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I had my 3c ida's on a stock 231 Buick v6. It ran better than the 2bbl and gave the same gas mileage. I had to choke them down to 24mm but they...
Thanks. Its 39 years of evolvement.
The carbs are 3c IDA Webers. The tube is at the outside edge of the velocity stack of that choke. I felt that the air velocity would be the...
The way my engine is set up it doesn't have positive crankcase ventilation. My oil filler caps are open with a filter inside the caps. The...
The more important part to me is that the air drawn into the crankcase is filtered by the breathers. I didn't want to draw vacuum from a area...
this is where mine ended up. Started out just screwing filtered caps on the valve covers but they dripped on the valve covers. Happened to see a...
Half toilette ring, half parrafin wax. Melt it together and pour into a cardboard tube. Easer to find than bees wax. Parrafin wax in the...
Its lame and probably OT but its still in a 57 roadster[ATTACH]
Fuel pressure is critical. Has to be below 4 psi. You will have to run a regulator and your float valves might not hold that much pressure (more...
I don't think your mains are the problem. Do you own a lathe? Restrictors might work but you would be better off making chokes. The check for...
In retrospect I believe that the DCNF Weber would have been a better choice for my V6. I know why they used the 3c IDA as that is the experience...
This is a familiar symptom to me. The snapping you describe is a lean condition and I believe, in my system, that it is caused by a small particle...
I too welcome TRUMBULLFOUNDRY. Having been in the foundry business for over 20 years, I can say "foundry isn't easy". The amount of work that...
I believe you have to go to the museum. I have looked on line and have found very little. I have been several times and the last there was this...
So drop a 265 sbc in that 58 TR3 and I do believe it would be just as much fun, but then It might not be HAMB friendly as the engine isn't a...
You probably know this and have seen it but if you haven't, there is a really nice single seater with lots of patina in the Bellville, KS High...
I usually take the TR3 out at 12:01 AM, New Years Day. It was 22* and not a soul on the street as usual. Some years are colder than others....
Way back in the 1970s I worked at Roy's Old Car Garage in Mead, Co and Bill Kenz would drop by to talk about the dry lakes days with Roy. Some...
What 97 says above. These carbs are really easy to tune if you have the flow gage. I have 2 3cIDAs on my Buick and it took a few times during...
Jim, thanks for the reply. Now that I read your post again you did mention that fact and I apologize for that oversight. Greg
I'm not sure if he was on board at this time but Mr. Goossen shouldn't be left out of a very talented team.
I was a owner of a small aluminum foundry during the 1980's and 1990's that was destroyed in a tornado in the early 2000's. A customer approached...
The axle tubes on my narrowed 10 bolt started to seep oil after 5 years of service. When I built the rear end I pressed the old tubes out,...
Does anyone own the Allied Swallow body molds?
Here's a story for the Colorado HAMBers. I was a surveyor in Summit County during the early 1970's. My wife and I moved to Ft. Collins during...
MoparMontana, how about a few chassis photos of your reproduction frame and details of what you have available. My TR3 is needing company in the...
Milwaukee Midget, what you are building is what my original post had in mind. My TR3 has a 2.9 rear end and at 3800 rpm its doing about 100 mph....
Steve, I thought about it but it got very windy and overcast here in south central Nebraska so I worked on the shed instead. Glad you all had a...
Just gotta love those Hot Rod Sports Cars
Speaking of scraping, gaskets seal a lot better if you surface scrape the cylinder head and deck areas flat. That is something a milling machine...
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