I saw the 1971 Can-Am at Mid-Ohio. Denny Hulme was on the pole leading the pack into the first turn when his half shaft broke. Seeing how the M8Fs at the time had inboard brakes he had not brakes going into the first turn. I was filming it and missed jusat about everything. The Can-Am cars ran faster than the F1 guys when they ran at the same tracks, like Watkins of St. Jovite or Mosport. Nothing compares to them today.
@sams0005 Hey sams....I attended Can-AM races at Laguna Seca '71-74.
One year the UOPShadow team raced their 2 Can-Am cars against their 2 F1 cars during the lunch hour exhibition.Like you said....Can-Am took off and gained a sizable lead,but about the third lap it was all over(4 lap race).i feel lucky to have seen these cars race.love Can-Am!
@sams0005 Nothing compares to them today? No, as far as looks and sounds are concerned, they are something special. But modern F1 cars can put these CanAm cars to shame, easily !
F1 cars have FAR better aerodynamics, better brakes, better tires, more wing downforce and a better weight to horsepower ratio. F1 cars would have them for breakfast, today. No contest. Not anymore !! ;-)
CanAm cars may have been fast in 1971. Today they are just....fast. Nothing more.
@sams0005 Nothing compares to them today? No, as far as looks and sounds are concerned, they are something special. But modern F1 cars can put these CanAm cars to shame, easily !
F1 cars have FAR better aerodynamics, better brakes, better tires, more wing downforce and a better weight to horsepower ratio. F1 cars would have them for breakfast, today. No contest. Not anymore !! ;-)
CanAm cars may have been fast in 1971. Today they are just...fast. Nothing more.
@sams0005 Nothing compares to them today? No, as far as looks and sounds are concerned, they are something special. But modern F1 cars can put these CanAm cars to shame, easily !
F1 cars have FAR better aerodynamics, better brakes, better tires, more wing downforce and a better weight to horsepower ratio. F1 cars would have them for breakfast, today. No contest. Not anymore ! ;-)
CanAm cars may have been fast in 1971. Today they are just...fast. Nothing more.
actually it was just a bored/stroked L-88 motor (more of a ZL-1 due to the aluminum block) from a 1967-1969 corvette C3 or sometimes reffed to as a "shark" in the vette community. The stock ZL-1 block is 7.0L and was enlarged to aprx 8.0L.
The trumpets replaced the unique air cleaner on the L-88 motor on the Mclarens powered by chevys. They produced anywhere from 750-950hp on straight motor which is still impressive today.
Was the crank changed to a flat plane or was it left the same? Dumb question but just curious. The sound from the motor sounds like a standard ls v8 anyways.
It remained the same I believe. I made a typo in the first comment the L-88 427ci (7.0L) motor was given to rodger penske in 1966. The actually L-88 corvette package from chevy was in 1967 and that was a C2 Stingray corvette. The L-88 just had aluminum heads but the ZL-1 was all aluminum and was only available in 1969 (corvette C3 or shark) most corvettes that raced with the can-am like ZL-1 engine were not Zl-1 or even L-88's. They were regular vettes (mosty C3) with big motors, flares, gearbox
I saw the 1971 Can-Am at Mid-Ohio. Denny Hulme was on the pole leading the pack into the first turn when his half shaft broke. Seeing how the M8Fs at the time had inboard brakes he had not brakes going into the first turn. I was filming it and missed jusat about everything. The Can-Am cars ran faster than the F1 guys when they ran at the same tracks, like Watkins of St. Jovite or Mosport. Nothing compares to them today.
sams0005 2 years ago
@sams0005 Hey sams....I attended Can-AM races at Laguna Seca '71-74.
One year the UOPShadow team raced their 2 Can-Am cars against their 2 F1 cars during the lunch hour exhibition.Like you said....Can-Am took off and gained a sizable lead,but about the third lap it was all over(4 lap race).i feel lucky to have seen these cars race.love Can-Am!
doowaditti 1 year ago
@sams0005 Nothing compares to them today? No, as far as looks and sounds are concerned, they are something special. But modern F1 cars can put these CanAm cars to shame, easily !
F1 cars have FAR better aerodynamics, better brakes, better tires, more wing downforce and a better weight to horsepower ratio. F1 cars would have them for breakfast, today. No contest. Not anymore !! ;-)
CanAm cars may have been fast in 1971. Today they are just....fast. Nothing more.
telescopereplicator 4 months ago
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@sams0005 Nothing compares to them today? No, as far as looks and sounds are concerned, they are something special. But modern F1 cars can put these CanAm cars to shame, easily !
F1 cars have FAR better aerodynamics, better brakes, better tires, more wing downforce and a better weight to horsepower ratio. F1 cars would have them for breakfast, today. No contest. Not anymore !! ;-)
CanAm cars may have been fast in 1971. Today they are just...fast. Nothing more.
telescopereplicator 4 months ago
@sams0005 Nothing compares to them today? No, as far as looks and sounds are concerned, they are something special. But modern F1 cars can put these CanAm cars to shame, easily !
F1 cars have FAR better aerodynamics, better brakes, better tires, more wing downforce and a better weight to horsepower ratio. F1 cars would have them for breakfast, today. No contest. Not anymore ! ;-)
CanAm cars may have been fast in 1971. Today they are just...fast. Nothing more.
telescopereplicator 4 months ago
Cool Sound !
abc123gpl 2 years ago
The (factory) McLaren M8F was powered by an 8 liter chevy (corvette or C5) engine. With gigantic velocity stacks.....
1doc1savage1 2 years ago
actually it was just a bored/stroked L-88 motor (more of a ZL-1 due to the aluminum block) from a 1967-1969 corvette C3 or sometimes reffed to as a "shark" in the vette community. The stock ZL-1 block is 7.0L and was enlarged to aprx 8.0L.
The trumpets replaced the unique air cleaner on the L-88 motor on the Mclarens powered by chevys. They produced anywhere from 750-950hp on straight motor which is still impressive today.
Boyracer5500 2 years ago
Was the crank changed to a flat plane or was it left the same? Dumb question but just curious. The sound from the motor sounds like a standard ls v8 anyways.
topher5657 2 years ago
It remained the same I believe. I made a typo in the first comment the L-88 427ci (7.0L) motor was given to rodger penske in 1966. The actually L-88 corvette package from chevy was in 1967 and that was a C2 Stingray corvette. The L-88 just had aluminum heads but the ZL-1 was all aluminum and was only available in 1969 (corvette C3 or shark) most corvettes that raced with the can-am like ZL-1 engine were not Zl-1 or even L-88's. They were regular vettes (mosty C3) with big motors, flares, gearbox
Boyracer5500 2 years ago
Is that the Dutch guy's Macca?
klassiekerrally 3 years ago
Big Block chevy power
sv6civic 4 years ago
think Judd.
yourmotherrules 3 years ago
Judd?
The original had a Chevy big block. Sounds like a big block to me here. Judd wasn't around back in the can am days.
bdrws6 3 years ago 5