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Re: Any guesses? Manifold for sale in Oregon

To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>, <brian@varatouch.com>
Subject: Re: Any guesses? Manifold for sale in Oregon
From: "Fred Johnson" <Johnsof@honeywell.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:13:07 -0500
Nope, don't think so.  Fred Offenhauser partnered with a couple of other 
machinists and they started building race car engines and transmissions.  Offy 
engines were THE engine for USA oval-track racing for many, many years.  They 
dominated Indy racing until the '70s when Cosworth engines started winning, 
followed by Mercedes, Honda, and the like.  Offy engines were also the dominant 
force in sprint car racing until everyone started using 4-bolt main Chevy 
big-blocks in the '70s (and they use custom aluminum blocks now that the 
junkyard Chevy blocks are almost impossible to find - of course the aluminum is 
lighter too - and so's your wallet after you buy a few of them).

Offenhauser also built aftermarket performance manifolds for a long time.  
That's a market that Edelbrock has now, I guess.  

That's the little I know about them.  They may have used a block from a large 
manufacturer (I have no idea) but I don't think they ever built anything in 
Germany.  Hope I'm not too wrong about any of this...

Fred J.
'69 SRL009546

>>> "Brian St. Jacques" <brian@varatouch.com> 06/15/00 10:13AM >>>
I'm not positive, but I seem to remember someone telling me that an offenhauser
  was something like a German built Ford racing engine??



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