The Banger is dead - long live the Banger. 2010's first banger thread

Why don't you google Dan 4 Banger and ask him, he is the one who makes the Thomas head.

 

I replaced the tubes in the first "B" I modified but the last 3 I didn't. I looked at the tubes and as I only run 40 lbs. pressure I felt that the old tubes would work. It might come from the fact that the modified pump can reach 100 lbs.+ with out a relief valve and maybe the tube might rupture under that much pressure.

 

Could you post pictures of the combustion chamber of the new reproduction Thomas head? I have what I think is an early repro one on my coupe and the combustion chamber is very similar to the brumfield. I did have to file down the sharp ridge to avoid hot spots. Interested to see what the latest ones are looking like.

Here is mine..

 

I understand Dan4banger is in Haiti doing relief work and may not reply to email at the moment

 

Elrod,
Here is a picture that Bill (BCCHOPIT) posted of his in October:

I also noticed that yours is set up for a B block but it still uses the A water pump.

 

Dan4banger is in Haiti doing relief work .............

thank you dan .................. steve

 

Hey Bill I was told Dan sold the rights to Snyders. Mine came in a Snyders box I would like to know how drilled for the water jackets? I think it was a blind china man

 

Fellas,

I just pulled the pistons out of a 1930 A motor. They are .030 over. All four pistons have an identical crack that goes from the crown of the piston through the 1/8" hole in the skirt all the way through to the bottom of the skirt. Is this normal? I would like to reuse them if possible. Any advice?

 

I'd like to see a picture. But in my opinion, there is no such thing as a good crack in a piston.

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This is one of several trips Dan4banger has done to help the people of Haiti it just so happened that this trip was planned before the earthquake Dan chose to still go and help out good on him it shows the character of the man. Best luck Dan god be with you.

 

Pretty different in the heads! Mine looks like the Winfield now that I look at the one above in the post. I guess mine will be higher compression with little to no relief over the piston. I looked at the water holes on my Thomas head and don't see what you mean by it being one for a Model B block. The head gasket and block seem to have the same holes that line up. Are you talking about the fact that there are no holes over the first and fourth exhaust port? but they are there in the A block?

 

The two 1/4" holes on either side of the head bolt that is in between #2 & #3 cylinders are steam ports added to the B block and they weren't in the A blocks from the factory.

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Ah. I dig. I have no idea who made this Thomas head. I bought it used from a model A guy that ran it for a short time and didn't like it. Seems to be doing well on my banger.

Wonder why it's like a Winfield?

 

hey guys thanks for the head corrosion advise..... i'll post some pics of what my head's combustion chamber looks like tomorrow.

 

for clarity on the VW distributor retard... I may have misspoken about how the retard is achieved. This feature is specific to the Bosch 009 unit. I think the point here is that adapting the 009 distributor for use in another engine will have the adverse effect of a retarded cylinder and there are other choices in VW distributors.

 

ELVIS ,
pistons .... 'a' pistons had a split skirt . i dont have any right now so no pic . im sure you can find a pic to compare to .... steve

 

What years was the Thomas head made by Thomas?
thanks Bill

 

Guys, I was wondering what you think of running a 2.43 first gear (3speed) with a 3.55 rear - too tall to be practical around town???

mill will be a "A" with head shaved, ground "B" cam, lightened flywheel, and a bit more carb +/- header with a coupe sitting on the ch***is' back. Addtn: 16" wheel with 30" tall tires

 

Thanks BC

 

Guys, I was wondering what you think of running a 2.43 first gear (3speed) with a 3.55 rear - too tall to be practical around town???

im running stock 'a' trans with 3:54/1 rear , 31" tires . only notice it in 3rd gear . takes a bit to get up to highway speed . in town , 2nd gear will be a killer ! ... steve

 

Hello Magnus

Here is a pick when you stopped at my house on the way home the day you blow your Trans; you said you only could drive on the third gear. When we looked under the car,, it was an open Trans! But I remember you looked happy when you drove home with your open loud pipes.

Lars

 

Wow! Excellent picture! Sorry to see the damage!

 

Nice.... I was pretty happy that day. Busted transmission and a busted rod bearing making the engine sound like a rock crusher. But it still ran

Hopefully there will be both a new engine and transmission soon. Also I have something very special banger related on the way. More on that some other time.

//Magnus

 

In that second video when the lady comments on your mental health, you were really flying!!! Much more impressive than the V8s that were climbing the hill!! Way to go Magnus!

 

I hate to but in and change the subject, and yes I did do some searching and thought that this thread is where the brains are anyway
I am putting a model B distributor on my A motor and I need help with setting the timing. I was planning on using a vacuum gauge but several have suggested buying an indicator kit and set it with a light.
What works best?
Will the vacuum gauge do the trick?

Thanks in advance

 

Explain the vacuum gauge trick. I've never heard that one.

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well here shows my ignorance and experince with working with SBC too much. I know on a truck I had with a SBC that the timing ring on the dampener had turned a bit and you couldn't set it with a light; so I used a vacuum gauge and set the distributor till I had the most vacuum at idle. I thought that might work on the A to hook the gauge to the vacuum port on the intake and set it like I did my truck.

That probably show a lack of understanding on how a Model B distributor works.

 

Thats what was tripping me out. Thanks for the clarification Steve and Daddyo....alls well now!

 

like they discussed in this thread

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=413594&highlight=vacuum+gauge

 

Hey Folks,

Was just reading the March issue of Hot Rod Deluxe and on page 37 they mention the Odd Rod dual flathead motored truck.

This got me to thinking are there been any multi Banger powered rods out there?

Damit now I won't be able to get to sleep with visions of granduer on building a dual banger powered RPU or Tanker or Streamliner or ect ect ect