The Jalopy Journal
Found this tubing. Looks A-1 for making them early 50's Mechanic's Illustrated method.Works for us....
Not too concerned about making for the engines with readily available manifolds. This is more aimed at the 'orphan'. Y blocks and Lincoln MEL...
Just shot my buddy in Claremont LA not San Diego Claremont about running off some universal kits.In that two lengths.One for small blocks and...
Thank you Moriarty 'they were optional' Very hard to tell from most articles about Man-A-Fre setup. All cleared up!
'doing the same thing' We are just duplicating what they did in the early days.Can get cute later.Just want to build without extra busy work of...
'belt to drive the second mag' We are setup with place to get chains and sprockets.Would have to scare up belts and pulleys.Sneak by with regular...
'Any other questions ?' 1 This is REALLY the 4 carbs set on the ports only? No injectors? Can be run that way? On that Corvette I am not seeing...
Thank you for all the responses! Yes.Question has been answered. I dub these officially 'Man-A-Fre Adapter Plates'.Like it says in article.Plus...
Thank you Rich 'same thing with two mags' Okay.I call that 'tandem' drive or adapter. Top magneto guy said the old way was two 4 cylinder...
Couple articles have explained this part. Made for Chevrolet 265 and 283. 1 Four big Rochester 2 barrels as close to ports as you can get. 2...
Got THE WORD. Put the two four cylinder mags on. It was called a 'V Drive' in the early days. Run off the front of the camshaft.Gets you that...
Thank you for the responses 'coil from a Vertex' Thank you sir.Sent you a pm. 'stock single point distributor triggering a CD box' We own a...
Thank you Rich Going to run outside and swap carb parts in the can of Gunk carb cleanter. Why I am doing I will think of things to do to keep busy.
Thank you Rich Just talked to my buddy in Michigan. He suggested firing a magneto 8 times and using stock distributor to 'distribute' the spark...
Thank you G son and Eddy 'reason you want to do it' To clean up tube frame.Run the car without extra parts for ignition and charging to run the...
Thank you Phil and Razoo Lew 'proper advance curve could be the real challenge' 'not be needed on the FED' Okay to get it working without spark...
Thank you Studebaker Joe and Irish Steve 'you could modify your distributor to drive 2 4 cylinder magnetos' That sounds like a good option....
What is a practical way and frugal to do this? Without any imput we are going to attempt this with a 'tractor' magneto and a stock Ford...
Passing along this info as we run across it. Stock engine running on gasoline. Enderle 80A-0 new or used. You won't get burned buying one of...
Thank you for the responses 'you want it bad enough you'll just have to experiment on your own and see what happens' Yes.We have a burning white...
Thank you for the responses Let me ask this a different way. Using this: Air valve in place of two barrel on a manifold for a small block.@280...
Thank you for the responses 'So you want to run a machanical fuel injection Hilborn/Enderle with a regular fuel pump ?' Yes and no.Like a...
For a stock small block motor. How can this be done with a regular high capacity fuel pump running on the block. A regular factory mechanical...
Thank you Mopacltd I will ask him if he knew of those guys. My other buddy has been there a very long time. He used to drive a model T roadster...
Thank you Mopacltd The way he sounds like on the phone he was more likely born around '93. He can do all kinds of machine work. Best of my...
Paul is going through a situation with a family member that is very rugged. If you are going to drop money at a machine shop, drop it there. He...
It is 'eliminator chassis' in magazine. I don't even have the magazine yet. It is on the way. Don't know where article is mentioning...
Thanks Rich Means a competition hot rod. Saw that in a 50's article. Same magazine had build article for a competition coupe chassis. Said...
Back to the pump. The Series 4 and 6 are rated higher . 330 and 660 GPH. If somebody got a Procon to work in the past. They MIGHT have...
Thank youp for all the responses! Really picked up this Procon pump for a 'placeholder'. Will clean it up.Probably disassemble it and put it...
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