A in-depth study of the Ford small block V8 racing engines,
covering their development history and use in motorsport. The book
explains how rapidly the Ford small block Fairlane V8 engines
evolved from passenger car engines to highly successful racing
engines. Initially, in May 1960, a team of nine engineers led by
George Stirrat designed a lightweight, all cast iron, compact,
reliable and durable power-plant for passenger cars. Following its
introduction in July 1961, Ford's engineers quickly realised its
potential benefits if modified for racing applications. Within
three months, the capacity had been increased from 221ci to 260ci,
and by early 1962 Carroll Shelby had fitted a High Performance
260ci version in his AC Cobra. Subsequently, the original design
team began work on a second capacity increase, to achieve a High
Performance 289ci unit - and within three months the standard 289ci
became available. Carroll Shelby went on to win the 1965 World
Sports Car Championship using a HP-289ci. Aluminium block and
cylinder head pushrod versions, designed in late 1962, had been
constructed by early 1963, in preparation for that year's
Indianapolis 500, and the DOHC four-valve per cylinder 255ci raced
in the 1964 and 1965 Indy 500, winning the latter outright. The
302ci replaced the 289ci for the 1968 car model year and, at Le
Mans in 1968 and 1969, GT40 cars won outright using this variant of
the small block. In 1965, 1966 and 1967, HP-289ci-powered Mustangs
won the SCCA B-Production Championship and 1966 and 1967 Trans-Am
Championships. A Bud Moore Engineering Boss 302 Mustang won the
1970 Trans-Am Championship. Ford invested much time and expertise
into its racing activities in the 1960s, and there's little doubt
that the V8 Small Block engines took the company to the forefront
of the racing world, until it withdrew from the sport in 1970.
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