Enough Covid Bull$hit

Dan Fahey · 04-27-2020, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Stan Weiss

I do not know when then is. I also do not know when the first roller cam was made. I can say the in the mid '60s I ran an Engle roller cam. And if anyone thinks that tight lash is something modern it had 0.012" I and 0.014" E lash.

Stan

I do know that the Allison 1710 V12 engine was designed in 1935 as single OHC engine with Roller Rockers..so that would make it a Roller Cam Engine.

Mark Yacavone · 04-27-2020, 10:41 PM

Museum in Death Valley..Year? ...Old!

Stan Weiss · 04-27-2020, 11:03 PM

Mark,
Interesting setup. One roller diameter looks like twice the diameter of the other. Any idea who the manufacture was?

Stan

Mark Yacavone · 04-27-2020, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Stan Weiss

Mark,
Interesting setup. One roller diameter looks like twice the diameter of the other. Any idea who the manufacture was?

Stan

Only what I can read here..

63corvette · 04-28-2020, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark Yacavone

Museum in Death Valley..Year? ...Old!

My guess on this is it could be a old natural gas 2 cycle engine and the large roller setup is for the injection valve in the head. I have seen roller lifters on the old engines dating back to the 1930's.
I worked in the gas transmission and oil field all my life and there are many strange setups produced by many different manufactures.
Cooper-Bessemer made many different natural gas engines in some very strange configurations.
I toured their Pa. facilities in the mid 1980's and it was so diverse. Old equipment dating back 40 or 50 years producing state of the art equipment at that time.
They employed a great number of employees.
I really enjoyed seeing the casting part of the operation for the large parts.
Just My Take
Rick Cates
Canyon, TX

Mike Taylor 3601 · 04-28-2020, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan Fahey

I do know that the Allison 1710 V12 engine was designed in 1935 as single OHC engine with Roller Rockers..so that would make it a Roller Cam Engine.

I built a 1928 Buick engine.... the engine was identified as standard...
it had roller lifters... there was something else about it that was ''ahead of it's time'' can't remember what at moment...
was it Herbert or Isky had first roller cams for small block chevrolet

Dan Fahey · 04-28-2020, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike Taylor 3601

I built a 1928 Buick engine.... the engine was identified as standard...
it had roller lifters... there was something else about it that was ''ahead of it's time'' can't remember what at moment...
was it Herbert or Isky had first roller cams for small block chevrolet

Found this on Warbirds Online

Frank Castros · 04-28-2020, 06:14 PM

http://classracer.com/classforum/att...1&d=1588111733

The Sox & Martin A.H.R.A GT-1 'Cuda. The record holder of course. The only 'Cuda they built that actually had a VIN.

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