I was watching Speedvision last night (baby's favorite channel) and there was a
program about the birth and development of the Ford GT40. One of the closeups
of the engine/transmission combination revealed what looked like slightly
larger versions of a GT6 rotoflex coupling between the ZF transaxle and the
halfshaft...
The announcer said "And on its first round of track testing it was found that
these experimental rubber couplings needed more development."
I'll bet the GT6 owners out there can relate. I think Barry S. said he went
through 3 sets with his Ford V6... I would imagine that the GT40 302V8 put out
even a little more torque than that....
Perhaps they wound up using TR sliding axles like Barry!
Chris Lillja
Spit MKIV
Norton Commando
TR4A
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