Motors with Attitude

De Tomaso Can Am engine, all aluminum, loosely Ford inspired. Equal plane crank, can run two four six or eight cylinders - perfect for Bonneville classes - just drop a couple more pistons/rods and you're in a different class. Heron heads - valve reliefs and combustion chambers in the crown of the piston, no combustion chamber in the heads. 305 ci 7 ca 505 hp in 1964. Mechanical fuel injection by Tecalemit Jackson.

 

Love this one as it was built by me and hauled my sorry ass all over for the last 10K miles........

 

Historics

 

McLaren CanAm BBC

 

Firestone Tire Test Car (Kurtis 500 Indy Roadster mid-50's)

Hemis at Walter P Chrysler Museum

Flatty at Henry Ford Museum

 

Not high performance but its got 2 blowers on it. 16v92 Detroit Deisel

 

This truck with a nice big hemi was at SEMA this year. It was cool truck and motor combination. A big time sleeper for sure. That's attitude!

 

And copper pipe. You've gotta give credit to that. Not a lot of people can fix something with the plumbing section at Lowes.

 

I second that!

 

shit that is just a 16v92 n you need a 16v92ta twin blowers and twin turbos

 

This was my 460Horse Ford 289.

 

Chrysler's old R&D department is one of the many reasons I love Mopar, my favorite "R&D"from Chrysler is them strapping a rocket engine to a Furry ( I think it was a Furry?). couldn't find a pic of it but the story was in Hot Rod magazine a couple years ago.

 

There is nothing better than a Ford in a Ford. Your 289 definitely has attitude.

Joe

 

Exactly

 

Hell yeah! Long Ram 413's were bad ass.

 

New generation 6.1 Chrysler stroked to 7 ltr with a BDS supercharger and AIM ignition. 967 HP 947 lb/ft torque @ 8.94 lbs of boost on 91 octane

 

I'd like to think the Blown nailhead in my car has a bit of attitude......

 

Yup, that's attitude. Real sweet a blown nailhead in a Falcon. I love those Buick motors and with a blower, it's over the top.

Joe

 

boy, i hope she's okay

 

One to add to the other great pics ,,,If one Blower is Good ,,than TWO has gotta be Great !!

 

Certainly not the nastiest thing here, but then again, I've drove it to work probably five times in the last two weeks.



Here's an idea of the valve lift...



plumbing for swinging pickup...



shot of crank scraper, and crank w/ pendulum-undercut counterweights



More than just shiny valve covers and a tunnel ram; she's got some attitude for a grocery getter.

But still not a SOHC Ford.

-Bill

 

My Daily Driver for the last 5 anna half years ,,it gives me an attitude ,,,lol,,

 

A WW II 2500-3000 HP Supercharged Packard V-12 PT-Boat Engine ,,,the PT-Boats Had THREE of Em ,,

 

I'm a little partial to inlines. This is a 292 Chevy 6 going into a 63 Nova wagon gasser with Super T10 4 speed.

 

Found this 12V-71 on the internet.

B

 

good lookinhg motor

 

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I don't have a years worth of wages in this thing,but it is a snotty little bitch!