"How to Hop Up Ford & Mercury V-8 Engines," 1951
THF207113 / "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
Place of Creation
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
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