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Originally Posted by Hersbird
You may think you wouldn't want to tow with 150 hp compared to 250 hp but do you want to drive around at 5500 rpm all day to get that 250 hp?
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I think one should bear in mind that the V6 in the Ridgeline/Pilot has been detuned at the top end to boost the torque curve.
Electronic fuel injection gave us fine control for economy. Electronic ignition control gives us fine control to boost torque everywhere in the rev range.
Torque curves nowadays can be almost completely flat.
The Ridgeline makes 250 hp at 5,500 rpm. Back-calculate from the torque figures and it makes 230 hp at 4,800 rpm... and it will be making well over 150 hp down to around 3,000 rpm.
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Originally Posted by Hersbird
Also I doubt many of those late 70s early 80s 305s haven't been "fixed" with better tune, exhaust, carb, and ignition and making about 250hp.
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Nothing to do with stock condition. You can supercharge a Ridgeline for the cost of refurbishing an El Camino to new condition. (well... a lot more than supercharging... really).
And you can seat five people... out of the rain.
That said... the Ridgeline's economy numbers and performance are pathetic for the amount of power it has... the Pilot/Ridgeline combo are a perfectly good waste of a perfectly good motor.
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Originally Posted by Hersbird
If that wasn't enough they did make a stock 450hp El camino in 1970. I wouldn't do anything with one of those but sell it at auction!
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I'd never sell mine.
Might go broke from the tire replacement bill...