Very likely the way to go about things would be to use some of the characteristics Jim Dove has incorporated into his 'Funny Car' engine. The (Cammer) heads have the intake and exhaust runners from KB 'fuelie' heads grafted in and the block doesn't have a cam tunnel.

On an allied note, the Jag aj27 engine in my ECTA car has water jackets that only extend down the cylinder walls about an inch-and-a-half and are solid from there on down. The sleeves are cast in place, and both the head studs and the plethora of studs that come up from the bottom are very long to make use of the entire mass of things to help hold it all together.

KS

box pick-up truck. This is an (up-dated) rough approximation of the truck that 'Skinny' Fuche ran out of DST. It has MANY miles on it and came from W. Virginia thirty years ago, where it was obviously used for a work-truck. It has a Volare front suspension 'K'-member in it with disc brakes and an Omni R&P as well. It's set-up to take C6 (supplied) or Top-loader and had a 390 in it since the late '80s. Small rust but only patching necessary---no entire panel replacement. Needs floor fixed and associated cab mounts. This truck was running when I pulled it into the garage to do the front suspension. A couple of weekends of work and the installation of your FE engine and it'll be drivable again. Has many hot rod accoutrements. 4.11 9". $4K OBO Call for information or pictures

UPDATE---TRUCK AS IT SETS WITHOUT AFTERMARKET HOT-ROD STUFF---$1500---GOTTA GET IT OUT OF THE WAY---DICKER ON THE HOTROD STUFF.

Ken Sheffer
cammerfe@yahoo.com
734 772 4501
 

Hey Alan---

Give us a little chapter and verse regarding the patch panels and the front suspension. Please?

KS

That offer, right there, is an excellent example of why I think you are the epitome of 'class'. Good on you, Jay!

KS

BUMP

Jay understand I know little to nothing.....
Would running 2 different length stacks maybe flatten the torque curve?
My Sprint Car racing cousin does that on a slick track with a SBC says it widens the torque curve.

I believe you'll find that the 'two different stack lengths' phenomenon you sometimes see on a BBC is due to the 'good' and 'bad' intake runners that are found on the 'rat' motor. However, some NASCAR engine builders have experimented with different (calculated) lengths on their headers---with good results---and it might well be that multiple stack lengths would offer similar results!

KS

The closest I can come to upholstery is to stand to one side---so I won't be in the way---and make admiring noises!

KS

If you have a 'Y' block, be sure you use the right oil pump shims. Ask me how I know! (If I can remember---it was 45 years ago!)

KS