Originally Posted By: Beater of the Pack
He's done a few. I saw one in a push truck at Bonneville. I don't know anything about it. In fact I didn't know what it was when I was looking at it and no one was around to ask.


Earl Edgerton made two of the overhead valve conversions... one for himself, and one for his crew chief Chris and his Dodge truck. Here's a few pics:





The car in Street Rodder belongs to Howard Tarnoff, and has an EDGY finned aluminum flat head with a 9:1 compression ratio.

According to Howard, the horsepower claims were editorial and they didn't ask him for the real numbers... Howard based his engine on mine, and I can assure you mine doesn't have 300 hp

Pete