by loucrane » Thu Aug 07, 2008 10:48 am
Max,
Before Ted Snow slipped away a few years ago, he mentioned that he'd returned a few 4-bolt/2-bolt Fox 35s (~1950/51) after the backplate punched off in an abrupt return to earth, or the 4-bolt head could have disappeared in a Pringles can...
Fox Mfg swapped with 6-bolt/3-bolt new engines, instead of repairing Ted's damaged ones... Apparently, the 4/2 bolt engines had enough track record for succumbing to excessively hard use that Duke went to the eternal 6/3 layout...
Hadn't heard of 8-bolt heads until ths thread... Seems it would need a whole new head to do that. The head fins and piston baffle would be hard to line up any other way.
Ted Snow, btw, designed the (still very successful) HUMUNGOUS Old Time CL Stunt model, and was a terrific influence in the Tucson, AZ, area for well over 50 years.