john, in the 63 shop manual example the torque is only 1/100 ftlbs per in2 less, or i thought, pretty small. that's around 3 ftlbs if the engines were the same displacement. try to read that on a old beam style torque wrench! but for the 283 having to turn 150% the speed of the 292 to get it seems to tell the whole story. thats like one driving 50mph and the other having to drive 75mph just to get to the same place.
my examples aren't as good as builders, but i just don't buy the old any engine has the same chance at being a torque monster tune. however, i am not a engineer or expert on anything, and i can't speak latin, but the romans didn't drive many chevy trucks. others have a lot more experience than i and i am not trying to educate anyone. i don't think my opinion is any better than yours.
