Second of Many simple questions

[RichFox]

If you look at V4 and V4F Ford, Chevy, Plymouth, and Dodge have already been done. Step up with something we haven't seen before. Stun the troops.

[836dstr]

Genuine GM,

I love your little:

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If your Roadster is done as well, you'll have done GOOD.

Tom

[Genuine GM]

Got to be honest.  I stole the little truck thing from someone I know.  I am not that computer savvy.  Feel free to take and modify. 

I am sticking with the V4F, don't know what brand though.  I have some older contacts with "junk" as my wife says.  I am sure I can find something oddball. 

My mind is going like crazy.  I have several ideas that I will need clarification on so I will try to post them soon. 

At the risk of hijacking my own thread; I do different.  I used to drive a '78 C-10 long bed that would run consistent LOW 13's and the occasional high 12's.  I could have gone faster with a lighter car, but it was fun to jump on a Mustang or Camaro and surprise them.  Looked like heck as well.  I still have the truck, but the engine and tranny are going in my dad's '37 Chevy and the cab is a total rust bucket.  Scored a CLEAN cab for free.  I am keeping it all and gathering parts so my son and I can build it in 10-12 years (he's only 3 now) for a first vehicle.  He'll be safe in that tank.

It is a shame we can't build them as fast as we can think of them.

[jimmy six]

How about a Stutz?

[maguromic]

Stutz never made a flat head engine that I know of.  I thought all the early engines for Stutz were made by Wisconsin and had “T” heads.  Tony

[Genuine GM]

How about the Willys-Overland 4 cylinder out of a Henry J?

I have a buddy that got a Sear Allstate (Henry J) for free and is going to make a straight axle gasser with a 429.  I can get the 4 cylinder for next to nothing.

EDIT---  Actually, I need to check the dates. 

If the engine TYPE/SERIES was designed before 1935, BUT the block was cast in the 50's can I use it?  Original design, later casting.

Honestly, I need to see when the original block was designed and cast.

[maguromic]

Or you could make a head like this one.  I took this picture in impound at Speed week.  Tony

[4-barrel Mike]

Is that an optical delusion, or does that FMR have the engine angled to the passenger side 

Mike

[maguromic]

No it’s not an optical allusion, the engine is angled to the side.  It was done most likely because the same car had an IRL V8 engine in it a few years ago and the angle was there probably for the drive shaft to clear the driver, and they left the rear end alone when the V4F went in it.  Tony

[Stan Back]

Isn't a T-Head a Flathead?

Stan

[836dstr]

Now that's a very interesting set-up!

[RichFox]

I will try this for the last time if it dosn't take. Speaking of heads here I need to drag out the old Plymouth pictures. I made my head the proper way. With fins. Everybody knows that aluminum parts on race motors need fins. Hard to make compression with a Stutz. On the Willys, the short answer I got from Roy was "No." One head bolt was moved when military production started and the rule is pre 1935. That and it's a 134 cid engine in a 220 cid class. What about a Star. I have heard old guys say they were fast.

[Milwaukee Midget]

If you look at V4 and V4F Ford, Chevy, Plymouth, and Dodge have already been done. Step up with something we haven't seen before. Stun the troops.

How about a Studebaker Light 4?