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Originally Posted by MackSteelPrivateEye
Because of gearing mostly. The High pressure fuel injection also helps. If you put them on a Dyno the old school V8 will be actually putting out more power.
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Could you get 455 out of a Gen2 LT1? Sure.
Streetable @ 350 ci? Barely. 383/396 was better.
Street Legal/pass smog? NOPE! No way.
Been there. Done that. It took a lot of coins to get 450ish on the street N/A.
It took a lot of coin to go the blower/turbo route too.
There were few stock BBC's that could match the power level we are at and they were not RPO's.
Remember, before 1971 all factory motors were rated at GROSS horsepower, not NET horsepower like today's motors.