Flame - Not (Tornado engine?)

[Rudi Machilek]

Entire Toronado front drive assemble was also used in the GM Transmode RV.  As I recall, the carburetor was a Carter Thermo-quad that was prone to warping and leaking.  Would have loved an EFI set-up.  We loaded them down with gas analyzers and mini lab set-ups and drove them all over the US.  Pretty decent gas mileage but prone to overheating.  Another great idea not engineered thoroughly.

Rudi Machilek

>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.