In message >, "L.W." wrote:

> Ford, too were using the overhead cams in '69 Mustang:
>http://bradbarnett.net/mustangs/time...rBoss429-2.jpg

Close, but wrong link Bill.
The Boss 429 was a pushrod motor. They did make a 427 cubic inch SOHC motor
though
http://www.geocities.com/infieldg/v8sohc427.html

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>Ruel Smith wrote:
>>
>> I'll point out again, the 308 GTB had a 0 to 60 time of 9 seconds. That is
>> not only slow, but god awfully slow. Ferraris may have made some power at
>> 1500 rpm, but it wasn't earth shattering in any way. You have to rev a
>> Ferrari to get any power out of it. How good is that unless you have a lot
>> of road to open it up? Again, a run of the mill Chevelle SS 396 would give
>> just about any Ferrari a run for its money from any stoplight, was actually
>> affordable, and could haul 4 or more people _comfortably_ home from a night
>> at the drags. Only the most expensive, and rarest Ferraris were fast back
>> then, and unless your last name was Getty or Rockefeller, you couldn't
>> afford it. Ferraris of that era had manual steering, poor reliability, and
>> kit car build quality. Some models were very handsome, but you definitely
>> didn't want to try and make one a daily driver. Ferraris simply were, and
>> for the most part still are, shall we say...delicate.
>>
>> I'm not even going to get into the ignorant crap about the Ford GT and
>> Corvette. Again, anyone can make a car that's extremely capable for 200
>> grand. The trick is to do it at an affordable price. Automobile recently
>> voted the C2 Corvette as the coolest car ever built. Motor Trend recently
>> claimed the small block Chevrolet engine as the greatest engine ever built.
>> Get over it...
>>
>> I have news for you...DOHC technology dates back to 1913 in the Peugeot.
>> It's not as modern of a design as you think.
>>
>> The 550 was not only a glorified Volkswagen, but an unsafe one at that... I
>> thought you said you wanted engines that were special? The 908 and 917 were
>> race cars, the Merc W196 and 300SLR were too. The 300SL had a whopping 215
>> HP. In 1954, when America wasn't building cars with any kind of power yet,
>> that was a lot.
>>
>> Let's talk about real performace: 1967 Corvette L-89, 1967-69 Corvette L-88,
>> 1969 Corvette ZL-1,
>>
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