65ShelbyClone
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A little backstory; I've had this engine for decades. I don't remember exactly when I got it, but it was probably around 1994±. It's been abused, apart, reassembled, modified, neglected, etc, and it still has the original side cover gasket. It was going to be a hemi/nitro project that stalled way back, somewhat due to parts availability. That problem was sorted and I got a minibike frame recently that needs an engine, so now it makes more sense to hop-up this little brother of the GX160.
It's orange due to the previous Chrysler hemi theme. I decided to abandon the hemi head shown above since it lowered the compression so much and a blower isn't in the cards anymore. In its place will be a 15cc clone head with 1.3 shaft rockers and a 27mm carb. The large carb is intentional to match the larger head and valves as I want to spin this engine pretty high. Even though the cam is stock for now, the torque peak should occur higher in the rev range than a 196 or 212 because the displacement is so small.
It's orange due to the previous Chrysler hemi theme. I decided to abandon the hemi head shown above since it lowered the compression so much and a blower isn't in the cards anymore. In its place will be a 15cc clone head with 1.3 shaft rockers and a 27mm carb. The large carb is intentional to match the larger head and valves as I want to spin this engine pretty high. Even though the cam is stock for now, the torque peak should occur higher in the rev range than a 196 or 212 because the displacement is so small.