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American V8 Talk: Sizing Up The Big Blocks

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The era of the muscle cars revolved around the concept of putting huge American V8 engines to lighter bodies. This supposedly maximized the performance of the iron war horses of the mid 1960s to the early 1970s. It was all about using the biggest displacements for massive outputs. As the saying goes, there is no replacement for displacement. They meant serious business, and transmits enough horsepower and torque to lay that much rubber on the strip. Here are some of the big block engines that defined that glorious period in automotive history.
440 Six Pack

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Output: 390 horses; 490 ft lbs of torque
Cars powered by it: Plymouth Barracuda, Dodge Challenger, Dodge Coronet Super Bee
Buick 455 Stage 1
Output: 360 horses; 510 ft lbs of torque
Car powered by it: Buick GSX
Chevy 454

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Output: 450 horses; 475 ft lbs of torque
Car powered by it: Chevrolet Chevelle, Monte Carlo , El Camino, Corvette
429 Cobra Jet
Output: 375 horses; 450 ft lbs of torque
Car powered by it: Ford Gran Torino; Ford Mustang; Ford Falcon
429 BOSS

Source: http://mustangsdaily.com/blog/2012/01/21/barrett-jackson-2012-grabber-green-1970-ford-mustang-boss-429-nets-220000/
Output: 375 horses; 450 ft lbs of torque
Car powered by it: Mustang BOSS 429
426 Hemi
Output: 425 horses; 490 ft lbs of torque
Cars powered by it: Dodge Charger, Plymouth Road Runner
Pontiac 400 Ram Air IV

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Output: 370 horses; 445 ft lbs of torque
Car powered by it: Pontiac GTO Judge