Can someone explain to me the attraction of a lumpy cam?

[LateFan]

The Lola T70 was a sports and endurance racer; it came in a closed and open variant, powered by either a Chevy or Ford V8. It was also Lola's first Can Am entry, and the only Ford-powered car to win a Can Am race (Bridgehampton with Dan Gurney at the wheel). Their later efforts were the T220 and T222.

Open T70(the Gurney car):

All awesome! :D

Dan Gurney for President! I LOVE that thing!

I see some big Gurney flaps, a sticker for Gurney-Westlake heads, and Genuine Viking Bardahl oil from Ballard!

A Seattle landmark….

[steve68]

I pretty sure Lola T-70/220's ran Chevy ZL-1's all aluminiumn BBC, dry sump, mechanical fuel injection, about 750HP, big cams! 12.5-1 compression

[QUKBMER]

Very cool! He must have some awesome stories. The Lola T70 was a sports and endurance racer; it came in a closed and open variant, powered by either a Chevy or Ford V8. It was also Lola's first Can Am entry, and the only Ford-powered car to win a Can Am race (Bridgehampton with Dan Gurney at the wheel). Their later efforts were the T220 and T222.

Open T70(the Gurney car):

Closed T70:

T220:

T222:

The Lola T332 was their F5000 entry if I remember correctly:



All awesome! :D

Yep the yellow T70 was what he raced except ther car was dark blue and the F5000 was red too.Scooter also made a racing movie with James called "The racing sceen" I have it on DVD. It has them racing in baja 500 and the 24hr Daytona and also 12hr Sebring with the T70 and the F5000 at Mosport racing as well .

[ELVA164]

I agree completely with on that. My dads friend Scooter Patrick use to race Can Am and was a semi works driver for Porsche in the mid to late 60"s and raced Can Am to 1975. He said it was the best years of his life racing in that time period. He also raced for James Garner in Formula 5000 and in a Lola T70 i think that was the name of the car.

Very cool! He must have some awesome stories. The Lola T70 was a sports and endurance racer; it came in a closed and open variant, powered by either a Chevy or Ford V8. It was also Lola's first Can Am entry, and the only Ford-powered car to win a Can Am race (Bridgehampton with Dan Gurney at the wheel). Their later efforts were the T220 and T222.

Open T70(the Gurney car):

Closed T70:

T220:

T222:

The Lola T332 was their F5000 entry if I remember correctly:



All awesome! :D

[QUKBMER]

Can Am is the zenith of American V8s for me. Don't care if they're faster, or lighter, or turn more rpm elsewhere; they aren't as viscerally aggressive and awe-inspiring as Cam Am.

I agree completely with on that. My dads friend Scooter Patrick use to race Can Am and was a semi works driver for Porsche in the mid to late 60"s and raced Can Am to 1975. He said it was the best years of his life racing in that time period. He also raced for James Garner in Formula 5000 and in a Lola T70 i think that was the name of the car.

[lolcantturn]

Loopiness is fun to listen to, not so fun in a DD. My M42's stock cam's were out of spec for the longest time, sure it sounds a bit neat, but my goodness, to sit in stand still traffic or being at a drive-thru with your car shaking from the idle will drive you nuts on end.

[Coupelx]

"Rebuilt" to "custom specs" is an oxymoron. Custom is different then stock.



Nothing against you guys but my guess is you never have actually "built" a motor, or chassis or anything that you can't buy off the shelf. While you may use some off the shelf parts to make these custom setups; it requires far more work, time, skill and energy to make those parts function in your "build". So the term, "rebuilt" doesn't apply, that would assume you were using all factory spec parts as Exodus implied.

Nothing against and then you proceed to insult people who you know nothing about?


I, like most, have bought alot of off the shelf stuff. Why reinvent the wheel when its not needed? I have also made alot of one off pieces for various projects which involved the use of a mill, lathe, welder, ETC.

I have also taught myself to port 2 strokes through years of reading and trial/error. This is something not alot of people can do successfully.

Dont fall on your face when stepping off your soap box. Just because someone doesnt have r3v-Cred doesnt mean they are a know nothing.

[blck325is]

Gotta love some lope.

[QUKBMER]

Reminds me of a funnycar/top fuel dragster lol

[Reichart12]

^That lion video had me cracking up. Glad I checked this thread out now.

[mrsleeve]

I take back what I said about "nobody suspecting a thing" with that car, John. Anyone who hears that is definitely going to suspect something.

LOL yeah thats just an OLD POS gm that has been neglected so long it will barely run...

[varg]

[ELVA164]

Can Am is the zenith of American V8s for me. Don't care if they're faster, or lighter, or turn more rpm elsewhere; they aren't as viscerally aggressive and awe-inspiring as Cam Am.

That is huge power for the little kent motor. I think mine made 60hp.

;D;D

[CorvallisBMW]

Where the term, "Firing her up" comes from :eeek:

[QUKBMER]

ENOUGH SAID RIGHT THERE !!!! :bow::bow::bow::bow: