Posted by Don in Missouri [71.54.209.154] on Thursday, October 13, 2011 at 13:51:46 :
In Reply to: Is not some one off this forum posted by clueless [201.202.24.94] on Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 17:38:33 :
The 324 cu. in. straight eight is 9 inches longer than the 230. It produces 135 hp and 265 lb-ft of tourque.
Here's a photo that illustrates what it would look like with the hood and running boards stretched to accompdate such a motor.
I have a straight-eight installed in my stretched WC59 test chassis. The hard part is done, but it hasn't rolled out of the garage yet.