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As a point, some years back, there was an article in a Mustang magazine about a fellow who wanted to vintage race a Boss 302 Mustang as close as possible to period specs.
For the engine he used an original Boss block, with original Boss 302 heads.
Everything was original , or if not available as close as possible to original.
The engine was blueprinted to era specs. with nothing more than standard cleanup of the heads, not porting but what is standard (even on hi-po street engines) etc.
When done they went to the dyno to see how close they came to Bud Moores 460 hp his car developed when they went from two four barrels to just one.
The dyno read 525 hp.
It seems engine builders cannot unlearn knowledge that has become second nature, nor can parts manufacturers, make sub-grade parts to keep horsepower down to some "better" level.
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