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- From: hotrod@dixie.com (The Hotrod List)
- Subject: Ken Duttwieller does a FORD
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- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 02:15:39 GMT
- Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access. The Mouth of the South.
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- -> Duttweiller (of Turbo Buick fame) is doing a project for CC. The
- -> unusual aspect of this project is that he is doing a FORD (*gasp*)
- -> motor! Kind of a shock to us Buick fans :^)
-
- Long ago, Bob Glidden switched from running Fords to Chryslers. Ford
- had withdrawn from racing again, and Chrysler offered him a sponsorship.
- Glidden had been on a long winning streak, but his competition had
- written him off - surely it would take years to get back up to speed.
- They were shocked when Glidden showed up next season and started winning
- again.
-
- "An engine is just an air pump. It doesn't care what name is on the
- valve cover." - Bob Glidden
-
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- -> only the exhaust housing is replaced by a drive pulley. The article
- -> goes thru all the reworking that Ken did to make the motor stand up
- -> to the challenge and then shows some of the one-off stuff that he
- -> fabricated for the project.
-
- A one-off what? Duttweiler made a pulley, or whittled a whole blower
- out of aluminum? The info I got from Vortech a couple of years ago
- showed a curve falling off drastically at about 10psi, and 10psi ain't
- gonna get you 700hp!
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- Posted by: emory!chaos.lrk.ar.us!dave.williams (Dave Williams)
-