Hot Rods THE INDUCTION THREAD

Ok let's clean up Big Block Ford stuff and then onto Small block Fords

First 427 cobra





Mickey Thompson Injection for HEMI head ford






Now a BUNCH of

1965-Ford-double-overhead-cam-V-8-racing-engine



DOHC FORD BUSBY TwinengineFED

 

Now my favorite Cobra Jets. I have a lot of CJ's shots but all stock shots noting unusual but these few.

First Cobra Jet

 

And now enjoy some Small block Fords, we have a BUNCH of webber equipped SBF




A REAL 1965 B/FX 289

 

More SBF

More B/FX







Some SB Cobras











And a Griffith how many of you have heard of them never mind SEEN one LOL. They are HOT a trooper buddy had one and let me drive it, that was the closest I will ever get to driving a real Cobra. I think they were built in 1965 or so.

Sorry for the whole body shot LOL

 

LOOK OUT!!! LOUDBANG is on a FORD RAMPAGE! LOL. Great stuff.

 

Seen a few Griffiths' over the years in magazines, never actually in person though.
Loudbang, even though the 65 Sunbeam Tiger was only a 260, I'd bet it would be a close second to your Griffith/Cobra analogy. Never drove one but as a kid I had the opportunity to ride in a Tiger that belonged to my friends older brother and I'll never forget it.

 

DDD, I also rode in a tiger when I was a young kid. Was my friends fathers car. The tigers were a quick little car. What a rush at the age of 9.

 

Another old picture/post..


'56 324 with McCulloch in forground,
'57 371 with 6-71 background left,
'50 303 with 4-71 background right

 

Man you are BLOWING my mind with all those blowers.

 

LOL I'm just getting started I still have Yblocks and SOHC to go. But don't worry I have a bunch of chevies and mopars to get too.

 

Ok the SBF fest continues.

The rarest of the rare

Gurney Westlake heads on SBF








These are Westlake but not 100 percent on which engine they are on.





Crossover SBF



How about an "experimental" fuel injection used by Shelby on the Cobra



H & M parts




Cobra Webbers and MAG??




Another B/FX that got lost in the shuffle



1966 GT-350 blower



That is it for SBF, next up Y block

 

A kid in town a few years older than me bought a Griffith brand new in 65/66...He always drove it like he stole it, could hear him coming with enough time to run out and watch him make a right turn through a stop sign at about fifty; sorta dumb...Last I knew he still has it but think its in FL now same blue as in pic..
By the early 70's there were at least six around here in CT..I spent the better part of a day in the engine bay of one that a friend of mine bought fixing the frame that had been sabotaged ..Frames were made of round tubing and brazed together, tubing , suspension brackets et all..Car body was fiberglass and car weighed about 1850 and I think my Crosley has a longer wheelbase than the early ones..Later years they lengthened the car/wheelbase six inches..

 

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/y-block-pros-and-cons.399434/page-3

 

Don't forget these Mopar G/W's.
Sorry, can't transfer photos with this tablet.
Go for it Loudbang.

Photo search linky vvvvv
https://www.google.com/search?q=340...0&bih=752#tbm=isch&q=340+mopar+gurney+weslake

 

Well, kinda. This is actually the infamous Ken Miles "fliptop" lightweight car, it was powered by a mega exotic experimental all-aluminum 390. The body was like no other Cobra, thinner aluminum, and as you can see in the photo, a flip front end and tail. It was a very trick, exotic, one-off race car. You will also notice it didn't have the louvers behind the front wheels like most Cobras. This car was built in the summer of '63, in the run-up to Nassau SpeedWeeks in Dec. of '63, so technically, it is the first FE powered Cobra, but didnt really bear any resemblance to what later became the 427 Cobra, and didn't have a 427 in it.
Where the confusion arises is that Ken Miles was also DIRECTLY involved in the actual prototype 427 car, which was built from a production line 289 car after they got back from Nassau Speed Weeks in December of '63. The flip-top 390 car was built expressly for Nassau Speed Weeks to take on the factory backed Corvette Gran Sports.
Oddly enough the 390 flip-top car retired at Nassau with suspension failure, and Ken Miles, cracked up the actual 427 prototype car that followed it at Sebring during practice early in '64.

 

Small block Chevy. This engine was on the cover of Hot Rod around 1972/73

 

I know this is just me, and I am an elitist prick and a total kill-joy, but I can't help but chuckle when I see someone do the v belt drive, the generator, the t-bird valve covers, and then top it off with the HAMB pista de restistance, the ever popular "traditional" edelbrock afb...

 

OK George, fill me in... Just curious, in your humble opinion, what should it have on top?

 

A summit carb. if you really have to ask, I know damn well you won't understand the explanation. If you DONT really have to ask, well then, go poke a rabid dog with a stick, you'll get more bang for your buck... me? I'm gonna sign off on this before it turns into another HAMB clusterfuck, and go do something useful with my time...like watch "I Love Lucy" re-runs...

 

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Oddly enough the 390 flip-top car retired at Nassau with suspension failure, and Ken Miles, cracked up the actual 427 prototype car that followed it at Sebring during practice early in '64.[/QUOTE]
Is this the episode that elicited the comment about being able to hit the only tree in the middle of an eighty acre field?

 

Is this the episode that elicited the comment about being able to hit the only tree in the middle of an eighty acre field?[/QUOTE]
Yes, it is!!! Good stuff!

 

LOL you spoiled my surprise I have them in the line waiting to be posted and even Y block gurney heads too.

 

Doh!

 

Hilborn and a mag

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Insert drool here!

 

George! George! Calm down, I'm not trying to pick a fight.
I'm trying to learn something here and I respect your input.

 

Ok to get back on track just for DDDenny Westlake day.

The remaining fords first

1967 Gurney Westlake engine used by Gurney to evaluate the newly cast heads. SBF 305 CID HP 448
read the story here: http://www.wrljet.com/fordv8/gurney.html



Argentina Y block story. They were STILL being used there in the late 70's the whole story is here:
http://www.curbsideclassic.com/cc-g...s-a-high-performance-second-act-in-argentina/

The westlake heads and intake.. These heads are obviously based on the English Gurney-Weslake heads made for the Windsor, or adapted from them. I spent way too much time trying to unravel how these heads ended up being made in Argentina, cast in both aluminum and iron, and yet nobody seems to know the full story. But here they are, and there’s several sets of these still kicking around, like this fully restored engine here. This is the ultimate Y-Block; or is it?



The Plymouth Indy Heads. Read the rest of the story here:
http://bangshift.com/general-news/r...real-late-1960s-weslake-plymouth-indy-engine/