Thread: Which is better 350,383,400,400 plus?

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Well, if we're talking a bracket car then it probably doesn't matter a whole lot which engine or what horsepower as long as it can perform the same round after round... IMO you would want to build what ever size engine for reliability rather then highest possible horse for a bracket racer or any of the Super Classes where a breakout is a factor. As a standard rule I tried to run my bracket engines at about 80% of their full potential sacrificing the lower ET to consistency. I ran a Super Gas car a couple of summers that would run a best of 9.70's, then used the rev limiter and a throttle stop to bring it back to 9.90....

Unless you're running heads up, the high horse engines really have no advantage...

Well with the max hp ,and torque being the same on all the engines ,which will give the lowest e.t.? Will one have a advantage in achieving max horsepower sooner?