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  • #31
    Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

    Originally posted by mike343sharpstick
    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
    It's really no different than trying to glue them back on after she has her way.

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    • #32
      Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

      Originally posted by Dynoroom
      Now THIS is unobtanium......

      What the hell is it?
      That which you manifest is before you.

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      • #33
        Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

        Originally posted by Brian Lohnes
        Originally posted by Dynoroom
        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?

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        • #34
          Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

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

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          • #35
            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)





            There are very few people in this world who's opinion I value, you are not one of them.

            300 in 1999

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            • #36
              Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

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

              That which you manifest is before you.

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              • #37
                Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

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

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                • #38
                  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

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                  • #39
                    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.
                    Central TEXAS Sleeper
                    USAF Physicist

                    ROA# 9790

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                    • #40
                      Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

                      Originally posted by CTX-SLPR
                      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. ;)

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                      • #41
                        Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

                        i need to find my pics from the unser racing museum and post some of those
                        Charles W - BS Photographer at large

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                        • #42
                          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?

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                          • #43
                            Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

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




                            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:

                            Central TEXAS Sleeper
                            USAF Physicist

                            ROA# 9790

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                            • #44
                              Re: Unobtanium and cool old race stuff

                              This is a great thread
                              STUGOTS

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                              • #45
                                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

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