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Chopper bloke,
I like the principal behind that little ball, it does seem to make sence, a clever idea.
It apparently worked good. If you've read about the mechanics illustrated Ford (MI FORD) the 885 was used on an 8BA engine fitted with Granatelli heads (8.5:1 if I recall) dual exhaust with glass packs and a stock loadamatic ignition bar a Mallory coil and condenser, which was fitted to eliminate a miss in the ignition above 100mph. Performance was good, don't recall the numbers, and I'm away from my stuff. It was an otherwise stock 50 or 51 Ford if I recall.
Same heads, carb, ignition, exhausts them went on a 0.040 over 8BA with porting and polishing and a mild cam. Got 158 hp!
The only spec he gives for the cam is the fact you can idle along below 10mph in high with no jumping or bucking, and that low speed power wasn't apparently effected. Shows a pic of him spuddleing along window open with dog walking alongside on a leash.
Sorry for calling him him, can't remember his name or the date of the magazine.
Seems to me, that loadamatic works pretty damn nice on this car.
The article is worth a dig out for a read, it gives the mpg, mph, hp and acceleration improvements.
I'm sure it didn't have headers fitted. Even before the jump to the new engine, the Ford was faster top speed and acceleration of the fastest new US manufacturer cars, the new caddy and the olds rocket 88!
Martin.