Posted on 08/02/2012 8:53:43 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
The 427 with three two barrels was rated at 435 hp. I had one in a ‘67 Corvette. The thing destroyed the multiple U-joints in the independent rear suspension on a regular basis, along with the left motor mount.
Hyundais are great, reliable cars.
Now that I think back, the 427 that was rated at 425 hp may have been the one with a huge Holley four barrel carb. I seriously thought of converting my 3-2 barrel to that, as the outboard carbs got constantly gunked up from lack of gas passing through. It was just too violent on city streets to be kicking in those secondaries very often. I would literally chirp the tires when they opened in 1st or 2nd gear with 60’s tires.
Once upon a time, I had a ‘67 Malibu someone had resurrected from the junkyard and did a partial “SS” on it. I still miss that car....but I hit a hard spot and had to sell it...
Yes, my lovely daughter has an 05 Accent, nothing fancy, but it’s good basic transportation, 120k miles on it and runs good as new. And I’m impressed with how smooth and comfortable it rides for such a small car.
Yeah, plenty of “womenfolk” who know a thing or two about cars. There’s some members of Girlie Girl Racing who show up at the local cruise nights from time to time. These ladies have some pretty impressive rides.
Most of the HP ratings back in the muscle car days were plainly made up.
Some over rated and some under rated.
The Dodge 440 Wedge, 426 Hemi, Ford 427 SOHC and 429 SCJ were not rated anywhere near what they would actually do.
GM rated their engines based on a hand-built blue printed engine not just something that was randomly pulled off the line and thrown on a dyno.
I was always impressed with the 396 (and 454) as torque engines but sure liked the way a small block revs and makes HP.
Not to mention the big block’s predesessors, the 348 and 409. My dad had a 59 Impala convertible w/a 348, nothing short of a Vette could beat it. But he sold it before I was old enough to drive :(
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