Original GT40 SAE Papers

[Lynn Miner]

Go to the link below to find a complete set of the original GT40 SAE papers written by FoMoCo engineers that detail the development of the car. These have been in the public domain for years if you knew where to find them. Some guy sells them on eBay for $100. Now you can get them right here. This is an 82 MByte file so be patient. If you use a dial up......forget it - sorry!

http://www.gt40s.com/images/howto/LynnMiner/Reference/SAE_Papers.pdf

 

[jvo51v]

thank you for the copy of the ford gt 40 sae papers

 

[James Harvey]

Lots of great info there. Thanks for posting.

 

[Chris Hale]

Very interesting reading thanks for posting.

 

[Ron R.]

Thank you.

Adding to my archives right now.

 

[Jack Houpe]

Thanks Lynn! Good reading

 

[David mono]

Thanks for posting

 

[Neil]

Nice analysis of ventilated brake rotors.

 

[Ryan L]

page 41 of the PDF (39) is interesting, it shows a crossover for the fuel tank that runs across the top of the dash. there are holes in the chassis for this tube, I have only ever seen 1 photo that shows this tube installed. most chassis seem to have the holes in the dash structure as a legacy.

Page 96 (94) has the master cylinder sizes that someone was after.....

Ryan

 

[Dwight]

thanks for posting
very interesting

 

[Peter Barnes]

Thanks Ryan

 

[Ryan L]

There is another paper mentioned in the text that is not included in the PDF above.

Laboratory Simulation, Mark II-GT Powertrain

Laboratory simulation of the powertrain for the Ford Mark II-GT sports-racing car included simulation of the same speeds, loads, and times that are experienced in the Le Mans race. Two proposed powertrains were tested: (1) A Mark II car with a 427 cu in. displacement engine and a Ford designed four-

www.sae.org

 

[Doc Watson]

There were 3 articles in 'Style Auto' back in the day. Also a good read is a softback book 'Ford GT40 & GT Ultimate Portfolio'