Does anyone know of any speed equipment that was made for these lil mills?Has anyone seen an aftermarket intake?I'm lookin for one. Fab32 what did you run in your lil mill?Intake? Thanx.....Shiny
29, i don't have anything you're needing, but you shouldn't have to look very far. these were the engine of choice for several years on the roundy-round midget circuit. there were all kinds of goodies for them.
Shiny- Clifford made an intake for the Chevy 153. Holley made one for the 151 Iron Duke and may have made one for the 153. If you use a Monza intake (151) with crossflow head the stock intake can be modified to take different carbs.
Here is an `80 monza I am using in `26 mod. It used the same belhousing as sbc. I made a carb adapter to get rid of the egr valve and install a small base rodchester.
[ QUOTE ] Did GM own Opel in 59? [/ QUOTE ] I'm not certain, but I think they did. For one thing I have a WWII-vintage picture of my grandfather's reclaimed German staff car "KCII" which he labeled in a letter to my grandmother "Car is an Opel, German version of GM." Also, I know that imports were sold in the sixties through Buick dealerships.
Model A Vette , yup all you need is a piece of aluminum. I have access to an overhead mill which helps, but I sure you could use a drill press.
In 1964-66, I was in the U.S. Army, stationed in Germany.. During my tour, I owned a 1957 Opel Rekord.. Looked like a shrunken '53 Chevy, slightly smaller than a Chevy II.. If GM didn't own Opel, they sure slept in the same bed.. My Opel had a 4 cyl. 153 cu. in. engine in it.. Only difference between it and the Chevy II engine was the Opel's valve cover had "Opel" emboised on the top..
TomH,that thing looks kill.I don't know what to do.I have this deal on this chevy II 153,but can't find an intake.But it has tons of kill speed parts,cam,pistons etc.Hmmm. My stepkid has a monza with a 151 and a 4 speed sagi I can get for piss all.What do the 151s sound and go like when done up?......Shiny
Shiney, the 151 is supposed to be a better engine. They took the rough idle out of the old 153 that I have. I think parts are easier to find too. Nutz
capricekid, I think the Chevy II motor with a small block valve cover actually had a SBC head on it. They were called SESCOs, stands for South East Speed Co. if I remember it right. They were in lots of midget race cars. I found several sites a few weeks ago about them. Try EMMR, Eastern Museum of Motor Racing. They have a great site, someone might be able to hook you up.
29ehv8, We raced our little 4dr. wagon in O/S (stock). It was a blast, had a 3spd. stick and open 3.73 rearend. I made the 4 into 1 header. We named the car the ORIGIONAL 427 CHEVY. I had a partner and the name stood for 4cyl, 2 owners, 7 hp. We used to let anyone who wanted take it for a lap down the 1/4 mile. It was the perfect car to do like SamIam talked about doing with the BFD. You couldn't get hurt and it let a lot of people who had never driven a drag car see what it was like. I used to joke that it was the lunch break car. You launched, grabbed 2nd, had a sandwich, shifted into 3rd, and washed the sandwich down with a coke while you waited for the finish line to come up. Frank
As far as an intake goes, if you look at the stoch intake you'll see that one could be fabed up with not a lot of work. I always wanted to do that and use a couple of small side drafts or a 2bbl sidedraft. You could have the air intake coming out the side of the hood ( if you ran one) might look a little like an old Offy (only with a LOT less HP). You could also make your own valve cover and really have 'em scratching their heads. Frank
fab32.....we think alike. That's why I asked if the stock 151 intake was aluminum. I'm thinking a couple of small side-drafts for mine. It would be an easy deal to fab up.
Don't forget about the old Harley Linkert carbs. I put one on a old A motor years ago...ran great. I don't see why two won't work on a Chevy banger. They are side draft, solid br*** with alum. float bowl(I have some br*** bowls from Indians) and they are very adjustible. Come in many different sizes too as they came on 45", 55",61", 74" and80" motors. CT.
fab32 & SJ - what about using some harley sidedrafts? If I remember right they are 39mm and fit a 80ci so 2 would work or maybe 4 with a restrictor plate? If you go with 2 use a ironhead sportster style intake with the band type coupling that would look pretty cool, imho. Back in the evo days guys would love to get rid of there stock carbs and go with an S&S, might be plentiful.
Dog, like you said, the later Harley carbs should work really well, but I like the looks of the early carbs. What do they say about great minds..? CT.
GM merged with Opel in 1929 after the black friday. ...still together now, hope both survive ! btw the Opel Rekord from 1963 to 65 looked like a chevy II from 62. It had the 1.7 litre 4 banger with 103 cu.i. which looked a lot like the 153. http://images.google.de/imgres?imgu...&prev=/images?q=opel+rekord+A&um=1&hl=de&sa=N
And a SBC powered version too. The Opel Diplomat.5.4 L V8 Imagine paying the german road tax on that!.
I built a ram log manifold for my CII in a bucket. Two Volvo SU's and a 4 into 1 header. The plenum is a section of the 2X3 tubing left over from the car's frame. Have some issues with one carb sticking, but boy, it sounds sweet when I rev it in the shop, makes the windows rattle!
Here's my backup Iron Duke (151 cu. in./2.5L) from a '79 Monza with a T-50 5-speed behind it. Note the cross-flow head. The 153 Chevy II doesn't have that. Also, the 151 has a 4" bore and 3" stroke. The 153 has a 3 7/8" bore and a 3 1/4" stroke. I built an aluminum intake to accept a 40mm Weber carb and I got this far on a lakes-style header.
The engine in my modified is also an Iron Duke but it's a later version, probably from an 80's S-10. There's a 350 Turbo behind it. It has a Holley 350cfm 2bbl on an Offenhauser intake. There's a similar header on the driver's side. I'm very happy with these engines.
The Opel sold at Buick dealers in the 60s was the German car (remember the original Mako Shark Corvette, a little number called the Opel GT?) but later in the 80s was NOT the German car but rather an Oriental POS tagged as Opel which died after just 2 years or so. Opels are currently imported and sold as Saturns, and perhaps othe GM makes as well.
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