Pics of different styles of old engines

Hey guys,
Post some pics of engines we don't see very much anymore.
Nailhead, flathead, and others a lot of young guys haven't seen.
Any kind will do,,,all engines are welcome.
Buick,Olds,Pontiac,,,and of course all the usual brands Mopar, Ford, Chevy.
I saw an old Indy Westlake engine in a rod not long ago,,very cool.
I didn't mention all the styles,,,(I don't know them all).
It might give some young guys ideas for something different.
I think it would be interesting.
[By the way,,,please tell what it is and give the style of engine.

Tommy

 

OK
I'll start I guess.


Pretty dirty and not much to look at.

Olds 394. Pure drag motor as can be seen by the loop where the water pump should be. Sheet metal manifolds with separate plenums, oil filter delete.

Note the angle on the carb pads. This engine will need to be run pretty steep angle to keep the carbs flat. Once inside I'll just about bet that the oil pickup is clear at the back of the pan.

As a comparison and it is a little hard to tell the carb pad on this 440 Dodge is @ about 3 degrees. The measured angles on the olds motor is nearly 10 degrees. It looks a little more extreme because the front of the olds is drooped a bit on the stand but I did measure both for my own peace of mind.



The Olds mill was built by an Olds racer in the early to mid '60s.

 

This ought to be a cool thread! I'm sure alot of os will learn how to I.D. **** from it.

 

Yes,,this is what I am talking about,,keep it coming.

Tommy

 

OHV conversion for the flattie.




Doc.

 

Big daddy of the Ford family, pure automotive ***.


427 SOHC.

Doc.

 

The Busby coupe's Caddy....

 

no ****

 

Oil filter delete ? Thats interesting,,more info on that ??

 

A Plymouth Flat 6 with my own intake;






******Knuckles

 

Nailhead, mmmmmmmmm


Doc.

 

Not really a "hot rod" engine, but this is a 1931 Cadillac V-16.



This one is a 1961 Buick 401 Nailhead V-8. Good engine with gobs of torque and well suited for narrow spaces. RPM's kind of limited due to the relatively small valve diameter.

 

One of the things that some of the fellas used to to was byp*** the oil filter. I'm not sure if it saved weight or made it easier to fit in a small ch***is or all of the above.

This mill has a by-p*** on the drivers side. I'll see if I can snag a pic of it its in my office here. The isn't even a provision on this particular motor for a remote filter.

Anyway the thinking on it was the oil filter wasn't important as you changed the oil every week anyway. Actually in the case of a lot of injected cars and alchy burners they run so fat that they always fouled the oil and it had to changed oil between rounds.

Chey
This is where the original filteradapter would have been on the 394. What this is, is the oil pressure by p*** from an earlier engine. You need a by p*** especially on an engine that turns up a few revs to control oil pressure. If not you build too much pressure and you do one or both of two things. You start blowing gaskets and if you get up over about 110 PSI you start washing the babbit of the mains.

 

Tagman,,they don't "have to be a hot rod Engine",,but it helps.
Beautiful Caddy engine ,,V16,,first one I ever saw.
The Nailhead is beautiful as well,,I have never seen one in person,,only on the Hamb.
Man I get nervous just looking at all of these old engines,,,it is an addiction!

Please guys,,keep them coming,,for me and the other younger guys here.
Docwatson,,,,keep those beauties coming.

Tommy

 

337 CID flathead V8 dist. on back for ID, plus the size.
GRD214

 

Old Dodge. That hole is the one and only intake port

 

Thats pretty cool,,I never knew,,guess ya just keep on learning,, Thanks for explaining that.

 

hey HEMI MAN...what do you mean, don't see much any more? ,man have you been under a rock for the past year? HA!...POP.

 

QUOTE=DocWatson;4608582]OHV conversion for the flattie.

--- these are the heads that Buick originally made for the nailhead! -not!-but they should have---





Doc.[/QUOTE]

--- these are the heads that Buick originally made for the nailhead! -not!- but they should have---

 

One of my extra 1922 Pierce engines, note the distributor.

 

Check out this link- http://smithcollection.com/Collections/Engines/EngineALLThumbs.shtml
...should leave you drooling for awhile.

 

Anybody know when Edelbrock stopped with the block style lettering? Old timer round here has a early flathead sittin with block lettered heads and a Sharp two pot intake.
Also lookin for info on id'ing Y blocks...

 

Well thanks for giving me something to do for a hour!! Dane gone did't know most of them motors ! Now I got go back and finish looking at all them !

 

Old

New.

 

REO 331 Cubic Inch.

 

Oakland/Pontiac V8
Pontiac ohc 421

note the pipe out the drivers side from the block is the exhaust outlet.

 

Hey I worked on plenty of those Reo Gold Comets when I was in the Army. Good motors. I may as well put up an old Plymouth or two. You must have seen them before.

 

Whats left of a 35 hudson straight 8.

 

benno, you sure the 394 there wasn't in a drag boat?