Technical ***January 2020 Banger Thread. Happy New Year!***

Coming Events: (PM Jiminy with additions/corrections)
January 1st
Resolve to get more done on the banger

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: jimb4e4@gmail.com
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

 

Happy New year all.

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Signing in from sunny Southern California.

 

Yep,
here in sunny so cal
may 20 be a better year for racing

 

It really is already 2020 here, new year, new decade. The 1920s were the decade of the gow job, does that make it 100 years of hotrods ?

 

4 hours to go in 2019, will be asleep in 2.

 

All the best to youse guys in 2020 !

 

Happy New Years Hamber’s, be safe and stay hoodlums.

 

First check in of the new year!

 

Checking in From Wyoming! Happy new year. I am going to be doing a motor swap on a pair of model As this month so as I go along I will post pictures. Putting a freshly rebuilt inserted motor in a roadster and the motor out of the roadster will go in a sedan. Hope to get these swaps done quickly. Also may be putting a Mitchell OD unit in the roadster as well.

 

Dang Johnny Nitro you were on it!
- Checking in for 2020-Happy New Year to you guys!

 

Checking in. Got my new camshaft installed. Of course, there was an associated adventure, but I won't bore you with all the details. They are in my Shade Tree Speedster thread. Happy New Year, everybody.

 

Sunday I pulled the transmission lid off my pickup- I really had to square up my shifts from 1st to 2nd haha.

 

Happy New Year to all. It’s hard to believe it’s the start of another year. I have some snow to scoop on my driveway today, just what the wind blew back on it after it was shoveled. Boy do I hate winters like this. Way too much snow for me, it melts and then we get more

 

time flies when your old

 

29? 29 radiator shell..gonna run the bird till I find a dog at the right price

 

Yes it does !!!! Young Today/Old Tomorrow.
How about this..............The Older You Get / The Quicker Time Goes.

 

Got roof about done. Swapped trans lids. I'll rebuild old one as it's front mount ebrake. This weekend will be intake/exhaust. Beautiful afternoon so I took it for a walk.

 

The car was a pickup for a number of years,the body mount holes were broken out and chewed up...didnt check the subframe for true,welded up some cracks,aligned the right door,and did the body work and paint.the doors closed true on the dolly,so I thought I was money..till today.spent all day shimming and truing the body to the frame..shim,pull it down the right door would rack,so remove all bolts add shims and repeat..ended up with the left side true to the rail back to front,the right side climbing from zero in the back back to 3 shims in the front....cant imagine the poor bastard with a phaeton..drive a fella to drink it would..

 

Heading to the machine shop on Friday to pick up the new engine. Hope to have it in the roadster and running by mid January. Then a trip to the GNRS for a maiden voyage. Pictures to follow.

 

Write something...in ‘17 just before a wee life style alteration I started in on a speedster. Fast forward to 2020 and getting a restart. Second mock up of basic body lines and chassis. 97” wb, 7” engine set back, 8” drop planned for the front and 6” for the rear (will then level the car with myself and gear in it...at 265 I can put a bit of weight on chassis).

For the fun, Bob and I have a gentlemen’s challenge on our T’s, first goal is tear frame drop in by the 26th.

Happy New Years.






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ARP Head Studs

Months/years(?) ago I remember someone having kits of ARP cylinder head studs for the Model A engine. The broached allen key end would be nice in this application.

If this sounds familiar, any sourcing would be appreciated.

Thanks ins advance.
Peace, Phred

 

what I have learned is that "rolled" threads are the best way to go . many vendors offer these .

 

Doin same thing. Notches in forks not that bad, but ball on shift lever is about a cube.

Hoppy New Year, Boners!

 

Bought them from ARP with the Allen head end along with stainless acorn nuts and washers.

 

Happy New Year! Working on the '22 Bobtail, hope to have the kickups installed by the end of the month. Bob

 

Shutter Speed- it was curious,on my pickup the gates are hugely worn but the ball just barely. On another the ball was a cube barely bigger than the stem but the gates were almost perfect. The one I ended up using had some wear on both but will work for now.

 

Yeah @Jet96, hard tellin not knowing what kinda wear+tear these things have suffered.

It’s my 1st trip inside a banger trans, and I’m rebuilding the “tower” for starters. I’m wondering, with the trans still in place, and with the top open, is there a way to rotate the gears for inspection to determine if a removal/rebuild is necessary?

Any suggestions? Rear end on jack stands..clutch depressed..slow spin of rear wheel..or?
I can spin the crank, but would be pretty slow goin back and forth.

Is my ignorance showing?!

 

in neutral , top off , jack up rear & turn wheel . hopefully that will do as you need ……….

 

Cut the kickups to match the T chassis by the 26th of this month. That NOS rear crossmember covered the cost of a 1909-13 rear crossmember and front crossmember that will get set back for the engine mount. Bob