Originally posted by capridrifter
The DOHC was a 260 c.i.d. with 4 gear-driven cams and was used in Indy cars I believe in 1964.
The SOHC 289 was one of Dan Gurney's ideas, which ended up eventually culminating in the Gurney/Weslake motor. I guess Ford wanted to see how much "Hi-po" the 289 Hi-po really had in it. The cams were actually located in the valve cover, not the head. It was a strange configuration and they only made a couple of them and none ever saw production, only testing. I forget what they ended up getting for HP but it was over 300, I know that.
-mercenvy
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