Horsepower?
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Horsepower?
I just bought a 1979 F-150 ranger with a balanced and blueprinted 390, edelbrock 4 barrel, cam, headers, and cherry bomb glasspacks. I was wondering if anyone knows an estimate of horsepower?
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I'd say it put's in the legit 250-300 range. Bump that to 650 if you're talking to your buddies, because you have to have the baddest machine when with your buddies. 500 hp if you're talking to some cute girls because you want to be safe...but not too safe. 150 hp when you're racing because you want to be a sleeper and want to be underestimated until you smoke them off the light. Seriously though, throw this in the FE forum and you'll get some of the pro's to run simulations for you and give you a ballpark hp/tq number.
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Considering the stock 390 is based at 250 hp, I am sure he is in the range of 300-310 hp.
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I used to have a Dyno Desktop where you could plug in all the factors on the computer and it was quite accurate with hp estimates,
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