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cracing
Gearhead Posts: 406
From: Saltillo Miss. USA
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-24-2005 08:04 PM
   
How come the magazines, race broadcasts, and such refer to BBF engines as "Mountain" motors, and Ted Jones, Bret Kepner on IHRA P.A. systems would call them "Huge" and "Big" Ford engines, while the GM or Mopar in the other lane has the same size and sometime more ci than the Ford? I noticed in the post about the death of the driver that they were called "Mountain" motors again.
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MidLifCrisis
Gearhead Posts: 522
From: Frederick County, MD
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 08-24-2005 10:24 PM
To expand on this thread, where did the Chevy guys get the term Rat motor for their big block and mouse motor for the small block? (not that I care that much about Chevys  ) Charlie
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Fastback68
Gearhead Posts: 3523
From: Sucat, Paranaque, Philippines
Registered: Jul 99
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posted 08-24-2005 11:04 PM
... and don't forget Chevy's porcupine engine. I think that had something to do with how the valves looked.
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DidgeyTrucker
Gearhead Posts: 1416
From: Greenbrier, TN USA
Registered: Oct 99
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posted 08-25-2005 12:05 AM
The 265 chevy V8 was nicknamed the "mouse" for the Mighty Mouse cartoon character that was popular in 1955.The "rat" was a bigger mouse. The staggered valves of the 396/427 were like a porcupine as compared to the inline valves of the small block. Mountain motors? Might be railroad connected. There were large powerful diesel engines built in the 80's that were nicknamed "tunnel motors" that ran in the West on railroads famous for tunnels (Southern Pacific and Rio Grande). Similar engines ran in the East through areas known for mountains and tunnels (Norfolk Southern and Clinchfield). The train crews nicknamed these engines "mountain motors" I think it was John Kaase who built some of the first Boss 429 engines over 500 cid and he was near area where the railroad ran the "mountain motors. Tracy
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