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Old 10-24-2003, 07:47 PM
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Cal, you are spot on as usual.....all the 65-66 GT350's came with "K" 289's given an intake, cam, carb and headers to boost to 306 gross hp. Legend has it that when they were in a meeting to come up with the name there was a lot of bickering going on, and it po'd Shelby. He asked Chuck Cantwell (GT350 project manager) how far it was from the production line to the race shop. Chuck said 'about 350 feet' so that is how Shelby named it. It had nothing to do with hp or torque or displacement, ever. The GT500 was named because it 'sounded right'!
As for 200 in a Daytona? I'll believe it when I see it! I really believe that 180-185 is about the limit for any Daytona other than a ringer. As for 'better aerodynamics than a GT40?'
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