1985 ford info needed
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1985 ford info needed
<HR style="COLOR: #d1d1e1" SIZE=1> <!-- / icon and title --><!-- message --><TABLE width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=top>Does anyone know how much torque and hp a 1985 ford f150 with a 302 V8 has?
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SOMEWHERE on here there was a chart of all the engines over the years. I can't find it.
APPROX IIRC numbers:
HP: 185 @ 4400 rpm
Torque: 255 @ 2400-2800 rpm
+/- a bit, maybe, possibly.
This will bring the chart out of course...
APPROX IIRC numbers:
HP: 185 @ 4400 rpm
Torque: 255 @ 2400-2800 rpm
+/- a bit, maybe, possibly.
This will bring the chart out of course...
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Every year in the '80s the HP went up, esp. when the engines when EFI.
In the above specs, is it possible the 119 hp for 49 states is typo, and should be 149?
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Hell, I have an 85 351 and it's bad, I can't imagine how bad it is for our smaller bretheren.
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Horsepower is nothing more than an artificial number to describe how fast an engine can generate torque. It's not really the important number.
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The reason I question it is the California number is 141 hp in that post and 49 state numbers are usually a bit higher, not 22 horse lower.
Yea, hp is an artificial number but it serves as a reference point and if calculated according to a set standard, allows a meaningful comparison between engines. Thus, even though the torque figures are similar between the 300 and 302, the HP figure tells the rest of the tale on power. You could do the same thing with another torque reading at peak rpm, but the HP figure is easier to deal with.