72 LS5 With Unusual Mod
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Safety Car
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From: Wichita KS
72 LS5 With Unusual Mod
Check out the fan blades on this 72, it looks like a PO cut off all the fan tips of a very expensive "finger" fan:
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From: Crossville TN
Looks to me like a PO had the fan balanced by someone who didn't know how. Whoever it was just notched the blades wherever they wanted. I can't imagine any other reason to do what is shown in the photos (not like clearance cuts for anything...).
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From: Crossville TN
That's 270 NET horsepower...at 4000 rpm. Do you think it might have a 'little' more at 5300 or so? It was no "dog"...lots of torque. That engine was very under-rated so that the insurance companies wouldn't "have a cow".
Safety Car
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From: Carbondale Pa.
, Besides the drivers door pull being on the wrong side. Peace,,,Moosie 
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Safety Car
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From: Wichita KS
I think mine will hold it's own. It gets pretty hairy with the loud pedal on the floor. Besides, they still show 455 foot pounds of torque on the data plate which is another "net" figure. Guess the insurance companies didn't pay much attention to the force that actually gets the car moving. 
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From: Cut n Shoot TX
I think mine will hold it's own. It gets pretty hairy with the loud pedal on the floor. Besides, they still show 455 foot pounds of torque on the data plate which is another "net" figure. Guess the insurance companies didn't pay much attention to the force that actually gets the car moving. cc
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