RE: Re[2]: New Thread (was REALLY, REALLY SMALL...)

[Keith Bradshaw <bradshaw@utdallas.edu>]

         >the Alpine would pass it by in top speed due to the Higher Revs of the
         >215 at 9,500 max RPM (Built for racing using the boat racers specs. 
         >They turn them 9,000 all season long and 9,500 during the finals at 
each
         >event.!!!). 
         
         Well, the 289 can easily be built to withstand plenty of 7000 RPM 
excursions
         and for a bit of extra coin (but not that much) you could come close 
to the
         9000RPM you're claiming for the 215.  
         
         <<<<What did the 260 pushrod v-8s used by the Lotus at Indy in 1964 
turn?
        They were running gasoline.  By 1965 they had twin cam Indy Ford 
engines, but 
        didn't Dan Gurney go for Gurney-Weslake heads for his Ford V8 alcohol 
engine
        at Indy.

        Anyone know anything about Gurney-Weslake ford heads?



mBrad