Weight/power of 1960s USAC Cars

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Weight/power of 1960s USAC Cars

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I have some specs on the 1963/64 Ford Indy V8 engines. Did they run the same engines on other courses as well as Indy? How much power were they developing by 1967? Also, how much did the cars weigh in 1967? I can't seem to find specs for these cars online.
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Try here for weight of F1 cars 1967: https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/f1/&fyear=1961
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I already have the F1 car weights, both early season and late season for 1967. USAC cars were different though.

So far all I have found is that the 1965 Ford DOHC Indy engine had 495bhp @ 8300rpm and 330lbs/ft torque @ 7000rpm, in a 255ci engine. Engine weight was 406lbs, which was only about 30-40lbs heavier than the DFV and Repco engines at the time.

The Lotus 38 weighed 612kg, which was 100kg heavier than the F1 cars in 1967, so I am presuming the Eagle Mk2, Coyote, etc. were somewhere around this weight also, if not more.
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