Labels:text | land vehicle | vehicle | wheel | car | tire | classic car | retro style | transport OCR: 396 TURBO-JET |425 HP You've heard the rumors. Now hear this ... There is a Turbo-Jet 396 from Chevrolet. You've heard it's first cousin to the and crosswise to the engine's axis. aluminum impact extrusions devel- mysterious Mark II Chevrolet engine? Tipping the inlet valve toward its It is. You've heard how well it breathes oped by Chevrolet for high-output and how strong it runs? It does. port permits less restricted induction engines. Thermal expansion is con- along a fairly uniform cross-section. trolled by a barrel-contoured skirt, We call the beast Turbo-Jet 396, Similarly tipping the exhaust valve eliminating those long slots below the after its displacement. There's a high- allows a gentler outlet radius and oil-control ring and strengthening the output version you can order in less restricted exhaust gas flow. Corvette. Bore: 4.094. Stroke: 3.76. Finally, tilting inlet and exhaust piston. Connecting rods are beefed Compression ratio: 11:1. One 4-bbl. valves away from each other on two up, too. Mostly, though, it's the breathing Mechanical lifters. Bhp: 425. Torque: axes unshrouds them for maximum 415 lb .- ft. That's what. Now, why. that makes our Turbo-Jet 396 big volumetric efficiency. news. Deep on intake. Free on exhaust. Breathes deep, free-Combustion What else is new-The short, rigid You know how shrouding can strangle chambers in the head are modified block for our Turbo-Jet 396 is an engine. wedges with a large quench area for strengthened above each bearing sup- Not this one. cooling the charge and a close-to- center spark plug for better combus- port by thick bulkheads. There are four bolts for each bearing cap instead tion control. Independent ball-stud of two. Main and connecting rod CHEVROLET rocker arms allow tilting the intake and exhaust valves both lengthwise journals are specially hardened. Pistons for this 425-hp version are Chevrolet Division of General Motors, Detroit, Michigan
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