350s and 289 anyone notice.....
02-10-2007, 04:29 PM
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I experience this all the time. People see my engine and immediately declare "Man those 5.0's are badass". When I correct them they are like "What!?!". Oh, and OP the newer 4.6 Stangs are 281 cubes not 289 
. I cant wait to get my Camaro so I can do the same thing with LS1.
. I cant wait to get my Camaro so I can do the same thing with LS1. 
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Originally Posted by 2K1WS6TA
Actually, performance died in 1970. That was the last year of a true high compression car, but the first year of the 454. The LS-6 mentioned earlier came in 1970 with 10.5.1 compression, and in 71 it was backed way off and the motors began to lose horsepower due to the valves being made smaller and no compression. 1976 was pretty much the bottom of the barrell on horsepower and performance.
