Re: Navarro six parts

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Wow, what a haul. Sounds like some _really_ nifty stuff.

Ken Ames

Quoting Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>:

> There's photos, unorganzied, at the bottom of
> http://wps.com/AMC/Navarro-parts-bought/index.html
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> THe heads are pretty damned interesting. Over the weekend I'll do
> some side-by-side pix of a stock (70) head and these two oddballs.
> 
> The R&D head is most interesting. It's a very pretty casting, no
> flash, clean (dusty) no rust nicks or dings. It's got O-ring
> grooves, Ive got boxes of O-rings (steel, and rubber). The
> manifold banged around a bit on the shelf, but it's cast stainless
> so no big deal there. I also have a 6-port fuel distributor,
> camshaft-mounted oil pump, external water pump. Valve cover with
> welded-up oil filler.  Custom timing covers (two) plus
> NOS-appearing factory. Factory head gaskets plus others.  A ton of
> headbolts. New bearing sets. Pistons, used, but clean-looking.
> 
> I assume Navarro made one or more non-Indy turbo motors, but I've
> never heard of them (nor have I looked; I suppose I should).
> Barney just had surgery yesterday, someone said; maybe if I'm
> polite I can go talk to him and get the "real" story (as if
> memories were facts...)
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> I've got a stock 258 and A904 in my Hornet, but now I'm thinking
> that building a reasonable turbo/FI motor, a 199 or whatever this
> block is, if it's any good, and put in front of the T14/OD I have,
> might be super-sweet. The manifold is drilled for some mechanical
> FI setup, but I suppose could be hacked for modern injectors. It's
> all fantasy at this point.
> 
> I left out of the web page that I haven't hauled it all home yet;
> I drove there in my Hornet, and only got to load stuff into the
> trunk; I took stuff that might "walk off". THere are a bunch of
> other items I'll eBay for (big) pocket change, like new-in-box
> 1960's Stweart-Warner tachs, some SW gauges with Navarro mods, new
> "stylish" mirror new in box, etc.
> 
> TOmorrow I'll pick up the block, "stock" head, valve covers, oil
> pan, the scored crank and bazillion engine parts.  THe other head
> is massively ported, that much was obvious, and it was super clean
> or not used. News at 11.
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