st or 2nd gear. Some drag racer wanted it for his Mustang and I was more than happy to part with it and he paid to have the swap made. But once you got it above 6800 RPM it really took off.

Ron

[Nantucket427]

Is just about right for our cars to drive on the street, much more and you will be sh...ing yourself evertime you WOT. Traction is the problem and knowing how to use it. I recommend a High Performance driving school for everyone.

I don't like seeing a wrecked one.

Hill Street Blues quote; "People be carefull out there."

[D-CEL]

"You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough."

William Blake

So first i need to find the "too much"