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| P...how's this for MEL power boy's?... |
| By steiny - 12/28/2000 5:11:00 PM; IP 209.162.39.225 |
Mike Steinberg, AA/Gas Super-charged "Lemon Twist"
40' Willys coupe, 430" blown & injected Lincoln engine.
It also ran BB/Altered and held the record in the late sixties for over a year. Best time was 9.42 et. 153.47 mph.
The 430 Lincoln MEL motors were stronger than the FE428 motors. That's a fact! Because of the combustion chamber being in the cylinder and not in the head, this helped valve shrouding. It also allowed the engine to have very large valves. Out of memory, 2-3/8 x 2" ex. as I recall. The ports in the heads were also large. This made the motor a natural for super-charging. The engine was intended to be run at lower rpm. Thats were it developed its best power. Just like the FE428's. I spun mine in the lights to 6200-6500 rpm. That's pushing it with this motor. It had no end stands for the rocker arm shafts, or for that matter, no snap-click parts available. I just drilled the shafts and stands, and went over size on the rocker bolts. I guess I got away with murder right? The 430 Lincolns did not run near so well normally aspirated. That's where the FE's came in...in the right hands, the FE428's & 427's were a terror...with carburators! But the 430 Lincoln could handle super-chargers and even nitro; Ted Cyr, who I knew, and Earl Canavan. To the best of my knowledge, their weren't any FE super-charged nitro or gas motors running back then. I never saw or heard of any!
Mike Steinberg, AA/GS |
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