That's because the small block is a very compact motor, cheap to work on and you
can find parts nearly anywhere in the world. The real waste is putting one in a
Jag.
Deve Krehbiel wrote:
> A Ford friend of mine who attends all the swap meets and car shows complains
> how almost every old ford car or truck has the Chevy 350 engine in it. He
> cant for the life of him understand the logic behind this. :) Meanwhile, the
> salvage yards are inundated with old flathead V-8's. Nobody wants them I
> guess. Same sure cant be said for old chevy engines. And so it goes!
>
> Deve Krehbiel
> Hesston, Kansas
> 1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400
> www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James O'Gorman" <messenger@arn.net>
> To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 2:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Fw: Overhead Valve Engines
>
> > Gary,
> >
> > I knew about a couple of the things mentioned, but I had never heard of
> > this:
> >
> > "As I like to say " the bowtie boys like their engines cheap and easy,
> > just like their women" John M"
> >
> > I guess I'm not a real bowtie boy, then.
> >
> > Don't let the envious and jealous get you down, in politics or in
> > oletrucks!
> >
> > James
> >
> >
> >
> > Gary Perry wrote:
> > >
> > > I got this off my Y-block list that I just joined. It's about two Guys
> > > fighting over why F*** didn't have an OH engine sooner. I was wondering
> > > about the full-flow filter on early Chevy V-8's as not being so as he
> states
> > > in letter. Is this true? Also, when did Lincoln goe to OH valve engines?
> > > That's a new one on me.
> > > "G"
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: jrmummert@compuserve.com <JRMUMMERT@compuserve.com>
> > > To: YBlock Mail <yblock@listbot.com>
> > > Date: Monday, October 09, 2000 11:37 AM
> > > Subject: Re: Overhead Valve Engines
> > >
> > > >YBlock Mail - http://yblock.web-page.net
> > > >
> > > >Tim, don't let anyone mislead you into thinking that the bowtie stuff
> was
> > > >technically advanced. Of course Ford had overheads in 52, the 215 6
> > > >cylinder and Lincoln ohv's. The scrubs had overhead valves but they
> also
> > > >had non pressurized lubrication to the rod bearings until 1953. Ever
> heard
> > > >the term "dipper"? The rods had little scoops on the bottom that picked
> up
> > > >oil from trays in the oil pan. That is why anyone racing a scrub in
> those
> > > >days used a GMC 6 cylinder. scrubs in those days were known as "stove
> > > >bolts" because the pan, valve cover ect. were assembled with stove
> > > >hardware. Many young guys don't know that the first 2 years of the sbc
> > > >didn't have a full flow oil filter. They actually designed a new engine
> in
> > > >the 50's with by pass filtering. A small oil line ran oil to a
> firewall
> > > >mounted filter them pissed it back into the valley area. The sbc was
> > > >designed to be cheap to produce, PERIOD. The pressed wrist pins, ball
> and
> > > >socket rockers, lack of a positive thrust on the cam and by-pass
> filtering
> > > >were all cost cutting measures. Do you know why they sell cam buttons
> for
> > > >sbc's? Because they had the genious idea to grind all the lobes on the
> cam
> > > >to push the cam toward the rear. ( Fords have 1/2 the lobes tapered to
> the
> > > >front, half rear and a thrust plate to poitively control cam thrust).
> This
> > > >in theory would force the cam back so the cam timing gear would ride
> > > >against the block. To take some load off, the distributor drive gear
> forces
> > > >the cam forward. Here is where the trouble starts. At high rpm with a
> high
> > > >volume pump the force of the distributor gear overcomes the lifter
> thrust
> > > >and the cam begins to float front to back which causes the timing to
> > > >wander, and worse things happen to the timing chain. Incidently, the
> > > >bowties boys had a V8 in around 1920, it made less power than their 4
> > > >cylinder and was discontinued. Ask your buddies why their emblem has no
> > > >writting, similar to the 3 balls for a pawn shop or the striped barber
> pole
> > > >which were used to attract the illiterate. As I like to say " the
> bowtie
> > > >boys like their engines cheap and easy, just like their women" John M
> > > >
> > > >
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