Matt,
Just remember guys, that 400HP will be gutless anyway... up to 3500rpm or
even 4000.
Why? Any engine, but especially an Olds, can be built to provide a big,
*flat* torque curve and still pull high RPM power.
Thunder's 468 can be driven around all day in 3rd gear (direct drive, like a
one-speed) in her B&M manual only TH400 and not care one bit. There's a
handful of Olds List members who have now experienced that. That's enough
low end torque to sell. A small block Olds can do something similar. It's
all in how the engine is built. Gearing helps too, but in direct drive, the
torque difference betwwen a 3.08 and a 4.1 isn't all that much. A 4.1 in
direct drive is about like a 3.08 with a very weak second gear in an
automatic and a weak 3rd gear in a 4-speed. The engine torque does all the
rest.
Milton Schick
1964 442 Cutlass
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