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Ok..so I dont know this and probably should,but, where did "Cammer" & " Coyote" actu
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"cammer" was the nickname of ford's infamous SOHC 427 big block designed in the late 60's, given so because of its(unheard of in the muscle car world) single overhead cam design. it was originally designed for NASCAR, but the chrysler corporation threatened to pull all of their hemi cars(superbirds and charger daytonas) from the series, and thus the 427 "cammer" was banned from competition before its first season ever started.
left with a surplus of absolutely incredible racing engines, ford started handing them out to drag racers, where they began taking down all of the famous hemi drag cars.
fast forward to 2005 and ford had just designed a new road racing engine, the dual overhead cam 5.0l. ford took a 4.6l aluminum block, bored the shit out of it, filled it with forged components, 2000 cobra R heads(which are the basis of and all but identical to the ford GT and shelby GT500 heads), and a ridiculously expensive magnesium variable geometry intake manifold(i want to say that it cost at least $2k...!!!).
so, you have a new overhead cam racing engine that you plan to dominate the competition with(and that they've done in the continental tire challenge GS class and the rolex grand-am daytona prototype class, when the rules haven't strangled these engines), and you have an infamous overhead cam engine in your history with an infamous name to go with it - so why wouldn't they call their brand new 5.0l racing engine "cammer"?
and that's the short
lol1 on the "cammer" nickname. not sure about coyote though.
left with a surplus of absolutely incredible racing engines, ford started handing them out to drag racers, where they began taking down all of the famous hemi drag cars.
fast forward to 2005 and ford had just designed a new road racing engine, the dual overhead cam 5.0l. ford took a 4.6l aluminum block, bored the shit out of it, filled it with forged components, 2000 cobra R heads(which are the basis of and all but identical to the ford GT and shelby GT500 heads), and a ridiculously expensive magnesium variable geometry intake manifold(i want to say that it cost at least $2k...!!!).
so, you have a new overhead cam racing engine that you plan to dominate the competition with(and that they've done in the continental tire challenge GS class and the rolex grand-am daytona prototype class, when the rules haven't strangled these engines), and you have an infamous overhead cam engine in your history with an infamous name to go with it - so why wouldn't they call their brand new 5.0l racing engine "cammer"?
and that's the short
lol1 on the "cammer" nickname. not sure about coyote though.
Ford built a 4 cam engine that had the heads flipped around so the exhaust came out of what is normally the intake valley, high rpm screamer, can see one in this link 1972 Ford AJ FOYT COYOTE INDY 500 RACE CAR for sale | Hemmings Motor News it was called a coyote
damn, can't believe i forgot about the foyt coyote!
"cammer" was the nickname of ford's infamous SOHC 427 big block designed in the late 60's, given so because of its(unheard of in the muscle car world) single overhead cam design. it was originally designed for NASCAR, but the chrysler corporation threatened to pull all of their hemi cars(superbirds and charger daytonas) from the series, and thus the 427 "cammer" was banned from competition before its first season ever started.
left with a surplus of absolutely incredible racing engines, ford started handing them out to drag racers, where they began taking down all of the famous hemi drag cars.
fast forward to 2005 and ford had just designed a new road racing engine, the dual overhead cam 5.0l. ford took a 4.6l aluminum block, bored the shit out of it, filled it with forged components, 2000 cobra R heads(which are the basis of and all but identical to the ford GT and shelby GT500 heads), and a ridiculously expensive magnesium variable geometry intake manifold(i want to say that it cost at least $2k...!!!).
so, you have a new overhead cam racing engine that you plan to dominate the competition with(and that they've done in the continental tire challenge GS class and the rolex grand-am daytona prototype class, when the rules haven't strangled these engines), and you have an infamous overhead cam engine in your history with an infamous name to go with it - so why wouldn't they call their brand new 5.0l racing engine "cammer"?
and that's the short
i remember that manifold...i think it was well north of 2k but i did see a n/a 4.6 with that IM pull a 03/04 pullied cobra HARD...wish i knew the name of that video
I thought that the name Coyote came from Ford's in-house "code" or "secret" name during development and production of the said engine prior to it's release to public
yea, sick piece!
and i would LOVE to see that video!
it did, but you don't think they just pulled that name out of thin air did you? make no mistake, the foyt coyote was the inspiration.
look at aj foyt's copenhagen sponsored nascar cup cars and then look at the black and red boss laguna seca. remarkable resemblance
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look at aj foyt's copenhagen sponsored nascar cup cars and then look at the black and red boss laguna seca. remarkable resemblance
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