"Figure it out yourself" Yeah, cause it wasnt just a matter of throwing those parts in. 😅
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
🤣🤣 yup! He left out enough to make you scratch your head … and he knew it!
@dirkdiggler1877Ай бұрын
@@BarryTsGarage Yeah, he'll give ya just enough info to be dangerous with! 😂
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
🤣
@Terk131Ай бұрын
@@BarryTsGarageSome serious Machining was done for sure
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
A lot
@mikes9759Ай бұрын
Ah the good old days!!!! And it didn't cost you the price of a home!!!! What fun times we had!! Plus good gas!!!!
@Louis-kk3toАй бұрын
@@mikes9759 yes it was a great time to hot rod and be something extremely noticeable in the world of gas motor cars 😮I miss those days 🫡
@mikescherrer4923Ай бұрын
Um... it wasn't a matter of "throwing parts in", doofus. Try it for yourself, see what you come up with. 😂
@waltpettis1480Ай бұрын
@@mikes9759 you could race with pump gas instead of $15 a gallon racing fuel
@flakesinyershoe813728 күн бұрын
@mikes9759 some of those guys had a quarter million in tools. In 1960s money.
@williamchaplick42276 күн бұрын
@@waltpettis1480,race gas sure smells good ...🏁 🏎 👍
@randysummerhays4168Ай бұрын
People with comments criticizing Ed's work forget that he has worked on stuff probably as long or longer than they have been alive
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Exactly
@williamardenjr116Ай бұрын
Ed is the Gail banks of gas engines
@matschwarz92617 күн бұрын
Ed is a powerhouse of knowledge about engines. 😊
@jeffduch2948Ай бұрын
I love this man. He would be one of the best Grandpa's in the world.
@Terk131Ай бұрын
Without a doubt
@bigalphadog5209Ай бұрын
He’s somebody’s best grandpa hands down, but I’m the best grandpa in the world according to my grandchildren
@bigalphadog5209Ай бұрын
I loved watching those old sprint cars when I was a kid always wanted to race my bike, my motorcycles, my cars, my first car was at 16 yrs old worked went to school and saved up and bought it with my own money a 340 duster factory four speed., I was the second owner, for a small hauled ass on the road on the track wherever I punched it, it took off.
@leebritt5641Ай бұрын
The knowledge this man has is priceless.
@scooprichardson7513Ай бұрын
Please keep this Legend talking.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Will do!!
@jamespainter3184Ай бұрын
I took a 351w and crank used dodge 360 truck rods and chevy 350 pistons and made a 377 that I shifted at 7g with Victor Jr heads and a solid roller cam made over 650hp in a 90 mustang notch back ran 9.70 @140mph in a 1/4
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
WOW 😮
@hotrodray680223 күн бұрын
That's 172%
@michaelwebster896814 күн бұрын
Very impressive engine.
@JW-bw5ewАй бұрын
This guy and Gale Bank's could make a 2x4 run fast
@mikescherrer4923Ай бұрын
Gale Banks is a government shill. Dude's just trying to sell you the EPA's bullshit so he can keep getting fat by ripping the government off on contracts for shit that'll never get used. 😂
@michaelwilson2151Ай бұрын
@@JW-bw5ew put some gas in it, light it up, and watch it go! 💨
@simonmears1726Ай бұрын
Love this guy old school he knows his way around a motor 🇺🇸
@killerkane1957Ай бұрын
I’ve always been amazed by what parts will work where. If you KNOW your stuff you can build amazing things using different bins.
@patrickbjordahl3239Ай бұрын
@@killerkane1957 Johny Cash " one piece at a time"
@Terk131Ай бұрын
Just like the old moonshine runners back in the day. They knew their stuff.
@RetroCaptain6 күн бұрын
This theory works for pretty much anything without proprietary factory microprocessor coding. In other words strip away all the modern computer stuff you can still cobble amazing with many kinds of equipment.
@patrickbjordahl32395 күн бұрын
@@RetroCaptain in wich case I should just hire you? 😂
@RetroCaptain5 күн бұрын
@@patrickbjordahl3239 I'm kept busy doing just this only with more industrial equipment. I've combined parts from more modern to keep antiques operable when the original manufacturer is long out of business.
@craigsleАй бұрын
This dude knows his shit man , old school , love it !
@davidsawyer1599Ай бұрын
As a 17 year old kid way,way back when. That 340 crank also worked pretty good in a '71 Duster.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
👍👍🙏
@noaht5191Ай бұрын
I've got a sublime 71 340 myself.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
I’m sure it’s fun!
