1923 Ford T-Bucket vs Porsche 550 Spyer - Track Testing

On the dyno, the T-bucket was a consistent runner, and it came back with 241.25 hp at the rear wheel with 270.62 ft-lbs of torque. Not bad for a 302 Ford motor! (See more on this car on page 32 of this issue). The Porsche's numbers were 124.77 hp at the wheels with 130.64 ft-lbs of torque. (You can check his motor stats in his car feature on page 37).

As it goes, our testing is only a guide for readers to get stats they would normally only be able to get as secondhand information (on the back porch with a couple of beers comes to mind). Schear also tested a new Corvette and Camaro for comparisons, and those numbers are here, too.

The information contained herein is not rocket surgery, but they're pretty good stats to work from. When it came to weighing the cars and getting their front and rear bias, the numbers are pretty close to the driving conditions, but with Pearson and his tool box out of his 1,660-pound car, the weight was really around 1,410 pounds. But it was tested with a 165-pound driver.

Little glitches in the testing equipment and a tired driver by the end of the day all affected the numbers in one way or another, but you'll get the general idea. As we get more an more testing done, we'll get better at it, and we'll summarize all our findings in a chart, which we'll publish every issue.