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I don't usually go around messing with headlight buckets, but it does indeed sound like a nice place easy to access, possibly comfortably sitting...
Speaking of that... How much extra performance do you actually get from the dual carb swap? Enough to be worth all the work and cost? For a...
What lights are we talking about now, one right, one left, low beam and high beam? Anything more? If there's room I see no problem with having...
This place is about cars. If we have to call anybody, we call AAA!
Has anyone running a mechanical fuel pump on the block compared the fuel temperature some distance before and after the pump? The pump sitting on...
I assume he means a capacitor on the power side of the coil, to filter out some of that switching noise that otherwise spreads through the power...
Or measure resistance. Solid metal should be just about zero, so anything meant to have resistance should be obviously different.
Some electronic components don't age too well, for example doing a health check on electrolytic capacitors may reveal something interesting. Not...
Removing the generator belt may be a quick test to confirm if it's that or something else. If it isn't, I'd suspect ignition. (Ignition systems...
AFAIK E85 has 10% less ethanol in winter here in Sweden, to improve cold starting, I'm sure there's some extra wiggle room on those numbers. May...
If the fuel line sits in a good place there shouldn't really be any heat in the fuel when it reaches the carb. Well, okay, with a block mount pump...
There's often more than one cause. There are a lot of people who used to smoke for ages still around, there are a lot of people who worked with...
What about a lower temperature thermostat? The carb sitting on a colder engine should mean less heat transferred to the carb. If the metal screws...
Fuels are pretty optimized for the intended use. Avgas is optimised for the working conditions of an airplane, which can include conditions such...
What people often miss is that the octane rating just is one property of a fuel. Different fuels also require different fuel-air mixtures (i.e....
Used to work building fiberglass boats 20 years ago, we used a two component polyurethane foam to fill flotation tanks. A health check at the...
AFAIK centrifugal blowers have the downside that the amount of air pumped goes up with the square(?) of the rpm, meaning double the rpm, four...
Sounds correct. Can't see how anything would be damaged unless the swap is done using a hammer. Don't know if it makes much difference, all my...
Well, you do want some ignition advance before TDC, could be related to that.
I'm not sure I'd trust that adapter, it's sitting so close to the end it may get air from the exhaust end distorting the reading. Probably less of...
That's absolutely a factor, buyers for such a large amount may be rare and they may expect a "discount" for buying a large package at once. Still,...
Carburetors are perfectly logical. Nothing but simple physics behind how they work. Well, maybe not all that simple always, but physics. Anyway....
Sold items on Ebay may give a good clue. With some luck the link sends you straight to sold items in the right category....
An old (non smart) 6V charger would probably give an 8v battery some charging, their voltage is rather unstable and load dependent. A faster...
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Don't know, but as boats often have the engines enclosed it may relate to where fuel may get out of it if it overfills. You really don't want a...
Yes, it's good for many types of coils in electronics too, and as it looks like fairly heavy wire it will handle a lot of current. Might be...
Good stuff, when you need it!
Is that lacquer insulated wire for electric motor windings and such?
Those engines overheat too, and when they do they usually don't warn you sh*t is about to go down by simply boiling, they go straight into...
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