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"How to Hop Up Ford & Mercury V-8 Engines," 1951

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Artifact Overview

How do you go fast if you can't purchase a powerful engine? The size and weight of a stock V-8 engine built by Ford and Mercury offered racers an affordable option. And rodders could eke out more horsepower by relying on this book.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Book

Date Made

1951

Subject Date

1951

Creator Notes

Written by Roger Huntington and published by Floyd Clymer, Los Angeles, California.

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.175.45

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
Length: 0.5 in

Inscriptions

Below image and title on front cover: SPEED TUNING THEORY-- COSTS-- / H.P. & TORQUE
"How to Hop Up Ford & Mercury V-8 Engines," 1951