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[dutch]

The story is here, dutch... https://www.hotrod.com/articles/unusual-bantam-altered-powered-small-block-chevy-cut-half/

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[Dr Crankenstein]

Here ya go, dutch.


Joe says, "I didn't want to just put a small-block back in it—I wanted something unique." And he knew exactly what. A few years before getting the altered, he'd found half of a small-block Chevy engine in a field. The engine needed a complete rebuild, but it already had several speed parts, including a magneto and a Hilborn injection system that was also cut in half.

The process of cutting a small-block Chevy in half to form a high-revving inline four-cylinder engine was common practice in the 1960s, mainly in the dirt-track, quarter-midget racing world. Joe sent the engine block to LTR Racing Engines in Onyx, California, which did a complete rebuild on the block and made plates to cover the hole in the block where the other half had been removed.

Be careful or you might get zapped! The four spark plugs on the Bantam's firewall are not extras; they are the spark plugs that belong in the half of the engine that is missing. They are connected to the magneto. Joe built this block for the plugs to sit in so they can spark without affecting the firing order of the running half of the engine.



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[dutch]

Thanks Doc. So that works with everything V8 without the rods and pistons and half the block... [S

Do you know what was considered "high revving" for those engines?

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

The article says 11,000 RPM.

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[dutch]

I`d say thats fun high

 

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[MercuryMac]

Fbp, can I put my guess in as to what your last picture really was?

Is it a 1936 Ford flathead, converted to overhead valve by Alexander, and then supercharged?

 

[bob w]

fbp, that has to be ultra rare.

 

[forbigpicture]

Fbp, can I put my guess in as to what your last picture really was?

Is it a 1936 Ford flathead, converted to overhead valve by Alexander, and then supercharged?

fbp, that has to be ultra rare.

MM, that was my guess...[S

bobw, first time I've seen this done...

 

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[Dr Crankenstein]

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[Tripper]

Motor Monday: Sweeeeeeeet!!!

BoB

 

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[loudmouthbass]

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1968 Lamborghini Espada
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[Dr Crankenstein]

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[bob w]

Is that a young Mickey T.?

I've been intending to comment about the two home made multi carb set ups shown a few posts ago. Would sure like to know if they were successful.

 

[Tripper]

Motor Monday: Light up that 6-pack!!!

BoB

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

Is that a young Mickey T.?

Strong resemblance, but no. Jess "Flea" Sturgeon is the driver pictured.

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