@davekeller27987 күн бұрын
340 cu. In. from Chrysler, was one amazing engine, too bad they discontinued it.
@jeffwolf8018Ай бұрын
He built a Frankenstein monster!! I would have loved to seen that engine..
@RobertBrown-oe2viАй бұрын
Ed Smith's creative thinking...
@Journeyman-FixitАй бұрын
I love this guy he's so engine book smart he can do just about anything with engines. Thanks for the video!
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Thank you!!
@sargefreedom1578Ай бұрын
Genius Gentleman Generation
@brandonlanham7841Ай бұрын
I wish this was my grandpa. Imagine growing up and going to grandma and Grandpa's house like this dudes, and sneaking out in his garage and digging around with your little cousins looking at all his cool ass antique shit. My great grandma was an old pottery ceramics teacher and me and my brother when we were younger would sneak out into her garage, which she created into a ceramics shop and she had an old ass kiln in there and literally thousands of old antique ceramic molds and thousands of ceramics she made that she hadn't painted, she just had them waiting to be painted. And a lot of them are ones so many older people had in their homes across America. She has that ceramic Christmas tree that you used to put the little plastic candles in the branches and it had a lamp inside that lit up all the little plastic candles. My great grandma made that tree and she had the molds for it and had hundreds of them in her garage waiting to paint and sell. I miss having an older relative like this around that was really cool. I thought my great grandma was the coolest person I ever knew from all the cool stuff she had in her home I remember looking through Everytime we went over there for holidays and parties and stuff growing up.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
It’s very honorable to respect and appreciate those who went before us 👍👍🙏😀
@shawnwalsh5430Ай бұрын
Stay in school kids.. Math is important and knowledge is out there. Thank you Sir.
@waltpettis1480Ай бұрын
My dad raced sprint cars in the fifties and sixties. He loved to play puzzle with motors.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Apparently a lot of fun!
@waltpettis148028 күн бұрын
@@BarryTsGarage I learned one or two things hanging out with him.
@jeffclark2725Ай бұрын
Thumbs up, It is that kind of stuff that makes the world interesting, They say it can not be done , or has not been thought of, but there it is running around the track, great video
@invisibilianone6288Ай бұрын
I love it❤ Taking pieces and parts and MAKING them fit, and work, where others say it cant/won't work.😁☕☕
@custeve45Ай бұрын
Wow Ed!!! You never cease to Amaze!!! "Figure it out yourself!!!" 😂😂😂 ....Tell them Ed!!!!
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@chadhasvold1872Ай бұрын
I love this guy! Much respect 👍🏻
@josephsmith6613Ай бұрын
I love the way Barry says shivy
@haroldbirge6881Ай бұрын
😅✌️
@derrickgardener214817 күн бұрын
Thank god for those crank stretchers , they really save time and money.
@BarryTsGarage17 күн бұрын
😂
@MrNater4118 күн бұрын
I know some guys who did similar stuff in dirt modifieds here in MN. Won't name names...but one of them has won hundreds of races throughout the country
@williamchaplick42276 күн бұрын
Fun day's back then making stuff work ...😊
@BarryTsGarage6 күн бұрын
You got that right!
@douglasmiles1215Ай бұрын
Imagine how many engines these guys build back in the day to figure out which combos of all these different components made the right engine. Thousands over a lifetime. Mad respect for never settling for average or just quiting.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Thank you this is a high compliment and I will pass it on to Ed!
@pressingon3728Ай бұрын
Absolutely love this!!! ❤️🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲❤️🇺🇲
@J_ismyname48Ай бұрын
Wow, just imagine the knowledge in this man's head!😮😮
@Kevin-ti3rzАй бұрын
@@J_ismyname48 we need him to keep telling his stories ✓
@aarondwyer3746Ай бұрын
Thanks for that 340 Chrysler crank into a chev V8,I have a ford 312 y block crank in a Holden 308 ,Yella Terra remanufactured heads, 30 thou over 327 hypereutectic pistons skirts machined down to clear crank,four bolt mains conversion,JP mellings hi volume oil pump,1/6 roller rockers, screw in studs,guide plates,stud girdles,twin row timing chain,supa pan,radical cam grind ,850 Holley with 4 inch riser block, 425 HP at fly wheel
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Sounds like fun!!
