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10-10-2009 06:43 PM #11
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Nitrowarrior, Only 300 H.P.? Back in the fiftys 200 H.P. was considered hot and the 8CM fourdy shows above is one sweet flathead! Here are some pages from the Newhouse Special Handbook circa 1952 (the 14th Edition!). Over the years I penciled in the H.P. data for a high reving OHC Pinto 2000 and the tiny 1275 cc MG Midget engine but you can see that anything over 120 H.P. was semi-hot on the street for the time, 300 H.P. on the street would make fourdy king of the hill until about 1953!
Don Shillady
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