[ARC5] other copies

[Geoff]

Chevy V-8 valves fit into a Ford/Merc flathead, works great when 
supercharged.


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From: "gordon white" <gewhite at crosslink.net>
To: "Alan Morriss" <mohawk at clara.co.uk>
Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2012 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] other copies


> Ettore Bugatti bought a front-drive, supercharged Miller racing car from
> Leon Duray in 1929 after changes in the Indianapolis rules made it
> obsolete. He copied the valve gear so closely that the top end of a type
> 35 Bugatti will directly interchange with the Miller.
> And, when in the 1960s Ford built their four-cam V-8 racing engine, the
> valve lifters (cup-type) and the valves directly interchanged from the
> Offenhauser engine, a descendant of the Miller. (I bought a couple of
> dozen of the valve cups from the A.J. Foyt auction  when Foyt, who had
> bought the Ford engine design, parts, etc. from Ford, cleaned out his
> garage. I have eight of them in my Offy engine right now.)
>
> - Gordon White
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