@Tactical-GodАй бұрын
that is WAY COOL ...... 👍
@TittieSprinklesАй бұрын
@@aarondwyer3746 All that for 425hp 😒
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Don't forget the fun of building....
@MrJohnnyDistortionАй бұрын
I put a goldfish bowl into a jaccuzzi and put that jacuzzi into the ocean and VOILA! I had me a submarine. 😆
@stuartbuckley6113Ай бұрын
The thrust bearing is in different locations from chevy to mopar.
@jimmyj2563Ай бұрын
Indeed
@Addidaddy86Ай бұрын
@@stuartbuckley6113 facts sir
@terrysharon9184Ай бұрын
Don't use up all your brainpower at once!
@rodmacd8357Ай бұрын
You just already know he solved that issue with some kind of wizardry.
@devinsciranko5219Ай бұрын
He's a machinist, i think he can make whatever modifications he needs to make it work.
@kevintucker3354Ай бұрын
I’ll be damned! This is gold right here
@gurnblanston500022 күн бұрын
This man is and was wild!!! Love slapping different make parts together.! King Edward would be a great make for stock superchargers pouring out of the Old Pontiac sites.
@ronnielee7954Ай бұрын
You know what your doing when you can mix parts from different Mfrs and come up with a running engine especially one you can compete with.
@jasonhowell95899 күн бұрын
When I was younger my buddy's dad used to have a old drag car that him and his buddies built and they had a 4:21 that was sleeved smaller with the long crank had awesome offline torque and it would rev the hell out
@Keeter94Ай бұрын
Watch your girl around this dude
@rodneybyrd951625 күн бұрын
I guess it was a 400 SBC block, with custom spacers in the mains for 340 bearings and center (#3) thrust bearing flanges. Not too sure about dome/valve relief-to-cyl head clearance but probably just a few machining operations away from glory!!
@jeffharvey2135Ай бұрын
Some of those old guys had trade secrets
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Oh yeah that’s right
@alanjordan9772Ай бұрын
"I'll be damned if you weren't born 9 months after I got that long stroke"
@joshmanwaring3848Ай бұрын
"I've got a chevy with a mopar cam" makes a lot more sense now
@hotrodray680223 күн бұрын
Using Mopar lobes and their fat mopar lifters allow significant cam profiles beyond the smaller Chevy lifter diameter.
@timmytimmy5331Ай бұрын
I love hearing about the 327 and how you can't find them anymore and then I love seeing the lookon their face when you tell them it's a 350 with 307 crank and rods
@user-ir1te8vg8g26 күн бұрын
It works I have done it in my drag motor
@toddivey103215 күн бұрын
What a great guy... been watching the clips. Super smart man, reminds me of a few different people from my past. Keep it up.👍
@BarryTsGarage14 күн бұрын
I appreciate that!
@sprint6855Ай бұрын
How did you overcome the .060 bore spacing difference between the Chevy and Chrysler?
@hotrodray680223 күн бұрын
Rod to wrist pin clearance
@user-rw8qb6dq2x16 күн бұрын
what a master👍
@cheapers1952Ай бұрын
My heart goes out❤ I remember those days so well makes the hair on my arm stand up when I think of that
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
👍👍🙏
@user-ir1te8vg8g26 күн бұрын
Worked for a old fellow who tawt me that the first time I ever done it I was mechining motor parts and I put it in my 67 GMC pickup I was fun
@BarryTsGarage26 күн бұрын
Great memories
@gurnblanston500021 күн бұрын
Dr Frankenmotor!!!
@denniswilder301420 күн бұрын
Every good motor guy can take a bunch of miss matched parts and make it great. Snowmobile race motors takes a ski doo crank Honda 4 wheeler rods with arctic cat pistons with polaris reed cages. With a aftermarket cyl with skidoo top head cover.
@WhiteManXRP8 күн бұрын
Absolute Genius. I LOVE THESE STORIES, ABSOLUTELY amazing times they lived, The Hay Day boy wow Try that with their stupid Teslas and Prius shitboxes..
@billymadison8036Ай бұрын
This man is a national treasure
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
👍👍🙏🙏
@craigmorgan327619 күн бұрын
Hold , let me write that down , 4 in pistons , 6 in rods
@user-xc5es2ut7tАй бұрын
340 Dodge Crank in a small block chevy? SHOW ME, dont say it, SHOW ME!
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
I’ll see what Ed has around 👍. A lot of these stories he’s selling are from different projects over the years and not something. He’s currently working on, but I’ll ask Ed anyway…
@timothybayliss6680Ай бұрын
This seems strange. If you wanted this combo the easy way would be to offset grind a large journal forged 327 crank to 3.31 stroke and run 2" rods.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
I don't think we have all the information.
