Hey David, How was the trip? post us some pics.
I got home early today from work, now I'm going to the shop to do a little more work.

 

597 pics. What to choose?

View from our "Chalet". The chalet itself. Rocks & water from inside the park.

I've got LOTS of pics of rocks & water...

 

A few more:

 

One more time.

My favorite mustang with my dream engine & "The Taladega".

 

Yeah, It's got a hemi!

 

that's no ordinary hemi.....

What's under that hood is rare as hens teeth and worth more than my house!

*NOTE: "DEW NAWT THOW RAWKS AT THA SHALLAY..."
(Talk about impressive glass)

You guys got it goin' on up in here! For a new chapter, it's something else.

I personally know about a dozen people from Missippi, ONE from FTE, and all Y'all are great people to know

(Don't let that go to Y' head though. One of the nicest things is that y'all are real folk)

~Dutch


PS: JAYZUSS - one of those stone sculptures looks just like my wife

 

Well thanx for the kind words regarding our lil' chapter, Dutch. When I first joined I thought MS was an un-tapped "market" for FTE, since there are some really good folks down here who love Fords. Too bad we're stretched out over 3 distinct areas.

If you're gonna pass through any time, drop me a PM. The coffee pot is usually on or there's drinks in the fridge. Soft or adult.

In-re Hemis:

I went to John Kasse's site & looked at some of his new repo/upgraded Boss-9 parts. They are purtty & pricey. But in comparison to the real thing, down right reasonable. Something to save my pennies for.

In-re sculpture:

I hope you mean "ex-wife"...

 

Here is another peice of Ford history:

Back in the corner of Floyd Garett's museum was this little small-block on an engine stand. Notice the canted valves (pre-boss & cleveland), pedestal mounted rockers & 5 head bolts. But dig those X pattern push rods!

 

hey guys been awhile guess everybody is doing good, i know we are trying project bronco has been put on hold for a moment my wife cant make up her mind whether she wants a monster truck or a race truck lol plus money is tight but one day it will be what she wants

 

At least she's interested in it...most wifes wouldn't be concerned with something like that...sounds like you got a good one there

 

Barry hit that one on the head! A keeper indeed. My wife doesn't think too highly of some of my "mod" ideas! Haha

 

Ports are still the same size - I don't see the advantage

the radical "OFF STRAIGHT LINE" geometry has to make more wear happen, so I don't think much of it except as a rarity

Oddball - not an improvement

Reliability - not good

Collectability - worth cash

Performance - suboptimal


That's my analysis

I think the only way that could go farther is if the upper chamber was completely redesigned for it, and that was never done - but it looks like that was what it was leading up to. It was the potential birth of a hemi of advanced design

Think about it - why else would they do that?

 

Yeah what Greywolf said....kinda ugly too

 

I think something was on the BIG PLAN that got abandoned

"CROSSED" pushrods, that leads to WHY?

Unless hemispherical upper chambers were intended....

The geometry of those "DOMES" had to be the reason, lining up the rods to something on top of them. Lining up the pushrods to what was going to be cast later. Valves at an angle...

I think that's it - and the money wasn't enough.

The heads got cancelled

I would say most likely because the block failed to support it well. The side load on the lifter galleys would tear it up, with the pushrod ends being the major weakness. unless the lifters were aligned with the rod drive direction, they would have a lot of failures.

The lifters would need a "PECULIAR" contact means to operate at an angle to the cam.

What we are seeing here is an unworkable engineering problem. It just don't work out...

 

Knudsen got canned, that's prolly what happened