Area of Maximum Tuning
In 1963 we were a bit stunned by a Mercury Marauder that had 427 cubic inches, 425 horsepower, good handling, and performance that, to us, was absolutely breathtaking. The Tempest GTO is ...
Race Breeding and Engineering
The barrels have alloy cooling fins and shrunk-in "Hirai" (a special cast iron) liners. The bore and stroke, at 3.15 x 2.60 inches (80 x 66mm) are fashionably oversquare, with a ratio of...
Standard High-Performance
Nor is there any significant difference between this year's Shelby Mustang and last year's, although there is a whale of a difference between Ford's stock $3500 Mustang and Shelby's versio...
Accelerates with a Vigorous Growl
The only real handling fault of the 911S is a corkscrewing motion of the front end when cornering on an undulating surface. This appears to be a by-product of the Porsche's unconventional...
Relatively Poor Ride
Also (unhappily) it's this same lightness that contributes to the Corolla's relatively poor ride. On anything but a smooth road it pitches and bounces with vigor, fortunately at a frequen...
More than the Average Corvette
(9) It being a mass-class sports car, the Corvette's excellent engineering tends to be obscured by some rather garish styling gimmicks that make the uninitiated wonder if the car is a fake...
Tricky Full-Throttle Launches
Carbs versus fuel injection....
The Corvette is Hard to Beat
Originally published in Sports Cars Illustrated in March 1959.If your interests lie in drag-racing, by all means pick the 4.56. If road-racing is more your style, then you'll probably want ...
Powertrain
Thorough tweaking results in Corvette C5 and 11/16ths....
The Power of the V-8 Ford
John Tojeiro also designed the body, a sleek shape reminiscent of the Ferrari 166 Mille Miglia. Design work on Ford's Challenger V-8 engine began in 1958 under the leadership of Robert F. S...