How fast can an 80 year old A engine go?

It didn't sound like a Model A, they must have had the wrong muffler. Also the steering seemed a little loose once he got it over 200 MPH.

WOW, what a performance. I'll have a new answer for those who ask, "Hey mister, how fast will it go"!
 
Does anyone know how many speeds the transmission is?

Seems from video that he shifts alot ...

What is aprox. Quick Change ratio at those speeds?

Just wondered.
 
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Not your father's Model A engine!!
 

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Milton - Waaay COOL!! Thanks for sharing, and congratulations all around.......that was a SWEET sounding "A".......
 
Thank you the engine picture... it seem to be setup backwards ???? the back of the engine is in front facing the nose???? All from a original Model A block...
 
marc hildebrant said:
Why was a Model A block used ?

Marc
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Marc;

The car runs in a Vintage engine class, you have to run a factory stock block, this particular car runs in the streamliner class, other popular car classes include Lakester (belly tank, openwheel) roadster and coupe. I was at lunch today with the guy that just bettered his vintage Lakester record to 196.00 mph. Modern 4 bangers run over 300,with one car trying to better 350.
Callcoy
 
peters180a/170b said:
Thank you the engine picture... it seem to be setup backwards ???? the back of the engine is in front facing the nose???? All from a original Model A block...
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I was told that the car is Front wheel drive ... that would explain the orientation of the engine.

Bill Kenz's streamliner 777 in the 50's had two flathead V8's attached to the front wheels and later a third Flathead was added driving the rear wheels.

This Friday I was talking with Cal Kennedy who drove one of the three push "cars" (actually he drove the 31 Model A with two flatheads, one in front and one in rear that went 140 MPH at Bonneville in 1949. Bill Kenz used the truck as a pusher after the streamliner was built.

Anyway Cal said that one of the problems they had after adding the third engine was that over 230 or so the airflow lifted the rearend enough for the rear wheels on the streamliner to lose traction.

Mr. Kenz made modifactions to the bottom of the body to get more downward force to keep the wheels on the salt, so the engine did not over rev.

Cal Kennedy said that there was a removable panel on the rear used to change the Quick Change gears which was removed and modified to increase downward force on the rear wheels.

777 Broke 200 in 1950 with two flathead engines and by 1957 was turning over 270 MPH with the 3 engine configuration.


http://www.chromjuwelen.com/de/network/228-blog-hemmings/137079-kenz-and-leslie-1950-bonneville.html
 
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Ahyone know what the record is for a Model A engine that is still a flathead? Quite a bit slower I'm sure, but still curious.
 
Benson said:
Not your father's Model A engine!!
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Looks like a turbo to me with the exhaust tubes all going into the turbo ... I was told it makes 360 horse power with 9 lbs of boost. A fellow at coffee yesterday who was there at Bonneville said they were turning 6600 RPM going through the timing trap.

Quite sure there are some folks out there that know alot more information than this ...
 
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