We have a LOT of "cruise in's" here in Hawaii. Guess how many FE's you might see at any given car show or cruise in (if I'm not there, it's likely zero)? Now how many Windsors or 385's will you see? GM small blocks?
I rest my case, class dismissed.
Are you suggesting Mr. Schroeder expects to hook up 700 horse with street tires? HA HA HA HA and pigs fly!
Drag race calculators assume a near perfect world. Max rpm in high gear at the line for instance, good traction, reaction time, minimum drive train parasitic losses (IRS takes more power than a live axle), etc. Most street driven vehicles, including my ERA aren't "perfectly" set up for drag racing, so the data IS going to be flawed. Strange, I would have expected a Dr. to understand that fundamental flaw with drag race calculators...
500 horse for an FE is easy, you could do that with STOCK components that were readily available in the 60's!
By the way, some drag race calculators will show a 0-60ft time based on ET. 11.90 = 1.6 seconds, in my case. In fact, my 0-60 time was 2.0 seconds, with BOTH engines. I could be running 700 horse, that won't change the real world hole shot because it's TRACTION related.