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Dan Lineback
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Did You Know...(T-Bird Trivia)
I'm sure that many of you are already familiar with this, but I thought I would share it with y'all any way. Just a little piece of trivia I stumbled across a while back.
The Super Coupes were not the first T-Birds to come from ford with super chargers. On the '57 model, Ford offered the "F" engine: an 8.5:1 312 CID V8 with a McCulloch/Paxton single stage, variable ratio centrifugal super charger Model VR-57) that blew into a 4bbl Holley, producing 300hp @ 4800 rpm. They reportedly could be tweeked and tuned to boost output to 340-360 hp. Only 208 of these "F-Birds" were produced. Talk about a rare bird!! I'd freakin' kill to have one of those!!!
I'm sure that many of you are already familiar with this, but I thought I would share it with y'all any way. Just a little piece of trivia I stumbled across a while back.
The Super Coupes were not the first T-Birds to come from ford with super chargers. On the '57 model, Ford offered the "F" engine: an 8.5:1 312 CID V8 with a McCulloch/Paxton single stage, variable ratio centrifugal super charger Model VR-57) that blew into a 4bbl Holley, producing 300hp @ 4800 rpm. They reportedly could be tweeked and tuned to boost output to 340-360 hp. Only 208 of these "F-Birds" were produced. Talk about a rare bird!! I'd freakin' kill to have one of those!!!