Banshee, you had stated earlier that in this particular shootout, the Trans Am would lose. My point was that in a perfect world, all variables taken into account, you feed the hp/torque numbers through a simulator, everything is absolutely identical, then the car with better aerodynamics wins, and that would be the 69 Trans Am. If you yank these engines (400HO, 400HO with Ram Air, and 69 Trans Am) and place them on a dyno, they would be identical (Ram Air ain't gonna do squat on a dyno).

You can use the old formula (mass,torque,gear ratio,hp,distance) to calculate the et, and get the same et's for two identical powertrains. But installing those two identical engines in a 3,400 lb 57 Chevy verses a 3,400 lb. 71 Corvette would have dramatically different results at the dragstrip due to aerodynamic differences.

So all I was saying was that all things being equal (in your scenario), is that the 69 Trans Am would be the winner, not the loser.