Glidden Arrow

[la360]

Not so sure about that, a friends comp car @ 3200 pounds with a 258 & a 277 cube (different class) was running in low 8s or better iirc inline sbc. Ex pro stock olds 6 speed turning over 10 grand all day.

I would respectfully say that these comments are based on heresay and not backed up by facts. There are a handfull of P5 headed engines in Comp and Super Stock making 3hp per cube or slightly over. A W8 is as good as any GM type wedge head, they might get them to nudge 2.8-2.9 hp/ci, but most are run in the Econo classes, so they won't make those numbers.

 

[MOPARMAGA]

While all that was happening, Charley Malyuke and Gary Ostrich were working on a small cube (383 block based) Hemi headed pro stock engine. And here we go. The 383 based Hemi was in the Arrow I posted a photo of above. (from what I understand) Just for fun, here is a story from a friend of them both and a few photos of their first modification of that 383 to make it happen. Remember. a 383 had a shorter stroke than a 350 Chevy. Go pound sand Chevy boys! LMAO

""""" I had a friend in Des Moines, who was a talented machinist, named Charlie Malyuke. Charlie was one of those guys who said "Why not?" when an engineering challenge was presented to him. He was also a hard-core Modified Eliminator drag racer who liked Chrysler Hemis, having worked hand-in-hand with Gary Ostrich in Gary's shop when they were building engines on contract for the Chrysler Corporation "factory" racers like Sox and Martin, Richard Petty, etc...

Charlie and John Hagen were friends. Charlie was building a Plymouth Arrow Pro Stocker and wanted to run a Chrysler Hemi in it, but decided to adapt the Hemi heads to the shorter-deck 383 wedge block to gain the advantages of a shorter stroke, lighter reciprocating parts, smaller physical size, and lighter overall weight.

Charlie sold one of the blocks, so modified, to John, and John proceeded to set the NHRA mph record for Pro Stock with it. Also, he was runner-up to Lee Shepard in a very close final-round race at the last Pomona race (World Finals) that would feature "small" motors in Pro Stock. The engine had less than a year's R & D time on it... would have been a really formidable contender the next year, if the rules hadn't changed.

Canadian Wally Dyck also bought one of these 383 Hemis from Charlie and set the A/D record with it, and may have re-set it later.... not too sure about that, but I remember him holding that national record for a long time.

Anyway, I just wanted people to know that John was a thinker and someone who didn't follow the crowd; his little 383 Hemi showed him to be an individual who wasn't averse to trying new things, and making them work.""""""

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Badass

 

[autoxcuda]

DRE is probably Diamond Racing Engines

DRE = Diamond Racing Engines = Bud Elkins ported/prepped

SVI = Ted Sphear

This is a 288" experiment. Determined not a way to go. That's why most haven't heard of it.

It's not 314" combo Glidden ran.

Found This Interesting Page On The Hamtramck Registry

 

[Ceedawg]

I would respectfully say that these comments are based on heresay and not backed up by facts. There are a handfull of P5 headed engines in Comp and Super Stock making 3hp per cube or slightly over. A W8 is as good as any GM type wedge head, they might get them to nudge 2.8-2.9 hp/ci, but most are run in the Econo classes, so they won't make those numbers.

Just talked with him, H-C Super Modified class around 3100 pounds. Was a 5 speed clutch-less trans. 266 cu in went 8.70s (10.5 rpm) 331 cu in went 8.0s same rpm leaving @ 6700, A Pontiac car not an Olds (an earlier car). Forgot to ask mph.
Went to Wallace, 331= 1074 HP 810 @ wheel 266 835 and 734 both at 3100 with driver and estimated mph @ 150, that sounds like it’s making power to me.