Does anyone know if a hemi has been put in to a gt40?
Has anyone put a hemi in a gt40
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Jack Houpe
GT40s Supporter
Dude, thats a bad way to introduce yourself around here. HA! 
I do know of a hemi in a Pantera.
I do know of a hemi in a Pantera.
Ron Earp
Admin
Dude, thats a bad way to introduce yourself around here. HA!
Yeah, but that is just a Pantera, no real harm done!
Ron McCall
Supporter
Hi Mick,
My neighbour is a mad Hemi fan. Anyone with a stroked 440 (god knows what size it is) in a CL valiant ute is crazy.
He keeps bugging me to put a hemi in my RF........
I think I will go for a Boss or Dart Windsor, as they should have a Ford donk.
Regards, Gus.
My neighbour is a mad Hemi fan. Anyone with a stroked 440 (god knows what size it is) in a CL valiant ute is crazy.
He keeps bugging me to put a hemi in my RF........
I think I will go for a Boss or Dart Windsor, as they should have a Ford donk.
Regards, Gus.
Ford 4.6 DOHC is a hemispherical chamber design and there are a couple in Australia. If you meant Hemi as in Chrysler which I'm sure you did, and I was just being smart, then I don't know but why would you want to?
Gusmo, when I went to school a Hemi was 426 CI and a 440 was a, er 440 mate.
Anyway - keep it original I say - put in a Boss 429 Ford (Hemi) :laugh:
As you can see its not a 40 but it is a hemi.This is a mckee chassis sports racer.
Keith,
I should have said Chrysler, Dodge or anything mopar........ didn't say a 440 was a hemi, but it does seem I insinuated it was......doh
Cheers, Gus.
I should have said Chrysler, Dodge or anything mopar........ didn't say a 440 was a hemi, but it does seem I insinuated it was......doh
Cheers, Gus.
As you can see its not a 40 but it is a hemi.This is a mckee chassis sports racer.
Ah, but the inspection sticker on the roll bar IS a GT40!
Maybe it wants to be a 40?
There is someone who's put a 5.7 Chrysler Hemi into a replica of a GT-40. There are pictures of it on-line.
You can learn about it here:
TheHemi.com • View topic - Malcolm's 5.7L HEMI GT40 "HEMI40"
'Just curious...assuming you're referring to a REAL Hemi (as in '60s 426 Hemis) why would one want to do that when there are big weight/c.g./handling/suspension overload, and, in some cases, h.p. disadvantages in doing so relative to so many other options?
'NOT criticizing...just asking...assuming you're still around 3+ years after posing the question.
I wondered about this and it appears someone at least attempted it...
http://www.gt40s.com/forum/gt40-build-logs/23574-earls-sohc-cammer-gt40.html
http://www.gt40s.com/forum/gt40-build-logs/23574-earls-sohc-cammer-gt40.html
Ron:
Lee Holman had shared with me a few years ago that a Boss 429 had been fitted to a Gt40. When the car was run at Elkhart Lake it would spin the tires like crazy on the back straight. Sounded like it was removed after that. He also told me that the Holman Moody engine Dyno at the time would not hold the power the 429 would make. We got on the conversation because he had a Boss 429 in the shop he was working on and I had never saw the engine in real life.
Lee Holman had shared with me a few years ago that a Boss 429 had been fitted to a Gt40. When the car was run at Elkhart Lake it would spin the tires like crazy on the back straight. Sounded like it was removed after that. He also told me that the Holman Moody engine Dyno at the time would not hold the power the 429 would make. We got on the conversation because he had a Boss 429 in the shop he was working on and I had never saw the engine in real life.
