325 Stroker

ekeroe_old · February 8, 2009 at 6:10 AM

In a article in the april 1965 Super Stock and FX magazine they mention that Ford will introduce a 325 Cobra engine for drag and street, Avalibale from April -65.

Did this happen?

Zed · February 11, 2009 at 12:57 AM

Hi, I found in the Car and Driver- June 1965 article titled The Ford in Carroll Shelby's Future

they mention how Shelby are refining the GT40. They mention a 3/8" stroker crank to take it out to 327 cubic inches which is about the limit for the 5.155" long rods. Gurney raced/ tested one of these engines, 8 hours flat out with a Cobra 327 ( called the "325" or "325/327" ) . Hopefully this will refresh some body's memory for extra info. I believe a crank to use was a 292 Y block crank which has the same crank spacing as the 289. The info was from page 38 of Car and Driver On Cobra, Shelby and Ford GT40 1963- 1984 Brooklands Books 1985.

Cheers Zed

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