Jack Houpe
GT40s Supporter
Ho ho! That's a Ford DOHC Indy engine you're talking about. Pure home grown US Detroit (but exotic) muscle. I think a couple ended up in 40's but they were not well enough developed for the 24hrs of Le Mans. I think GTP 103 had one but it wasn't supplied that way from the factory.
Gurney took over the program and ran that engine very successfully as the Coyote in Indycar for many years before Cosworth. I believe Bob a member on this board bought the entire stock of the Gurney Eagle Indy motor, that's if you REALLY want one at around $25,000 +
If it were me, I wouldn't hesitate but you're not going to have a nice time on anything else but a race track with it. Zero practicality.
They sure are beautiful, and I bet the sound at 10-11k rpm is mind blowing. Not that much HP or torque on the low end, your right pretty useless for a street car.