Miss DeSoto H-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
owner | Butch Bailey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
location | Dayton, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
drivers | Buddy Byers & Butch Bailey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
hull info | original 7-Liter hull built in 1956 by Henry Lauterbach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LOA / beam | 19' 3" / 8' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
motor | 1958 Chrysler Hemi -700 hp
392 hemi .030 over, Jans 10-1/2 pistons, Howard flat tappet cam, stock rods - polished & shot peened, entire engine balanced, 1956 chrysler 300 - J high performace heads, 2.25" stainless intake valves & swirl polished 2" big block Chevy exhaust valves, High rev valve springs & titanium keepers, stock Crank, oil system combo of Chrysler & Milidon, 7 qt oil pan, Vertex mag original 60's style, adjustable rocker arms, Isky pushrods. Engine will be run in two modes: 1 - Hilborn stack injection & 2 - (if I can locate the missing parts), Potvin 6-71 supercharger (the same as when Buddy Byers raced her). All machine work done by Pro Comp Engines from Springfield, Ohio. Eddy Flora is one of the best machinist in the nation building every thing from a Modified Flathead for a T-bucket we are building to a 225 Buick, Nascar & drag engines. Miss DeSoto ran either a 392 Hemi Potvin Supercharged engine or in it's last seasons, a Hilborn injected Swede Stromstat 392 hemi. |
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power transfer | Hallcraft gearbox running 39% overdrive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
propeller | Record 13 x 21.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
years raced | 1956 - 1969
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launch | crane |