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Old 01-04-2008, 06:42 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Default Re: How would you define a MUSCLE CAR?

A proper muscle car is big, comfortable and had a huge engine in it (usually with rubbish brakes and suspension).

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Originally Posted by pgarner View Post
yeah but muscle cars mainly run along the lines of a simple engine in most cases a hemi.
Sorry but wrong. no points for you. The legendary HEMI (short for hemispherical combustion chamber) was a Chrylser motor and a proper 426cubic inch HEMI is a rare and sought after thing. When first put into a road car in '66 (could be wrong on the year) the figures published by chrysler were 475bhp. This though already high was a deliberate false publication for legel reasons (not sure what they were). the true power output for one of these was closer to 515bhp. far more than anything else available at the time and more than most things now. If anyones interested I'll see what info I can find.
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