30 Day Hath the 2013 September Banger Meet

I think you've been standing in the sun! Without a hat!

 

Seems to be a lot of work for little benefit. Are you building an engine that will turn over 8,000 rpm?

If you are only spinning @ 4,000 rpm, I don't see the advantage.

I think money better spent would be a hard chrome crank and insert bearings.

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Why the hard chrome????


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Go right ahead the engine is yours. Just keep us up to date.

 

Cool I'll check it out. Honestly I am 99%sure I want one of yours, but I like to look at all my options first.

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Harder surface = lower coefficient of friction

Also, bearing surface will last longer.


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Closed or open drive?

 

,,,closed drive ,,will have to shorten TT and drive shaft about an inch and a half,,,

 

Attached is a pic of my latest project based on a '25 T Tub which will use parts I have laying around including an A engine with a cam, dual carbs, ignition and a Winfield head, T5, 16" wires.
Low buck - high fun

 

Got a chance to meet some cool folks yesterday with a really fast banger: http://www.modelaparts.net/bon2012.html/bon2012.htm

 

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Does anyone know of any links to determine the historical info for the cast iron Mallory distributors? I have a YA 11a distributor (Model A) and have heard different dates for it's production run. One post suggested that they were used on combine engines in the late thirties.
This one does not have a serial # and does not look like it has seen daylight in many moons.

I am also looking for a source for the red cloth covered ignition wires and would like to have an extra cap/rotor/points.

Thanks!

 

That is what I have heard too...probably from the same post.

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Hi guys,

After searching to no avail, I've got another basic Model A question...

Does anything hold in the camshaft? I tried to tap it out (with the timing gear still on), but it only moved about 1/8". I don't see anything holding it in, but thought it wise to check here before I continue.

Thanks

 

Have you removed the valves, valve springs, and tappets?

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I have.

 

Hey CrazydaddyO
What's that bad ass motor going in?
You've been avoiding that question!!!


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how about the oil pump / distributor drive?


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Your right I have been avoiding it. I was told not to.

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haha Tease!!!!

 

OK I know....... He's putting it in a 1957 Nomad

Don't tell anyone

 

You didn't hear it from me.

 

YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wouldn't it be fun to show up to a "Tour" with that?
Bad ASS Man!!!!!!!!!!
Just Bad ASS!!!!!!!!!!!
Is this your foul weather car? and the roadster for sunny days?

 

That's a real nice pickup up and thats a really cool engine

 

Very very nice Dan is dad happy as well? It should give no troubles now.
Rusty

 

WOW! That really is something else! Would really like to hear some particulars about the engine and carbs. From an unnamed source perhaps

 

Hotrodphil heads up the sand at the Pendine Speed Trials 7th September 2013

http://youtu.be/TPkAuTo_oo8

More details pics and video here:-

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=830985

and here

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=800342&highlight=pendine

 

I just found this month's thread! Guess my head's getting too big for my helmet, eh?

CDO that is one COOL engine. If it's dyno'd, let us know what is does.

 

Kinda a sad scene after CDO's post but here is my poor man's hop up kit
B model Zenith and an F3 B head.

The head is going to get the slow as molasses derusting hopefully starting this weekend. I had the carb on my car but wasn't happy with it. It ran WAY to rich. What should I have expected? It was a cheap swap meet score.

 

Hey Bangers

I have not done anything new to my banger just drivven it. Went down to Germany, about 400 miles one way, and raced on an old airstrip. It was a 1/8 mile dragrace on concrete. I don't know what times you guys run but I managed to get a 9.96 ET. No trap speed recorded, but my speedometer said about 70mph. To be honest it was flag started and hand times the old school way. But I'm pretty happy. That was with my coupe, model B transmission, stock model A rearend and 7.50-16 Firestone bias ply.

I don't know if 9.96 is good, bad or ugly, but I won my class and I'm happy for it. It made the 800 miles roundtrip with no major troubles, just needed gas, oil, water and an occasional retightening of the magneto.

It was really fun to race and now I kind of regret that I built such a mild engine. Next one will be bad I promise.

//Magnus