Flame - Not (Tornado engine?)

[Gary Derian]

Wasn't one of these engines also used in the Checker Marathon before they
switched to Chevy?

Gary Derian <gderian at oh.verio.com>

In this country--the Tornado engines only came with an eight port head
(individual exhausts, but two logged intakes), and obviously without the
good rods. It came in early sixties Gladiator pick-ups and Wagoneers. And,
as one might expect for a hemi head with a short duration cam with
aggressive valve lift rates, it got rather good mileage--about 17.5 mpg,
highway--- in a well tuned 4x4 Gladiator. But--no, it was not a high
revver.

> >
> Continental also mfrd an inline 6 cylinder, pushrod, 12 port 7 main
> industrial engine. The only one I ever saw was in a Trackmobile. Delivered
> new with the governor not working. It never popped, and it wasnt for lack
> of trying. Could make it sound just like a good, strong SBC going thru
> the traps...If they had combined short block and cylinder heads...