@weefekАй бұрын
12.5 is spicy and quite daring. Gambling, even.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Love your comment. Dead on 😎
@alphatango7831Ай бұрын
I am getting ready to put a 454 sbc in a 34 Ford 3 window coupe. It would be an honor to have Ed come over and spit in each cylinder. I bet it would run forever ! What a man !
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Wow, sounds like an amazing project!
@user-js4cl3ww9oАй бұрын
I love the sprint cars back in the sixties and seventies
@inscoredbzАй бұрын
I would love to hear more information on this. What rods? How does the crank fit because im thinking the 340 has a center thrust main bearing, but i may be mistaken. It's been a few decades since i did a mopar. This information can't be lost.
@jamespainter318424 күн бұрын
I took a 351 W stroke to 372 bore 30 over chevy 350 flat tops .020 thousands off the top used chrystler 360 truck rods narrowed to fit Windsor crank and full float chevy pistons made a 372 one of the best strokers i ever built shifted that puppy at 7100 625 lift cam vistor jr heads ported with victor intake man that thing ran for a N.A engine
@BarryTsGarage24 күн бұрын
Nice work!
@genewalter5022Ай бұрын
That's how mechanics are. All you need is intelligence and imagination. All engine's are just a lot of parts flying in close formation....Those type of guys are still out there.
@chevyvettz06Ай бұрын
I did all the math fellas. He built a Frankenstein 358. I'm assuming he used a chevy 400 block, stock bore 4.125. Bore on the pontiac pistons is 4.151, so "bored a little" is about .025 over. 340 crank has a stroke of 3.31 inches, down from the stock 3.75 in the chevy 400. I bet that thing was a high revving nasty piece of work lol.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
You win the prize! The first to put up a solid scenario! Thanks 🙏
@hotrodray680223 күн бұрын
Ever see a SBC 377 or 352 rev ??
@user-cm1yo7uq5kАй бұрын
So a Pontiac 455 std bore is 4.3125 and 3.312 stoke from a 340 crank And a 340 has a 4.46 bore spacing
@jamesakers1175Ай бұрын
These older guys could come up with some interesting things such as this. Plus flywheels, gearboxes and rear ends. Amazing insight.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Yes - I respect it
@onlya3rd264Ай бұрын
Well that escalated quickly lol. Hopefully you can get Ed to give up his secret sauce seeing how all these guys got their panties in a bunch over this old timers racing story. lol 😂 good luck to ya 🫡
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
HAHA right? I'll see what I can do! Thanks!
@eriknelson45Ай бұрын
Experience is life skill which this educated man just layed out in 45 seconds, i want to try the SB mopar thing with the reworked Viper rods and LS valve train in the Low Mein flea bay aluminum heads, proven formula that spins to 7800 somewhat safely with a correct tune
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Sounds like a great project!
@stanferris1974Ай бұрын
I love old timers they really know how to have fun . My Dad and Uncle would talk about running small blocks with three duce's gas 32 cent's a gallon bend it up a little buy a new one of the lot a few months later and race the guy you sold the old one to
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Hahaha that’s the way!
@Mark_31719 күн бұрын
Ed and gale banks could make a cinderblock run in the nine seconds.
@livesteamfan1Ай бұрын
I can see how the pistons, rods, and crank can be made to go into a Chevy block; the bore spacing is only .04 different. My question, is the timing set, harmonic balancer, and a flywheel/flexplate. A 340 uses a huge crank snout compared to a Chevy small block, so definitely something custom for a timing cover, unless they turned down the crank snout. Which given how large of a crank bolt a Mopar uses, may not be possible. The timing chain would probably have to be custom, but that's not too big of a deal. A small block Mopar has the starter ring gear on the torque converter, and even if a manual with a flywheel, it's not a 168 or 153 tooth like a Chevy, so I guess that would also have to be custom made to work with a Chevy starter and transmission.
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
I think you’re on track, he did say it was a lot of work!
@josephevers8563Ай бұрын
Good old fashion macanic
@GMGUY1000Ай бұрын
Priceless .some cool ass shit there.😉👍🤙🇨🇦
@mikeduquesne3630Ай бұрын
Hell yeah ❤
@JefferyKaighinАй бұрын
Back here in the Kansas City area, the Layne Bros used to build these type engines and Yes the were great, and no one would claim there motors because they were a hybrid of all different motors. Yes, the good old days!
