1972 Dodge j/sa

Floyd Gomez · 03-26-2010, 04:23 PM

Well I am back. I have to say at 81 Mr Earl is still a pretty sharp guy. I don't know if what he told me is true but I don't see a reason for him to lie either. He was part of R&D engine department as an enigineer and machinist. I asked him about the heads and CC rates. Although he couldn't remember exact casting numbers he did tell me an interesting story. Here it is. "Son. Back in the late sixties those California pretty boy tree huggers started demanding we add a blow buy evac tube that went back to the combustion chamber. They claimed that it would make the air better. If you ask me I think they were a bunch of idiots. Anyhow, after we put that fart tube (I swear that is what he called it) the dang things made the motors run terrible. We let them idiot tree huggers know that but they didn't care. Told us if we were gonna ship cars over there they had to have them fart tubes. So we went back to the old drawin board and made some changes to the west coast stuff. We had the steel mill change the mix a bit and made some slight changes to the castings for the west coast crap. We finally got em to run right and still hold up against the east coast cars that didn't have to have all that nonsense. I thought it was the stupidest thing I had ever heard of. Still do." Then he went on about other California laws that pissed him off and I just stood there and smiled. What a great guy. So it seems everyone is right. The west coast had mods due to california law and the east coast didn't. Would show why the CC rates are different. Now take this as you want. I am only telling exactly what he told me.

03-26-2010, 04:23 PM	#32
Floyd Gomez Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: South Carolina Posts: 275 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 1972 Dodge j/sa Well I am back. I have to say at 81 Mr Earl is still a pretty sharp guy. I don't know if what he told me is true but I don't see a reason for him to lie either. He was part of R&D engine department as an enigineer and machinist. I asked him about the heads and CC rates. Although he couldn't remember exact casting numbers he did tell me an interesting story. Here it is. "Son. Back in the late sixties those California pretty boy tree huggers started demanding we add a blow buy evac tube that went back to the combustion chamber. They claimed that it would make the air better. If you ask me I think they were a bunch of idiots. Anyhow, after we put that fart tube (I swear that is what he called it) the dang things made the motors run terrible. We let them idiot tree huggers know that but they didn't care. Told us if we were gonna ship cars over there they had to have them fart tubes. So we went back to the old drawin board and made some changes to the west coast stuff. We had the steel mill change the mix a bit and made some slight changes to the castings for the west coast crap. We finally got em to run right and still hold up against the east coast cars that didn't have to have all that nonsense. I thought it was the stupidest thing I had ever heard of. Still do." Then he went on about other California laws that pissed him off and I just stood there and smiled. What a great guy. So it seems everyone is right. The west coast had mods due to california law and the east coast didn't. Would show why the CC rates are different. Now take this as you want. I am only telling exactly what he told me.