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mtkawboy · 03-09-2010, 12:34 PM

This is from a friend whos no longer alive but ran Nascar in the 50s. Only the factory cars ran the blower 312 motor because they had special German made blower roller bearings not available to the privateer racers or even known to them at the time. No one could keep the bearings in the blowers without them in long races so they all ran the 2 -4 barrel engines. Whether theres any truth to that I dont know but he was a big time engine builder that ran both on the beach & the first years of the big speedway at Daytona as well as modifieds in the new England/Canada area in the 50s. His name was George Nelson from Miami Fl. and he built some bad fast flatheads, Y-block Fords & small block Chevys. He also ran a Dodge Dart 273/235 stocker out of New Smyrna's Dynamic Dodge called Little Damn Ram in the mid 60s

03-09-2010, 12:34 PM	#9
mtkawboy Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Billings Mt Posts: 282 Likes: 186 Liked 54 Times in 18 Posts	Re: Oddball Muscle Cars This is from a friend whos no longer alive but ran Nascar in the 50s. Only the factory cars ran the blower 312 motor because they had special German made blower roller bearings not available to the privateer racers or even known to them at the time. No one could keep the bearings in the blowers without them in long races so they all ran the 2 -4 barrel engines. Whether theres any truth to that I dont know but he was a big time engine builder that ran both on the beach & the first years of the big speedway at Daytona as well as modifieds in the new England/Canada area in the 50s. His name was George Nelson from Miami Fl. and he built some bad fast flatheads, Y-block Fords & small block Chevys. He also ran a Dodge Dart 273/235 stocker out of New Smyrna's Dynamic Dodge called Little Damn Ram in the mid 60s