Projects Joe's American Graffiti Coupe with a Man A Fre (Milner Coupe Clone)

You are absolutely right!

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ They are "proprietary"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

He declined to offer any opinion regarding our past attempts to resolve the carburators' many issues. Tim did say that the Man A Fre system is very unique and that it requires each carburetor to be set up a very specific way that doesn't necessarily follow conventional logic. Hopefully he will share more specific details in the future.

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Here's my mock up. Soon we'll get everything installed. I can't wait to fire it up again!

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Now's the time to change out the fire-hazard plastic hoses. Are they getting hard yet?

 

They're still flexible. Unfortunately that's one of my favorite parts of the car. I keep a Halotron fire extinguisher with me at all times. Lets pray that I never need it.

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No. The Man A Fre system did not originally use them so they are absent. Tim has reset everything back to production specifications.

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Looking forward to hearing it run. Certainly been an arduous journey to this point, I think we all want to see the car on the street and running the way it should. Sounds like you may be close.
Is the fellow who did the carburetors this time going to assist with the install and final tune?

 

Absolutely. My only goal throughout this process was to make the car "happy". I was so naive! I am quite confident this time that things are different.

Tim has graciously offered to assist us with each step of setting up and tuning the system. He is very confident that it will be much easier now. Tim didn't blame or discount anyone who was a part of this process. He said that each of us were trying to chase symptoms in our own way based on our knowledge and experience.

Apparently, this system is the most difficult for those who are highly trained. It functions in such a unique and nontraditional way that it drives the best mechanical minds to insanity. Tim said it is so simple yet so peculiar that if not set up properly initially than it will drive the best mechanic nuts trying to chase and fix all the symptoms.

I'm praying that we've got it now!

Stay tuned for our start up on Wednesday.

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Fingers crossed !

 

I think you're about to find out why Milner had 'the bitchinest car in the valley'!

 

Thank you! I sure hope so....

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I’m glad you are getting things ironed out. Now, if I just had Falfa’s 55 to race against you!


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^^^^^ You'll just wreck it.

 

Hahahahaha.... Y'all are crazy! It is about time to blow the dust off this garage ornament.

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"Yeah, well I'm not surprised, drivin' a field car!"

 

Pics didn't show up on my end....

Honestly, we all know who would have won in a real head's up fight!

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Today is the day! I'm ready to turn the page. Come on Man A Fre, show us what you can do!

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OH Yea of Little Faith of course the 32 would have won.

 

Slow but positive progress. We successfully installed 2 carbs and their linkage with no binding.

Minor linkage modifications were required to obtain the smooth linear movement as outlined by Tim.

That's it for today. Stay tuned. See you tomorrow!

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Butterfield is having a parade this Saturday at 11 a.m. can you make it?

 

I sure wish I could. I'm going on a father & son trip with my dad and Elliott. Hopefully y'all will have another great parade.

Thank you so much for all your help and advice.

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Not much hotrod time today. The boss wanted a "date" day. We'll get back to it tomorrow.

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Wild guess, she insisted, didn’t she.


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Oh yeah! Good times.

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Friday we finished assembling everything. We didn't have any time for tuning. The car ran extremely well but was still too rich. We have plenty of room to adjust mixture and timing. A good day.

We'll be back at it soon.

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Tuning today. Adjusted idle mixture screws leaner by 1/2 turn each. No more smoke! Very excited.

We then found that the idle speed was fluctuating from 700 to about 850. Car seems to idle extremely well at 850. We made a quick linkage check and adjustment.

First drive. No smoke. Engine idles down too low and dies when stopping. Some hesitation with sudden acceleration.

Tomorrow we will check and adjust timing. We suspect that our mixture screws may also need opening up by an 1/8 turn.

I'm feeling very optimistic!

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...and cool


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