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Jack, I have wondered myself why Ford would design the FE head that way, with a small head, with the pushrods going through the intake. The only thing that I figured out was that aluminum intakes were common, but aluminum heads were not. Making the head smaller, and the intake bigger allowed a weight advantage when using an aluminum intake and iron heads.
Wadesdad has a 400M, bored out to 406 ci, not a 406 FE from the early '60's.
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"After jumping into an early lead, Miles pitted for no reason. He let the entire field go by before re-entering the race. The crowd was jumping up and down as he stunned the Chevrolet drivers by easily passing the entire field to finish second behind MacDonald's other team Cobra. The Corvette people were completely demoralized."
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