[Dave E Shank]

There was a article about Dyno Tested Engines in the recent issue of Car Craft magazine. They talked about testing H.O. Engines BUT they never mentioned what H.O. means When I was a kid H.O. was a train gauge size, how did that end up in my car??? THANKS DAVE

[willys36@aol.com]

High Output. Same importance as 'Trans Am" or "GTO", or "Judge", or "Magnum", or . . . . In other words just advertising hype for an engine with a taller cam!

[Dave E Shank]

HEY : Thanks Willy..That is kind of what I thought...but now I can sleep tonight knowing for sure.....DAVE

[tm454]

Hey Dave, what is this one, "OHC"? Not that it applies to anything I am building! I only use sbc stuff that you can find in the junk yard, or Summit if necessary.


Tazz


Rat Rods Rule!

[KULTULZ]

OHC Overhead Camshaft

SOHC Single Overhead Camshaft

DOHC Dual Overhead Camshaft

[Dave E Shank]

HEY TAZZ: That one I know as " Overhead Cam Shaft" I see it in Cars & Parts magazine when they talk about some of the older engines. It is amazing to see a Dusenburg engine the size of your couch with about 100 horsepower. Then you see a Rice Burner about the size of your garbage can that runs 10,000 RPM and put out 300 horse power I am thinking about driving my lawn mower around this summer What do you think????DAVE

[tm454]

I don't know about the lawn mower Dave?? Should drive your rod around instead!! Let the kids ride the lawn mower.

Tazz


Rat Rods Rule!

[Dave E Shank]

HEY TAZZ: Kids are all gone!! I am being swamped with FIVE GRANDSONS 9 years old to 1 year old

[Biggarmike]

my V12 is about 10 feet long and a mean 110 HP! (see avatar) I saw a picture somewhere of a V12 Lincoln motor being used in a Bike.... now that's slick!

[Biggarmike]

Here tiz!

[farna]

Those old Duesies ran a low 5-6:1 compression with little or no overlap on the cam. You could take off in high gear without burning the clutch up on a level surface, so you didn't have to change gears much (no slush boxes before 38 or so!). It would pull at idle, and didn't run many rpms at all, maybe 1500 max. Heck, they would probably drag an econobox around while taking off in second! Crower Cams used an old 1930s Nash straight eight in a rail dragster years ago built to more modern specs. The Nash originally ran somewhere around 7:1 compression, but used a forged crank and rods with NINE main bearings. Crank was rather stiff for a I-8!! Don't know what they got out of it.