What kind of power should I be getting with my mods?

[DaveL]

The engine has 116,000 miles with the following mods.
C&L 76MM meter
65mm Ford Motorsports throttle body
Edelbrock Performer 5.0 Manifold
MAC pulleys, shortie headers, ProChamber & Catback exhaust
Art Carr AODE tranny with 3,200 stall
3.73 gears

 

[306stang]

I'd say 225rwhp maybe a little more

 

[AznStanger3v]

240 rwhp?

 

[DaveL]

That's what I was thinking, somewhere along the lines of 230. But I had the car dyno tuned with a chip burned after installing the Edelbrock and Art Carr tranny. The result was only 202.8 hp and 253.4 torque. I was told that the C&L meter, TB and intake really leaned the car out and made only around 188hp on the first pull before any tuning.

Here's the part I don't get. July 02 I had my original motor with approx 75000 miles with a MAC cold air, MAC shortie headers, MAC ProChamber, American Thunder Flowmasters & 3.73 gears. The car was dynoed and chipped with the result of 226.8 hp and 297.3 torque. When I posted this some people said there was no way I could make that much power with the mods I had.