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The Frontenac Ford Catalog & the DOHC 16-Valve Head

Started by THead , Mar 23 2012 14:50

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#1 THead

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Posted 23 March 2012 - 14:50

We are posting the 1929 Frontenac Ford Catalog on theoldmotor.com which is filled with interesting photos
of what Arthur Chevrolet manufactured for the Ford at the time. You can also see the complete "Fronty Ford"
car offered for sale which even did so well at one point, to finish 5th in the Indianapolis 500.

You can also fine full details of this DOHC 16-valve head along with the SOHC 8-valve.

Edited by THead, 23 March 2012 - 14:53.

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#2 Ray Bell

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Posted 23 March 2012 - 20:52

I'm still curious about a line in one of their competitors' advertising...

In the Pears Cyclopedia of 1919, the 'Roof 16-valve head' is advertised. Its virtues are extolled at length, in particular the usage on trucks to make your T-Model truck fleet more profitable. However, at the bottom of the ad is a line:

"Made in Anderson, Ind. The Puncture Proof City."

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#3 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 23 March 2012 - 21:21

I presume that is on a late T model block? A models had the intake on the other side.
Quite a work of art for 1929, though I am sure inspiration came from European engines.
The pic with the updraught carb has a awful intake manifold however, all those square corners!
The down draught I guess you could call a hi rise! I would like to see pics of the 2 and 4 carb induction.
I have seen, a very long time ago a Fronty racer with I feel sure the single cam head. It was on the Bay to Birdwood run!

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#4 Wilyman

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Posted 24 March 2012 - 01:04

I presume that is on a late T model block? A models had the intake on the other side.
Quite a work of art for 1929, though I am sure inspiration came from European engines.
The pic with the updraught carb has a awful intake manifold however, all those square corners!
The down draught I guess you could call a hi rise! I would like to see pics of the 2 and 4 carb induction.
I have seen, a very long time ago a Fronty racer with I feel sure the single cam head. It was on the Bay to Birdwood run!

Lee,
I don't think the inlet location would apply here. The twin cam head allowed for the change.

Yes, the head is a work of art, simplicity. Something lost in modern OHC engines.

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#5 RogerFrench

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Posted 24 March 2012 - 12:35

From the looks of it, the camshafts run at crankshaft speed, don't they? The size of the driven sprocket seems to be the same as the driver, and the 3 spur gears are of equal size.

Work of art? Simplicity? Or artistic license?