Ford switches to V8 power for Le Mans

[David Hodgkins]

Apparently there is still no replacement for displacement!

http://www.hotrod.com/news/1604-ford-gt-switches-from-ecoboost-v6-to-v8s-for-le-mans-racing-program/

http://image.hotrod.com/f/101494821+w660+h495+cr1/ford-ecoboost-engine-display.3rd-revised-jpg.jpg

THAT is a MONSTER motor.

:)

[myjones]

http://www.hotrod.com/news/1604-ford-gt-switches-from-ecoboost-v6-to-v8s-for-le-mans-racing-program/

http://image.hotrod.com/f/101494821+w660+h495+cr1/ford-ecoboost-engine-display.3rd-revised-jpg.jpg

THAT is a MONSTER motor. :)

David
That is a MONSTER intake plenum, be fun to know more about that design.
Looks like they were trying for equal length primaries on the headers too.
Do you know what the CID is on that motor?
Dale

[mikeinatlanta]

I'm wondering what this will do for the value of the V6 GTs everyone is drooling over.

[carbon fiber]

They're cutting and modifying the carbon fiber tub for a V8, same thing I would have done if I could get my hands on one...

[Gumball]

Queue the vegetable drink commercial......

[bwwooster]

Ah, did anyone notice the date on Hod Rod's posting?

[David Hodgkins]

They got me:
http://www.hotrod.com/news/1604-ford-gt-switches-from-ecoboost-v6-to-v8s-for-le-mans-racing-program/

[myjones]

They got me:
http://www.hotrod.com/news/1604-ford-gt-switches-from-ecoboost-v6-to-v8s-for-le-mans-racing-program/

Just when I thought it was from a trusted news source HRM. I might as well have been watching FOX news :rolleyes:
30 years ago
Our local paper did an April fools story about a hotel that the planning commission approved that would be half hotel and half prison space where
the county would pay the hotel so much a head per night for each prisoner. It had enough known details through the story to be somewhat viable
so the Mayor, all the councilmen and all the planning commission members got angry phone calls for a couple days over the story. Since it was a
once a week publication the following edition had the April fools headline a full week later. I got a good laugh and still remember it fondly.
DB

[bwwooster]

Yeah, I though the HRM piece was too pedestrian to be a good AF joke. How about this:

Ford Racing announced today that their entire GT program, including the racing and road versions of their acclaimed Ford GT, has been sold to Ferrari as the basis for the legendary Italian firm's return to the 24 Hours of LeMans. "We think they will look molto bello in red!" said Ferrari competition manager Maurizio Arrivabene...

[Gordon Levy]

A twin turbo Voodoo engine would be awesome to see run in that car.

[dspellman]

Apparently there is still no replacement for displacement!

THAT is a MONSTER motor.

:)

We have one of these powering the pumps for our "Hurricane Adventure" shower in the Master Suite of the new casa. Quite envigorating, and water hits you from literally everywhere.

There *were* some glitches, of course, when the workman misunderstood the plumbing diagrams and accidentally hooked it up to the bidet.

[mikeinatlanta]

What a shame. For a brief moment it looked like they might actually have a chance of winning.