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Right on 👍
@stanleyshults6427Ай бұрын
Good machinist can do miracles, that would be a torqie motor,at mid rpm,s
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Great point!
@williamhawkins4326Ай бұрын
I have 402 Chevy pistons in my olds 455 with a 67 425 crank I have the rods resized to allow for the larger piston pins
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Wow thanks for sharing - interesting combo 👍👍
@williamhawkins4326Ай бұрын
@@BarryTsGarage It has screw In studs a Dave smith cam roller rockers I haven’t cranked it in years but it was a thumper so much machine work but it was a fun build and ride.
@DwightKShruteАй бұрын
I just watched an interesting ,hour long video, of a "river boat racing" team, that built LS platform, 4.8L , destroked them , sleeved them down to ti a 3.something litre, with a bit of crank work to change stroke, and were also running twin turbo chargers, and a centrifugal oil sump that spun the oil down to get rid of froth, so it could run upside down..... They were dynoing these engines at 11,000 rpm or something crazy, for HOURS......all it takes is men with minds like these, that CRAVE reliable power. Haha ✌️
@ErikGretlandАй бұрын
I put standard bore ford 429 pistons in a 1970 Cadillac 500 78 tho larger lots of compression valves cleared
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Very cool!
@stevenfredell111511 күн бұрын
My brian is hurting now how did you deal with the .060 bore spacing difference so many mysteries.
@ericscrutchins6350Ай бұрын
Yes there's a lot of figuring out to drop a 340 crank in a GM block the thrust journal is in the center of the Mopar crank and it's a 3in. diameter thrust journal with all of that work I would have welded up a steel 350 crank and make any stroke I wanted if nothing was available that 340 crank will need a thrust journal made up at the rear journal and the front crank snout is pretty massive so is the balancer bolt it would have to be turned down to standard GM balancer diameter on the snout, that crank will need to be balanced and stroke indexing also rod journal size will need to be corrected by then you'll have hours of fun making it work hope you won lots of money for the time you spent making that crank work, the Pontiac pistons are close to small block Chevy pistons with some fly cutting you will need custom rods because the Pontiac piston pins are slightly bigger than the SBC .927 pin and I'm assuming that you chose a Chevy size journal because the Mopar journal is much bigger as well. That 340 crank is a stout piece and they are very heavy hopefully you weren't looking to get high rpm from that crank they're very heavy
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
If I can manage to get Ed to provide extra detail to what he was thinking and why, I will!
@ericscrutchins6350Ай бұрын
@@BarryTsGarage one other thing that I needed to point out is for him to use Pontiac pistons for a 455 they use .980 diameter pins and Mopar 340 small blocks use .990 pins like a big block Chevy so he would have had to bronze bush the small end of the 340 rod to .980 and those rods are pretty stout good for durability but can't say too much for rotating weight unless he used aluminum rods and the mopar crank is externally balanced so he had to get busy drilling that crank to internally balance it, like I said I hope they won lots of races making that crank work in a chevy block I know that it took lots of work!
@ronnieroberts9478Ай бұрын
Good video thank you
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Thank you too
@terriecotham1567Ай бұрын
Don't you just love a good cook. Little this Some of that A pinch of? You have to love war stories from people who have been there and back
@hatersaywhat8986Ай бұрын
455 wildcat. That was a heavy hitter back in the day. Catalina
@rodneybyrd951625 күн бұрын
"Wildcat" implies a Buick 455, but yeah!
@Mdc869Ай бұрын
The bore centers for a small block chevy is 4.4. The dodge is 4.46. Plus the thrust is in the center on the dodge and in the back on a chevy. .I don't think that would work, then again I guess where there's a will there's a way
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
I’m gonna have to ask Ed to explain… You’re not the only one to ask this question so it’s worth a follow up!
@f.chrisliuzzo7889Ай бұрын
You can make most similar parts fit and work together as long as the dimensions are close.. just like the ls rockers on a 318!?
@everettplummer9725Ай бұрын
GW Pierce took 350 and put in 400 parts.
@gordon7353Ай бұрын
Dam ,his knowledge is amazing
@user-py5pk2eu2mАй бұрын
Genius...
