Doug1647545489 Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 This is the new FR9 Ford engine on my Spintron test fixture. I designed part of the valve train and have been spending countless hours recording and analysing data from it to design the next generation of parts for it. It should hit the track in the fall. The pictures are from a recent magazine article. The first is my test cell and the second is just a complete motor in one of the assemblers area. I'm really surprised they released a photo of it on my spintron, but it's what you can't see that makes these motors special. ~900 hp from 358 cubes and old ass pushrod technology. Yes Nascar sucks, but the engines are pretty sophisticated pieces. http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/powertvmedia/P1040475-1.jpg http://www.ridelust.com/wp-content/uploads/09fordbc0015_01.jpg http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/powertvmedia/P1040503-1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckeye1647545503 Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Man that whould look good in my cougar....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1647545489 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Man that whould look good in my cougar....... It would... we'll sell them to anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustlestiltskin Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 howd you get this job doug? what all schooling did you have to prepare you for this kind of work? Is it quite rewarding for you? I know I'd be taking full advantage of what I am learning there and apply it to my own car in terms of knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 same old school blocks?or did they have to make one for the heads? just what ford needs to start beating on the yotas, then gm will start crying foul..lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimmel1647545512 Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Man that whould look good in my cougar....... do you make 128k a year? haha and thats a nice lookin motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1647545489 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 howd you get this job doug? what all schooling did you have to prepare you for this kind of work? Is it quite rewarding for you? I know I'd be taking full advantage of what I am learning there and apply it to my own car in terms of knowledge. Building a large network of contacts in and out of school, working my ass off, past work experience. It's very rewarding. Daytona 500 rings come in this month I hope to add many more in the future. What I do at work is very different than what you would do on a street car. Kinda like if you flew a F-18 as your day job and owned a Cessna 182 for your personal pleasure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1647545489 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 same old school blocks?or did they have to make one for the heads? just what ford needs to start beating on the yotas, then gm will start crying foul..lmao New block and heads. It's kinda funny that our current engine which is very old compared to everything else, is still very competitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 what all changes where made in the blocks? this is good news. it just means when they take all the yates heads out, and replace them with these, you'll see more old nascar stuff in some street racers cars... i used to have a yates headed sb, nasty little bastard too. thanks to some used nascar heads, intake and block. at the time i couldnt find a dommy intake for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Very cool. Even cooler in my fox body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty2Hotty Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 My pants got tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mopar Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Best thing about nascar, they are all motor engines making 800-900+ hp. Cool looking motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1647545489 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 what all changes where made in the blocks? this is good news. it just means when they take all the yates heads out, and replace them with these, you'll see more old nascar stuff in some street racers cars... i used to have a yates headed sb, nasty little bastard too. thanks to some used nascar heads, intake and block. at the time i couldnt find a dommy intake for them. The big change is the bore spacing. Our nationwide/truck program will continue to use our old engine/heads so it will be a while before you see a huge increase in used heads available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qtr_pndr Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 what does it sell for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustlestiltskin Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 He said $90k before he ninja edited his post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1647545489 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 He said $90k before he ninja edited his post Only because we technically don't sell them. We lease them. Anything we do sell is not going to have the lastest and greatest for obvious reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Aside from regulations, why the hell haven't they moved away from carbs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug1647545489 Posted April 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Aside from regulations, why the hell haven't they moved away from carbs? No other reason other than the regulations. We've built F/I versions of our cup engine for other projects. We ain't skerd. The people who run Nascar live in the past. If they can't measure something with calipers and a micrometer they want nothing to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farkas Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 No other reason other than the regulations. We've built F/I versions of our cup engine for other projects. We ain't skerd. The people who run Nascar live in the past. If they can't measure something with calipers and a micrometer they want nothing to do with it. I guess I can relate, to a point.. I converted my old AE86 to side-draft webers from FI. BUT, I can say that motor is pretty sweet looking. I have always been really interested in doing a dry-sump on a really nice build but it's $$$$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 Aside from regulations, why the hell haven't they moved away from carbs? cause they like making real power for alot less money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 OHC has been around forever too...why does pushrods always get the "old tech" reference? Hell, DOHC has been around since the early 1900's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qtr_pndr Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 90k fuck that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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