09 Jun 97 03:40, Hey Rocky! ELDOR LUEDTKE JR. pulled Re: 396 outta his hat!:
 >>  WL> Except for the fact it was the first year for Chevrolet to
 >>  WL> have a V-8 engine, and there were still some bugs in it that
 >>  WL> they kept working on (as warranty work).
 >>
 ?> Chevy's first production V8 was much earlier. 1917 I do believe. The
 ELJ>
 ELJ> REALY, I was lead to think that Ford was 1st with the old flat head
 ELJ> V8, only other 8's I knew of were strait 8s, plumb blows the mind.
You're way too young!  Chevy built that V8 for only one or two years. Had 
over-head valves too...Many other vehicles had a V8 before Ford introduced 
the Flathead in 32...The Ford was the first that was affordable by any blue 
collar worker of the day.
Try this; Packard and Cadillac built V16's in the mid 30's....Lincoln's came 
with a flathead V12's up until the end of the 48 model year, a flathead V8 
till 1954's first OHV V8...
Meanwhile, Chevy was selling more cars than Ford and they only had that old 
reliable Blue Flame Six under the hood, or Stovebolt as it was called by 
some...
 ELJ> Did the '55 265 not use solids? , cool thing about the '55 265 was
 ELJ> that punched out to 301 they would SCREAM!, with 327 heads 750 Holly
Funny, I remember them screaming while they were still 265's...Ask any Ford 
owner of that era. Or (chuckle) Mopar owner..BTW, the first 265's used 
hydraulic lifters. Later, there were some mild solid lifter cams. 
Dual Rochester 4bbl carbs on a 265 in 56 that made some pretty good 
horsepower...In 57 the 283 FI engine was the first production engine that 
made 1 horsepower per cubic inch...and it went on to produce 315HP in 1961, 
it's last year of production in the Corvette..about this time the 30/30 
Duntov solid lifter cams came onto the streets...along with the 327, which is 
another story...
... , Ehhh, what's up, Doc?
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