[ale] CARS and engines

[Jim]

Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> On Monday 19 June 2006 22:50, fostermail at bellsouth.net wrote:
> | Only Math\Co Fords had 287's
>
> By 1957 the Ford "small block" 260 had been bored out to 289 cubes.
> My roommate in college had a '57 Ford stationwagon with that engine.
> He (and the car) were from New Hampshire and the entire car was a
> rust bucket, held together by the chrome trim.
>
> Recently I went looking for a replacement vehicle and wandered in to 
> a local Pontiac dealer and asked to see "a Goat." None of the salesmen
> on the floor, nor the sales manager, had a clue what I was talking about!
>
> Finally found one (in Northern Virginia) I could test drive.  Goes like
> stink.  The back seat is totally useless.  Only small monkeys can crawl
> back there. There are no hand grips -- so no place to hang anything. The
> one I looked at didn't come with "run-flat" tires and had a totally
> useless doughnut for a spare.
>
> Sean
>
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The 260 didn't come along until later.  The first Ford overhead v-8 
engines were 232 "Y" block engines released sometime in the early  50's 
to replace the flathead v-8s. It was  followed by the 252, the 292 and 
then the 312 in 1957 or 1958.  The 221 was a completely redesigned 
engine and was designed to compete with the very successful Chev 283 (to 
become the famous 327).  The 260 was a later release of the 221 which 
was released in 1962.  The 289 was also a successor to the 221.  Same  
90 degree block design, just larger bore.  The stroke remained the same. 

As for the goat, I had a 1964 GTO with three twos.  Do I wish I still 
owned that beast.  They made it run faster than the devil, but forgot to 
install brakes big enough to stop it.  One panic stop and you'd better 
forget about stopping again until the brakes cooled down.

Jim.