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10-16-2010 03:14 PM #4
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The ARDUN overhead valve conversion for the Ford flathead was the brainchild of a Russian engineer, Zora Arkus-Duntov. He used the first two letters from Arkus and the first three letters from Duntov (Ar) and (Dun) to name the new creation.
Originally Posted by jyardgirl
I'm lead to believe he was living in England in the late 40's and that he created the OHV to provide more power for the Ford flathead motors that were used in garbage trucks. There are others who remember it differently.
Mr. Duntov moved to the United States, signed on with GM and became the "Father of the Corvette" as an engineer for General Motors. He further designed many, many performance parts that would allow Chevrolet to reign as the primo performance marque. People still talk about the "30-30 Duntov cam" that he designed for the little 265 Chevy small block of 1955/1956. I think NTFDAY has one in his garage.
http://www.corvettemuseum.com/librar...f/duntov.shtmlLast edited by techinspector1; 10-16-2010 at 03:24 PM.
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