The Ford Indy V8 engine is a naturally-aspirated, pushrod, V-8, Indy car racing engine, intitally specially designed by Ford for use by Team Lotus (but later used by other teams as well), to compete in the Indianapolis 500; from

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 5 ** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...

. This is the engine that gave

Jim Clark James Clark Jr. OBE (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965. A versatile driver, he competed in sports cars, touring cars and in the Indianapol ...

the victory in 1965 with his Lotus 38 chassis,

Graham Hill Norman Graham Hill (15 February 1929 – 29 November 1975) was a British racing driver and team owner, who was the Formula One World Champion twice, winning in and as well as being runner up on three occasions (1963, 1964 and 1965). Despite ...

victory in 1966 with his

Lola T90 The Lola T90 is a highly successful and competitive open-wheel racing car chassis, designed and built by Lola Cars to compete in USAC IndyCar racing series, that successfully won the 1966 Indianapolis 500, being driven by Graham Hill. It was po ...

chassis, and A. J. Foyt the win at Indianapolis in 1967, in his Coyote 67 chassis. A smaller Garrett

turbocharged In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (often called a turbo) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to pro ...

engine was introduced in 1968, and gave Mario Andretti the win in his

Brawner Hawk The Brawner Hawk is a series of open-wheel race car chassis designed and developed by automotive mechanic and engineer Clint Brawner for U.S.A.C. Indy car racing, between 1965 and 1969. It successfully won the 1969 Indianapolis 500, while in the ...

chassis at the

1969 Indianapolis 500 The 53rd International 500 Mile Sweepstakes was an auto race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Friday, May 30, 1969. It was the third round of the 1969 USAC Championship Car season. Polesitter A. J. Foyt led the race ...

. This engine was used throughout the

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

and

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

seasons, until

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

(their last season), after which Ford pulled-out and withdrew from the series for 1972. They would not return to Indy car racing until

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

, with the Ford-sponsored Cosworth DFX engine.

Background/History

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with Ford engines first competed in 1935 using a production-based Ford V8 in the Miller-Ford racer. A pushrod Ford V8 raced with Lotus in 1963, and Ford's first Indy win was in 1965 with a DOHC V8.

Lotus 64 engine

Because the previous 56 had a gas turbine engine, Lotus decided to build a new engine for the

. The project was funded by Ford who supplied a V8

turbo engine In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (often called a turbo) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases. It uses this energy to compress the intake gas, forcing more air into the engine in order to pro ...

, and by STP. The biggest difference was the new engine; a 2.65-liter turbocharged Ford engine, making more than 700 horsepower.

Ford 406 engine

The Ford 406 was a

Formula One engine Since its inception in 1947, Formula One has used a variety of engine regulations. "Formulae" limiting engine capacity had been used in Grand Prix racing on a regular basis since after World War I. The engine formulae are divided according t ...

, and was essentially a downsized variant of the Ford Indy V8 engine. It was used in the

McLaren M2B The McLaren M2B was the McLaren team's first Formula One racing car, used during the 1966 season. It was conceived in 1965 and preceded by the M2A development car. Designed by Robin Herd, the innovative but problematic Mallite material was us ...

Formula One car in 1966, prior to the introduction of the highly successful Ford- Cosworth DFV engine in 1967.

A.J. Foyt engine

With Ford Motor Company pulling out of Indy car racing after ten years of competitive domination, A. J. Foyt obtained the rights to Ford's DOHC Indy engine, and it was rebadged as a ''Foyt''. A.J. himself managed to win the 1977 race in his

Coyote The coyote (''Canis latrans'') is a species of canis, canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecologica ...

chassis with a ''Foyt''-badged engine.

Applications

* Coyote 67 * Coyote 68 * Coyote/Kuzma * Coyote 70 * Coyote 71 * Lola T80 * Lola T90/T92 * Lola T150/T153 * Lola T270/T272 * Lotus 29 * Lotus 34 * Lotus 38 *

Lotus 42 The Lotus 42 is an open-wheel race car chassis, and was Team Lotus' second purpose-built IndyCar entry, designed to win 1967 Indianapolis 500, being driven by Graham Hill. The car was unsuccessful that year, with Hill retiring on lap 23 of the ra ...

Lotus 64 The Lotus 64 was a four-wheel drive racing car built by Lotus for the 1969 Indianapolis 500. After the Lotus 29, Lotus 34, Lotus 38 and Lotus 56, The 64 was the fifth and final race car Colin Chapman built for USAC category racing. The Un ...

* McNamara T-500 * McNamara T-501

References

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