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428kidd

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Re: FE 427 flywheel
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2021, 10:49:00 AM »
Thanks Randy! Yes the topic did wonder but some good info came from it . Frank thank you also , but it isn't my forum I just sometimes am tasked with being the voice or reason lol.

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Re: FE 427 flywheel
« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2021, 01:56:30 PM »
Yep, car looks familiar, IIRC the "Zerex Special"?

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Re: FE 427 flywheel
« Reply #17 on: November 11, 2021, 12:22:41 PM »
Yep, car looks familiar, IIRC the "Zerex Special"?
The most prominent and the only one I remember, called by that name, was the Penske "Zerex Special", raced in '62, as a rebodied 2.7L Cooper F1 car, with a tiny seat, outside the frame rails and outlawed for the next year. He widen the frame rail for '63.

That said, there could have been one I missed but, I thought I'd post this one, because it was a very interesting car for it's time.

My picture of it, at the '62, Times Gran Prix and a picture of him sitting in it and and a better one, from that same magazine.
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Re: FE 427 flywheel
« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2021, 04:51:24 PM »
And these posts are addressing the OP's question about fitting a smaller flywheel on an FE how???

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Re: FE 427 flywheel
« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2021, 06:13:07 PM »
I have addressed his issue in fitting a flywheel to this engine, in a meaningful way.

Since the Zerex Special, was brought up, I just thought it might be of interest to see this very historical car, of the same basic era, even though it's not FE related.

Sorry
Frank