Small Block; really, really small

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Small Block; really, really small

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Some folks may get a kick out of this one ...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-3-Scal.....;hash=item3f03b7a890

Not my cuppa tea, but interesting work.

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Re: Small Block; really, really small

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Awe ebay removed it :?

What was it, do we want to know? :lol:
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Re: Small Block; really, really small

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1.00 bore x 0.90 stroke, handmade from aluminum billet, with pressed in steel liners.
Not an 'exact' replica, but it did run.

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Re: Small Block; really, really small

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At a bore to stroke ratio of 1.1, it’s only a little smaller then the 1.14 of a real SBC.
Pretty cool!
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Ever see the Conley scale v8 engines? Super cool and functional.
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There are a couple of clubs in the SF Bay area that specialize in this insanity. Mostly retired machinists and old engineers. I went with a friend to one of their meetings. One guy brought a show-and-tell scale model SOHC V-12 Ferrari that he'd spent 5 years making- it fit in a small suitcase. He fired it up & it ran. Others had scale model SBC blocks & heads for sale. But the hit of that evening was a guy that was hand-making his own scale model spark plugs! "Std" model engine plugs were too large or something....
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