Posted on 03/11/2015 6:22:47 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
Wow, that sparked a memory!
I had a '55 Belvedere.
The carb went wonky and would sometimes lose prime...once it burned out what was in the bowl, it would quit.
I carried a coke bottle full of gas under the seat, corked with an old champagne cork.
The car would quit, I'd jump out with the coke bottle in hand, pop the hood, dribble a little gas in, drop the hood, jump back in and go.
Drove it for 2 years like that.
The 318 was a niiiice engine. I had an old ‘65 Fury with a 318. Loved that car.
Had that in my first Car, a 55 Chevy Two Door 210 Wagon.
Bullet Proof Engine and the Two Speed Powerglide, or as we called it “Powerslide” Transmission made it a rocket, not.
I did get my first Speeding Ticket in that Car, 35 in a 25.
“The only downside was those damn hydraulic lifters — you couldn’t adjust the tappets like the Chevy and Ford V-8s.”
The solid valve train from the 273 would interchange. I had a ‘66 Barracuda with the Commando 273. Set the valves on it several times.
>>The solid valve train from the 273 would interchange. <<
That never occurred to me - I was in HS at the time.
It was more an annoyance than a problem — the acceleration and speed I got was pretty awesome. The lifters just pinged at a certain spot in the power band.
Re: 3
I tried to teach my son that firing order but new technology got in our way.
lol.
Had a 68 Charger and made deliveries all over NYC with a Dodge van both with 318’s. Damn good engine.
My first truck was a 69 SWB with a .327 with a three on a tree. It would catch second no problem.
Once upon a time, I was into IMCA racing.
One of the then rules was that your motor could not exceed 350 original cubic inches.
The claim was also less than $100.00.
I remember one guy that lucked upon (or so he thought) an unending supply for 348's.
The first one he put in his car blew twelve ways to Sunday in the first showing, due to the alcohol we ran and the inability of the motor to rev above 5500 rpm.
The second time around, he got one to last about 4 laps, but couldn't control the wheel spin, due to the massive torque and the weight of that boat anchor on the front.
He blew it up, too.
He tried a couple more but ended up using them in his old flatbed to haul his car around.
That was one piece of junk and I don't think GM was ever very proud of it.
As I remember, the two heads alone outweighed the 327/350 block.
I still drove it for six months on seven cylinders
Today, this small-block V-8 now has full computerized engine controls and direct fuel injection, yet still maintains that compact and light overhead valve design. It is capable of amazing amounts of power, yet has better fuel economy than most economy car engines dating from the 1970's!
btrl
153624. Prior to V8’s
I’ve owned too many of these to count, from a 283 that looked like the one In your picture, a 365 hp 327, to a couple of 350-350 LS1s that I drive today (one at a time). That’s along with some truck engines that I don’t even remember the sizes. I knew the small block chief in the 90s. He once said: “I can make a push rod small block with just as much hp per cubic inch as any DOHC engine made, as long as you can give me the right metallurgy in the cam.”
Guy in my town had the Indy Pace Car blue over white convertible model. What a beauty!
Clifford research slant six? Details?
“I duct taped a 5 gal can to the roof, ran a siphon to the carb, and drove it home.”
Red Green would be so proud of you...
What a beauty. Too bad most of us rarely got to see one this clean. Think I’ve still got finger scares from trying to change plugs with the thing still “tinking” hot.
Thanks for the memory.
Yah, you better know this when you put it all back together!
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