Ford Small Block V8 Racing Engines 1962-1970

Download or read book Ford Small Block V8 Racing Engines 1962-1970 written by Des Hammill and published by Veloce Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many will be familiar with 1960 Ford racing programmes using the very compact pushrod Small Block V8, few know the facts behind the technology employed at Ford during this time. This book gives insight to the confident, logical approach of engineers working at Ford’s Engine & Foundry Division. Engineers who made outstanding technical decisions, leading to many major motorsport events being won using larger capacity derivatives of the 1961 221ci Small Block V8 production engine, a power unit introduced by Ford mid-1961 for use in 1962 model year intermediate Fairlanes and Mercurys.