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Originally Posted by 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
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1) Danny Jones, Clay Smith's son-in-law built the Twin Turbo Engine and plumbing fir the car. With minor tuning the Turbo Boss 9 was faster than the other cars out there by a good margin.
2) "The Drag Strip Owners and the crowds like to hear the noise of open Zoomies and see the flames coming out as well as the noise.
The Track owners said leave the Turbo car at home and run the Zoomie Car."
(This is a direct quote from Danny Jones who worked about 100 feet from my desk on the Ford Proving Ground in Dearborn Michigan.) I worked with Danny for 7 years. So thanks for posting that history which you read in a magazine vs hearing the real story from Danny Jones. Danny was also the Ford Indy Car Tuning/Turbo Guy during those racing years. He stayed involved with Ford SVO even after he retired from Ford.
The real information from a Ford Guy about a Ford Engine.
Tom V.