James Dean & Little Bastard - Collision Course Part 1
Astonishing Legends
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The Five 50 Spider and the Carera G T
The five 50 spider owed its success mainly to the type five forty seven engine. The secret was an air cold flat for with four overhead cams, two duel throat carborators,. a roller bearing crank shaft and dry sump lubrication. Beath goes on to point out that it took an expert mechanic 120 hours just to set the timing of this particular engine. And there's a lot of parallels between the five 50 spider and the carera g t, which is what paul walker died in all those years later, in almost an identical type of accident.
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