Pics Thread:A Motor A Day

[mr.mud1]

1956 DeSoto hemi motor,330 cubic inches and i have another 1952 DeSoto hemi,276 cubic inches,sitting waiting for whatever project comes along after i complete the 39 Chrysler i'm building now.no idea what it'll be(a Henry J,if i can find one) but it'll be DeSoto Powered?

[mr.mud1]

426 wedge motor in a gorgeous 64 Plymouth,a local fella owns and built.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

1956 DeSoto hemi motor,330 cubic inches and i have another 1952 DeSoto hemi,276 cubic inches,sitting waiting for whatever project comes along after i complete the 39 Chrysler i'm building now.no idea what it'll be(a Henry J,if i can find one) but it'll be DeSoto Powered?

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

426 wedge motor in a gorgeous 64 Plymouth,a local fella owns and built.

Legendary stuff there

Let's get a bit odd now

[mr.mud1]

yes sir,it took a Chevrolet to make a blue oval run.then years later,Duntov,the Corvette guy was involved with the Ardun flathead cylinder head conversions to to the flathead v-8's run although they didn't run like Duntov planned,likely cause he didn't have much to work with??.great stuff.

[special-K]

Yep, those were the early days before they knew any better . I went to a Model A club get together a couple winters ago with a friend. It was held at a member's place with a very interesting collection of vehicles. Not just Ford stuff. He had a boat-tail race car based on a Model A that had the Chevrolet head. The solid disc Chevrolet wheels as well. Those were a favorite for racers back when most everything still ran spokes.

Here's one of those Ardun head flatties


And another interesting modified flathead

[mr.mud1]

that's some fine looking machinery right there.there was all kinds of exotic stuff like that back in the day,i see where Isky made an OHV conversion for a flathead and i think there's one on his T-bucket he's been driving for about a 100 years?great stuff.thanks

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by special-K

Legendary stuff there

Let's get a bit odd now

Lol Tim, that just proves Chevy stuff has been making fords faster since the Dawn of the auto age! Good stuff!

Here’s a big ole kitty CAT I followed a few months back. Likely a 3512 or 3516 NG

[Louisvillekytruck]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Lol Tim, that just proves Chevy stuff has been making fords faster since the Dawn of the auto age! Good stuff!

Here’s a big ole kitty CAT I followed a few months back. Likely a 3516 NG

That's a big one Tyler

[special-K]

That ain't what I call a kitty cat. That's a sabretooth!

Here's a kitty cat. 3208


I'd like to stuff one of these in my truck but don't know how the make the hood fit


When a small block is not so small

[Ironhorse]

Not sure how I missed this one but there is really cool iron being shown here. Love that 426 Wedge engine! Not near as exotic as some of the engines shown here but here is a pic of my 57 2dr sedan with a bored and cammed 283 and dual Carter WCFBs sitting on top of a stock 57 2x4s intake. Got the intake in a parts swap years ago and built two carbs using three carbs to do it with. Old school Appliance headers, Muncie 4 speed and 3:55 posi.

"Old school is cool"

[special-K]

Old school is timeless! I love what you have there

[special-K]

SBC Hemi!

[57taskforce]

That SBC hemi is pretty interesting Tim.

855 Cummins NG/TA running an HG 24 LeRoi screw compressor with versatrol… that’s oil and gas lingo for moving about 4 million feet of gas a day if the ratios are right.

[Troy Sr]

Here's a big huge Honda GX160, Quarter Midget Engine!!!


http://67-72chevytrucks.com/gallery/...x480-2&cat=500

[LT7A]

Bringing this back to page one.

[special-K]

Let's see if I can oblige that move

I think this one is a Ford 300 built to 700hp. IIRC, it is the one I read about recently

[HO455]

Here is a pair of Caterpillar 3512C engines in the tug Sarah. The pair are rated at 4732 horsepower.

[special-K]

Wimpy thangs

Now that's some pow-errrr!

This ain't nothin' but a li'l ole GMC 637 V8

GMC 637 v8 - YouTube

[CG]

Hmm, a motor/engine picture a day from the day this thread started means there should be about 5000 pictures. Someone out there is slacking.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by CG

Hmm, a motor/engine picture a day from the day this thread started means there should be about 5000 pictures. Someone out there is slacking.

Tell you what, Mark. Do the math on exactly how many motors we should have, count how many are in the thread, subtract that number from the total, and let me know how many I need to post to get caught up and I'll take care of it

Mickey Thompson 3-Valve Chevy V8 Indy motor

[CG]

Mickey Thompson was a genius.

[LockDoc]

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This Ford flathead came out of a 1940 Ford pickup that a John Deere dealership owned.

LockDoc

[57taskforce]

Originally Posted by HO455

Here is a pair of Caterpillar 3512C engines in the tug Sarah. The pair are rated at 4732 horsepower.

Nice, I was actually looking at a core 3516 the other day. The 35 series are absolute beasts no doubt. Some crazy madman inside of me wants to overhaul one just so I can say I’ve done it. I’ve built a ton of different industrial engines, just not one from the 35 series.

Tim, that M/T small block is bad ass! I wonder what kind of power they were able to get out it.


This is one of my favorites, from the RCR museum in Welcome NC. I could spend all day in there reliving the Earnhardt and Kevin Harvick RCR days. GM and allegedly 4 of the top Chevy/Pontiac Cup teams from those days designed it and RCR built this particular SB-2 358 CI Nascar Winston Cup series spec small block Chevy. They ran them from ‘98 thru ‘06. ‘07 brought the still in use R07 engine. Probably a Jericho 4 speed behind it.

[HO455]

Originally Posted by 57taskforce

Nice, I was actually looking at a core 3516 the other day. The 35 series are absolute beasts no doubt. Some crazy madman inside of me wants to overhaul one just so I can say I’ve done it. I’ve built a ton of different industrial engines, just not one from the 35 series.

Tim, that M/T small block is bad ass! I wonder what kind of power they were able to get out it.


This is one of my favorites, from the RCR museum in Welcome NC. I could spend all day in there reliving the Earnhardt and Kevin Harvick RCR days. GM and allegedly 4 of the top Chevy/Pontiac Cup teams from those days designed it and RCR built this particular SB-2 358 CI Nascar Winston Cup series spec small block Chevy. They ran them from ‘98 thru ‘06. ‘07 brought the still in use R07 engine. Probably a Jericho 4 speed behind it.

Those headers are works of art.

Here is some big late model GM iron. A pair of Detroit Diesel 16V4000's in the Mighty Marshall Foss. They are rated at 3125 horsepower each. Blown and turbocharged!
Last photo is one of the John Deere generators.

https://www.tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=1258&fs

I've overhaul dozens of 3500's, 379's, 398's and 399 Cats. Some Detroit's in the 271 to 8v71 range but none of the big Detroit MTU's like these.

[57taskforce]

I love those old detroits! I’ve messed with a few of the 6V and 8V71’s as well as the 71 slant 6. There’s few engines that sound as mean as a turbo’d and blown 2 stroke Detroit.