Technical ***December 2020 Banger Meet Thread - Lil Saint Nick!***

Coming Events: (PM Jiminy with additions/corrections)
International Speedsters Trials & Reunion June 23rd-26th 2021 Lincoln, NE
Stay safe.

For the HAMB banger newbies, here are some links to a lot of banger info:

Jim Brierley's book 4-bangers! And me! is a must read book for all banger enthusiasts. US customers send $34.00 all color except for the oldest pictures (includes S/H in the U.S.A.), PayPal welcome, to:
Jim Brierley, 39480 Colleen Way, Temecula, CA 92592.
email: [email protected]
phone: 951-695-7313.

Here is a list of most of the prior monthly banger meet links:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=161498

Banger basics. another info link list:
http://www.fordgarage.com/

http://www.plucks329s.org/index.htm

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=251717

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=42480

The link below shows flywheel lightening dimensions
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/may-bang-er-thread.470853/page-4#post-5212157
and this link shows the missing image from the above post
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...-work-on-bangers.1010716/page-3#post-11427055

The 4 Banger hot rod picture thread.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/the-4-banger-hot-rod-picture-thread.997051/

Model B rod bearing insert numbers
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6992484#post6992484

Engine tuning with a Vacuum gauge
http://web.archive.org/web/20120415...e.com/tuning-with-a-vacuum-gauge-spg-148.html

Adjusting dual Strombergs:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6638461#post6638461

Helpful Model A tools and tips:
http://www.maurer-markus.ch/ford_a/tipps.index.en.html

Gary in MN's late model Malory distributor conversion for A/B engine:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9147025&postcount=109

Elrod's stuck head tech:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=218487

Model A generator to alternator conversion:
http://ejwhitneyco.com/automotive.html

Gear ratio / speed and RPM calculator:
http://www.accuautoparts.com/calculator.php

Model A master cylinder mounting bracket ideas:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...73#post4953173

Go here to read the 1931 edition of Harry Ricardo's book "The High Speed Internal Combustion Engine"
http://www.scribd.com/full/40610101?access_key=key-w2bcjicdancrnxypd05

Chevy Banger Stuff
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=463465

Post 198 starts a great discussion of the shape of a flat head combustion chamber
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=470853&page=10

T-5 5 speed in a Torque Tube:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=256226

New Banger Block in the Works
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/new-banger-block-in-the-works.616056/

Model A & B Style Cast Iron Cylinder Head Compression Ratios.
http://www.fordgarage.com/pages/headcompressionratio.htm

 

Checking in for the month. Not much happening in Cheyoming.

 

Checking in, thanks

 

Checked. Stay warm!

 

czecking in, straight outta quarantine.

 

Could it finally come to be?

Poured a 5 main aluminum block this morning for a waiting customer. Shook out the outside after waiting for an hour, or so, to see how it looks. I am very pleased with what I could see. We will finish shake out next week, cut off all the gating and then it will join some aluminum Thomas heads at heat treat asap.

Made in the USA!!!!

 

Fingers crossed!!
best part, Made in USA!!

J

 

Speedster Reunion at Speedway in Lincoln is still scheduled
https://www.museumofamericanspeed.com/speedstersreunion.html

At 20 degrees, finally parked the Zipper Monday. Still use the '29 CCPU for short runs until the snow flies

 

Checking in from windy San Diego.

 

CDO, hope it works out for you. Thanks for kicking this off Jiminy.

 

I'm in!

 

HoHoHo -I just might get the roadster out this weekend, unseasonable warm weather coming!

 

still working on coupe

 

Checking in, not much has changed. Bangers on the side as I'm saving for a ring.

 

Seasons Greetings from our South Pacific Island paradise as we roll into our summer!

 

Checking in

 

December opens well..Saturday in exchange for some work on Bobcat and a Case backhoe I get to pick a brothers parts stash.. never pass up the opportunity to control the situation and torture a friend..."dance them, dance the parts over here"

 

Warning warning, Don't set a precedent!

 

She wouldn’t be happy with an OHV conversion?

 

This thread needs a few pictures.
So - went out the other day on a little trip to bed in the replacement engine in the Coupe. Couple of friends tagged along. The black sportscar is a 1930 Standard Avon Special No. 3 fitted with an A engine topped off with a Riley 2-port. The polished special is Austin 7 based with an adaptor plate to fit an all aluminium 750cc SOHC Coventry Climax four cylinder to the original running gear. Tis a bit revvy.


Managed to get my cars all tucked up in the dry (-ish - the roof leaks a tad when the wind is in the wrong direction).


And here's one from the past. Before I'd even built my hotrod, and on a flooded campsite in the late 1980's I guess.
Spencer trailered his undriven and freshly built A engined '27T roadster there, just so we could ridicule him for building the axle upside down. Three reverse gears and one forward does not a hot rod make... Fair play - we mustered together, stripped and flipped the axle innards so he could leave happy.

 

Checking in for the month adding some hp to the 28 banger and making carb adapter for the roadster

 

what head is that ? ................ steve

 

Checking in from S. Utah. Picture of my top getting ready for upholstery in TJ. Looking forward to taking the roadster south in a few days and picking up the top.

 

Oh I wont! She's a keeper, she steals my A from time to time. She keeps bugging me to finish her car.

 

Oh she'll take one, if youre buying!

 

Looks like one of Pat Gary's two piece heads. Pat, of Paso Robles Calif., also makes a cam cover that has a drive for a distributor! Castings finished with CNC

 

1. That Standard Avon Special is awesome, any chance of some more pics ...maybe for the Specials thread too. https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/specials.720448/page-19#post-12319190

 

Good for you Retson, I wish you years of happiness..

 

Good to hear, sounds like a keeper, and if she’s a keeper, keeper!
No OHV for me either, I’m living on a Lion head budget.

 

Modified flathead is the only way to go..want to go OHV? Slap a mercruiser in it and spend the money you save on another car