On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Bruce Johnson < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Mar 15, 2009, at 9:17 AM, John Callahan wrote: > > > > > At last, a voice of reason and acuity in this exercise in tedium. > > Also I take issue with this statement "the exhaust manifold comes off > > the sides of the engine, not down the middle..." Never saw an engine > > (V8) with the exhaust down the middle. > > > > Mis-statement on my part: > > "The intake manifold fed both banks from inside the Vee but the > exhaust had to pass between the cylinders to reach the outboard > exhaust manifolds." > > From <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Flathead_engine> > > It's because the valves are in the block, rather than in the cylinder > head as on most designs > > See this photo: > > <http://tinyurl.com/crgz2v> > > This meant that not only is precious intercylinder space taken up by > exhaust porting rather than cooling channels, heat is transferred from > the exhaust back to the block. > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ I was going to say something about that too Bruce but restrained myself as we kinda get into pecking parties at times. But interesting to learn you know about old engines. In a recent issue of Old School Rodz they had an oddball flathead rod from Finland. A '26 T is powered by a 348 cube Cadillac tank engine from a WWW II Stuart. The exhaust exits between the intake runners at the top of the engine. good for the cylinders, but maybe not for keeping the intake charge cool. Also of interest was the matching water cooled hydramatic transmission that the guy left uncovered and painted to match a body color. ( Rat rods are like that ) He had of course custom headers and a carb setup. I had never seen this engine before this, A unique rod engine indeed. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
