Posts on the other AMGT40/1 thread got my curiosity fired up ... Ronnie Spains GT40 book suggests in its results that these cars were 289 powered in their Alan Mann owned outings at Sebring & Le Mans trials ~ early 1966.
The results on the 'Racing Sports Cars' site show both cars as being '7000cc' eg 427 FE powered. Qualifying times on that site as follows:
1. MKII 1031 Gurney / Grant ......7000cc.. 2:54:600
2. Ferrari......Parkes / Bondurant..4400cc...2:56:600
3. AMGT/2....Hill / Stewart[.........7000cc...2:57:400
4. MKII 1032.Hansgen/Donahue....7000cc...2:58:600
5. GTX1 110. Miles/ Ruby............7000cc...2:58:600
6. Chaparral 2D.........................7000cc..2:59:600
7. AMGT/1....Whitmore/Gardner....7000cc..3:00:400
Then we go thru several Porsche, Chaparral, Ferrari & Another MKII before we get to the # 13 Qualifier
13.MKI GT40 1026.. Scott Revson. 4727cc.3:07:000
Is it likely that the cars had FE427 motors to make up that 7 or 12 second difference over the Scott Revson car, or was the ~120lb weight difference enough to allow the 289 to go that much faster.
Why were Hill/Stewart asked to also drive MKII's @ the Le Mans trials & give opinions on both cars, was this because they were both FE powered?
Was the Hewland box fitted at this time?
Whitmore & Stewart are both still topside, anyone know them well enough to ask? The Hewland would probably jog the memory since it was a dog box & require a different technique to the synchro T44 or ZF. Going by the pics on other thread there is a possibility that the AMGT 1/2 cars would have had webers as opposed to holley on the MKII../I]
The results on the 'Racing Sports Cars' site show both cars as being '7000cc' eg 427 FE powered. Qualifying times on that site as follows:
1. MKII 1031 Gurney / Grant ......7000cc.. 2:54:600
2. Ferrari......Parkes / Bondurant..4400cc...2:56:600
3. AMGT/2....Hill / Stewart[.........7000cc...2:57:400
4. MKII 1032.Hansgen/Donahue....7000cc...2:58:600
5. GTX1 110. Miles/ Ruby............7000cc...2:58:600
6. Chaparral 2D.........................7000cc..2:59:600
7. AMGT/1....Whitmore/Gardner....7000cc..3:00:400
Then we go thru several Porsche, Chaparral, Ferrari & Another MKII before we get to the # 13 Qualifier
13.MKI GT40 1026.. Scott Revson. 4727cc.3:07:000
Is it likely that the cars had FE427 motors to make up that 7 or 12 second difference over the Scott Revson car, or was the ~120lb weight difference enough to allow the 289 to go that much faster.
Why were Hill/Stewart asked to also drive MKII's @ the Le Mans trials & give opinions on both cars, was this because they were both FE powered?
Was the Hewland box fitted at this time?
Whitmore & Stewart are both still topside, anyone know them well enough to ask? The Hewland would probably jog the memory since it was a dog box & require a different technique to the synchro T44 or ZF. Going by the pics on other thread there is a possibility that the AMGT 1/2 cars would have had webers as opposed to holley on the MKII../I]