Rick Wolfe Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 Hello all, a couple of weeks ago I was at a swap meet and was lucky enough to pick up a "Twister Vega" and want to build a Grumpy vega so tomorrow I'll be ordering the slixxs decals and was wondering what size motor did he run ? small block or big block, also what type of valve covers did he use, Will also be getting the comp resin dual quad tunnel ram for it also, Thank you for all your help, Rick ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Pol Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Big Block if you want to see photos of it go on facebook there is group grumpys Toys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 I thought the vega was always small block to get the weigbt breaks????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 NHRA legal- Small block. NHRA was very specific mini cars had small blocks. I don't think he ran a big block in the early Vega. He might of ran a big block in the Vega for match racing around 1974 but I doubt it. The Monza in its wider configuration probably had one for match racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Definite small block in the Vega. I'll try to find the book tomorrow and see if there's any pics of the engines in there. But I don't recall Grump every getting particularly fancy with valve covers, I think he mainly used simple stamped stuff. But at this point he might have used something like Morosos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shon Wittenbarger Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) He did run a small block, a 331 and I think he ran LT1 corvette valvecovers with spacers Edited May 28, 2019 by Shon Wittenbarger left out a word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 12 hours ago, Rick Wolfe said: Hello all, a couple of weeks ago I was at a swap meet and was lucky enough to pick up a "Twister Vega" and want to build a Grumpy vega so tomorrow I'll be ordering the slixxs decals and was wondering what size motor did he run ? small block or big block, also what type of valve covers did he use, Will also be getting the comp resin dual quad tunnel ram for it also, Thank you for all your help, Rick ' Here's the article on the restored Grumpy's Toy X Vega. It states it was a 331ci small block. https://www.dragzine.com/features/pri-coverage/pri-2013-bill-jenkins-restored-grumpys-toy-x-pro-stock-vega/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 (edited) William Tyler Jenkins, better known as Bill Grumpy Jenkins,was the King of the small block engines.He was doing things to SBC before anyone even had a clue. Edited May 28, 2019 by NYLIBUD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 54 minutes ago, NYLIBUD said: William Tyler Jenkins, better known as Bill Grumpy Jenkins,was the King of the small block engines. He wasn't too shabby with Big Blocks, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYLIBUD Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 Yea you are right about that ,but he was known for his secrets of getting more power out of a SBC, than anyone, back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkrazy Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 19 hours ago, iBorg said: NHRA legal- Small block. NHRA was very specific mini cars had small blocks. I don't think he ran a big block in the early Vega. He might of ran a big block in the Vega for match racing around 1974 but I doubt it. The Monza in its wider configuration probably had one for match racing. He ran a small blocks for weight breaks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shon Wittenbarger Posted May 28, 2019 Share Posted May 28, 2019 He preferred small blocks over big blocks, but when NHRA done away with weight breaks I think 81 he had no choice. I don't remember him ever running a big block vega Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Wolfe Posted May 29, 2019 Author Share Posted May 29, 2019 Thank you everyone for the reply's I thought that he ran a small block but was not sure, ordered the decals and tunnel ram today and try to start this weekend. Again thank you everybody for taking the time to reply, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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