the revy chevy...... help!

I like the idea of that.

 

I had a 377 in a 1940 Chevy and you couldn't keep tires on it. It is a great engine. Someone pulled out in front of the '40 one day and I havn't driven it since. I pulled the engine and stuck it in a 1968 Impalla 4dr sedan with a little convertor and headers. It was the perfect sleeper. The engine still ran great and I got ahold of my wifes 1978 malibu and ran it in that car two more years. I never did blow it up. I ended up putting a 406 in the Malibu because the 377 was running a little lower oil pressure than before. The 406 stomped all over the 377 and I pulled the 4.11 and put 3.50 gears in instead. On the street cubes will always rule. I used to drive my '40 chevy down the interstate 72 mph at 4000 rpm all day. It was loud and hot. I'm no ***** but it does get old. The wife never wanted to go anywhere in it. There's less painfull (and economical) ways to go fast and still be cool.
Jeff

 

I visited with Al Tschida today. He won the Indy Nationals in 1964 in C/Gas and the 1965 Winter Nationals in D/Gas. This was done with a '40 Willys with a 292 sbc, T-10 4 speed (2.20 first gear) and 5.86 rear gear.
In C/Gas the best time was 11.72 @ 118mph. The Willys weighed between 3100 and 3200 lbs. when running C/Gas.
The Engine:
283 bored .060 for 292 cu.in. Forgetrue pistons with a maximum dome.
Approx. 13.5 to 1 compression ratio.
Racer Brown roller cam with rev kit. .505 lift. Crane alum rockers
Home ported/polished F.I. heads milled .060. Lightest valves available.
Early small Hilborn injection. Vertex magneto. 38-42 deg. total advance.
Heavy steel flywheel and clutch by E & R (Chicago).
Factory crank. I forgot to ask about the rods. Al used Mickey Thompson aluminum rods in many engines, but I don't know about this one.
Homemade headers.
Maximum RPM: 8,000.

Al is currently recreating the Willys, but it will have a few more cubic inches and some higher tech parts.

This is a real world situation supported by time slips and illustrates that a small displacement Chevy small block built 44 years ago was a pretty formidable piece.

I hope some of the HAMB members find this information interesting.

 

**** man, that's the most informative post in 5 pages. Thanks for the info.

 

I brought this one back from the dead to thank Ryan for setting the record straight... Thanks bud!...

 

Very cool thread by the way....

 

so after reading all this what makes up a 311 sbc bored out futher I guess
a guy had one for sale with mickey Thompson aluminum rods for 1400. thought that sounded fair.