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Im guessing Mallory. I just posted a link to weird motors and Weslake was one of them. I dont think height had anything to do with that front mount design by the size of the weslake heads, probably more of a stability thing as its a direct drive off a gear. My 1UZFE Lexus/Toyota V8 as 2 of them, 4 sparker off each heads cam drive.

5 Mystery Muscle Motors of the 1960s that Detroit Never Sold in a Car
 
64DartGTinAZ said:
There's another thread about this here: The Plymouth Weslake DOHC Motor from the 60's

Was up on ebay for a mere $161,499.95 a while back: eBay Find: Weslake Rod Shop '69 Dodge 318 V8 Indy Engine - EngineLabs

re: the distributor, the Gurney Weslake Fords had the same setup - I'm betting it was done for Indy-type cars, where you don't want things sticking up in the airflow (less drag) - they mounted them with all the 'front end' stuff in the back on the Indy cars.
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WOW good articles
 
Holy hemi heads, Batman! 565HP out of a 305? Whats NASCAR running now with an N/A 390cfm Holley? That motor is crazy.
 
1Badcolt said:
Yes indeed
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pishta said:
Holy hemi heads, Batman! 565HP out of a 305? Whats NASCAR running now with an N/A 390cfm Holley? That motor is crazy.
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Modern nascar is in the 2.2 hp/cu inch category, but I would think very much more 1.85/cu inch N/A in 1967 was unheard of outside of motorcycle racing. HRM had an article about the late Great Mickey Thompson. This engine build is a manifestation of just how obsessed and driven he was with all things racing. The slave rocker and pushrod valvetrain set up is too pretty to hide under the valve covers.
 
1Badcolt said:
Who would have been original supplier of this front mounted distributor set up ??
Thanks Chris .

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Custom-built gear drive, by Weslake. Distributor itself is probably that old flathead Ford type, but on the other hand a machine shop capable of building that gear drive could have taken any distributor/magneto and modified it to work.
 
69_340_GTS said:
Custom-built gear drive, by Weslake. Distributor itself is probably that old flathead Ford type, but on the other hand a machine shop capable of building that gear drive could have taken any distributor/magneto and modified it to work.
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page 78, paragraph 4, "stroking the fire is normal Mallory magneto or a Spaulding..Capacitive discharge system" optical pickup style. Looks like a Mallory crab cap.
 
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