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I once had a 426 Wedge block with the AAQA designation and Jerry Stein told me it was a great block because of it's high nickel content. He was right about it being a great block as we went our best numbers with it.
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Well, I don't want to turn this thread into Mopar only. I thought it would be neat to see lots of odd/rare parts from the Big 3 and maybe the not-quite-as-big #4 (AMC). I found some pictures of a Pontiac RA V head. It looks a lot like the Ford Tunnel Port on the intake side. They must have changed the cam lobes on some cylinders since the valve spacing/arrangement is different.
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OK, this is an oddball engine and definitely not a race engine. Ford made some all aluminum V8 engines during WWII (The BIG ONE). The GA series engines started out as a V-12 (thus the 60 degree Vee) aircraft engine (explains the all-aluminum part), but the government already had enough aircraft engines (Allison and Packard built Merlins), but they needed a tank engine. They lobbed four cylinders off to make an all-aluminum V8 of 1100 CID. They had two puny carbs on it. I think it could use three Holleys for a bit more power.
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The big 3 made a lot of experimental parts & pieces back in the late 50's through the early 70's...anyone else here remember any other weird stuff.
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Do you have anything off the top of your head regarding legal parts...I guess this could apply to a few stock & super stock classes including pro-stock back then.
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Maybe something that was run for a while and then got busted at tech. Parts that pushed the limits of legal but only if the process/method is not something that is being done now. Don't want to get any current rides busted!!! And...like is being shown above, just some cool old stuff. |
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It was rumored that Jimmy Addison's '67 GTX called the 'Silver Bullet' was a test bed for Chrysler performance parts back in the day...
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