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#174 of 175 Re: Retro's are no goes! [papasam1] by davethecarnut Nov 10, 2008 (10:57 am)
Replying to: papasam1 (Nov 08, 2008 6:56 pm)  Not just gas and insurance prices, but don't forget (excuse me while I channel my inner "Gore"), emission equipment choked the heck outta engines too. Unfortunately it was a necessary evil. I've lived in So. Cal all my life and I remember my eyes would burn from the smoggy air back then. Believe it or not, air quality here is much better than it was in the early 70's.
#175 of 175 Re: Retro's are no goes! [papasam1] by andre1969 Nov 10, 2008 (11:35 am)
Replying to: papasam1 (Nov 08, 2008 6:56 pm) And yes the insurance was going up but that was nothing, new the car industry always lied about horse power in cars just to keep the insurance down and the insurance companies were just starting to change with the times.   I don't think high insurance rates played much of a part until the 1970's. If anything, most car companies were over-stating their hp in the 60's, rather than under-stating it. Horsepower is what sold cars in those days. Chrysler's 340 was one of the few under-rated engines...probably because if they listed its true horsepower, then people would question whether they really needed some of the bigger engines. It was rated around 270-275 hp with the 4-bbl. When the rating system went to net hp, it still had 245 hp, or about 89-90% of its gross rating. Many engines were lucky if their net rating was 70% of its gross rating, although to be fair, some engines had their compression cut at the same time, so there was a real loss in addition to the "paper" loss.

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