Smokey's 1954 Darlington 308

50C8DAN
50C8DAN Senior Contributor
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So this posted. Pretty cool piece!

Smokey's 308.jpg


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  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser

    It doesn't have a 7X exhaust manifold......

  • cheyenne7271
    cheyenne7271 Member

    Isn’t it just missing the dual outlet piece that bolts to that one?

  • Glowplug
    Glowplug Expert Adviser

    The engine picture shown is different than the one at Darlington when I visited there in the 1990s. A HET Chapter provided that engine as a display example. "I Spy" view shown it is fair to say the engine is equipped with a thick cylinder head, I would guess to be a Clifford aluminum head. Clifford's head was not available when Smoky was making HUDSON I6 engines the terror of NASCAR tracks. I doubt I will ever see the displays there again... but it is refreshing to know the public still gets to view an example engine.

  • 50C8DAN
    50C8DAN Senior Contributor

    It does not look like a Clifford head as it has the thick ribs around the outside and across the head. It looks to be a factory aluminum head but possibly one made specially for NASCAR?

  • ski4life65
    ski4life65 Expert Adviser
    edited October 2023
    https://openforum.hetclub.org/discussion/comment/252950#Comment_252950

    I don't think The 7X has the thermostatic control thing in the exhaust.

    7x.jpg
    7x.jpg


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