Blown flatheads have been around for years. The compression is so low anyway. anything is noticeable on these engines. So a few pounds of boost would come in handy! Building a car around a $10 gasket would be a little silly. Not that there is anything wrong with that! -- Mark Price Morgantown, WV 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II " I realize that death is inevitable. I just don't want to be around when it happens! " -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > OK, I'm an idiot. Bought some 195.6 headgaskets off'n ePay, without > noticing (ahem) they were for the flathead. (d'oh.) Cheap though, and > McCords, NOS. Eh. > > So I had a momentary thought, boy no one cares about that motor! It's > what, 88hp rated, vs. 138 for the OHV? > > But wouldn't a turbo on one be fun?! Clearly heat and compression in > L-heads is a terrible limitation, but the Furd and inliner fans have > done this sort of thing for years... there's certainly a lot of room > under the hood! > > Just a wild thought... basically I'm talking about building a motor to > go with a $10 headgasket. Not the most sensible of decisions. > _______________________________________________ > Amc-list mailing list > Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://splatter.wps.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/amc-list