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Ford G7
The Ford G7 is a Can-Am sports racing car that was built by Ford in 1968. Initially fitted with a Ford V8 engine, and later using and versions of the engine, the G7 was extremely unreliable and only ever finished one of the 15 races it competed in.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ford G7 )〕 In particular, it had serious issues with overheating and engine problems; the latter of which often prevented the car from even starting a race.
==Design and development==
In 1968, Ford rebuilt a Mk IV Spyder chassis for Can-Am racing, and produced the G7A.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=can am cars 67-8 )〕 Although the new car used the Mk IV's suspension and brakes, the new bodywork included a rear wing inspired by Jim Hall's Chaparral Can-Am cars.〔 The car used a 2-speed automatic gearbox, and a torque converter from the Mercury and Ford funny cars.〔 Coupled to this transmission was a Ford V8 engine, capable of producing around .〔 However, despite the power output, the car was amongst the heaviest on the grid, weighing in at , and it showed little promise in its first test session; lapping 14 seconds off the lap record in a Las Vegas test.〔 Not only was it off the pace, but the engine proved incredibly fragile and unresponsive in the test; the special blocks were porous, and allowed water to seep into the oil.〔
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