On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Kit Wetzler wrote:
> > That's news to me. Seems unlikely for two reasons. How does an
> > oversquare engine with 302 ci displacement make only 165 hp? That
> > sounds more like a diesel than a gasoline engine! How did they
> > double that power output without changing the stroke/bore ratio
> > or the pushrods? Where did you find this information?
>
> Slap on a emissions based cam, a *really* inefficient cat, and use a
> tiny throttle body, throttle body fuel injection so the gasoline gets
> stuck all over the intake manifold...
Kit is on the right track.
I did some flipping through the Corvette Black Book since it has power
ratings for all the engines by year. The lowest rated 350 was in '75 or
so (165 hp), the highest was in '96 (330 hp).
Jason
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