Knurled. said:Hungary Bill said:Knurled. said:
youngster here. explain please?
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Today is April 29, that is a somewhat bare Boss 429 engine. Ford's second answer to the 426 Hemi after the SOHC 427 was deemed by Bill France to be too radical to be considered a "production" engine.
Granted, the SOHC was never actually put in a production car, so he was kind of right. The only way to buy one was over the counter. IIRC it was around $7000 in 1960s dollars, when any new Mustang was under $3k.
That rocker arm arrangement is seriously cool (and really had me scratching my head). Thanks!
OHC Ford 427. Decades ahead of Audi? 
Knurled. said:Hungary Bill said:Knurled. said:
youngster here. explain please?
obligatory hotlink:
Today is April 29, that is a somewhat bare Boss 429 engine. Ford's second answer to the 426 Hemi after the SOHC 427 was deemed by Bill France to be too radical to be considered a "production" engine.
Granted, the SOHC was never actually put in a production car, so he was kind of right. The only way to buy one was over the counter. IIRC it was around $7000 in 1960s dollars, when any new Mustang was under $3k.
The 427 SOHC was actually being considered for NASCAR legality, and then the Mopar guys invited France to come check out the A925, which was a 426 Hemi with a 32V DOHC cylinder head. France freaked out and banned all overhead cam engines. With no race venue for the 427 SOHC to play in, Ford decided it made no sense to put it in production cars (particularly because being so massive it was going to be tough to fit in anything smaller than a Galaxie) and just made a few hundred crate motors instead.
NickD said: With no race venue for the 427 SOHC to play in, Ford decided it made no sense to put it in production cars (particularly because being so massive it was going to be tough to fit in anything smaller than a Galaxie) and just made a few hundred crate motors instead.
Looks right at home in an F100 though.
Hmmmm.... maybe I need to steal from more reputable sites.
Hungary Bill said:Knurled. said:
youngster here. explain please?
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How does a rotary suck a valve?
pilotbraden said:
pilotbraden said:
Been a long time since I've seen a Bomarc.
Doc Brown said:Hungary Bill said:Knurled. said:
youngster here. explain please?
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How does a rotary suck a valve?
Did some of the old NSU, motorcycle, or snowmobiles use valves with their Wankels?
I was talking to a friend who I have not seen for some time and the subject of how his "Little girl" was getting on with her motocross hobby, came up.
Seems that little Kassie has outgrown the motocross phase and decided to make a living out of flying low in arenas. Seems that doing this in front of an arena crowd is somewhat lucrative.
I now have a new sticker for the tool-box!
Pete
The CNY SCCA chapter made a Facebook event for the first event of the season (This Sunday) and used a photo of my car for the event photo
Ironic part is, I'm not running this car at this event, but instead co-driving a Z3 M Roadster
This is how Toyman got his bus/camper. By me posting a picture and a link from CL.
https://racine.craigslist.org/cto/d/1938-dittmar-rare-all/6555738562.html
RossD said:
This is how Toyman got his bus/camper. By me posting a picture and a link from CL.
https://racine.craigslist.org/cto/d/1938-dittmar-rare-all/6555738562.html
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That's an AQM-60 Kingfisher , it is capable of Mach 4+. Kelly Johnson designed it about 10 years before the SR-71. It is mostly made of steel.
Tony Pond's co driver getting married and using the rally TR7 as as a getaway car..
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