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Originally Posted by olddog
..... I believe the official story was that Shelby was aware that Ford about to put the new small block engine into service (or had just introduced it), when he started negotiations with AC. The small size and weight was likely to work in the AC car. The small block Chevy was both physically larger and heavier. I doubt he would have wanted to go with a Chevy if he could get the smaller lighter Ford engine, when you consider what AC had been using.
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olddog, I agree. Your logic seems sound. Replacing the AC engine with a 260 SBF at around 450 lb rather than a Chev SB at around 550 lb, with the SBF physically smaller than the Chev unit as well, would seem to have been the best way forward.
Cheers,
Glen