Could this be the reason Shelby recommended running the 260's in the Lemans
Tigers while his own cars had 289's? Naw.. not 'ol Shel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Waybright" <gswaybright@yahoo.com>
To: "Tiger's Den" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: Edelbrock Aluminum Heads and HiPo Water pump
> If all other variables are the same, the power potential should be
> proportial to the displacement increase of ~11%. Reality is that the
> 260 will have a number of areas where performance enhancements are
> sub-optimized as compared to a 289 or 302 so you might expect a 15% or
> greater power difference.
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