What is a RARE Chevy motor? (like the Ford Ardun)

With heads designed by Lotus in the U.K.....

 

^ Yeah I knew it was designed by somebody non-GM. Its been so long since I read anything about it. Thanks for posting that.

That engine was way ahead of its time. I always dreamed of buying a crashed ZR1 somewhere and yanking out that whole engine, ECU & wiring harness (etc).

That would be an awesome engine for a build.

 

Didn't Mercury Marine have something to do with casting the block, maybe even Kiekhaufer? My memory is cloudy now.

 

I stand corrected

 

Yeah.
General Motors, Ford Motor Company.
I think they got it right.

 

A sbc with it's original cam still intact!


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How about the SCAT V4 Chevy?

 

12 port Wayne F Horning on Hilborn injected 302 GMC. Running Nitro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQJvBWRrGrQ




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After reading a the thread, I'm wondering when Pontiac and GMC consolidated with Chevrolet?
Wayne did make a 12 port Chevy head (I think).

 

396/425 hp Chevrolet

 

Yes there was a 12 port Chevy head. Also a 12 Port Wayne head. Also a 12 port Hourning head. Different from the Wayne. Along with the 12 port Howard and Algon and Skinner heads.

 

That makes me giggle.

Very cool.

Rich

 

Yep saw it last week

 

How about a small block with either the DOHC Moser heads (I think Tom McMullen used to have one in his deuce roadster) or the 3-valve Gurney Weslakes

 

Duntov cam

 

I seem to remember that there were also a couple magnesium blocks made
-- 35 pounds for the bare block

 

GMC made 305 and 351 V-6's and a 702 V-12 in the early 60's
Speaking of V-12's, while not technically a Chevy, the 1710 Allison was made by GM ....

 

Used to know a guy who had a Chevy II 4-cylinder with a 327 head

 

I have one of those....

 

Thats not rare.

 

At At least its not just another "belly button SBC. Very rarely do you see a SBC that earns a second look because you've already seen what the owner bought many times before.

 

I did....

 

Someone on here told me those early aluminum (recall) heads never made it on the assembly line....
They were only an "over the counter" option...
I read in a Vette book that those heads were installed on the assembly line...

 

That would look wicked in a mid '60's Vette...

 

Mom had a 70 something Pontiac Ventura. It had a 260 cu.in. Olds V-8 in it. Ran great and got 20+ M.P.G. Guess that why you don't see any. Would like to see a hemi head Pontiac or a F.I. Chrysler.

 

That's easy. Briggs and Stratton.

 

Kinda like Ford flatheads were in their day, huh?

 

Another one would be Chrysler's 426 DOHC Hemi.... Sorry! No pictures....

 

"Rare Chevy?....like the Ford Ardun?"

Well, I would say the only VINTAGE & AFTER-MARKET (non-GM) Small Block Chevy heads would be the heads Mickey Thompson made in 1967 for his Indy cars. They bolt up to a stock block, run off of a single camshaft in the block, feature 3-valves per cylinder, shaft mounted rockers & ran custom Hilborn injection units. One of these motors is on the cover of July '67 Hot Rod Magazine 565 HP!

Mickey Thompson also made more traditional 2 valve HEMI heads for Ford & Pontiac motors in the 60s. All M/T heads are really rare!

-Andy