Gary Ash, call the factory !

[Dwain G.]

[garyash]

http://www.studegarage.com

[Dwain G.]

Did these engines use a stock camshaft Gary? I was a little surprised that a cam wasn't mentioned as part of the package in the Motor Magazine article.

[clonelark]

Wonder how long it took for the engine to quit spinning after the ignition was shut off. That is one thick flywheel.

[garyash]

I don't have info on what cam was used. In my computer modeling of the engine performance, the best grind I have come up with is the same one used in the 245 cu in Commander 6 trucks through 1960. It calculated even better than some hot rod cams for flatheads. I got the blueprints of the original stock cam profile from the Studebaker Museum.

The valves are so close together already that there is no hope for bigger valves. I do have an aluminum head with 6.5:1 compression, like the racing engines.

I weighed the orignal flywheel onthe engine that I will use - it was over 50 lbs. That might want to get replaced with aluminum or at least machined a lot.

[img=left]http://www.studegarage.com/images/indy/gary_indycar25_vvsm.jpg[/img=left] Gary Ash
Dartmouth, Mass.
'32 Indy car replica (in progress)
'48 M5
'65 Wagonaire Commander
'63 Wagonaire Standard
web site at http://www.studegarage.com

[Chris Pile]

That is some great vintage engine porn.

Chris Pile

http://midwaystudebakers.tripod.com/