Steve, do you mean isopropyl alcohol, or rubbing alcohol? Which is, if I remember correctly, is a derivative of propane and water. We used to run isopropyl alcohol/water injection along with two three barrel Webers in the Corvair Corsa (sorry, but at least not a SBC) we raced to cool it so we could use higher compression and more advance.

BOB

Yeah - I'm sure it was just plain old rubbing alcohol - we didn't have access to anything that ressembled methanol or ethanol. I'm sure the mist works if you "science it out" - we didn't.....maybe once in a while it just "worked out " for us...

At the same place of business - one of our steady visitors was a Doctor  - who owned a supercharged Avanti 327? (normally driven by his wife). She was constantly getting into trouble with the local cops - more than any of us - and the guy woulkd remove the belts to slow her down.....whereupon she would show up at the station with $10 (+belts) and smile sweetly.......Pretty soon (sometime the next week) a redfaced Doc would jump out of his Caddy and threaten anyone handy within an inch of their life - if they ever put the belts back on the Stude.

 

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

At the same place of business - one of our steady visitors was a Doctor  - who owned a supercharged Avanti 327? (normally driven by his wife). She was constantly getting into trouble with the local cops - more than any of us - and the guy woulkd remove the belts to slow her down.....whereupon she would show up at the station with $10 (+belts) and smile sweetly.......Pretty soon (sometime the next week) a redfaced Doc would jump out of his Caddy and threaten anyone handy within an inch of their life - if they ever put the belts back on the Stude.

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    Steve, Probably was a 289 Studebaker engine. The 327 was the Rambler/AMC motor. Completely different. Friend of Hoosiers has a versions of this motor in a Lark called the red Tomato, runs 12's @ 110 mph, pure stock.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

The Avanti V-8 produced 240 horsepower from its 289 cubic inches. This was the normal R-l engine. For a few dollars more the R-2 option could be had with a Paxton supercharger on the V-8 putting the Avanti in the same performance league as fuel injected Corvettes and the sleek Jaguar XKE sports cars. The hotter Avanti R-3 used the same engine block bored out to 304.5 cubic inches. Still hotter was the R-4 with dual superchargers.

The Avanti II had a 327 Corvette engine.

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

When I was a teen(Im only 37),I had 65 comet cyclone with a 289,I put some model airplane fuel in my gas tank,dont remember how much .It had 20% nitro in it.It was good for an extra blast of power.Never had any problems.                                                                               

55 fairlane gasser 312 /c4, 57 f100 292/c4, 52 mainline gasser 302/t10 4speed

I'm surprised no one has mentioned:

#1 Putting a screen under the carb. It was suppose to atomize the fuel better. They even sold little fan assy. that were to do this.

#2 They had a module that fit into the dist. cap before the coil wire that was suppose to increase your spark.

#3 And even the injector spark plugs or the plugs with 2 or 3 ground electrodes. Was suppose to increase hp by 5 to 7.

#4 Installing exhaust cut-outs, some with cables to open and shut from inside the car.

Oh those were the days!

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

Cables to open from inside the car? Wow must be nice to be rich! How about black pipe welded to the exhaust pipe with a plumbing cap that you took off with channel locks (or hammer and punch). Only the high end customs actually had lakes pipes and they were hardly ever uncapped. If they were even functional?

Also the "friend" at the airport that would sell you some Aviation fuel on occasion! Since high octane gas was still available out of the pump I'm not sure how much the avgas helped. Used to go to the "dial a grade" pumps for what 108 octane or something like that. Only on race weekends though it was near 50 cents a gallon.

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Guilty....my '65 442 had the turnouts with pipe caps right behind the header collectors - and the Channelock's in the foot pan behind the front seat.....

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

Anybody remember Honest Charlies in Tennessee? Or how about Warchowski in Chicago? They sold parts out of same warehouse as JC Whitney. I still have an old catalog from Honest Charlie- wish I could buy at those prices today!

Ol'ford nutCentral Iowa

56 Vic w/292 & 4 spd.

ford nut:

I also have an old HC catalog, also a JC Whitney when they were about 6x9 inches.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"