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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Yes but take the engines of that era and apply today's emission control and mileage requirements to them and see what happens.
Comparing older tech and engines can be a slippery slope.
Hell my old 440 R/T made almost as much HP at idle as it did at WOT and the torque line was almost a flat line.
Much like this (only not so high of numbers since those would have been a pipe dream back then)

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Omg, that torque dip. Needs headers and a tune.
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