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Old 12-06-06, 08:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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MK IV at LeMans
After Gurney / Foyt won in 67' with their big block, did any MK IV's
run the following year with the "rules required" small block engine?

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Nope....nada, none, no way, no how. The Mk IV was a "one year wonder" and obsolete after 1967.
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MK-IV's were prototypes thus would have had to run 3 liter motors in 68.
As Rick said didn't happen and if it had they wouldn't been competitive against 5 liter "Sports Cars".
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And the Gulf cars were homologated, correct? Thus the return to the MkI body and 289?
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After 67, homologated cars were allowed up to 5 liter powerplants, hence the 302 in both '68 and '69. Nothing wrong with the 289 mind you but, as it's been said, there's just no substitute for cubic inches...
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