danmas Dan Masters Alcoa, Tennessee (578 posts) Registered: 10/28/2007 12:11AM Main British Car: 1974 MGBGT Ford 302 |
OHC for American cars?
Found this in the "letters to the editor" page of the November, 1952 issue of Hop Up magazine. Thought it was interesting.
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tr6turbo Dale Knapke Sidney, Ohio (169 posts) Registered: 08/24/2008 09:44PM Main British Car: 1972 Triumph TR6 Ford 2300, 4 Cyl Turbo |
Re: OHC for American cars?
Dan, Great find! I wonder in what year they said something like that about electronic fuel injection.
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britcars Phil Ossinger New Brunswick, Canada (346 posts) Registered: 02/02/2009 07:58PM Main British Car: 1977 MGB Roadster, Rover 3.5 ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA! |
Re: OHC for American cars?
It did take the American car industry a long time to try an OHC engine. I had a 1968 Firdbird Sprint with the OHC inline six and 4 barrel. Was that the first?
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RMO 699F Mike Maloney SW Ohio (531 posts) Registered: 12/09/2007 12:28PM Main British Car: 1974 MGB Sebring GT, 3.9 Rover V8 |
Re: OHC for American cars?
For the 1966 model year, the Pontiac Tempest replaced the Chevy-derived 215 six with a new Pontiac-built 230 cubic-inch overhead cam six, the only such engine found in an American production car at that time.
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Bill Young Bill Young Kansas City, MO (1337 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 09:23AM Main British Car: '73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep |
Re: OHC for American cars?
Leave it to Jeep, to have one earlier. When Kaiser bought Jeep the introduced an OHC inline 6 in 1962. Didn't last long, about a couple of years then Kaiser sold Jeep and the engine was dropped. Problems with the aluminum head cracking around the centerally located spark plug as I remember. [en.wikipedia.org]
And don't forget the Crosley in 1946 with a OHC 4. Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/19/2010 09:26AM by Bill Young. |