[DeTomaso] How did they do that, GT-40 Proto-type sold for two million and change, ok no Pantera content

[adin at frontier.net]

I seem to remember (the old folks disclaimer) that Ford thought the  
Indy motor would be a good thing . . . . . it was 255 inches or so and  
a wonderful little piece.  Seems I saw a hot-rod (ok, falcon) not long  
ago w/ this motor.)

Any way, whether rules, bean-counters or reliability the race cars  
ended up w/ stock block motors.

Jack, I would bet any flat-head running on the salt has different rods. Maybe.

hahaha.

David



Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:

> In a message dated 3/16/09 1:19:13 PM, rimov at charter.net writes:
>
>> The carbs were mounted were the exhaust normally are and the exhaust pipes
>> were mounted where the intake usually resides. How did they do that ?
>>
> Besides DOHC indy Fords with intake & exhaust valves and their cams swapped,
> I have a photo of a flathead Ford running at Bonneville in the early '50s,
> rigged this way to eliminate the enormous amount of heat in a flathead engine
> from normal exhaust ports running thru the block. The thing had multiple
> Stromberg 97s on each exhaust manifold and 8 exhaust stacks sticking  
>  thru the hood!
> Ran well, too- the car lost top gear, so the frustrated driver   
> turned 8200 rpms
> thru the timing lights in 2nd....   The amazing question here is, how did he
> keep the rods inside? Ever see a flathead rod- they look like willow sticks!
> FWIW- J Deryke
>
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