I'll go along with that. Didn't want to look it up, but you certainly have the displacements right. When I worked in a race engine\ shop in the mid sixties, I used to have to machine early Chrysler hemi heads for two by two valves: two-inch exhausts next to two-inch intakes. That involved a lot of hand grinder work in the exhaust ports. but there was a huge amount of meat in those heads. I only struck water once. Fortunately, we had a back room full of bare heads for those rare occasions when we ruined a customer's head. As a penalty I had to buy lunch. Those giant exhaust valves work great with supercharged engines where with lots of camshaft overlap you effectively have a fifth cycle of supercharging the exhaust.(Witness the flames.) For my carbureted street roadster engine I would go with two inch intakes and 1.75 inch exhausts. Lots of fun. On Sep 17, 2006, at 9:11 PM, graywolf wrote:
> I think, if my old brain is not malfunctioning, that the 331 is from > 1954 and earlier, the 354 came out in 55, and the 392 in 1957. > > -- > graywolf > http://www.graywolfphoto.com > http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf > "Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" > ----------------------------------- > > > Paul Stenquist wrote: >> A 55 is probably a slightly smaller hemi, maybe a 331 cid. My old >> man's dream is the find one of those motors, do a valve replacement >> and a port and polish on the heads, rebuild it with about 10:1 >> compression, plant an Isky 505 cam in the valley, mount six Stromberg >> 97 carbs on a log manifold atop the engine, back it with a four-speed >> manual trans and put it in a 32 Ford roadster. Might sell my Chevy >> one of these days and do just that. >> On Sep 17, 2006, at 7:26 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: >> >>> Hi Paul ... >>> >>> Thanks for your comments. >>> >>> It's a '55 - might well have been a 354 ... I see what you mean >>> about a >>> little trim on the left - it might work. The "pipes", if I'm >>> thinking of >>> the same thing you are, are trees. I thought about getting rid of >>> 'em, and >>> I may do away with the most offensive, but decided at the time that >>> it was >>> beyond my skills to do so. There was a guy in the original shot, >>> standing >>> way in the background, by the fence, that was a big distraction, so >>> I got >>> rid of him. At the time, it took me hours. >>> >>> One of the problems working with the Sony is that it's sometimes >>> difficult >>> to see just what's in the frame using the LCD if it's a bright day >>> - too >>> much glare and the daylight can overpower the screen. So I didn't >>> notice >>> some things when I made the shot. I was still fairly new to the >>> camera at >>> the time .... had I known then what I know now .... etc. >>> >>> Shel >>> >>> >>> >>>> [Original Message] >>>> From: Paul Stenquist >>>> Nice car, nice shot. I might crop a bit more off the left and clone >>>> out those pipes or whatever they are in the background. But the car >>>> looks great. Is it a 57? Probably a 354 cid hemi. >>>>> http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/nydeluxe.html >>>>> >>>>> Tech details: Sony DSC-S85 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Shel >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
