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1. Re: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: "Bob Hokanson" <tgrrr@peoplepc.com>; Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:27:43 -0700; Could this be the reason Shelby recommended running the 260's in the Lemans Tigers while his own cars had 289's? Naw.. not 'ol Shel.; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00114.html (7,808 bytes)
2. Re: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: DJoh797014@aol.com; Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 15:13:39 EDT; The stock 260 with Ford 2 bbl had 164 HP. The stock 289 with Ford 2 bbl had 200 HP. Do the math.; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00116.html (7,196 bytes)
3. Re: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 14:14:36 -0700; Did the math. See annotation to your numbers. A respectable 0.06 EXTRA horsepower per cubic inch. Should get even more, per cubic inch, with aluminum head, good ports, bigger valves, better cam (lik; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00117.html (8,112 bytes)
4. Re: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: TIGEROOTES@aol.com; Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 23:36:50 EDT; I wonder if the choice to use a 260 VS 289 in the Tiger LeMans cars was simply a matter of homologation. In 1964, was the "prototype Class" the same as Formula Libra (open)? I highly doubt it. A 289; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00128.html (7,954 bytes)
5. RE: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:18:16 -0700; I don't know about the Le Mans rules other than displacement class (e.g., under 5 liters), but the legend is that Rootes asked Shelby to supply the engines and asked his advice on which displacement; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00130.html (7,937 bytes)
6. RE: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:24:55 -0700; The biggest intrinsic difference is the heads, not the displacement. Remember, the Gordon Chittendon, Wally Cartwright prepped Larry Reed Sports Cars set an AHRA record 108.00 mph, 12.95 second 1/4 m; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00131.html (8,067 bytes)
7. 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: Rande Bellman <rande@thecia.net>; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 06:39:08 -0400; Without looking at LeMans rules for 1964, I would surmise that the 'go with stock displacement' rule wouldn't apply to what was really a custom car (a fastback) that some sources said actually came f; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00132.html (8,081 bytes)
8. Re: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: Régent Gagnon <regentgagnon@rogers.com; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 07:27:29 -0400; Regent Gagnon B382100371 (Orchid Green) Ottawa, Canada; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00133.html (8,208 bytes)
9. RE: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.biz>; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 11:01:18 -0400; It's really easy to speculate about who did what. We really need to ask the people who were there. Did Rootes supply the engines or did they ask for race ready 260's? Since Ford was getting very inte; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00139.html (9,150 bytes)
10. Re: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: Steve Laifman <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:48:37 -0700; I am far from expert at Le Man's rules. I believe that same statement could be applied to the F.I.A. who invented them, as well. There were two Le Mans rules I was aware of. Each manufacturer, inclu; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00143.html (9,869 bytes)
11. RE: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: "Bob Palmer" <rpalmer@ucsd.edu>; Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:40:58 -0700; There were (at least) a couple of errors in my previous post regarding the Targa Florio Tiger (AHP 483B). First, the chassis tag is B9470035, not B9470012, which belongs to another works rally car A; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00161.html (8,327 bytes)
12. RE: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: "Anthony & Susan" <jetbike@worldlynx.net>; Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 19:01:37 -0400; This is the question I asked Carroll Shelby at the Shelby diner during SUNI IV. "Carroll, why the 260 in the Tiger and not a 289 HiPo? Were you scared the tiger would bite the snake?" The crowed uh'; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00172.html (8,809 bytes)
13. Re: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: sosnaenergyconsulting <sosnaenergyconsulting@cox.net>; Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 16:41:12 -0700; I dunno--is his reply repeatable on a family list? :-) Put another way: Oh, Yes! Very definitely interested! Best regards David Sosna; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00173.html (8,001 bytes)
14. Re: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: "DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com>; Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 17:12:23 -0700; Bet the answer had to do with Lord Rootes. Hipo cost too much. My guess. mayf, out in Pahrump SUNI what; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00174.html (9,309 bytes)
15. RE: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: "Anthony & Susan" <jetbike@worldlynx.net>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 09:39:41 -0400; You are correct! When I asked the loaded question (for those of you who know me, if everyone goes right I go left) Carroll's response was "George (Boskoff) what did that young man say?" George repli; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00194.html (11,891 bytes)
16. Re: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: Carmods@aol.com; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:23:55 EDT; << I believe 5000 260 motors from FORDS industrial division not automotive. These motors were for tractors, water pumps and such, hence the black paint instead of FORD blue.>> In the 60's, the Ford; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00195.html (7,842 bytes)
17. RE: 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: " Ron Fraser" <rfraser@bluefrog.biz>; Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 10:30:26 -0400; Lord Rootes called his friend Henry Ford who was on his yacht in the Mediterranean; that was July 1963. The Shelby 260 Alpine car was started in March 1963. Shelby would have had a stock pile of 260'; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00196.html (10,173 bytes)
18. 260 vs 289 (score: 1): Author: Rande Bellman <rande@thecia.net>; Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 06:46:45 -0400; Someone posted recently that the reason that 260's in Tigers were painted black was that they came from the Industrial branch of Ford. Actually, 1964 1/2 and some 1965 Mustangs came with 260 and 289; /html/tigers/2004-08/msg00205.html (7,438 bytes)

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