Can we get a Lincoln v-12 distributor converted to v-8 picture thread going. Please if anyone on the hamb is running one on their flatheads please show them off. I would really like to see a few in 32 fords. I'm having some fit issues. My gen/fan is from a 36 ford. Are the fan blades on 32 shorter???? Thanks for any help here.
School me here........ Why go to the trouble to use a Lincoln V12 on a Ford V8? I've got three running flathead V8's and this is a puzzle.....
That is a good ? Ruffdawg. So back in the 40s and earlier as the guru engine guys figured out how to create more horse power IE, mill the heads for higher compression ratios, grind the cams for more lift and more fuel with bigger carbs, the bang in the cylinder got hotter and hotter as well as cylinder pressure. Single coil distributors had to fire very fast for each cylinder as where a duel coil distributor fired one from one side then fired the other side of the duel coil. That aloud the condensers to recharge in between each fire so they hold more volts. A hotter spark is needed for a high horsepower high compression engine to run right. The higher the cylinder pressures are, the hotter the spark needs to be to ignite the fuel charge. only really needed if you are building a real hot motor like I am. It's also a period/era correct thing for dry lake era racing, and early roundee round cars.
I have a 6 blade fan that has a longer extension. It is 15,75" dia. It will clear the distributer but I don't know about your hoses. $40 plus actual shipping. I also have a converted Lincoln I want to sell. $500 with caps and wires. Looks ready to run. It is a really old coversion. Pre war?
Dean Moon converted them commercially and wrote an illustrated how-to in three issues of Car Craft in 1953 or 4. I have seen several different conversions with various points and different combos of Ford and Lincoln parts... lots of people saw the possibilities and worked out their own methods. There was a commercial kit, too, I think from DuCoil.
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