Not all tricked out flatheads have only 6 exhaust pipes !
-yeah- there's a few of us youngsters with bellybutton chevys that
know what's up with the
old flatties!
Darrell Ferguson
BLACK RADON ENGINEERING
# 939 BBFALT
http://my.cybersoup.com/blackradon
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Linville [SMTP:bellytk@nh.ultranet.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 10:11 AM
> To: Dick Jurkowski; V4GR@aol.com; OHFASTONE@aol.com;
> land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Flatheads Etc.
>
> Well Rich, maybe it is genetic but those of us that still run flatheads in
> competition are probably spurred on by several forces. Those being
> keeping
> the torch alive for the little engine that started it all, the challenge
> of
> getting horsepower and performance out of an engine that is limited in
> several aspects and finally just plain not wanting to run another
> bellybutton Chevrolet. I love it when teenagers look at the race car and
> wonder out loud that it must be a V6 (six exhaust pipes) but why does it
> have eight spark plugs? Wouldn't want them to miss the education on the
> good old days. I have two grandsons, Evan and Danny, and two good 8BA
> blocks squirreled away in the garage for them along with the heads,
> manifolds, etc they'll need to run them when the time comes. Just hope
> the
> Good Lord let's "Poppa" hang on to pit crew for them.
>
> regards, John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> To: V4GR@aol.com <V4GR@aol.com>; OHFASTONE@aol.com <OHFASTONE@aol.com>;
> land-speed@autox.team.net <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 9:13 AM
> Subject: Re: Flatheads Etc.
>
>
> >
> >
> >--- V4GR@aol.com wrote:
> > I
> >> have never understood why people
> >> ever tried to use flathead Fords for race
> >> motors. Rich Fox record holder
> >> Bonneyville-El Mirage- and Muroc. all with
> >> overhead valves.
> >>
> >Gee Rich, probably because flatheads held so many
> >records. hee hee hee Naw, just jokin, I laugh
> >because when i was first growing into hot rod
> >age, I wanted to build a flathead so bad I could
> >taste it, but I ended up with a Chebby stovebolt!
> > I mean, all good hot rods had flathead V-8s, and
> >there I was with a stupid six-banger! Funny
> >thing though, all but one of those flathead
> >jobbers ate my dust leaving school every day.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >=====
> >Dick J - - ECTA #72
> >G/FCC - FX/GMR
> >
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