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At 1966 it was called Ford GT Type J
Specifications
10 units built
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Ford Big Block FE 427, V8 (90o), 4 stroke, petrol engine
6978cc, 107.5 x 96.1 mm
10.5:1
530 bhp / 395 KW @ 6200 rpm
545 ft.-lbs. @ 4500 rpm
cast-iron block with 258.3mm deck height (click here, click here for cast iron, and here for aluminium), aluminium head
forged crankshaft with 5 main bearings 69.8mm diameter, 61.9 big end journal diameter
connecting rod lenght between centers 164.8mm, big end bearing diameter 65.8mm
side camshaft with overhead valves (OHV), 2 valves / cylinder - 16 valves total
aspiration, natural with 2 Holley 4V 700 CFM Carburetors
firing order 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8
water cooled
wet sump
Kar Kraft T44 4 speed Manual gearbox
fibreglass body panels on aluminium composite honeycomb monocoque chassis
Front suspension double wishbones, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension lower wishbones, single top links, twin trailing arms, coil springs over dampers, anti-roll bar
rack and pinion
ventilated discs, all-round
Length 4430 mm (174.4 in)
Width 1710 mm (67.3 in)
Height 1000 mm (39.4 in)
Wheelbase 2410 mm (94.9 in)
Track (fr/r) 1410 mm (55.5 in) / 1390 mm (54.7 in)
1100kg
Results in WSCC
| Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | |||||||||||||||
| Dayt | Sebring | Monza | Targa Florio | Spa | Nurb | Le Man | Mugelo | CdE | Hock | Montagna | Nurb | Zeltweg | ||||
| Team | 24h | 12h | 1000km | 1000km | 1000km | 24h | Hill climb | 500km | 500km | |||||||
| Kar Kraft/ Shelby American Inc, J1 | #5, in entry list | #4, in entry list | #5, in entry list | |||||||||||||
| Holman & Moody, J2 | #10, in entry list | |||||||||||||||
| Statistics | ||||||||||||||||
| Works Starts/finishes 0/0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Driver | Team entries and car number | |||||||||||||||
| Kar Kraft / Shelby American Inc | ||||||||||||||||
| Bruce McLaren | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Chris Amon | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Jerry Grant | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Walt Hansgen | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Holman & Moody | ||||||||||||||||
| Fred Lorenzen | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| Denny Hulme | 10 | |||||||||||||||
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