Look at my sibling post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15720518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15720518 700lb-ft is apparently 950Nm. So assuming t

Look at my sibling post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15720518 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15720518 700lb-ft is apparently 950Nm. So assuming the same gearing as in the sibling post (very likely a false assumption -- I guess these cars had longer gears), you'd end up with 12.7kNm of torque at the wheels. BTW, if such traditional hot rods had automatic transmissions (they did, didn't they?), the torque converter would have amplified the torque even beyond the numbers I just gave you.