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No need for the vest, no bullets aimed at you or anyone else. Yes, you built the carbs and no, I never opened them up. I put them on, adjusted the idle, and off it went after a world of problems with the 94's from the first builder. They seemed to work so well I had you build me a second set...

Carbs were built as a pair with specs for the engine by a very reputable builder. My fuel pressure is set at 2 and doesn't seem to be an issue. The intake is an Eddie Meyers repop. Main size I don't know but may disassemble the carbs today if I have time.

Two 94's on my 276 incher on what I call the Eddie Meyer high rise intake. The motor has restart problems and yesterday started missing badly. When I pulled the first plug the problem was obvious. The plugs were all very black and sooty. The carbs were rebuilt by a highly regarded 94 guy and...

One part in my pile is a bell housing from an 8ba with a heavy duty four speed behind it. Are these of any use for transmission conversions?

I forgot to post that I've gasket matched the intakes and done some minor clean up port work on both in and out sides. This has been minor, mostly cleaning up slag and opening up the exhausts to ease some of the hardest angles in the outboard ports. For machine work I'm using Dennis Hawkins in...

I'm just getting started on building the last flathead in my garage. It will be a .125 over 239 8ba at 258 c.i., L100 cam, dual intake, aluminum heads; in other words a pretty standard street flathead. Machining hasn't started yet except for having the crank turned/balancing. My thoughts...

Off of old cars: Check out your charities carefully. Many, including one mentioned, have a high percentage of their donations go to high salaried CEO's, big advertising budgets, or money donated for a cause may be diverted to other areas. That happened here last year after the fires that...

My 8ba in my 39 refused to restart after it had warmed up and been on the road for a while. I posted and got lots of suggestions. I had already rerouted the gas lines away from any heat source so vapor lock wasn't the problem. There were suggestions from timing to a low battery. Here's what...

Cranking speed has always been good, no drag or hesitation. The starter is an aftermarket 12 volt as is all the wiring. After sitting all night the car fired when I hit the key this a.m.

My flathead in my 39 won't restart after the car has warmed up. The engine is a 270 inch 8ba, aluminum heads, two 94's, cam, chevy distributor by Bubba with a Pertronix. I thought it was vapor locking so I rerouted the fuel lines. Not the problem; plenty of fuel and good (3 lbs.) pressure. I...

I have a 46 59a motor, not sure which fan. It's a 4 blade with the wide pulley, all lines up so that should be OK. There's a slight wobble in the fan when the belt isn't tight but I've run things looser. My question is grease. There's a small screw in the hub that is apparently for...

Somewhere in my picking thru one of my friends' scrap parts I picked up a bell housing from a 1949 F-1. The owner was having his granny gear 4 speed swapped for a T-5. I passed on the trans but took the bell housing remembering something about using these for later trans swaps. Were there any...

Somewhere in my picking thru one of my friends' scrap parts I picked up a bell housing from a 1949 F-1. The owner was having his granny gear 4 speed swapped for a T-5. I passed on the trans but took the bell housing remembering something about using these for later trans swaps. Were there any...

My impression was they're called hogsheads and I can see the resemblance. But I'm not sure. I seem to remember something about them being easily adapted for later Ford trans'.

I have a bell housing from a 1949 F-1 that had a granny gear 4 speed. Are these useful for any of the transmission conversions?

I have disassembled this trans and found it was in excellent condition, possibly even rebuilt and then had very few miles put on it. I've replaced some bearings, clutch shaft, and a reverse idler gear on the other two but the 39 seemed fine. I may have to do some work on the end of the input...

I'm changing the clutch on my 59a/39 trans just because while I have it apart I want to go back up with new parts. The combo ran and shifted fine. However, when reassembling it I discovered that it had been running without a pilot bearing. When pushing sideways on the end of the input shaft...

I just hooked up the vacuum advance on my 46 59A, basically a stock motor .040 over with two 94's, crab distributor by Bubba's. But something has been haunting me. Do I remember reading somewhere that vacuum advance on a mild motor in a light car (29 AV8) is counterproductive or a waste at best?

Don't leave out ethanol. My Model A buddy was vapor locking every time he turned the car off for a short period of time. Simply switching to non-ethanol cured it.