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3,783 m.p.d.
Mickey Thompson put his boot in it at Bonneville in September 1968 and blasted his Class C 1969 Mustang Mach1 to a new world record: 3,783 miles in a day.
He beat the old 24-hour record by 405 miles. His average was 157.633 m.p.h.--a big 17 m.p.h. faster.
He smashed 295 other records along the way.
It needs to be noted that Mickey took three Mustangs with him to Bonneville, a blue, yellow and red Mach1.
Although the blue Mach1 is shown below, it was the yellow one that set the record.
The driving chores were shared with Danny Ongais and Hot Rod editor Ray Brock.
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Mickey Thompson put his boot in it at Bonneville in September 1968 and blasted his Class C 1969 Mustang Mach1 to a new world record: 3,783 miles in a day.
He beat the old 24-hour record by 405 miles. His average was 157.633 m.p.h.--a big 17 m.p.h. faster.
He smashed 295 other records along the way.
It needs to be noted that Mickey took three Mustangs with him to Bonneville, a blue, yellow and red Mach1.
Although the blue Mach1 is shown below, it was the yellow one that set the record.
The driving chores were shared with Danny Ongais and Hot Rod editor Ray Brock.
click to enlarge
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428 Fuel Injection Mustang
According to Kar Kraft paperwork, a fuel Injected 428 Mustang was built, presumably at Shelby.
Roy Lunn (Vice President of Kar Kraft) found a mechanical fuel-injection system in England and decided to try developing it, possibly for production. The company Tecalemit Jackson, sent a kit to Kar-Kraft for installation on a Mustang.
They also sent a designer to help work out the on-car packaging and to consult on the installation and tuning.
The packaging (location of components, wiring, fuel lines, etc.) turned out to be terrible.
The system did not perform any better, either.
The results were a sore spot for Lunn. he canceled the project and sent the designer back to England.
Ford had to wait a long time for fuel-injection systems suited to production lines and vehicle operation.
This fuel injection system was developed in England in the 1960's, primarily aimed at road racing, as opposed to Hilborn/Algon which was more for drag racing.
Tecalemit-Jackson apparently had a better partial throttle metering system for road racing, but because it was a continuous flow/low pressure, it didn't develop the max power as good as the Lucas - high pressure sequential fuel injection system that had better fuel atomization, more power.
None the less, it still was used, and tested in GT40's.
Holman-Moody was the US distributor.
The throttle bodies were based off of the weber 48 IDA, and could be bolted on any weber 48IDA intake, each throttle body separately.
The lower intake pictured is a Holman Moody Marine unit.
The Conelec fuel injection system was used on a few 1968 Shelbys.
click to enlarge
According to Kar Kraft paperwork, a fuel Injected 428 Mustang was built, presumably at Shelby.
Roy Lunn (Vice President of Kar Kraft) found a mechanical fuel-injection system in England and decided to try developing it, possibly for production. The company Tecalemit Jackson, sent a kit to Kar-Kraft for installation on a Mustang.
They also sent a designer to help work out the on-car packaging and to consult on the installation and tuning.
The packaging (location of components, wiring, fuel lines, etc.) turned out to be terrible.
The system did not perform any better, either.
The results were a sore spot for Lunn. he canceled the project and sent the designer back to England.
Ford had to wait a long time for fuel-injection systems suited to production lines and vehicle operation.
This fuel injection system was developed in England in the 1960's, primarily aimed at road racing, as opposed to Hilborn/Algon which was more for drag racing.
Tecalemit-Jackson apparently had a better partial throttle metering system for road racing, but because it was a continuous flow/low pressure, it didn't develop the max power as good as the Lucas - high pressure sequential fuel injection system that had better fuel atomization, more power.
None the less, it still was used, and tested in GT40's.
Holman-Moody was the US distributor.
The throttle bodies were based off of the weber 48 IDA, and could be bolted on any weber 48IDA intake, each throttle body separately.
The lower intake pictured is a Holman Moody Marine unit.
The Conelec fuel injection system was used on a few 1968 Shelbys.
click to enlarge
