Car-spotting thread

GSTim said:
I posted a while ago that my brother bought a stock '55 Chevy. He just sent me a picture of the new engine that he built for it. It's a 383 with ~380hp that is built to look like the stock motor. Aluminum camel hump heads and manifold but painted. He is going to keep the stock motor in storage and not make any non- reversible mods. The stock 265ci had about 165hp so a bit of an upgrade. 😁
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First video of it running. I'll post a better one later.

 
Mr.Moto said:
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What up with that (literally)?
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later 60s cars as gassers just look kinda weird....I mean it was done specifically bc modern wrinkle wall slicks didnt come out until later in the 60s...so it was one of the ways you could get weight transfered to the rear wheels with crappy slicks. But it was more of a 40s thru early 60s thing....like a 55 chevy as a gasser looks the part....a 66 skylark in the picture...just looks odd IMO.

The gasser rules were interesting....
Designations: A/G, B/G, C/G, D/G, E/G, and F/G, preceded by car number.

Class ‘A’ – 5.00 to 6.99 lbs. per cubic inch.

Class ‘B’ – 7.00 to 8.99 lbs. per cubic inch.

Class ‘C’ – 9.00 to 10.99 lbs. per cubic inch.

Class ‘D’ – 11.00 to 12.99 lbs. per cubic inch.

Class ‘E’ – 13.00 to 14.59 lbs. per cubic inch.

Class ‘F’ – 14.60 or more lbs. per cubic inch.

So cubic inches and weight put you into your class...made for some crazy engine combinations.
 
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