GT Mark II - 427 engine The first race of the year was in Daytona and for the first time, the Fords completed an endurance race taking first and third, with a Shelby Cobra (running a Ford engine) sandwiched in between in second place. The 1965 season had started well - at least the...
The diameter of the Ford Racing 7 inch balancer is too large and strikes a water pump boss. It became a true adventure to replace the harmonic balancer for this engine. Ford had a long history of using multiple Top Dead Center (TDC) markings for their engines with different pointer location...
Ford 429 Engine History In the late 60s, the Ford FE and MEL engine series were approaching their tenth birthday and were in need of a refresh. Obviously, both the FE and MEL engines served the Blue Oval well, as they are still celebrated big blocks to this day. In 1968,the Ford Lima...
Yes, it’s the 1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake, a one-off model from that era which has a 427ci V8 engine used in the Ford GT40 race car. It fetched a cool $1.3 million at Mecum’s Indianapolis auction in 2013. What sets this particular piece apart from the rest is the fact that...
One that has gone down in history as the biggest loss for Ferrari, the biggest win for Ford Motor Co. From the onset, the attention to detail was exceptional for Team Ford. All this work ended up in producing a race car that has stuck in the dreams of many gearheads. The Ford GT ...
Engine-wise, the fourth generation Thunderbird was pretty much the same as the third generation, at least at first. Ford kept the 390 cid V8 making 300 horsepower, but they dropped the 340 horsepower M-code version. Introduced in 1963, the 427 cid V8 making 410/425 horsepower was also ru...
HISTORY Vault: The Cars That Made America Explore the stories of the visionaries who built America’s vehicle landscape. WATCH NOW Each aspect of assembly was transformed into moving assembly, which improved efficiency and cut manufacturing time. In six months the time to build a Model T was ...
By:History.com Editors Updated:March 13, 2024|Original:April 26, 2010 copy page linkPrint Page Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images) Table of Contents Henry Ford Invents the Model T Engine Selling the Model T A Publicity Stunt to the Top of a Scottish Mountain ...
Engine Years Power Torque Notes 4.9 L I61987–91165 hp (123 kW)275 lb·ft (373 N·m)EFI 5.0 L V81987–91185 hp (138 kW)270 lb·ft (370 N·m)EFI 5.8 L V81987210 hp (160 kW)305 lb·ft (414 N·m)4-bbl. 5.8 L V81988–91210 hp (160 kW)315 lb·ft (427 N·m)EFI ...
The rest is history, but the glory sure took its sweet time arriving. A Le Mans test a few weeks later revealed severe high speed instability issues – the GT40 could do 200mph but wanted to get airborne above 170, this being very early days in the world of racing aero – and it...