Rant: Horsepower/muscle car tv shows

[1st] Ok wtf I get up turn on horsepower tv to get motivated to my surpise they are building a 440 WOO HOO a mopar engine finaly , these guy put {by my estimation} 8000.00 to 10,000$ into this thing eddy heads, hydraulic roller , roller rockers , eddy 6 pack intake, trick ballancer, eagle crank , look like speedpro 9-9.5 pistons pop in on the dyno and walla 500 or so tourqe HUH?
and a whopping 429 hp ...WTF? those are weak ass numbers for ANY roller cammed BigBlock WTF WTF? the factory rating was 390 hp for a sixpack 440 thay gained 40 hp??? WTF? not to brag but I put together a 580 hp 560 tq 440 together 2 years back for 3200.00$ {not including headers , carb ect..things any hot rod guy has arround]. wtf are these guys smoking on that show? wtf is an " intake ManiFOWD BOWT" oh and imediatly after they dynoed the 440 they follwed up with an 800 hp Shitty BigBlock} wtf?:thebirdm:

{2nd} next up Muscle car loved that show when Lou Was on on it "lets make some biscuits" Boom guess what they are working on a Mopar SAAA WEEEET a baracude at that...its gunna be a good day and WTF happens they proclaim the 8 1/4 is too weak for there monster 429 hp 440 probably true although I have used that 8 1/4 behind some of my 440's on street tires without issue..im cool with that but WTF its 8 3/4 WTF? do thay not know what the rear end was? no way....these guy are always replacing rearends with ford 9" how could you mistake an 8 1/4 for an 8 3/4 which looks a hell of alot like the 9" they love to install on EVERYTHING that rolls in the shop? WTF?
Sorry Rant!:thebirdm:
Author: admin