John Place GT40 rebuild

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The GT40 is on the road after extensive rebuild.
Will be at Athens this Saturday, rain willing.

Some items are;
Dart aluminum engine block with SCAT ultralight crankshaft,
SCAT conn rods, H-beam,
J&E pistons AFR aluminum heads, aluminum flywheel and fuel injected.
Ceramic header coating.
New stub axles and drive flanges.
New drive shafts and CV joints.
Improved A/C and cooling.
Complete heat shielding of cockpit, Dynamat,
caulking all joints and double
plexiglass rear window.

Engine and chassis dyno run and tuned.
Runs 550 H.P and 547 lbs-ft at 3,000 rpm.

I will post photos

John

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CAV GT40

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427 Aluminum

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Engine 550 HP

[Keith Hardy]

Hi there, fab looking motor. One thing I've always been curious about - how do these stroked smallblocks sound compared with a big block 427?

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Keith

Hard to tell unless they were both together. I would think not much difference, although small block done this method is fairly high revving.

John