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68 S-code GT
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posted 01-17-2003 01:37 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 68 S-code GT   Click Here to Email 68 S-code GT     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What is a good HP figure for a fresh stock 390 GT engine in real world numbers?

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jkilroy
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posted 01-17-2003 02:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jkilroy   Click Here to Email jkilroy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm going to guess 240-250ish in stock form.

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posted 01-17-2003 02:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Moneymaker   Click Here to Email Moneymaker     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Real world?
Having had a dozen or so of them over the years, I would say that well tuned, with a GOOD Holley and a set of any headers, about 320-325 is right on.
Good compression, great cam, decent heads, and a great carb made the 390 GT engine a pretty good deal.
Weight was the greatest foe of the 67-68 390 Mustangs.
66 Fairlanes and Cyclones could hold their own against GTO's, 383 Mopars, 442's etc in their day. They pretty much dominated C stock and C/SA in 1966. It was the under rated 428 CJ's, 396 chebbies that would murder them.
In case manyof you didn't know it the 396-375 chebbie as originally introduced in 1965 was rated at 425 HP.
It miraculously lost 50 HP in 1966 without a single mechanical change.
It took FoMoCo two years to learn how to play the HP rating game.


63.5-67 289 HiPo = 271
69-70 Boss 302 =290 HP


Yeah right.

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68 S-code GT
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posted 01-17-2003 03:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 68 S-code GT   Click Here to Email 68 S-code GT     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Jay,

is your number a rear wheel estimate?

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