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David Kimble has Illustrated 409s Z11 and Mystery motors FYI

Thanks for this great info Pat. I remember Dick Keinath saying the first run Mystery Motor cam made less HP on the dyno then the W 409, and put his team to work on it ASAP due to some of asymmetry volume of the early cast mystery heads. Those cams were reground or destroyed. I'm sure that 0-...

Not all magnets can handle heat well but Neodymium can and is a very good choice. But Samarium cobalt maybe a better choice too. Use them in every place that has a lubricating fluid esp in a auto transmission pan

Here's a picture of what Mr. Keinath started. Rows and rows of big block Chevy engines from Tonawanda.

WOW thats a special crankshaft, an 0 - crank was pre production, so that could have been used in a mystery motor or Z11. I would guess that was a crankshaft used in early Z11 drag cars or a Nascar events or even at the Daytona 500. . Remember when Daytona lifted the displacement rules in...

Beautiful job

Pat I hope you are doing Ok , I know your dealership was in the path of Hurricane Henry and hope you and your associates are ok.

Mystery Motor Valve train patent, by Richard keinath

That sure is a nice looking Z motor. Just remember that all the horsepower documentation with Chevy dyno runs at the factory were done with 409/425 hp factory exhaust manifolds !!!!!!!! and not the neat Nascar 4 into one headers used on the mystery motor. It still did over 500 hp. Zora A...

I use this because propylene glycol seems to keep things a little cooler , and because its a little safer for the animals and environment, (disclaimer I'm an Amsoil dealer too, this has no link to my dealer number)...

They should be in the Smithsonian.

That price should have had a 1 in front of it, that was way under price

Dick Harrells car without the alum front end was seen for sale on a used. car lot i believe in Missouri,lomg time ago some how sold or towed away and junked, the vin number exists somewhere , i have pics of the car when others owned it

Bill Thomas jr is still around and knows these answers . I believe he may have some pics if you look at these images. this was a test 409 block and 690 heads to evaulate the space between the shock towers, you cannout put exahust manifolds on or headers and i believe that is why Harrell just...