The only one I really have a problem with is this one:
Q: Why did the Mustang get bigger for 1971?
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wider stance for better cornering
to hold a bigger engine
roomier
bigger back seat for making out
Bunkie Knudsen ordered the design of a larger Mustang for 1971 in order to fit Ford's beefy 429 ci Cobra Jet V8 under the hood. By the time the '71 was introduced in September of 1970, the musclecar market had collapsed due to increasing insurance rates and increasing emission regulations. Very few '71s were ordered with the 429 engine.
The 429 was in the 1969 & 1970 Mustang, so they really didnt have to make the car bigger to fit the engine in it, it already fit.
This message has been edited by 65460 on Dec 29, 2008 8:35 AM
The largest OEM engines in the 69-70 Mustangs were FE versions (390, 428 - a 427 was listed as available, but documentation as it being a factory, assembly line installed piece is widely questioned and disputed).
A 429/460 will fit in a most Mustangs, if you really want to make it fit. But being longer, heavier and slightly wider than the FE - as a factory fit, it would be difficult to service. It was already difficult to change sprk plugs on the FE.
I got the "official" Hemi question wrong. Kind of a loaded question. The "original" 1951 "Hemi" was covered in a later question.
I will challenge the Buick Porthole answer. I do believe they were called "Venti-ports".
I will challenge the Oldsmobile Rocket engine question. As far as I recall due to the "pecking order" at GM the Cadillac OHV V8 was "officially" (on paper) introduced before Olds Rocket.
I only got 8 right on this quiz, so I don't have much to talk about, but I am glad to hear Greg say that about the Cad vs. Olds OHV V8's. I thought I knew that Cadillac was first. If I'm wrong, at least I am in good company.
As far as the 429 in a 69-70 Mustang is concerned, the Boss 429 was definitely put in the 69-70, so the idea that 71-73 had to be bigger for the 385 series engine seems unlikely. I think they made it bigger because that is what they were doing with everything before the first OPEC oil embargo in '73. Bigger is better, right?
The '68 to '70 Mustangs were bigger for the FE series engine & the '71 was made bigger for the 385 series engines (I have seen several) the '69 & '70 engines had modified shock towers for the Boss 429 engine, which will fit in a 1971-1973 with no modifications & was listed as an option in 1971 according to a sales brochure I have someplace. Gotta agree on the Cad being before the Olds. As for the test, the reason I do not take them is because of what you guys are stating, skewed facts
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The above link is "mostly" correct concerning the Boss cars. The second section has info on the Boss 429 in the 69-70 Mustangs.
I would still qualify the OEM status of both Boss cars (Boss 302 and especially the Boss 429) since the modifications as well as homogation rules forced their minimum production run.
The Boss 429's where shipped out to Kar Krafters to undergo modification. They were not done on the OEM assembly line.
That was my reason for not questioning the "Automotive test" answer.
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