[GregWeld]

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The 383 was always about TORQUE vs Horsepower.... The horsepower rises because HP is nothing more than a mathematical # based on Torque and RPM's

So if the torque rises - and you spin the motor to the same RPM's - your're going to have a higher HP number


So - Torque X's RPM's divided by 5252


So let's take a 350 that makes 385 ft lbs of TQ and spin it to 6000


You'd have 439 HP


Let's take the torquey 383 and spin it to the same number but using 425 ft lbs of TQ


That works out to be 485 HP



Now ---- if a guy built a 350 with higher RPM in mind -- let's say 6500 RPM's but the Torque still peaked at 385..... then he'd have a 476 HP number..... spin that same motor to 7000 rpms and you get 513 HP. But we all know (or should know) that building a high RPM motor will result in a motor that doesn't have much torque at the lower rpm range... Drag racers love RPM's - they launch high and keep revving all the way down the 1320.... so that works for them. WE need to come off corners pull hard to the next corner and do it again... so we need TORQUE.