@krisdacripe9833Ай бұрын
I had a 71 Dodge 340 . Stroke was 3.31 inch
@hotrodray680223 күн бұрын
Offset ground
@rattmann8141Ай бұрын
Was a factory 340 crank ever offered as forged???
@PFLOYD-do9kkАй бұрын
@@rattmann8141 1972 340s were cast 68-71 were Forged
@danielroberts698Ай бұрын
@@rattmann8141 yes
@danielroberts698Ай бұрын
Yes to forged crank on a 340. I think In 72 or 73 they were cast
@noaht5191Ай бұрын
I've honestly got a 71 340 Duster and a 1970 340 for it and I dont even know....but I'm sure other Mopar absolutists will let you know as you see....someone stole my wedge heads from my dad's old shop so i decided to postpone the build until I decide what I will be doing for the engine.
@ericscrutchins6350Ай бұрын
@@rattmann8141 yes they were offered in the 340 muscle cars demons dusters darts and the little red truck which had a 340 and the famous W-2 heads on it from the factory
@robv.o.1777Ай бұрын
I was going to put some buick valves in my small block mopar heads😮 Cheap 202s with a 5/16 stem😊
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
I’ll have to ask Ed about that 👍
@jamesbubba1331Ай бұрын
I've got to have more information I want too build it for my truck where can I get the information please?
@davidwasson7525Ай бұрын
Smart man
@jshisheАй бұрын
I would have enjoyed working in his shop
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
👍👍
@thisisyourcaptainspeaking2259Ай бұрын
Now that's interesting! Hmm...
@docsmallblock65845 күн бұрын
Wonder what the cubic inch turned out to be? I bet it revved!
@donniebaker598418 күн бұрын
Im one who mentioned speedway motors sell everything to build a flat head ford V8 except the engine block ... I have been partially watching the progress of 3D printers that now print metal parts ready to use . that now are affordable ...but I seen one lately printing a metal V8 block that cost $5000 to buy the 3D printer ready to go ...what would you give for a brand new 32 ford flat head block made from powered iron steel or aluminum ? YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE LEFT ALIVE THAT CAN DO THIS AND MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL FIRST TIME..Think about all those mods still trapped in the back of your mind to a flat head ford that in its day would not have been cost effective ...but today I believe you can ..Zora Arkus-Duntov who saved the corvette built flat head ford blocks into OHV hemis with a blower that would blow the bottom end to junk ... But in around 1992 a team racing the land speed record at Bonneville used a four bolt center main cap custom fit for the ford flat head with ARDON OHV HEMI cylinder heads ...screw all the ohv supercharger mods ...im looking at the heavy duty center main cap with all your ideas built in to a new flat head ford V8 the can finally use all the old mods offenhauser still makes ..you said in a comment to me "sounds like a business" you would be swamped supplying speedway as for the 1st time ever they could sell complete engines brand new flat head ford V8 that would be reliable with acceptable power ..what do you see these days at a vintage car show ? About everything but with the same 350 Chevy crate motor of 250hp and a pair of chrome valve covers made it china ...how about a guy with a 32 ford hiboy and all he has to do is bolt in your block at is 3D printed to bolt up to a SBC bell housing and exhaust headers cause your 3D printed block will have Siamese center exhaust ports so now it becomes a no brainier swap with the same hp. Or maybe a little more . add three stromberg 97 throttle body look alike EFI and get great gas mileage for an every day grocery gitter ...i can go on forever ..trouble is im 74 and they tell me I wont live for ever ..this will be our last blast old man ...lets hit a home run
@gerardcousineau3478Ай бұрын
Nice ❤😊👍🎉
@Eagles0690Ай бұрын
Chivalets …. Chevrolet. I’ve not heard anyone use that word in a long time. Used to, everyone around home called them chivalets Im definitely not making fun. I love it
@BarryTsGarageАй бұрын
Maybe His rural Ohio roots … 👍
@ericscrutchins6350Ай бұрын
@@Eagles0690 you think that's something, wait till you hear Junior Johnson call a Chevrolet, a Chibbylay with his heavy southern accent he's getting pretty old but he's still active in NASCAR racing with a team.
@ruthlessreid9172Ай бұрын
Shivro let!
@kevinmoyle6098Ай бұрын
Yes drove 74 pontiac bonneville that had a 455 pontiac. Not the 455 oldsmobile, or the 455 buick. That Was a pretty stout engine. They put the 455 in some of the Trans AM to. That would have been fun to drive that engine in the T/A. Not the biggest horsepower , but lots of torque. It sure would light up them tires though.