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Old 10-22-2019, 06:23 AM   #207
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Originally Posted by AZCamaroFan View Post
that's odd. why underrate it so much ?
Once upon a time back in the 60's that was done all the time, even by the BIG 3, HOWEVER, in this day and age, not so much, its too easy to get called out and proven you are fudging numbers...and THAT was a bunch!


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Originally Posted by DGthe3 View Post
Something is very off. Motortrend (and others) regularly have pretty happy dynos, but this is insane. That car isn't making another 70 hp over advertised (let alone another 170 ft-lbs), not when it was SAE rated. I'd place my money on either a poorly calibrated dyno or a botch on the environmental inputs.
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