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The Q motor

April 4 2008 at 1:44 PM
Mark Weller  (no login)


Response to 327Q Camshaft Question

Ok one more time boys and girls the CC Q motor is not some extremely unique motor its a std small block chevy just turned around they didnt modify the crank or cam shaft they just picked it up and spun it 180 degrees and put some unique parts on it to make it work. Power is being taken from what you would normally consider to be the front of the motor they did this by using a different setup on the "rear" of the motor to hold a water pump etc look at this photo




That is the rear of the Q motor it is also the end from which the cam was inserted something unique to the q is there is a "cam" bolted to the end of the cam shaft to drive the fuel pump which goes on top of that housing. Ok now this photo






This is the front of a Q motor the flywheel is inside that housing which also holds the water pump etc you can see the pulleys bolted on to the "rear" end of the crankshaft and the distributor is now at the front of the motor. Some other unique things about the Q are the intake for water inlet to be in the "front" I am in firm belief that if you wanted to you could take any small block chevy and turn it into a Q with nothing more than the intake, the two housings at each end of the motor the few parts that go on the crankshaft and camshaft its mostly "cosmetic" stuff the block crank pistons etc are all stock items it is the exact same thing. Ok enough of this I need to get back to work.

 
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