I realize this is old news but I recently saw a 1947 Cadillac with the exhaust manifolds exiting from the vee block over the intake manifolds and down over the rear of the engine. Thought I knew engines but I guess I have much more to learn!!
On Mar 16, 2009, at 6:05 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
