JD, my idea of a cabin pressure/fresh air vent was a snorkel in the roof and aimed at the driver. It is just under an inch in id. Originally I thought it would be plenty as it should displace the volume of air in the cab at least once in the three mile run at 150 mph. Over the last few months, I have been wrestling with the thought it should be bigger. When I was covering the mirror cavities I was wondering how much drag some scoops would be in that position.



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The rear window is now covered.



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Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Opps sorry to miss part of the question. The engine in the picture is a 7 port stock head and a crossflow puts you in another SCTA class.

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Funny you should say that...Clifford never did offer a manifold for a 302, and if you look very closly that isn't one either. Many hours on a 194-292 to make fit. They make one now because of what I did. They recieved too many calls and were showed pictures and now cast one up but it doesn't flow like mine.

I'm starting a 12 port crossflow head engine for my next one. It's a Skinner. Originally 5 were built in New Jersey. 15 were recast and I have #14. It's the best of all the heads. You can still get a Wayne, Horning/Fisher, or Howard/Arias all the patterns a own by a close friend in So Cal who currently is casting the "new Ardun" overheads for Flathead Ford/ Merc. and building show and racing engines. I'm sure he will own the Skinner castings some day too. Another friend in No Cal owns the molds and has cast some Wayne Chevrolets.

My son and I both got into the Bonneville 200 MPH club with a Skinner on 75-80% nitro in my roadster and the owner of the engine raisied the compression ran in on gasoline in a streamliner at 255 mph to get in the club. He was 82.

Working with any of the old engines is great fun..............Thanks for inquiry

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

That's cool, didn't realize Clifford makes parts for them. Do you have to use the original head or would a 12 port (Wayne) be legal?

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Neat stuff!  liked all the pix!  any at speed?

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

I hope these come out. An older picture before it went in the roadster, one in the car and my 2 car garage.  The '56 Vic is now in there too.

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

How about some photos of the Jimmy. I really liked them. Had a buddy with a 50's Sprint car that ran one. When he gave up on it and went to a SBC we bought the motor and stuck it in a 52 Chev Convert. THAT was a fun ride. I learned a lot about replacing bearings with that motor. Probably trying to rev it too high. 302 with a 270 head and a McGurk 5 carb intake!

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

I don't know how you are pressurizing the driver compartment but my friends Firebird at El Mirage was really dusty inside. He used the mirror blanks for a 1" tube facing forward and the dust is now a non issue. El Mirage dust has a way to get into everything.

As a total side note I just returned from World Finals @ Bonneville and we were very happy to pushup the XO/Gas Roadster record to 169.2 mph with a qualifying run of 169.9 mph.  For you non LSR rules guys this a 1952 stock 7 port head 310" GMC  6 on gasoline pushing a 32 Ford grille shell. My Y-block is in my 56 Victoria.

Hope to see you at El Mirage by the end of the year....Keep us posted..................JD

56 Vic, B'Ville 200 MPH Club Member, So Cal.

Thanks Frank, that is a nice compliment.



Due to the front air bag suspension, outboard shocks are now fabed.



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Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



BurnsRacing981@gmail.com

Really top notch work Charlie. Wish I was thjat good, or even close!

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart)