SBC: 66 years and counting Quiz.

[Charlie A]

Originally Posted by Lyn Smith

I purchased a book entitled "Chevrolet 1955 Creating the Original. A lot of cool facts, and neat pictures about the building of the GM Classic. The book also has a section on the development of the Chevy v8 265. The quiz question is "what were the first problems GM had with the 265 v8,and what did the dealers do to try and fix them?Hint: One required a substance to be poured into the engine.

The rings did not seat so they poured Comet cleanser ( or equivalent ) down the carb while the engine was running. Trying to rough up the cylinders .

[Randall Klein]

1956, R.P.O. 411 option.....how much?

265/225 dual WCFB's

[Lyn Smith]

Randall, according to the Chevrolet book of numbers the 411( Dual 4bl carbs) option suggested list price was $225.00. With delivery and handling added $242.10 to the window sticker of your 56 chevy.The 449 option of the high lift cam was $188.30.Air conditioning was the most expensive option at $430.50.On the Corvette models the dual 4 bl stuff was only $150.65.

[Randall Klein]

Corporate news release, dated 2-2-56
RPO 411 for all passenger cars
dual 4's
$225 list, $171 dealer cost plus 17.25 D&H (those were the days!)

must specify electric wipers

letter states: "we expect the demand for this option to be rather restricted"

[Lyn Smith]

In 57 when the fuel injection version of the 283 was released it was said to be the first engine to make 1 H.P. per cubic inch. When some doubtful GM engineers got around to putting one on a dyno what horse power did it actually make?

[Tim H]

What did the Bon Ami do to the engine oil/ bearings ?

[Lyn Smith]

Originally Posted by Charlie A

The rings did not seat so they poured Comet cleanser ( or equivalent ) down the carb while the engine was running. Trying to rough up the cylinders .

Correct. I think they called it Bon Ammi back then, and it was a mild abrasive cleaner used to clean the scum from you bath tub. LOL. They also had a problem with rocker studs pulling out at higher rpms, and since the first 265s had flat top pistons the valves dinged them pretty bad. They found out that a gauge at the head assembly wasn't adjusted right and the studs were not installed to the right spec.