32 B won’t go over 50mph

Flathead37

Flathead37

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32 B won’t go over 50mph

Over the winter I put a Schwams 4 cylinder in my 32. Is has the insert bearings and touring cam. Also put a 3:54 gear in the diff to make it more drivable.
After the recommended break in of 500 miles I tried to open it up to see what it would do… 50mph. That’s all. Not sure where the problem is.
Looking for advice.
 
Re: 32 B won’t go over 50mph

how are you settling the timing?
Has the automatic advance work properly ( check on distributor machine or with tachometer and timing light.
In the 30s there were 2 different timing settings in the tune up book depending on the gasoline.
 

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Re: 32 B won’t go over 50mph

Check to make sure the carb is opening up all the way with the pedal to the floor. You might have the throttle linkage out of adjustment.
 
Re: 32 B won’t go over 50mph

Your Distributor has a timing adjustment so you can play with the advance somewhat.
 
Re: 32 B won’t go over 50mph

Kurt in NJ said:
how are you settling the timing?
Has the automatic advance work properly ( check on distributor machine or with tachometer and timing light.
In the 30s there were 2 different timing settings in the tune up book depending on the gasoline.
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Re: 32 B won’t go over 50mph

When I was a kid, common knowledge was that 55 mph was about all a Model "A" could do; are the "B"'s supposed to be that much faster?
 
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My model A does near 70 and it’s a stock engine.
 

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Re: 32 B won’t go over 50mph

Well, the ones we had were pretty well worn out by the time we got 'em.

(Come on, you can tell us; where is that hill?):D
 
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No hill this is South Jersey the only hills are the bridges and it had grooved pavement so I kept it under 65 on the bridge— the radials are much better than the old tires on the grooved pavement— and I doubt the speedometer is off much because I was passing cars.(65 mph area)
 
Re: 32 B won’t go over 50mph

Our B4 with 3.54 gears and 750 x16 rears moved very well . But with that setup first gear was a little tall to go slow.
 
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