Found: Piece of Americana, and Inception of a Dream

Wow , awesome story. Let us know how that dream of raceing at Bonneville goes !

 

Awesome find, sad to see it break apart.

 

Incredible story and find. That Foyt engine is a gem. I know it's a shame to break up the collection, but they're still all in good hands. Besides, you rescued that Foyt motor from a trailer and you can put it back where it belongs; in a race car kicking some serious ass. WELL DONE!

 

that is just to freakin awesome

beautiful engine

 

thats a great story! good look with the racing!

 

Does B'ville have a class for "Indy roadsters"?

Seems like a fitting ride for that Coyote

 

Sure hope we get to hear that Coyote(silent E!) when she fires up. You guys and gals in Michigan need to chase down Jack Roush's collection of cool powerplants and give a report!

 

Update-

The stamped numbers prove that the Coyote engine is Foyts 1967 Indy 500 winning motor.
However, he won on a naturally aspirated setup. Sometime after that race the engine got the turbo setup. Based on the bore and stroke we dont think it was ever ran as a turbo motor, that maybe the turbo exhaust and blower were mounted up for display only.

Due to the historic value of the motor we contacted The Indy Museum who has AJ's '67 car about selling it to them or exchanging for a non-historic Coyote block. Unfortunately at the current time they are unable to do a deal.

So it looks like AJ's '67 Indy 500 winning engine will being going on to hopefully set a record or two on the salt!!!!!!!

 

About time to bump this 2 year old thread.

Plan is to give AJ's motor some more history, like Salt record history!!!

I'll be on the salt in a month for Speedweek going after a record.
Let me tell ya how sweet 1200hp on methanol sounds! Wicked f-ing loud!!!

We've ran the car the past two weekends just shaking out bugs and what not. Still have to tidy up a lot of small details, like adding a ton of weight!!!


But a teaser before paint.....

 

GOOD LUCK! That sounds REAL exciting! I wish I could be there just to see er uhhh hear it run!

 

Post a video of the Engine Running!
And you can't just tease us with only one pic...

 

Great story!

Give us another teaser. A sound-clip!!

 

Aight this is on the engine dyno when we were tuning in Indy months ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40ZYyCSnXtE

 

Oh please post some more pics of that beast!!!!!

 

that is the coolest . .. i cannot imagine what i would want to put it in. . its tooo cool..

that is amazing

 

This thread deserves 6 stars

 

Amazing story and congratulations for getting your dream up and running ....

 

anyone in Southeast Texas (houston area) have a good source for Methanol?

I've found it all over the midwest for $2.35/gal in 55 gal drums. In houston everyone wants $6-8/gallon! What gives?

 

that motor sounds super sweet!

 

Thats an awesome looking setup, and some really cool history too....

Will definitely keep an eye out for you guys on the salt... Good luck!

 

I so forgot about this thread til I seen the orange shag in the trailer! Then I get teased!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So wrong. So very wrong!!!!!!!!!

 

haha, yeah that stuff was pretty bad!!!

It took a long time coming. We've had the chassis since mid-last fall. And just slowly been chipping away at getting everything together.

Now its kinda down to the wire I suppose, but we'll be on the salt, no doubt. I can hardly wait. Shoot I can hardly wait for unvieling pics on here.

 

if ya look hard enough, i bet bonneville has a hit n miss class..... records probably open too.

 

Has it made it to the painter yet? You know what my vote is for color right?

 

dropped everything off at the painter tonight. Short notice, short order, he's knocking it out!!!

Going to be Triple Nickel heavy red metalflake and lots of polished aluminum!!!


Had a bit of a problem last week. Got the thing weighed.....ummm we are WAY to F-ing light!





Solution, order about a ton of reclaimed steel shotgun shot. Filling the lower rails, and a handful of containers on the car to weigh it down, and make it stick to the earth. So Saturday I built container after container to hold lead shot. Finished up the tonnue(sp?) cover blisters.

Sunday I got the intake mounted, exhaust built and mounted, and wastegate exhaust built, did a ton of Dzus's. Worked on the 'chutes, worked on the fin, and generally got the body and panels ready for paint.

Damn I'm running out of time!!!

 

sick

can't wait to see more
wil
www.sakowskimotors.com
www.ridefree.com

 

cant wait to finish up all the little stuff that takes so long.
Still have to built a pushbar for the front of my truck, and install a CB. Then pack/load, jeeze alot.

 

Any more "teaser" shots of the rest of the car/body? See you on the salt.

Chris Nelson
Kansas

 

Pretty awesome story! Best of luck at Bonneville!

 

sent ya a PM,


I'll make sure to get some pics of it all paneled up and posted up before we leave for the salt.