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1. Re: Ardun History (score: 1): Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:24:31 EDT; The Ardun was NEVER a factory Ford conversion. The Arkus-Duntov Bros (Zora and Yuri) were engineering subcontractors for Ford after WWII when Zora, a long- time fan of hemi engines like those used i; /html/land-speed/1999-06/msg00265.html (9,148 bytes)
2. Re: Ardun History (score: 1): Author: dahlgren <dahlgren@uconect.net>; Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 12:42:32 -0400; I am sure there are a bunch of people that know a ton more about this but the main reason for the conversion as i have heard it a long time ago.. Was I thought that they needed more perfomance from t; /html/land-speed/1999-06/msg00266.html (10,044 bytes)
3. Re: Ardun History (score: 1): Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:19:58 EDT; The Ardun would have naturally helped the old Flathead at altitude, as it breathed much better than the sidevalve. That's the first I've heard of the theory that they were designed for use at high a; /html/land-speed/1999-06/msg00271.html (7,951 bytes)
4. Re: Ardun History (score: 1): Author: richard jurkowski <lsr_man@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:32:09 -0700 (PDT); I've always been a fan of the Ardun, although I always figured it was a little too exotic (read $$$) for me. How many Arduns are out there today? Are they still being produced by somebody else and av; /html/land-speed/1999-06/msg00272.html (8,836 bytes)
5. Re: Ardun History (score: 1): Author: V4GR@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 14:32:42 EDT; My understanding is that NYC garbage truck drivers with Ford trucks were tired of getting stomped by New Jersey drivers who had GMC trucks. Even today flathead guys avoid running against Jimmies by s; /html/land-speed/1999-06/msg00273.html (7,105 bytes)
6. RE: Ardun History (score: 1): Author: "Ferguson, Darrell" <dfergus@bactc.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 11:52:43 -0700; I'm a pretty young guy, and flatheads for the most part were disappearing from the scene around the time I was born. But the story that I've heard was that Zora Duntov developed the heads as a bolt o; /html/land-speed/1999-06/msg00274.html (9,421 bytes)
7. Re: Ardun History (score: 1): Author: ARDUNDOUG@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:48:00 EDT; There are Arduns available for between 8-10 G's. Be careful when considering one, and, get someone who knows the conversion to inspect it. They're aluminum, and, very repairable. They ain't cheap or; /html/land-speed/1999-06/msg00277.html (8,028 bytes)
8. Re: Ardun History (score: 1): Author: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>; Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:48:35 -0500; So to understand more here.... Doug.... the Conversion was a set of Heads Only? and mounted to an early flat head? what did they do for Valve timing... (or how were the valves actuated?) are there an; /html/land-speed/1999-06/msg00278.html (8,909 bytes)

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