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Thought I'd mention this and tip my hat to the Blue Oval Racers rocking the house in Indy this weekend.
Here is the news blurb I found on Competition Plus:
NEW TOYS FOR THE BIG BOYS - Two of the Detroit Big Three made their appearance at the NHRA U.S. Nationals sporting new engine combinations for the Factory Stock Showdown. They made lasting impressions on Thursday.
Ford introduced a new 429 Cobra Jet engine while Chevrolet unveiled a new 427 intended to run in the naturally aspirated Factory Showdown/B classification.
"We had some teams really thrashing to get our new 429 combo out," said Ford Racing director Jesse Kershaw. "It was just approved by the NHRA and this is the first NHRA U.S. Nationals that we've been able to showcase it at. There's a learning curve whenever there's a new engine."
Chevrolet introduced their 427 combination in hopes of catching up with the Mopar Drag Pak and Ford Cobra Jet packages which had pulled out ahead last season with clear advantages.
"We developed this combination specifically for the Factory Stock Showdown to compete against our competition who had a jump on us in competition last year," said Roger Allen Chevrolet Performance's NHRA Program Manager and COPO Engineering Manager. "We developed it with hardware that existed last year in the Chevrolet Performance catalog.
"The short block is our standard 427 engine and it has the LSX-DR and an intake developed specifically for this. It's a tunnel ram intake sold by CFE Racing. It also has a single Accu-Fab throttle body located in the middle of the tunnel ram. That's a significant improvement over our base production head LS7 427 combination."
Kershaw is excited to have a new weapon for the brand, adding to the parity between the manufacturers.
"We are excited because we feel we have something to run alongside of that 426 Hemi," said Kershaw. "Chevy's got a nice 427 too. It's really nice to have our 429 out there against the 427 and the Hemi 426."
Here is the news blurb I found on Competition Plus:
NEW TOYS FOR THE BIG BOYS - Two of the Detroit Big Three made their appearance at the NHRA U.S. Nationals sporting new engine combinations for the Factory Stock Showdown. They made lasting impressions on Thursday.
Ford introduced a new 429 Cobra Jet engine while Chevrolet unveiled a new 427 intended to run in the naturally aspirated Factory Showdown/B classification.
"We had some teams really thrashing to get our new 429 combo out," said Ford Racing director Jesse Kershaw. "It was just approved by the NHRA and this is the first NHRA U.S. Nationals that we've been able to showcase it at. There's a learning curve whenever there's a new engine."
Chevrolet introduced their 427 combination in hopes of catching up with the Mopar Drag Pak and Ford Cobra Jet packages which had pulled out ahead last season with clear advantages.
"We developed this combination specifically for the Factory Stock Showdown to compete against our competition who had a jump on us in competition last year," said Roger Allen Chevrolet Performance's NHRA Program Manager and COPO Engineering Manager. "We developed it with hardware that existed last year in the Chevrolet Performance catalog.
"The short block is our standard 427 engine and it has the LSX-DR and an intake developed specifically for this. It's a tunnel ram intake sold by CFE Racing. It also has a single Accu-Fab throttle body located in the middle of the tunnel ram. That's a significant improvement over our base production head LS7 427 combination."
Kershaw is excited to have a new weapon for the brand, adding to the parity between the manufacturers.
"We are excited because we feel we have something to run alongside of that 426 Hemi," said Kershaw. "Chevy's got a nice 427 too. It's really nice to have our 429 out there against the 427 and the Hemi 426."
Two water pumps also?
