Thread: build up on a 265 engine

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Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

werent they ramhorns? ramhorns actually flow pretty good if you get the bigger ones.

They were replaced by the "ramhorns" Might be just the 55s I am referring to.

Originally Posted by gassersrule_196

werent they ramhorns? ramhorns actually flow pretty good if you get the bigger ones.

55's were log style and they were absolutely worthless.

Ah, another trip down memory lane. In '59, a buddy from one of the high schools I attended had an emerald green '56 post with a lumpy 265 with three deuces, and a swapped in four speed from a 'Vette. It would smoke the 7.75/15 rears as long as he'd keep it on the floor, and when he let off and it hooked, it was like a slingshot. He could run clean away from my poked and stroked '51 Ford/Merc flattie, and it was a getter. The 265, when built right, was much more than the sum of it's parts, and the progenitor of one of the most successful engine designs ever concieved. To build one today, though, what with all that has come since, would only be an exercise in nostalgia, and most likely a bit frustrating in finding some parts, although the problems could be fairly easily overcome with aftermarket and later model items.