Fastest MPH for a Rat Motor

[Tybamf]

Big Block Chevy although some of the cars mentioned in this thread ran small block Chevys.

Thank you Sir.

 

[Cliff]

The names are interesting. Mouse motor for SB and Rat for BB. 392 Chrysler Hemi is a "whale motor" (from early 1950's - 1959), and the 426 Chrysler ("late model" as in 1964) is called an "Elephant motor". Ford had a 429" engine called the "Shotgun motor" and the 427 OHC motor, The Cammer, and the Cleveland 351 canted valve SB engine. Oldsmobile Rocket, GMC 6 Jimmy, and about 5000 others that I can't remember. OK 10 points if you remember the Ardun and who designed it.

 

[Ramjet]

The names are interesting. Mouse motor for SB and Rat for BB. 392 Chrysler Hemi is a "whale motor" (from early 1950's - 1959), and the 426 Chrysler ("late model" as in 1964) is called an "Elephant motor". Ford had a 429" engine called the "Shotgun motor" and the 427 OHC motor, The Cammer, and the Cleveland 351 canted valve SB engine. Oldsmobile Rocket, GMC 6 Jimmy, and about 5000 others that I can't remember. OK 10 points if you remember the Ardun and who designed it.

That would be Zora Duntov himself which used the first 2 letters of his middle name as well as the first 3 of his last name to call his OHV valve conversion an Ardun which was not originally for racing but to get more power from the cubic inches for a tax break. And - the Chevy 6 cyl's were called "Stove Bolts" because they actually used a stove bolt in the plate on the front of the "MOTOR" to fasten the timing cover to.

 

[none]

Back in '97 we ran 255.97 when I was tuning the Rydin Decal TAD. It was an AJ 481X which is basically a big block Chevy. Does that count?

 

[Cliff]

Back in '97 we ran 255.97 when I was tuning the Rydin Decal TAD. It was an AJ 481X which is basically a big block Chevy. Does that count?

YEP! That was a good car. Saw them in Phoenix a time or two. I seem to remember someone on that team telling me that they thought the alky cars had enough power to run a 2 speed tranny instead of a 3 speed.

 

[sammi]

I stand corrected. From Draglist

1/4 Mile ET:

5.685 at Unknown

1/4 Mile MPH:

239.36 at Unknown

Still a marvel of efficiency and great thinking by Santos and his dad. Loved watching the car run at Pomona.

 

[Butch]

And what about the Aries 640.
I know it was a popular boat motor. But don't recall anything much on land

 

[Cliff]

The Arias Hemi (rat motor w/ hemi heads) actually ran with a few cars on nitro, & could run the same numbers as the Chrysler. There are alky cars today, TA/FC I think, that are running this engine & doing very well. Think the engine is called the Fontana now.

 

[lp66me]

Butch Blair ran an Arias motor in his sand AA/FC in the early eighties.

 

[Greggo]

The Arias Hemi (rat motor w/ hemi heads) actually ran with a few cars on nitro, & could run the same numbers as the Chrysler. There are alky cars today, TA/FC I think, that are running this engine & doing very well. Think the engine is called the Fontana now.

You will find several of those nitro burning Arias combos running in the land speed arena.

 

[mike]

You will find several of those nitro burning Arias combos running in the land speed arena.

The Horner Bros. is a true chevy type motor unlike our olds- arias-or any other type of motor-----true rat head design and all-very impressive and true bucks down

 

[none]

The Horner Bros. is a true chevy type motor unlike our olds- arias-or any other type of motor-----true rat head design and all-very impressive and true bucks down

Yep. What was the best your hybrid rat motor (olds) ran Mike? I should know this but I don’t.

 

[mike]

Yep. What was the best your hybrid rat motor (olds) ran Mike? I should know this but I don’t.

Mark I don't remember myself but it was fairly good

 

[Cliff]

Draglist.com ALKYDRAG

Here is some Mike Kosky info from 1990's.

 

[T.Smith]

The Horner Bros. is a true chevy type motor unlike our olds- arias-or any other type of motor-----true rat head design and all-very impressive and true bucks down

Hey Mike, where does David Weber fit into this discussion? He ran a 5.496 @ 261.42 at Joliet in 2008. The engine is listed as "Powered by Supercharged Alcohol 468 Alan Johnson Chevrolet with 3 speed manual transmission" on Bill Pratt's Draglist. Draglist.com

 

[none]

David’s stuff is a 481. Same as Mike’s and the Rydin deal.