Just for fun, I was wondering what all might be involved in running Dual Overhead Cams or even a Single Overhead Cam with an early model Chevy 350 CID engine. Has this ever been attempted? Is it even possible?
lol thats strange. I have read that the GM LS series heads will bolt onto a ford windsor 302TTFiveOhRanger said:What is funny is a volvo DOHC will fit on a 2.3 ford motor with some modification. It really isn't that horrible...
The LT5 was a completely different, one-off design though. It is more closely related to the Northstar and Aurora V8s that came after it than with the more common Gen I and Gen II SBC V8s.zildjian4life218 said:I forgot about the LT5!! 32 valve DOHC 350! Ugh can you imagine doing a valve job on those heads.
Lol that's a lot for 375hp. You would have been better to put a 455 in it for similar hp (back then) guess it depends on how much you're prepared to pay for the 'cool factor' lolIt is amazing how much performance has changed in last 20 years. It only cost $58,995. What would that be in inflated dollars.
Single and DOHC heads have been designed for the SBC through the years- and in every case, they've not been successful.Dzuari said:I was just browsing through the internet wondering this same question when i ran across this thread, figured i'd post this on here to see if you guys would be interested in it.
I work for my family's aluminum foundry & CNC shop located in Muncie, IN, we do green sand, air set, permanent mold, and die-cast molding for various companies around the US, we've been in business since 1947, but just recently we have decided to get into manufacturing our own products and considering the past 3 generations of my family are car enthusiast we decided to delve into after market automotive, specifically starting with chevy first. we are currently in the process of manufacturing a 671 blower and we produce sbc valve covers, grenade shifter knobs, and breather caps.
What im getting at tho is, asking you guys if it would be possible to manufacture a DOHC that would fit onto a early model SBC, i know more about manufacturing than i do about valvetrains. would there have to be any modification the the block or could someone buy these and be able to bolt them on? I was talking to some guys at a car show this weekend, they said it is possible by just plugging the oil galleys and having the DOHC but from what iv found, no one makes them.
And for the pricing part, it wont be nearly as expensive as you guys might think for us to make them, we recently bought a rapid prototype 3D printer which we can design any part in a CAD program, have the printer print the part out for us in ABS, spend about 2 hours cleaning it up, and we can cast parts right off the model. I can have a cast part in a customers hand starting when the printer turns on, within 24-96hrs depending on the complexity of the part(id give a few extra on cylinder heads ). we eventually plan on manufacturing our own complete aluminum small blocks from start to finish but thats a little down the road .