Finster,
This information about your project is on the HAMB forum:
“A good reference for souping stovebolts is the old book "How to Hop Up Chevrolet and GMC 6 Cylinders" put out in 1951. Although dealing with the older stovebolts, the theory is very solid and applies well to the later 235 and 261. This is available as a reprint from Amazon. I heartily recommend this book. Also, a killer article from May 1955 Hot Rod magazine, "Soup That Chevy". This has detailed dyno tests at each step from mild to wild. You'll have to search for one of these, it took me a year to find a hard copy. Feel free to save my images in the next post.”
The HRM dyno results will show you what the potential really is and what each modification gains or loses. You are not the only one who doesn’t want to be another sheep doing what everyone else does. Cars run on the dry lakes of Southern California and on the Bonneville salt flats often have engines that you would expect to see only in a museum these days, like Hudson, Buick straight 8 and flathead 4 cylinder Fords from the 1928-34 era. Those “boat anchors” must produce some serious horsepower to run at the speeds they do. And then there is the 200 MPH Burt Munro 1920 Indian motorcycle featured in the movie “The World’s Fastest Indian”, a must-see for any motor head.
A very old buddy of mine from high school days over 55 years ago campaigns a 1929 Ford roadster with a pre-1935 4 cylinder Ford FLATHEAD power at Bonneville and over the years has inched his own record up to 125+ MPH in the V4 F/B STR (street roadster) class. The most dramatic performance by an ancient engine was turned in by the Poteet and Main streamliner. It set a class record of 300+ MPH with a single Landy built Ford FLATHEAD V8. That's 700 HP from an engine that made 85 HP stock. Wow! So, for a guy who wants to do something a little different the sky is literally the limit.
Have fun!
Last edited by yar; 03/04/2018 5:10 PM.
