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8th annual Mustangs & Mustangs 2005
MustangsMustangs - page 2
The Ford Mustang came equipped with a V-8 that produced a whopping 225 hp with
a 4-barrel carb. The P-51B/C model came with a Rolls-Royce Merlin (built under
license by Packard) and produced 1490 hp.
The Ford had 289 CID which is equal to .78 hp/cid. The P-51 had a hp/cid ratio
of .90 with 5.7 times the cid of the Ford. With a few engine mods, you can
get the ford to give you a hp for every cubic inch. The air racing merlins
can give out 2 or more hp/cid!
The only problem is that these racing merlins do not last very long. Something
usually breaks and when that happens it is usually very big, like a hole in
side of the crankcase.
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