"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
04/02/2018 at 09:05 • Filed to: None
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"Grindintosecond" (Grindintosecond)
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Turismo Carretera started in Argentina in 1937 and has continuiously raced since. Other series took breaks for wars and reorganization but not the Carretera therefore they hold the claim. Now the cars...
They are “stock cars” in the same sense of NASCAR being stock. They hold on to a loose sense of Falcons and Novas of the day and the straight sixes used therein but these are 4valve and 9000 rpm, Somewhere around 450hp. Glorious sounds if you ask me. They may look a bit chunky compared to our euroamerican standard but the tech and hard racing is all there.
I have no idea what Theyre saying here, but the video shows awesome engines inside so we can learn a bit more:
Discerning
> Grindintosecond
04/02/2018 at 09:12 |
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Any more details on the Nova engine? Is it a variation of the Pontiac OHC engine from the 60's?
DutchieDC2R
> Grindintosecond
04/02/2018 at 09:17 |
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Reminds me a bit of the Touring Masters in Australia, albeit more extreme....
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Grindintosecond
> Discerning
04/02/2018 at 09:19 |
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I think it’s generally from the opala but based on the chevyII sixes. Any awesome american inline surely has foreign engineering behind it...aussie ford or aussie chrysler, etc.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> Grindintosecond
04/02/2018 at 09:23 |
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awesome sound!
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Discerning
> Grindintosecond
04/02/2018 at 09:38 |
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Huh? What about the Pontiac OHC engine? The Pontiac Cammer was 100% an American project that was initiated by John DeLorean. In the Firebird Sprint package, it made 215 hp back in the 60's. They even made a proto-type version with a hemispherical head design that supposedly made over 300 hp, but it didn’t make it to production.
Also, if I’m not mistaken, the Opala used a standard issue Chevrolet 230 or 250 inline 6.
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Grindintosecond
> Discerning
04/06/2018 at 11:41 |
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I was referring to the heads and engines they are using in Argentina, not what Pontiac developed.
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Discerning
> Grindintosecond
04/06/2018 at 13:22 |
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I know. I was using an example of the American efforts for OHC and DOHC engines without the influence of foreign engineering.
The Pontiac cammer has the closest relationship to the original inline 6's that powered the Nova and Opala and the heads in OHC and DOHC (designed originally for racing before being canned) applications for the Pontiacs would be the most logical application for these cars - unless they are running an entirely new head or a different block altogether.
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Discerning
> Grindintosecond
04/06/2018 at 13:28 |
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Looks like my assumption was correct after doing some digging.
The engine is based on the Chevy 230: http://www.roadkill.com/watch-argentinas-stock-car-series-running-high-strung-american-inline-sixes/
And this is a Pontiac Cammer head (note the cam in above the head and mounted in the valve cover) I could be wrong though:
https://lat.motorsport.com/argentina-tc/photo/main-gallery/turismo-carretera-motor/
EDIT: That might actually be an entirely new head built from scratch to mount on a 230 block. Who knows. I don’t speak Spanish. Ha