A Ford friend of mine who attends all the swap meets and car shows complains
how almost every old ford car or truck has the Chevy 350 engine in it. He
cant for the life of him understand the logic behind this. :) Meanwhile, the
salvage yards are inundated with old flathead V-8's. Nobody wants them I
guess. Same sure cant be said for old chevy engines. And so it goes!
Deve Krehbiel
Hesston, Kansas
1950 3100 * 1949 3600 * 1948 4400
www.speedprint.com/Deves50/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "James O'Gorman" <messenger@arn.net>
To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Fw: Overhead Valve Engines
> Gary,
>
> I knew about a couple of the things mentioned, but I had never heard of
> this:
>
> "As I like to say " the bowtie boys like their engines cheap and easy,
> just like their women" John M"
>
> I guess I'm not a real bowtie boy, then.
>
> Don't let the envious and jealous get you down, in politics or in
> oletrucks!
>
> James
>
>
>
> Gary Perry wrote:
> >
> > I got this off my Y-block list that I just joined. It's about two Guys
> > fighting over why F*** didn't have an OH engine sooner. I was wondering
> > about the full-flow filter on early Chevy V-8's as not being so as he
states
> > in letter. Is this true? Also, when did Lincoln goe to OH valve engines?
> > That's a new one on me.
> > "G"
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jrmummert@compuserve.com <JRMUMMERT@compuserve.com>
> > To: YBlock Mail <yblock@listbot.com>
> > Date: Monday, October 09, 2000 11:37 AM
> > Subject: Re: Overhead Valve Engines
> >
> > >YBlock Mail - http://yblock.web-page.net
> > >
> > >Tim, don't let anyone mislead you into thinking that the bowtie stuff
was
> > >technically advanced. Of course Ford had overheads in 52, the 215 6
> > >cylinder and Lincoln ohv's. The scrubs had overhead valves but they
also
> > >had non pressurized lubrication to the rod bearings until 1953. Ever
heard
> > >the term "dipper"? The rods had little scoops on the bottom that picked
up
> > >oil from trays in the oil pan. That is why anyone racing a scrub in
those
> > >days used a GMC 6 cylinder. scrubs in those days were known as "stove
> > >bolts" because the pan, valve cover ect. were assembled with stove
> > >hardware. Many young guys don't know that the first 2 years of the sbc
> > >didn't have a full flow oil filter. They actually designed a new engine
in
> > >the 50's with by pass filtering. A small oil line ran oil to a
firewall
> > >mounted filter them pissed it back into the valley area. The sbc was
> > >designed to be cheap to produce, PERIOD. The pressed wrist pins, ball
and
> > >socket rockers, lack of a positive thrust on the cam and by-pass
filtering
> > >were all cost cutting measures. Do you know why they sell cam buttons
for
> > >sbc's? Because they had the genious idea to grind all the lobes on the
cam
> > >to push the cam toward the rear. ( Fords have 1/2 the lobes tapered to
the
> > >front, half rear and a thrust plate to poitively control cam thrust).
This
> > >in theory would force the cam back so the cam timing gear would ride
> > >against the block. To take some load off, the distributor drive gear
forces
> > >the cam forward. Here is where the trouble starts. At high rpm with a
high
> > >volume pump the force of the distributor gear overcomes the lifter
thrust
> > >and the cam begins to float front to back which causes the timing to
> > >wander, and worse things happen to the timing chain. Incidently, the
> > >bowties boys had a V8 in around 1920, it made less power than their 4
> > >cylinder and was discontinued. Ask your buddies why their emblem has no
> > >writting, similar to the 3 balls for a pawn shop or the striped barber
pole
> > >which were used to attract the illiterate. As I like to say " the
bowtie
> > >boys like their engines cheap and easy, just like their women" John M
> > >
> > >
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