Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

[Ron Ward]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

I was thinking the exhaust had to run out the top of the Ford Indy v8
Like this:


Which would make placing it in a front enine car a little tricky :D

I like the way the valve covers on this engine says "FOYT" instead of "FORD."

Similar fonts, though.


Ron

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

Now THIS is unobtanium......

What the hell is it?

[Aircooled]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

Now THIS is unobtanium......

What the hell is it?

well, it in NOT the Bugatti u-16

http://home.uni-one.nl/bugatti/revue3/rev3-3.htm

Maybe a Miller V-16?

[ferrarimanf355]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

I saw the word "unobtanium" and thought of I Just Blue Myself: The Movie. Is that wrong? ???

[Dynoroom]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

Ding, ding, ding on the Miller....... ;)

This engine was known as the Sampson special. It used 2 Miller 91's side by side geared to a common driveshaft. Ran at Indy in the early 1930's 8)

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

Did you service that engine Mike? If so, it must have been an interesting adventure.

[67prostreet]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

That looks like a lot of motor for that little gear box.

[DanStokes]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

Harry Miller was a genius. He was one of the first to understand that weight=HP and you can be sure that he didn't make anything bigger than it absolutely HAD to be. So I'm guessing that the gearbox was EXACTLY the right size.

Tell us stories, Mike. I'd love to know more about this setup.

Dan

[CTX-SLPR]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

I'll have to dig up pictures of the 4 bolt main Buick 455 block and the Mickey Thomson 4 Webber BBB intake.

[mike343sharpstick]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

I'll have to dig up pictures of the 4 bolt main Buick 455 block and the Mickey Thomson 4 Webber BBB intake.

Yes, Yes you will 8)

Edit: Please also try and give a little history on the stuff too, seeing rare stuff is great but getting information on who made and and why is usually a great story too. ;)

[BOOOGHAR]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

i need to find my pics from the unser racing museum and post some of those

[mike343sharpstick]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

Here are some more AMC bits.
Wally Booth/Dick Maskin AMC Pro-Stock cylinder heads. A fella on the one of the AMC forums has these; I think there are a few more floating around too. These are cast iron AMC heads that were used by the Wally Booth in the early 70's. What's cool is that they share the same general shape as stock amc heads but are taller and have monstrous ports. These things also used a custom rocker-shaft valve train.


Here they are set on a block with a stock style intake manifold.


Reportedly there is an article on Booth from National Dragster, April 2000 where he states that when he quit, they were making about 800 horsepower with a 362 cubic inch engine, Wow!
I am not sure the NHRA rule structure for pro-stock at the time but one-off heads bolted to stock blocks must have been legal in the class?

Maybe Brian on some other drag racing historian can explain?

[CTX-SLPR]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

Buick "Stage III" 4-bolt main block with story:

http://www.buickstreet.com/455buickstage3.html

Believed to be Mickey Thompson experimental 4x Weber intake. Only 5-6 made and I can't say that anyone has run one recently enough to say how well it works.


Story when someone bought one on the V8Buick board:
http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=81034

[groucho]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

This is a great thread

[DanStokes]

Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

You wouldn't BELIEVE how many supposed "experts" have argued with me that such a thing did not exist. Thanks for the link.

Dan