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Waggott, Dunstan and Type 65 Norman supercharged grey motors
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:10 pm
by Stygian
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 4:21 pm
by Blacky
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2010 6:07 pm
by Sputzwagon
That Dunstan would look GREAT in my engine bay!!! GIMME GIMME!!
Scotty.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 12:16 am
by bootlegger
Scotty.
Dunstan had all sorts of problems with those heads from them cracking and overheating to the bottom ends not taking the extra revs. The engines were capable of more than 8000rpm.
He didnt live long enough to get them developed properly. Sadly once he died so did his head.
If that is the head Im thinking it is it lived in Penrith up until recently. The guy bought it from a brisbane speedway related deceased estate.
Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:06 pm
by Sputzwagon
bootlegger wrote:Scotty.
Dunstan had all sorts of problems with those heads from them cracking and overheating to the bottom ends not taking the extra revs. The engines were capable of more than 8000rpm.
He didnt live long enough to get them developed properly. Sadly once he died so did his head.
If that is the head Im thinking it is it lived in Penrith up until recently. The guy bought it from a brisbane speedway related deceased estate.
C'mon Dave..can't a fella dream!
Scotty.
Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:49 pm
by Stygian
bootlegger wrote:If that is the head Im thinking it is it lived in Penrith up until recently. The guy bought it from a brisbane speedway related deceased estate.
Bootlegger, I know the current owner's name but don't want to post it on a public forum...
8000 RPM from a Dunstan
... wonder if Dunstan himself died from blowing one up at those revs...
My favourite is the Waggott head... looks like it's out of a fifties Ferrari or something... Jack Myers' Cooper Holden has one of these (I drooled all over it when I visited the Birdwood Museum in South Oz last September)...
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 9:44 pm
by Stygian
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:08 am
by parisian62
love it.
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:50 am
by EK JAY
Thats the only way to have a Grey motor
Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 10:47 am
by ek61
Re:
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 7:47 pm
by GreyEJ
EK JAY wrote:Thats the only way to have a Grey motor
Blown by Norman?
Re: Waggott, Dunstan and Type 65 Norman supercharged grey mo
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 7:19 am
by Harv
I really, really want to buy (or borrow) one of those Norman water injection pumps. Would be willing to pay cash, or swap for go-fast gear. I only know of one working (Lindsay's spare one).
According to legend, the rotating assembly is pressure balanced. At low inlet temp, the (separate) thermostatic valve shuts on the water line, and the pump dead-heads. The whole rotor assembly is forced backwards, disengaging the pump. I really want to see the guts of one of these things.
Cheers,
Harv
