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just sat and watched the whole thing gee jonsey looks slim there but i guess i was as well in 1985 .....short stroke small bore high reving engines with hight boost what could go wrong...i read a book by one of the drivers from the turbo era and he said many drivers were **** scared to drive the cars with power that come on like a light switch ..
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Was 1965 the year when Enzo F had a dummy spit and took his bat and ball home when he was found he could no longer manipulate the FIA for his benefit?
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I believe Ferrari pulled the plug and there were only privateer cars running against the Daytona Cobras.
I think that was also around the time when they dropped the capacity limit to 3.0L unless they had enough production cars for homologation. I think that's the loophole the GT40 got through with it's 7.0L 427 motor. |
Ford small blocks performed pretty well in the latest Engine Masters Challenge. Cleveland first. Windsor second.
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I give all engines credit where credits due! As long as it's naturally aspirated!!! :cool: (a sniff of nitrous is OK though ;))
I hope my little sausage gives the GM crew a run at the nats when it gets down there. |
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Oh LS motors sound like such dawg Shizen.......
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I actually like all kinds of engines. I reckon one of the better sounding engines in a Cobra was Leroy's LS1 Harrison with its cross ram EFI and live side pipes.
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The LS family is a solid platform.
But it should be, since they copied a lot of traits from the Ford Cleveland head. ;) |
Yep, you got us there.
Both the LS and the Cleveland have valves, rockers and both are held to the blocks with bolts. |
Yeah, I hope you're not a professional comedian.... ;)
However, you may want to do a little research before you pass it off as a quip... Considering the LS was a "clean-sheet" design, it's funny that GM used a lot of SBF/Cleveland engine traits....simliar deck heights, same intake port CSA between LS7 and 351C-4V head, similar valve sizes, etc. The head actually is so close that it will bolt right to a Cleveland or Windsor block without issue. The LS also shares a skirted block, like a Modular Ford or a Ford FE. I guess GM was getting the hint. :) |
It's a shame that ford didn't use all their own design cues then isn't it?
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Well, unless I'm missing something, ford did use them for 40 some years....what's not clear about that? Long enough for GM to say, "hmm, we need something different, let's copy some stuff."
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