HappyAndy
HappyAndy UltraDork
4/1/15 7:47 a.m.
Swank Force One
Swank Force One MegaDork
4/1/15 7:57 a.m.

Giggity?

SkinnyG
SkinnyG Dork
4/1/15 9:27 a.m.

There was a 454 or 427 in a Z600 back in Hot Rod around 1981. "Street Freaks" issue. I'll see if I can find a picture.

Edit: It's the November 1980 issue. Still looking for the car.

SkinnyG
SkinnyG Dork
4/1/15 9:41 a.m.

This is a start:

SkinnyG
SkinnyG Dork
4/1/15 9:46 a.m.

Found some:

This car partly inspired my V8 Firefly.

Toyman01
Toyman01 GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
4/1/15 9:47 a.m.

Yes.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill PowerDork
4/1/15 10:55 a.m.
Swank Force One wrote: Giggity?

I'm more like gigglesnort.

TiggerWelder
TiggerWelder New Reader
4/1/15 1:28 p.m.

I saw a blown big block on alcohol at the 1/8 mile outlaw track near me. Ran like a 4.8 second 1/8th. The guy looked to be over 300lbs, there was not much room for anything other than tires, motor and driver!

Gearheadotaku
Gearheadotaku GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
4/1/15 2:48 p.m.

team him up with Nashco and...profit?

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
4/1/15 8:49 p.m.

Andrew Nelson confirmed some measurements with me when I had a Subaru 360.

Simple answer- Yes.

SVreX
SVreX MegaDork
4/1/15 9:09 p.m.
yupididit
yupididit Reader
4/2/15 1:47 a.m.

Bad choice of acronyms here.

MrJoshua
MrJoshua PowerDork
4/2/15 5:42 a.m.
yupididit wrote: Bad choice of acronyms here.

It might make our canoes more entertaining for awhile.

HappyAndy
HappyAndy UltraDork
4/2/15 6:25 a.m.
MrJoshua wrote:
yupididit wrote: Bad choice of acronyms here.
It might make our canoes more entertaining for awhile.

I didn't know that the British Broadcasting Corporation was into that sort of thing.

wheels777
wheels777 Dork
4/2/15 7:05 p.m.

Somebody drop off a micro car....I Have that 8.1L 496ci ready to find a home.

Point of reference...my Monza has a 49" wide engine bay....the BBC in it is 24.5" wide.

Andrew

DeadSkunk
DeadSkunk UltraDork
4/2/15 7:33 p.m.

In reply to wheels777:
Andrew, would a stock 454 be the same width? And where is that 24.5 measured? Would the exhaust manifolds that dimension by much?

wheels777
wheels777 Dork
4/2/15 9:19 p.m.
DeadSkunk wrote: In reply to wheels777: Andrew, would a stock 454 be the same width? And where is that 24.5 measured? Would the exhaust manifolds that dimension by much?

Outside edge of the valve covers. The headers/manifolds extend out from there. The heads are Dart 360 and the valve covers are tall rounded type on a short deck (9.8")...it was originally measured as a joke when a group of us were looking at how narrow the Monza was.

If you need a good measurement, I can mock a short or tall deck up with factory heads. Let me know.

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