OT butpossibly interesting for some

WTF? If I wanted to dispute those facts, I would have replied to YOUR post instead of RogerM's post.

I dispute what RogerM was thinking, and suspect he was trying to ride on your coattails.

If Roger truly was thinking that a normally aspirated big block GT40 could do 247mph with under 600 horses in the '60s, why didn't he mention it himself rather than wait for your post?

SCP

Edited out AA

Huh?

And what's the relevance of silly 3-letter acronyms (*) to aus.tv?

Restored AA, and edited out AC, AE, and AT from followups.

(*) Lesson for Pits: The word you were looking for is abbreviation, or perhaps initialism. Acronyms must be pronounceable.

When I first saw it I thought it was animated. I'm still not sure. Some of it looks impossible to film.

"Horry" wrote in message news:g0o7fs$ite$ snipped-for-privacy@news.datemas.de...

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Well why did it take you half a dozen posts of replies to Noddy's comments to reach back to mine then. I'll tell you why, you were losing the srgument with Noddy so a backflip was called for.

Hardly, you must be new here. Noddy's only strong point is his vocabulary where he intimidates everyone into backing down, just like you have.

Why would I? Do you contribute everything you think? I just simply agree with Noddy as I have for years been a fan of the Ford GT40. If you are as interested in the GT40 as I am you might enjoy the following.

Since 1960, Henry Ford II wanted to have a Ford race at Le Mans. After dealings with Ferrari fell through, Ford decided to produce his own car and began negotiations with Lola Cars manager Eric Broadley. The agreement between the two called for a year long collaboration that included the sale of two Lola MK 6 chassis to Ford. Soon after Ford hired ex-Aston Martin team manager John Wyer to work with Ford Motor Co. engineer Roy Lunn on what was to become the Ford GT. The original GT40 and MK1, designed by Lunn, was prepared at the specially established, Ford Advanced Vehicles in the UK. Abbey Panels constructed the advanced monocoque chassis and the drive train finally chosen was the 289 Ford V8 mated to a Coletti transaxle. During the GT40's racing history a variety of Ford engines and even a ZF transaxle were used. The Ford GT made its debut at Nurburgring in May 1964 and followed up the appearance with 24 Hours of Le Mans. The cars failed to finish both races - a devastating blow to Team Ford. Although they were not successful at LeMans in 64 or 65, their obvious potential led Ford to continue racing them and in 1966 Ford and the MKII made American racing history with a dominating one, two, and three finish over Ferrari at Le Mans. The cars prepared for the 1966 Le Mans win were the American developed MK11's which were fitted with the 427 cu ins FE motor and Ford built T44 transaxle. After Ford stopped racing privateer teams continued racing and winning with GT 40's all over the world including two more LeMans events in 1998 and

1999.

Ford GT40 Mk1 Specifications Performance Top Speed: 197 MPH Engine V8 Horsepower: 390 Torque: 441.0 nm / 325.3 ft lbs @ 5000 rpm Dimensions Length: 165 in. Width: 70 in. Height: 40.5 in. Weight: 1834 lbs.

Ford GT40 Mk2 Specifications Performance Top Speed: 205 MPH Engine V8 Horsepower: 485 Torque: 644.0 nm / 474.9 ft lbs @ 5000 rpm Dimensions Length: 162.9 in. Width: 70 in. Height: 40.5 in. Weight: 2504 lbs.

Ford GT40 Mk3 Specifications Performance Top Speed: 160 MPH

0-60: 5.3 seconds 0-100: 11.8 seconds Engine V8 Horsepower: 306 Torque: 446.0 nm / 328.9 ft lbs @ 4200 rpm Dimensions Length: 169 in. Width: 70 in. Height: 40.9 in. Weight: 2200 lbs.

Ford GT40 Mk4 Specifications Performance Top Speed: 220 MPH Engine V8 Horsepower: 500 Torque: 637.2 nm / 470.0 ft lbs @ 5000 rpm Dimensions Length: 170.9 in. Width: 70.5 in. Height: 38.5 in. Weight: 2205 lbs.

HTH

Roger