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The Camfather is still with us but he must not be running the day to day operations any longer. Before I put the stock cam in the block to...
I had ISKY cut me a 1007LD camshaft for my '39 flathead Ford V8. Should have known there was going to be a problem when it came as a '42 -'48...
Quickchange V8, I started this thread to lay some of the folklore to rest about the Thickstun and the Edelbrock manifolds and their performance....
Finally found someone who owns a few Pre-War "box mags." These pics are the correct versions of Pre-War Robert Bosch, Bugatti and Scintilla...
not sure if your looking at it right? all the Zephyrs i've seen have the same spark plug wire locations per cap. the methods of shunting the extra...
a few words of caution: it doesn't appear that there is a steering column in your car yet? If that is the case you should really look into mocking...
Not intent on jacking your thread here just offering my 2-cents. I'm throwing together a rod from some 28 cowl pieces I had lying around and a...
Sullivan also did the Bohn-a-Lite manifold for the '34 Chet Miller car and it made use of dual 48 Strombergs with the floats mounted in line,...
Right. But only when this manifold is installed in an application where the flywheel is facing forward ie. the Miller Front Wheel Drive (FWD)...
Nope, that's not the reason. I'll give the short story here because when I get enough time I will post a thread regarding Pre-War manifolds. I...
Careful with the Heliarc on those original castings their crap. I find it better to gas weld but then you need to re-heat treat and that could...
There was a welding company in Los Angeles that operated before the War under the name Arco Welding. They welded up iron and aluminum cylinder...
Sorry forgot to post this for you
To help clarify the Scintilla, Ronco, Vertex lineage. The pre-WW II Scintilla, see attached pic, looks nothing like the later Ronco and then...
This intake is one of two ever cast. It was purchased from the Radke estate. It was made by Tommy Thickstun and Jack Radke for the Ford V8 around...
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I'll preface this by saying we should probably start a new thread for this info since I don't think it is realevant to Gowjobs. In the early...
I study those particular cars quite a bit since the Belond roadster had a loosely based copy of that engine in it. What are you interested in...
Bruce, That was Robert Roof's preferred method of mounting a conventional dist. he made Nash to Ford conversion in both 8 and 16 plug. So I would...
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