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Old 07-28-2016, 03:44 PM
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Default Re: 1961 Ford Starliner

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: rcc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Forget me looking for another Starliner for my buddy, I WANT that engine. Pretty sure that's Ford's Hemi, isn't it?

Rick</div></div>

Rick -- I don't think that is the Ford hemi. The 429 &quot;Shotgun&quot; engine was the hemi -- Ford named it the &quot;Shotgun&quot; because they felt it could compete with the fabled Dodge/Plymouth 426 hemi (aka -- Elephant killer). Didn't work out for them because of the HUGH ports, there was terrible low/mid range torque fiqures ... had to spin ther hell out of it to high RPM to get any power.

I should add the engine above looks like the 427 SOHC ... TAZ
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