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Rich, totally different subject, but what can you tell us about the OHC engines used on the 48' JJ?
With the BBC being stuck back in 1960's for all practical design purposes, the BBC needs a good Over Head Cam head design and I saw something a while back saying you had installed engines which had quad cams.. Did they make good power? Reliable (trick question I know) were they basically BBC with different heads or a totally new engine?
With the BBC being stuck back in 1960's for all practical design purposes, the BBC needs a good Over Head Cam head design and I saw something a while back saying you had installed engines which had quad cams.. Did they make good power? Reliable (trick question I know) were they basically BBC with different heads or a totally new engine?
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RIK - I believe they were the Batten B-4 heads on a "stock" style block, they had external belts and pulleys to drive the cams much like a Seatek diesel does.
The B-4 heads did not have the advantage thought to be gained. Long stroke engines do not do well with 4 valves unless the rpm's are way up there and a BB can not rev high enough to take advantage of these heads. That is why you see more small cui, short stroke engines with 4 valve heads, they respond better to them.
The B-4 heads did not have the advantage thought to be gained. Long stroke engines do not do well with 4 valves unless the rpm's are way up there and a BB can not rev high enough to take advantage of these heads. That is why you see more small cui, short stroke engines with 4 valve heads, they respond better to them.
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RIK - I believe they were the Batten B-4 heads on a "stock" style block, they had external belts and pulleys to drive the cams much like a Seatek diesel does.
The B-4 heads did not have the advantage thought to be gained. Long stroke engines do not do well with 4 valves unless the rpm's are way up there and a BB can not rev high enough to take advantage of these heads. That is why you see more small cui, short stroke engines with 4 valve heads, they respond better to them.
The B-4 heads did not have the advantage thought to be gained. Long stroke engines do not do well with 4 valves unless the rpm's are way up there and a BB can not rev high enough to take advantage of these heads. That is why you see more small cui, short stroke engines with 4 valve heads, they respond better to them.
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RIK - my comments were in regards to the 4 valve heads, a OHC head would help greatly it to rev higher you're correct. But with the long stroke of a BB the 4 valves offer no real advantage in natural aspirated engines, in fact the lower rpm power is diminished and 7,000 rpm's is getting into the range where they start to work.
Either way I agree with you it's time to get past push rods!
Either way I agree with you it's time to get past push rods!
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RIK - my comments were in regards to the 4 valve heads, a OHC head would help greatly it to rev higher you're correct. But with the long stroke of a BB the 4 valves offer no real advantage in natural aspirated engines, in fact the lower rpm power is diminished and 7,000 rpm's is getting into the range where they start to work.
Either way I agree with you it's time to get past push rods!
Either way I agree with you it's time to get past push rods!
I just cannot believe that no one over the years has made an OHC head for them. Here is a 4 valve head but not OHC. http://www.valleyhead.com/thunder.html
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I agree, I think the overhead cams would be great for another obvious reason, that being it gets rid of the cam to crankshaft clearance which allows for different strokes. Also, I (not being an engine builder by any means) believe it will have less parasitic loss of power over the push rod design, but GM keeps trying to prove everyone wrong. One hell of a great head design probable goes a long way to make up for the push rod geometry; once again, what do I know but it certainly makes ignorant sense
I just cannot believe that no one over the years has made an OHC head for them. Here is a 4 valve head but not OHC. http://www.valleyhead.com/thunder.html
I just cannot believe that no one over the years has made an OHC head for them. Here is a 4 valve head but not OHC. http://www.valleyhead.com/thunder.html
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Rich, totally different subject, but what can you tell us about the OHC engines used on the 48' JJ?
With the BBC being stuck back in 1960's for all practical design purposes, the BBC needs a good Over Head Cam head design and I saw something a while back saying you had installed engines which had quad cams.. Did they make good power? Reliable (trick question I know) were they basically BBC with different heads or a totally new engine?
With the BBC being stuck back in 1960's for all practical design purposes, the BBC needs a good Over Head Cam head design and I saw something a while back saying you had installed engines which had quad cams.. Did they make good power? Reliable (trick question I know) were they basically BBC with different heads or a totally new engine?
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Ah, the Quad 4 engine. My wife had an '88 Olds Calais with that motor. Locked up sitting at a stop light with 7K miles on it. Next motor vibrated your teeth out at idle.
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Batten did a lot of work for Olds, Mopar, Chev, etc. They were an outside casting facility that could do jobs more quickly then internal operations which were geared to production.
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