Guess the horsepower game, 1961 Ford 390

[lowriser]

366 hp

[RougeRiverForeman]

369hp

[Twinibeam66]

389

[Adam Dice]

376

[447 Stroker]

336

[TTA89]

When does it go on the dyno?

My guess... 396

[blykins]

When does it go on the dyno?

My guess... 396

It's been dyno'd and shipped.    It made 390 hp.

[yellercat]

383

[shady]

Am I the winner winner?

[WerbyFord]

When does it go on the dyno?

My guess... 396

It's been dyno'd and shipped.    It made 390 hp.

I'm just catching up.
Results in dyno section, here:

http://fepower.net/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=9879.0

DYNO:
Torq 458
Powr 390 at 5400

When I Gonkulate it as built in the dyno section (a bit different than above)
Torq 424 at 3600
Powr 387 at 5200

So:
1. This proves to me that the old "not cool" 390HiPo 4v intake is every bit as good as I thought,  maybe better.
2. This fits with my 4-intake shootout, where, up to 330ft and 60mph, The 390HiPo intake was the quickest of the 4 intakes I tested on my 4400 lb 3.00 geared dog (390HiPo vs 428PI vs Ed RPM vs Iron-Z)
3. Note the dyno made 34 ftlb more Torq than the Gonkulator. That's some incredible torq from this build.
4. Remember that when this intake came out, USA had not yet put a man in space. In fact IIRC, Ike was still President.

EDIT NOTE: JFK had likely won the election already, but the 390/375-4v is featured in Dec 1960 Hot Rod, so I figure Ike was still in office. Very visionary of Ike to build all those freeways, he must have seen the 1960s cars coming.

[427John]

When does it go on the dyno?

My guess... 396

It's been dyno'd and shipped.    It made 390 hp.

I'm just catching up.
Results in dyno section, here:

http://fepower.net/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=9879.0

DYNO:
Torq 458
Powr 390 at 5400

When I Gonkulate it as built in the dyno section (a bit different than above)
Torq 424 at 3600
Powr 387 at 5200

So:
1. This proves to me that the old "not cool" 390HiPo 4v intake is every bit as good as I thought,  maybe better.
2. This fits with my 4-intake shootout, where, up to 330ft and 60mph, The 390HiPo intake was the quickest of the 4 intakes I tested on my 4400 lb 3.00 geared dog (390HiPo vs 428PI vs Ed RPM vs Iron-Z)
3. Note the dyno made 34 ftlb more Torq than the Gonkulator. That's some incredible torq from this build.
4. Remember that when this intake came out, USA had not yet put a man in space. In fact IIRC, Ike was still President.

Regarding item 4 unless your including the 352 HP intake with it, Kennedy was  pres then and while we were close to a man in space the original 7 were still perturbed to see a test rocket blow up on the launch pad occasionally.

[turbohunter]

I had heard Ike built the freeways in order to move troops and equipment around quickly in case of invasion. Remember the time we were in back then.

[machoneman]

I had heard Ike built the freeways in order to move troops and equipment around quickly in case of invasion. Remember the time we were in back then.

True, or mainly true. I'd read that as C-in-C of all forces in Europe, he and other senior commanders were impressed by Hitler's building of the Autobahn which was done primarily to move troops to all corners of the Third Reich.

[Dumpling]

Military use is why the bridge abutments are kept to an angle that military vehicles can easily climb in the event that the bridge itself is destroyed.

[Dan859]

I've had ex-military guys tell me that the interstates were intentionally designed with the straightaways able to be used to land planes on, in case the airport runways were damaged.