Huge V8s

[William Shurvinton]

Heared of big blocks, but not BIG BLOCKS. My car doesn't weigh much more
than that thing will. Sometime I gotta visit colorado and see this beast.

Mind you, if you are ever in UK, I'll take you to brooklands to see the 27L
(1650") Napier railton. W12 aero engine. They run it up in the summer. It
holds the lap record, which can never be broken unless they demolish the
supermarket at one end of the circuit.

Now those were the days when men were men. No seatbelts, skinny tires, drum
brakes.

Gotta remember with us limeys that, Jags aside the 3.5 Buick was the biggest
engine around in general use (military excluded) and bored out to 5L (sorry
305") does 340BHP very nicely. (OK bentley do the 6.75 turbo, but you don't
find them lying around). Best thing we ever bought off you guys that engine.

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Wright <krwright at wankel.net>
To: <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 11:51 AM
Subject: Re: Hey my Chevy has Ford Rods !!!!!!


> What, never heard of a Big Block Chevy? :) Chevrolet makes a 502 c.i.
> crate motor; boring and stroking can get you to silly sizes. The
> usual term is "mountain motor".
>
> krw
>
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Nope, although the bore _is_ 4.625". It's a late model ('78) IHC  "LV".
Physically dwarfs any BBC out there.

Greg
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Yep, 10 litres plus a little bit. 8 spark plugs. There _was_ a diesel
version of it, but this one burns petrol. Sorry to disappoint !! :-)

Rather bulky. 4-5/8" bore, 5-3/8" bore centers, 12-5/8" deck height, 8.095"
rod length, V-8 . IRON.

Greg





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