Lake Speed Racing's Switch to Ford

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Ford NASCAR Engines Evolution Explained! 30 Years of Roush Yates Horsepower (C3 D3 FR9)

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Lake Speed Racing, an independent team, switched from GM to Ford because the C3 head offered superior, 'out-of-the-box' performance. Previously, they had to spend around $10,000 to heavily modify older GM heads to try and compete, but even then, they couldn't match the power of the new Ford C3.

Goal: Illustrate the performance advantage of the C3 head for racing teams

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Yates C3 Head Ford — Demonstrating the performance advantage for racing teams

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did the C3 head have to do with you switching to Fort everything we were sitting here and we couldn't because we weren't one of the top teams we couldn't even buy casting the uh you know the latest casting from uh Chevrolet engine guy John uh Catalyst was telling me said look I got a Ford head now we just buy a forehead and put it on there and have the latest and greatest there and it's from what the guys up the street are telling us you can take it out of the box it'll make 700 horsepower without even touching it versus what we're doing it's the best

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