McLaren M8B

[dngr]

Oh man, look at those babies *drooling

[bullitt_60]

You should have heard it. And I made a mistake, this was a M8F.

[lesmore49]

Very nice.....look like the old Hillborn fuel injection stacks.

Do you what engine...small block Chevy, big block Chevy V8 or....?

[bullitt_60]

494ci Chevy producing *only* 750hp. This was the last of the naturally aspirated can-am cars.

[Bob Harris]

Way cool, does look like Hilborn, nice tight shot here.

[bullitt_60]

Way cool, does look like Hilborn, nice tight shot here.

Thanks! I may have gone somewhere I shouldn't have been.

[daacon]

Cool , boys and their toys ,.

[SJM]

That really is a cool image. I don't know much about cars but that is just nice!!
Sue

[Kerrowdown]

Great shot, just can't help but wonder... when it rains, does it flood the engine.

[bullitt_60]

Great shot, just can't help but wonder... when it rains, does it flood the engine.

I know that is a joke, but if it is sitting still, yes, yes it would. They put tennis balls in there between sessions to keep anything falling in.

[lesmore49]

494ci Chevy producing *only* 750hp. This was the last of the naturally aspirated can-am cars.

Yeah....but the torque of that Rat motor !!!

[bullitt_60]

Yeah....but the torque of that Rat motor !!!

Later cars, including this Shadow which I had only seen in books, used a twin turbo charged version of the same engine producing 1200 hp. I was born during the wrong age.

[GeoJerry]

Nice, vibrant shot!

[lesmore49]

Later cars, including this Shadow which I had only seen in books, used a twin turbo charged version of the same engine producing 1200 hp. I was born during the wrong age.

I was fortunate as I was a late teenager...young man during the late 60's...1970. I recall driving my not so old '67 Camaro Coupe RS, 327 V8, 4 speed Muncie to a Can Am race, in the 1960's. The Can Am cars were thunderous and the acceleration down the straight was astounding. Also at the race Trans Am was a big deal...Camaro Z28's, Mustang Boss 302's, Dodge Challenger's....even some AMC Javelins and AMX's....all race tuned.

Back in this muscle car era I had the opportunity to drive Corvettes ('62 + '63)....'69 Nova 396/375 HP....Plymouth GTX....440/375 HP.....etc....along with a lot of motorcycles.....British twins, Japanese performance bikes and European dirt bikes such as CZ's and Bultaco's.

It was the golden era of some wild performance machines.

Les