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      07-11-2010, 05:21 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by BrokenVert View Post
I just found out that my dads b-stock prepared 70 302 stang reved to 8500 from the factory and that his 1972 440 Chrysler redlined at 6800 before he balanced and bluprinted it. Again common BMW we could do it 40 years ago and we can't do better now with better materials/design?
If his mustang redlined at 8500, it was the factory racing motor, developed for trans am racing.

I don't know about the 440s, but I know they all made peak power under 5,000 rpms.
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