How were early 70’s V8’s so large yet relatively lacking in power

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How is it possible with the Chevy’s and Caddy’s with their pure American 6 litre V8’s didn’t get past 300 horsepower.

It seems so implausible that such a massive engine was so inefficient.

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Electronic fuel injection increased the efficiency or internal combustion engines by a lot. So did 50+ years of other improvements and innovations. Computerized engine control units do many things with much higher precision than the mechanical feedback systems they had back then.

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