So if I have a 6 cylinder car , multiply the answer by .75 ? A four banger- divide by 2 ? I gotta stop thinking about shit like this....
Raymond does still drive the '40 Ford P/U. It was at the BRU by the swap meet he was in charge of. and btw the the black T-Bird in the Coliseum belonged to the wonderful gentlemen Knot Farrington who at 95 years young was shaking hands and visiting with all the folks that wanted to meet the legend. He is in the 200 MPH club and not only owns the T-Bird that Raymond helps him out with but also built and campaigned the 230AS car (that was a '56 T-Bird also) to over 241 MPH at Bonneville.
The Hell's Angel 230AS car is now in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in Natchitoches and here is a shot of Knot's street bird that he had at the BRU where he was passing out the displacement charts. Knot was the coolest.
What? No, if you have a 6 cylinder car you would multiply by 6 and if you have a 4 banger your last number would be 4.
You're exactly right, if you're using the pre-made table and just changing number of cylinders. You can do the math yourself though, if you look at my previous post. The "8" is number of cylinders obviously, because you're calculating the displacement (volume) per cylinder. Substitute the appropriate number of cylinders instead of 8.
the math isn't the cool part, any middle school kid should be able to calculate the results in an instant. the cool part is the history all over the page
Yes indeed - Thanks to Raymond for helping bring Knot Farrington and his amazing T-bird out to the show, it was an honor to meet him out there. We were thrilled to shine a light on some Louisiana Speed History out at the inaugural Bayou Round Up, and will keep bringing more! Along with sending this chart out - Raymond passed along a link with photos and a little background on Jake Howard. He was THE speed shop in New Orleans. There's a picture of Knot's car in there before the heavy mods. Do yourself a favor and go check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=13808&id=100000181402835&l=caec3b0f40 A few photos reposted here: In 1948 at Jake's track on Airline Hwy.--His 1937 Ford Coupe with the Ford flat head motor and Edelbrock's 3-2 barrel manifold and heads won the day. One of the many cars with his special built flatheads. In 1952 Jake was racing still using the flathead motors with Edelbrock 3-2's manifolds and alum. heads. He built the motors and Brother Miller was doing the driving chores. Picture was taken behind the shop on Iberville St. Jake's 40 panel truck in the middle of the pits and #36 car I think was Joe's Fazzio's. The track was on Chef Hwy in 1952. 1934 Ford 3-window coupe set up for dirt oval track. Later in 1963 was set up for drag racing.Here it was using a Ford flathead motor. 1934 Ford-3-window coupe-flathead motor--he won the race again that day.Left to right -Jake, son Johnny, and Brother Miller the driver.-------in 1952. 1945---In New Orleans--at 1814 Canal St. behind a car lot. He was buying wrecks,blown engines or burned used cars and re-building to sell again.he was 32 years old. 1963--Inside the shop on Iberville is Jake's 1961 Chevy El Camino with a 348 cu.in. engine with the 3-2's carb set up. A 4-speed trans. with the Hurst shifter.In back ground is Earl Mendoza 's 1959 E/G Chevy #413 with the 6-2 barrel Edelbrock manifold,Isky Cam and many other goodies.Jake's tool cabinet on the wall.
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