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Originally Posted by yco
actually its not like that.. if you look to European cars you see different numbers.. Google says 400ci is 6.5L.. 200hp..
skipping Ferrari's cause they re purely sports car brand.. like 256 GTO 3L 300hp beginning of 1960's.. Jaguar E-Type's 3.8L has 265 ponies with the almost half the displacement in 1960's.. Aston Martin DB6 less than 4L but had more than 280 ponies in early 1960's again.. Alfa Romeo Montreal had 3.0L engine pushing more than 370 ponies.. in 1970's.. BMW E9 CSL which i love has the same power with 6.5L with a 3.0L engine in early 1970's.. there a lot more examples to share..
as i ve said things changed after C6 ZR1.. and not only package as chassis wise, cornering braking etc and some parts were European.. that now we see such cars like yummy C7 ZR1, Hellcat, Demon with efficient engines..
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Changed after the C6 ZR1? You’re a bit off base to say it mildly. Granted the Europeans squeezed some decent hp out of smaller plants because it was necessary. Gas was always more expensive on the continent and even more so post WWII, it was therefore a necessity unless one was very wealthy. America didn’t have that concern as fuel was much cheaper. big displacement an torque were the words of the day and we all drove big
Just to point out just one of several flaws in your post, the Alfa you posted you mention was a race version. The street version put down much lower horsepower numbers and the Alfa Montreal for the masses was easily spanked by a Corvette small block of the same vintage. Comparing a race prepared engine to a showroom stock isn’t quite fair regardless of displacement. Thankfully here in the states a bone stock showroom bought C3 Corvette had more power then a factory made race car Alfa did in the same year. Not to even get into a race made Chevy small block.
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