Author Topic: Kaiser Frame Photo with Overhead Cam Engine.  (Read 1353 times)

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Kaiser Frame Photo with Overhead Cam Engine.
« on: November 14, 2011, 07:05:18 PM »
Here is an interesting photo
Kaiser Frame -  Overhead cam engine.

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Re: Kaiser Frame Photo with Overhead Cam Engine.
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2011, 07:39:13 PM »
Looks like a Darrin with the 161 F head engine .

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Re: Kaiser Frame Photo with Overhead Cam Engine.
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2011, 08:49:22 PM »
It is...the exhaust running outboard of the frame is the giveaway.

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Re: Kaiser Frame Photo with Overhead Cam Engine.
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2011, 10:22:06 PM »
The Caps look HJ, Steering Wheel looks HJ but you are correct it is from the Darrin Parts Manual I have been Scanning
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Re: Kaiser Frame Photo with Overhead Cam Engine.
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2011, 05:47:04 AM »
This was about the last use of the 161 cubic inch 6 (in the Darrin).  After limited use in 1955, the 161 was moved to industrial only.  The engines offered in Jeep products were the 134 cu in 4 (F-head in some products, L-head in others) and the 226 K-F engine until they upgraded the 226 to overhead valves and overhead cap (the Tornado 230 cu in motor) around 1960.