Rocco wrote on 07/23/09 at 23:00:10:


I did race on a motorcycle one time,but it wasnt my fault!!

LOL...I was a passenger and had no idea the race was going to happen Too late then,the motorcycles were wound out as fast as they could go. I was a little afraid at first then I thought might as well go with it,there was nothing I could do anyway...I couldnt jump off

BTW Wasnt there a Shelby Boss and a Shelby GT? There is a guy I know that has a 68 or 69 Shelby(I think Boss) that bought it new! and still has it

I loveeeeeeeeee the Mustangs!

Hey Rocco, it's a wise man who learns from his mistakes, only a fool ignores them.

Rocco wrote on 07/24/09 at 09:01:07:



Pretty close Rocco... The "Shelby" name was used both "in-house" by the Ford family on some Mustangs and even the GT race machines which won Le-Mans. He (Mr. Carrol Shelby) also used his own name outside of Ford for cars and parts at different points in history.

As someone mentioned, the "Boss" was usually associated with a 302 C.I. aptly named the "Boss 302." However, and now as a primarily GM person, I could be wrong, but there may have been a "Boss 351 C.I."

I'm pretty sure the biggest engines from Ford came in 427; 428; and 429. All very much different besides the one cubic inch of displacement. But no 426 C.I. was associated with Ford, as I recall, the Mopar line of Hemi engines were famous for that one. They (Hemi) were so much of an advantage they were eventually banned by NASCAR.

Also they are the cylinder type upon which our little LS650 combustion chamber resembles; except with two domes and a pair of valves for each cylinder dome! (Makes you wonder why it isn't a two spark plug design...

Didn't someone around here do a two plug conversion? Lancer? Was it done by modifying a LS650 cylinder head? And when will details be available?

if it was ten bucks, i'd give the officer the money then tear through the gears right in front of him!

and yes, not getting caught was the 2nd lesson!!

Drag race... no.

street race... sometimes.

I raced someone in a sporty merc a while back. sadly he had me in the straightaway, but once we reached the turns.... dusted.

good thing about the curvy races is that cops can't hide all that much...

I'm pretty sure the biggest engines from Ford came in 427; 428; and 429. All very much different besides the one cubic inch of displacement. But no 426 C.I. was associated with Ford, as I recall, the Mopar line of Hemi engines were famous for that one. They (Hemi) were so much of an advantage they were eventually banned by NASCAR.

I remember Ford had a 490 V8. My dad had it in his Park Lane. Great big comfortable boat of a car that hauled a$$. I don't think they put it in the sports cars, but I'm sure there wre some clever dudes back then  that would have tried. This is back when cars were CARS!!!

Skid Mark wrote on 07/24/09 at 15:46:44:


The big Ford engine was 460, not 490  

I can relate to the original posters story. I once did a nice smoky burnout in front of what seemed the whole Falls Church, VA PD one night in my 1968 Z28. It cost me Back then it was called "reckless driving".

although torque is a close second! lol i love how torquey the thumper is!

my co-worker who has the candy orange shadow 750(who claims his bike weighs 850pounds...yeah right!) said y would i be racing on this bike since he had an 05 s40....i said because she's all torque! u can't go fast for long in south florida but my 0-60 is better!

someone asked him who's bike is faster "he'll get me off the line and his is louder" was his reply

i'll take that!!!