Trivia questions - just for fun.

I'll post the answers soon.

1. What was the first American car company to produce an overhead cam
engine?

2. What was the second?

3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
delivered from the factory?

Have fun.

Lhead wrote:

> I'll post the answers soon.
>
> 1. What was the first American car company to produce an overhead cam
> engine?
Who knows- that's kinda lost in the mists of antiquity. I know
Duesenberg used a "modern by modern standards" DOHC 32-valve inline 8
(in normally aspirated and supercharged versions) in the 1920s. But I
doubt it was the first. There was an awful lot of experimentation with
engine configurations (OHC, L-head, T-head, OHV, etc.) in the 19-teens
and 20s before things settled in on the OHV cam-in-block setup in the
50s thru late 70s.
>
> 2. What was the second?
No idea.
>
> 3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
> delivered from the factory?

No idea.

Lhead wrote:
> 3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
> delivered from the factory?

My father had a Ford Pinto that had about a dozen carburetors until
the dealer could find one that actually worked right.

Then it turned out it was also delivered from the factory with a cracked
block as well.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

Steve wrote:
> Lhead wrote:
> > 1. What was the first American car company to produce an overhead cam
> > engine?
> Who knows- that's kinda lost in the mists of antiquity. I know
> Duesenberg used a "modern by modern standards" DOHC 32-valve inline 8
> (in normally aspirated and supercharged versions) in the 1920s. But I
> doubt it was the first. There was an awful lot of experimentation with
> engine configurations (OHC, L-head, T-head, OHV, etc.) in the 19-teens
> and 20s before things settled in on the OHV cam-in-block setup in the
> 50s thru late 70s.

The 1910 Jackson used a shaft driven OHC, so might be a 1st for that,
rather than using a chain, which was a pre 1900 maker. Wilks? Motor
Company or something

> > 3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
> > delivered from the factory?

Miller had an eight carb motor for racecars, but I don't know if that
counts as 'Factory'

**
mike
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"Lhead" > wrote in message
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> I'll post the answers soon.
>
> 1. What was the first American car company to produce an overhead cam
> engine?
>
> 2. What was the second?
>
> 3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
> delivered from the factory?
>
> Have fun.
>

1. Pontiac LeMans

2. Ford Pinto

3. TriPower GTO

Irwin Corey wrote:
> "Lhead" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > I'll post the answers soon.
> >
> > 1. What was the first American car company to produce an overhead cam
> > engine?
> >
> > 2. What was the second?
> >
> > 3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
> > delivered from the factory?
> >
> > Have fun.
> >
>
> 1. Pontiac LeMans
>
> 2. Ford Pinto
>
> 3. TriPower GTO

I'm not going to post my answers just yet, but as to the LeMans, Pinto
and GTO - no, no, and no.

Irwin Corey wrote:
> "Lhead" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> > I'll post the answers soon.
> >
> > 1. What was the first American car company to produce an overhead cam
> > engine?
> >
> > 2. What was the second?
> >
> > 3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
> > delivered from the factory?
> >
> > Have fun.
> >
>
> 1. Pontiac LeMans
>
> 2. Ford Pinto
>
> 3. TriPower GTO

Believe the 53 Corvette, striaght 6 had three carbs.

Irwin Corey wrote:
> "Lhead" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
>
>>I'll post the answers soon.
>>
>>1. What was the first American car company to produce an overhead cam
>>engine?
>>
>>2. What was the second?
>>
>>3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
>>delivered from the factory?
>>
>>Have fun.
>>
>
>
> 1. Pontiac LeMans

Impossible- both the Duesenberg and the Willys OHC engines predated that
by 40 and 5 years, respectively.
>
> 2. Ford Pinto

See above.
>
> 3. TriPower GTO

That's 3, but that's only a tie with the 440 and 340 "six-pack" Dodge
and "six barrel" Plymouths. And I think Chevy had a tiple-deuce setup at
some point too.

"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> Irwin Corey wrote:
> > "Lhead" > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> >
> >>I'll post the answers soon.
> >>
> >>1. What was the first American car company to produce an overhead cam
> >>engine?
> >>
> >>2. What was the second?
> >>
> >>3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
> >>delivered from the factory?
> >>
> >>Have fun.
> >>
> >
> >
> > 1. Pontiac LeMans
>
> Impossible- both the Duesenberg and the Willys OHC engines predated that
> by 40 and 5 years, respectively.


I was going with "existing" car companies of the modern
era, and if memory serves, Duesy never was so much a
full fledged American car "company" so much as they
were an "assembler" (i.e., they didn't do their own
coachwork). And no, I don't need to be reminded
that for years Fisher did GM bodies, Pininfarina and
Bertone did Fiats, Karmann Ghia did VWs, ... ;^)


> > 2. Ford Pinto
>
> See above.

See above


> > 3. TriPower GTO
>
> That's 3, but that's only a tie with the 440 and 340 "six-pack" Dodge
> and "six barrel" Plymouths. And I think Chevy had a tiple-deuce setup at
> some point too.

Pontiac did it a few years before Mopar, I also seem to
remember that Corvettes had a similar, albeit later, setup.

Pontiac offered TriPower as early as 1957, and Oldsmobile offered it under
the J-2 name the same year. Chevy offered it in 1958 as an option on the
348 engine.
Roy
"Irwin Corey" > wrote in message
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> "Steve" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Irwin Corey wrote:
>> > "Lhead" > wrote in message
>> > oups.com...
>> >
>> >>I'll post the answers soon.
>> >>
>> >>1. What was the first American car company to produce an overhead cam
>> >>engine?
>> >>
>> >>2. What was the second?
>> >>
>> >>3. What American car holds the record for number of carburetors as
>> >>delivered from the factory?
>> >>
>> >>Have fun.
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > 1. Pontiac LeMans
>>
>> Impossible- both the Duesenberg and the Willys OHC engines predated that
>> by 40 and 5 years, respectively.
>
>
> I was going with "existing" car companies of the modern
> era, and if memory serves, Duesy never was so much a
> full fledged American car "company" so much as they
> were an "assembler" (i.e., they didn't do their own
> coachwork). And no, I don't need to be reminded
> that for years Fisher did GM bodies, Pininfarina and
> Bertone did Fiats, Karmann Ghia did VWs, ... ;^)
>
>
>> > 2. Ford Pinto
>>
>> See above.
>
> See above
>
>
>> > 3. TriPower GTO
>>
>> That's 3, but that's only a tie with the 440 and 340 "six-pack" Dodge
>> and "six barrel" Plymouths. And I think Chevy had a tiple-deuce setup at
>> some point too.
>
> Pontiac did it a few years before Mopar, I also seem to
> remember that Corvettes had a similar, albeit later, setup.
>
>