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