Wes; I think the 4 cylinder motor is 2 liters which holds the G/BFS record
at 158 or so. Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: Wester S Potter <wspotter@jps.net>
To: Jim Dincau <<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, May 04, 2001 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: Fred Larsens Blower
>I was told the 183 CI motor was a 1958 Chev industrial 265 block, sleeved
to
>3 liters for that FIA class break. I thought he switched to the 4 Cyl.
>configuration after that 313 mph run. The headers that came into HPC for
>coating at the time of the switch were obviously used on all eight
>cylinders. I'll contact Donny and ask ... he has been on Fred's crew for
>the last few years. Gary can you add something on this? You're pitted
next
>to him every year.
>
>Wes
>
>on 5/4/01 12:30 PM, Jim Dincau at jdincau@qnet.com wrote:
>
>> Wes,
>> I thought the 183 CI motor in Fred's liner was a V-8 with 4 rods and
>> pistons removed. I remember Fred making the comment that to do s valve
job
>> on it all he had to do was swap the heads from side to side.
>> Jim in Palmdale, packing the motor home for El mirage
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