what more could you possible need
>>29098452>what more could you possible needMore displacement and torque. Ford had the 428 cobra jet, Chrysler offered the 426 Hemi and 440 six pack, and chevy put 427 into Chevelles. 400-ci was PATHETIC.
>>29098461The Judge came out in 1969, when GM corporate still had a rule against any engine larger than 400 cubic inches in a midsize car*. 1970 is when that edict was discarded and the GM midsizers all got the 400+ engines: the Chevy 454 and B-O-P 455s. The inbetween engines were of course available earlier if you knew the right guy at the right dealer, or just outright lied when you made the car.>the 427 Chevelles you mentioned were COPO order only and extremely rare>the earlier Buick nailhead 400 was actually slightly larger than that, Buick just wrote "400" on the air cleaner and no one bothered double checking>Hurst/Olds came with the Rocket 455 and it was okay because it was supposedly installed by Hurst, not Olds, which was total bullshit and Hurst only did the pinstriping and namesake shifterThing is that just because an option was available doesn't mean it was always the best thing. Hey cool your 7.7L engine makes 10 more GROSS horsepower (2hp net once the accessories are added) and even more torque on an engine that's already putting out 500lbft+ and more than the tires of the day can even manage, but the idle is so ungodly rough that it stalls at lights half the time, you've got no A/C, and your wipers quit working at below 1300rpm because lol vacuum.*midsize RWD car, presumably to protect the Corvette, since the Toronado was a personal luxury car smaller than the full size B-bodies and it got the Rocket 425 but was FWD
>>29098452What was the actual power output? We all know that 370 is a bullshit gross-at-the-crank-on-a-good-day-blueprinted-race-fuel-rounded-up figure.
>>29098461Were any of them faster than a RA II?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89UoHtbbNx4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGgBtNOB6Z8&list=PLrgl5WuZ1keplu2VlxvkTRJ9haTMZPY15&index=5https://www.hotrod.com/features/fireflight-november-1989-982-1410-44-1
>>29098506Second vid start at 1:33.
>>29098452Big blocks with modern parts are insane.A 454 with AFR heads and modern camshaft is a easy 600 horsepower combo.It's absolutely insane how good heads are these days
>>29098452a car that actually exists in my market.
