I believe that 255 cid engine your refer to Ron is the INDY car engine, or perhaps more correctly reffered to as an "F1" engine? It was also used in the FIA series cars at some point. It apparently had 'longevity' issues and was down on power compared to the 289. It was felt by the folks at SAI (at that time) that Ford was 'pushing' them to use that motor more for 'research' than anything else. Which was not well accepted by the team, who were out to WIN, not do 'research'. I reference the book "Cobra and Ferrari Wars" for that insight.
Interesting that engine was also used in the GT-40 program at some point, I had not heard that before now.
Last edited by Excaliber; 08-22-2006 at 01:05 AM..
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