Ford Small Block V8 Racing Engines 1962 to 1970: The Essential Source Book
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (713 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1845844254 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"A highly specialised publication, but one which owners owners of these Ford V8s and enthusiasts for the unit will find invaluable." - Speedscene"fascinating The text is great" - Octane"a wealth of photos and illustrations" - Classic & Sports Car (UK)"With many historic photos and illustrations, it's a good read." - Classic American"BOOK OF THE WEEK" - Classic Car Weekly
Des has written many of Veloce's SpeedPro series books. . Des Hammill is a professional engineer with huge experience of building successful and reliable racing engines and solving the problems associated with all aspects of high performance applications
The 302ci replaced the 289ci for the 1968 car model year and, at Le Mans in 1968 and 1969, GT40 cars won outright using this variant of the small block. Aluminium block and cylinder head pushrod versions, designed in late 1962, had been constructed by early 1963, in preparation for that year's Indianapolis 500, and the DOHC four-valve per cylinder 255ci raced in the 1964 and 1965 Indy 500, winning the latter outright. This is the story of the Ford small block Fairlane V8 engine's rapid evolution from passenger car engine to highly successful racing engine and the victories it fueled for years afterwards. Carroll Shelby went on to win the 1965 World Sports Car Championship using a HP-289ci. Within three months, the capacity had been increased from 221ci to 260ci, and by early 1962 Carroll Shelby had fitted a High Performance 260ci version in his AC Cobra. Initially, in May 1960, a team of nine engineers, lead by George Stirrat, designed a lightweight, all cast-iron, compact, reliable and durable power-plant for passenger cars, but following its introduction in Jul
"Not Small Block Ford, but rather Small CID Fords" according to Janette A. Rawls. I should have really paid more attention to the table of contents in the online preview of the book. The book contains right close to 100 pages of material. Of that 100 pages, just shy of 60 pages is devoted to the Indy motors. They have little, to nothing, in common with the typical `Small Block Ford' engines that most people are familiar with; those being the 221/260/289/Not Small Block Ford, but rather Small CID Fords I should have really paid more attention to the table of contents in the online preview of the book. The book contains right close to 100 pages of material. Of that 100 pages, just shy of 60 pages is devoted to the Indy motors. They have little, to nothing, in common with the typical `Small Block Ford' engines that most people are familiar with; those being the 221/260/289/302 (and 302Boss) that came in the production Ford/Mercury vehicles and underwent modifications for the racing progr. 02 (and Not Small Block Ford, but rather Small CID Fords I should have really paid more attention to the table of contents in the online preview of the book. The book contains right close to 100 pages of material. Of that 100 pages, just shy of 60 pages is devoted to the Indy motors. They have little, to nothing, in common with the typical `Small Block Ford' engines that most people are familiar with; those being the 221/260/289/302 (and 302Boss) that came in the production Ford/Mercury vehicles and underwent modifications for the racing progr. 02Boss) that came in the production Ford/Mercury vehicles and underwent modifications for the racing progr. "A lost opportunity to document one of the greatest production based race engines of all time" according to Frank. Not as detailed as I would have hoped. So much missing A lost opportunity to document one of the greatest production based race engines of all time.