me vs carbd 5.0

[Unit 5302]

Originally posted by Road Warrior:
Alot of people underestimate what carbed cars can do. Before i got my engine done i was going around with the old 4 speed and the original 302 which had quite a few miles on it. and i could run right with fuelie 5.0's...

You made it sound stock, and even with the mods you suggest, the car wouldn't have been strong enough to run with a well driven fuelie 5.0, unless you were racing an AOD. Your heads, compression, and cam were all weaker than the fuelie cars. You may have had a weight advantage, but your powerband and your tranny gearing would have been worse. Picking up 50hp+ from the parts you suggest is crazy. Your car would still have been less aggressive than the 85GT, which wasn't a match for the 87+ cars.

The EFI cars dominate the carb cars in torque, dispite it not meaning anything to a properly setup car anyway. 86 and 93 had 285lb/ft, and 87-92 made 300lb/ft.