Automotive Trivia Time!!!!

[Iron Woode]

This is a tricky one, so be careful.

What was Chevy's first bigblock engine?

Give some info about it if you know the answer.

Ok, lets see who answers correctly.

 

348

Edit;

Sorry, didn't see the info thing

This 348 eventually became the infamous "409"

 

[pyonir]

396

too late/and wrong.

 

Ok, my turn ;

The third pillar on a cars roof is called what ?

(Hint, it's not a "C" pillar)


Hey pyonir ;

The 348 came out in 1958, the 396 came out in 1965

(On a side note, the 396 BBC was nicknamed the "Mystery engine" because it had "Porcupine" cylinder heads. )

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Roger
348

Edit;

Sorry, didn't see the info thing

This 348 eventually became the infamous "409"

Damn!!!!

I need to make these questions more obscure.

The 348/409/427 was Chevy's first BB. They were called W engines because of their canted valve heads with highly scuplted valve covers. They were based on a block with a 74 degree angle instead of the usual 90.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: pyonir
396

obviously not.

 

The 348/409/427 was Chevy's first BB.

Incorrect sir, the 427 was based on the 396, the 427 does not have the "W" shaped valve covers



Let me ask again

The third pillar on a cars roof is called what ?

(Hint, it's not a "C" pillar)

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: pyonir
396

obviously not.

yeah, i figured that out. dick.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Roger

The 348/409/427 was Chevy's first BB.

Incorrect sir, the 427 was based on the 396, the 427 does not have the "W" shaped valve covers



Let me ask again

The third pillar on a cars roof is called what ?

(Hint, it's not a "C" pillar)

You need to study drag racing in the early 1960's. The W engine was made in displacements of 348/409/427. The last drag racing engine from Chevy was a 1963 427 based W engine. The AMA ban on racing killed GM's racing development at the time and allowed a no-holds-barred fight between Ford and Chrysler.

 

Chevrolet never made a 427 "W" engine with a 74 dgree angle, please show me with a link

 

You were right

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Roger
You were right

I couldn't remember the option code (Z-11), but i have an extensive collection of Hot Rod magazines going back to 1964. I try to know a little about all the racing stuff.

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Roger
You were right

I couldn't remember the option code (Z-11), but i have an extensive collection of Hot Rod magazines going back to 1964. I try to know a little about all the racing stuff.

Randy Leffingwell has an excellent book about the cars in the Otis Chandler collection that mentions the W-based 427. It also has my two favourite muscle cars in it: '68 'Vette L-88 and the Mustang 428 Super CobraJet Notchback Coupe (one of only 50 SCJ Notchbacks). I always liked the notchback Mustangs better than ther fastbacks.

ZV

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Roger
You were right

I couldn't remember the option code (Z-11), but i have an extensive collection of Hot Rod magazines going back to 1964. I try to know a little about all the racing stuff.

Randy Leffingwell has an excellent book about the cars in the Otis Chandler collection that mentions the W-based 427. It also has my two favourite muscle cars in it: '68 'Vette L-88 and the Mustang 428 Super CobraJet Notchback Coupe (one of only 50 SCJ Notchbacks). I always liked the notchback Mustangs better than ther fastbacks.

ZV

Cool.

I prefer the 1969 1/2 6bbl RoadRunner (and Super Bee too) and the 1970 Buick GS 455 stage1 (GSX too).

 

[JC]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Roger
348

Edit;

Sorry, didn't see the info thing

This 348 eventually became the infamous "409"

Damn!!!!

I need to make these questions more obscure.

The 348/409/427 was Chevy's first BB. They were called W engines because of their canted valve heads with highly scuplted valve covers. They were based on a block with a 74 degree angle instead of the usual 90.

Hmm, some clarification is in order here. The W motors did not have canted valves, the Mark IV (366/396/427/454) engines did. The W motor valves all operated at the same angle, but they weren't in-line across the head (perhaps that's what you meant, and that's the reason for the 'W'-shaped valve covers). And the cylinder bore angle of the W motor block was 90 degrees, the angle between the decks was the unique characteristic, it was over 90 degrees (can't find the exact number right now :| , but the reason for this was that the combustion chamber in these engines in within the cylinder bore, not the cylinder head)

JC

Oh, and I'm still stumped by Roger's question
But Roger, the Z-11 427 was the Mark II 'Mystery Engine', not the Mark IV 396. From the link you found:

"The exiting new Mark II 427 was put on hold and forever became known as the "mystery engine"."

 

What ?

No one can answer my trivia question ?

The third pillar on a cars roof is called what ?

(Hint, it's not a "C" pillar)

Anyone over the age of fifty should know this !

Sail panel

OK, here's another ;

What was the first mass produced American made vehicle with disc brakes ?

What does the AC in ACDELCO stand for ?

What does DELCO stand for ?

 

You guys/gals are stumped by a simple question like this ?


JEEEEEEEZ

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: Roger


What ?

No one can answer my trivia question ?

The third pillar on a cars roof is called what ?

(Hint, it's not a "C" pillar)

Anyone over the age of fifty should know this !

Sail panel

OK, here's another ;

What was the first mass produced American made vehicle with disc brakes ?

What does the AC in ACDELCO stand for ?

What does DELCO stand for ?

I'll take a st@b at this. First mass produced American vehicle with disc brakes: 63 Studebaker Avanti. First mass produced American vehicle with four wheel disc brakes: Corvette.

DELCO stands for: Dayton Electric Labs Company

AC stands for: Albert Champion


<------ (RADIOOUMAN is from Dayton)



OK, what car had the first alternator? (NOT generator!)

 

Correct on the ACDELCO

Incorrect on the disc nrakes

The Crosley Hot Shot was the forst American vehicle with disc brakes.


I believe the first American car with an alternator was a Plymouth, but I am not sure.

 

[radioouman]

hahaha, well, I am a MOPAR guy after all even though I grew up in a GM town.

61 Plymouth Fury is the first car with an alternator

 

Really, I thought it was the 1960 Plymouth Valiant.

Here's a good one ;

What car was the first to have it's radio antenna embedded in the windshield?

 

[kevman]

I got one....

Why was the split window on the corvette discontinued after '63?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Roger
Really, I thought it was the 1960 Plymouth Valiant.

Here's a good one ;

What car was the first to have it's radio antenna embedded in the windshield?

First? Do we even have cars like that now?

 

Why was the split window on the corvette discontinued after '63?

Poor rearward visibility.



What popular car sold only two units in its first year in the U.S.?

HA !, you guys will NEVER get this one !

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: Roger

Why was the split window on the corvette discontinued after '63?

Poor rearward visibility.



What popular car sold only two units in its first year in the U.S.?

HA !, you guys will NEVER get this one !

I'm going to guess Accord.