[GTOGEORGE]

Fords SOHC engine was their best engine fir nitro racing in 1969 Mickey Thompson had the BADDEST NITRO CAR ………ibis 1969 grubby car won everything and even went the quickest of 6.97 at 201. That was when the block started to break, the hp level was getting past that 1,500hp level. After that race teams started to run the Boss but did have any luck with it (growing pains). It wasn’t until Ohio George put twin turbos on the Boss (dynoed around 1,600 hp it finally woke up, he was making as much power on gas as the Ford nitro cars! When pro stock started to take off the SOHC engine was used again. It wasn’t until the 80’s when Pro Stick went to 500 cubes when the Boss engine started to Dominate. OK enough Ford history on a Pontiac web site, all though Pontiac and Ford’s had a little in common but that was the old days……that’s when race cars were cool!


GTO George