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It's not just about an exhaust note either. There's something visceral and indescribably appealing about the ICE sensory experience. To get it, you have to experience it and if you experience it, it needs no explanation. If you don't get it, it feels like this conversation.

As someone who lives where the only thing rarer than precipitation is road salt, I have to ask, is driving on unsalted roads worse than dealing with the rust that road salt causes?

The experience is about far more than just being quietly accelerated on an electric motor.

I think Cheeftah is our winner! Thanks for your help everyone. I agree on leaving the grab handles. That mesh is going away, though. And yeah, that frankenengine is actually a Koolbore with points ignition and no spark so I have to get under the flywheel and poke around.

I just watched part of a 2024 video of him spinning a billet-headed engine around on his work bench and really talking it up about how it was o-ringed and "complicated stuff" to set the sleeve protrusion, receiver groove depth, and install head studs, which is just routine for a real engine...

It looks like both, but the rear wheel mount is different and I can't find anything that has those grab hoops on the back. Here is the engine plate: Now that I look at it closer, the mesh may not be original.

Last week my dad bought two group 65s for his F350 to the tune of $340. If he didn't get back $8 each on the cores, I might think that was a lot of money. :rolleyes: I noticed TP get get narrower around 2009 when everyone was losing their houses and stuff. I have a partial roll stashed in my...

I just got this from a family member and have been unable to find another like it on the web. The steel mesh guard looks like a factory job and makes working on it a PITA. When someone squeezed the 5hp in there, they also put a big hole in the mesh for the clutch to stick through. I was going to...

What's weird is that the fabric on that one is from the middle of a Bride racing seat, which in itself isn't all that common outside of Japan.

You can also use a piece of clear hose on the bowl drain as a sight tube. Secure the open end somewhere well above the carb and open the bowl drain screw to see the fuel level.

Lectron carbs have come with/been available with sorta-clear float bowls for a few decades and they last a long time. I write jet sizes on the side of the bowl. Remember that China doesn't care how long those things will last as long as they sell more than they warranty.

Yes, but you'll have to be really careful trying it with hand tools. Usually it's done on a lathe or valve grinding machine.

Looks like those valves have a lot of room for a back cut and polishing. Maybe if you're using a boring head and trying to figure out how much cutter adjustment will affect the diameter, but that's not the case here. Taking 0.010" off the inside diameter will increase the diameter by 0.010"...

As I recall, I was trying to duplicate what had been done with flathead Ford engines of the 1930s which are hardly different. Milling the head of a flathead tends to decrease flow and deck porting I think is intended to get some of the reduced flow area back between the deck and head.

Put it on a hosting site like youtube and either embed it here in a post or provide the link.

I did it to a 10hp Briggs a long time ago. Like this: Losing compression was fine because I hung a turbo on it with EFI. Unfortunately the oil ring broke and ruined the aluminum bore before I could really turn the screws to it.

I'm going to disagree in that a novice is going to make bad welds with either one and flux core is easier and cheaper to practice with. The skills learned with it will then carry over to MIG. However, the MIG process requires more amps to get the same penetration which is why small 110v wire...

Keep in mind that consumer infrared heat guns don't read accurately when pointed at reflective, transparent, or very lightly-colored surfaces. If you want a better way to spot-check something like oil temperature, get an inexpensive pocket thermometer with a 1" dial face that goes up to ~220°F.

I missed that the TFB version is described as larger than the TCT. I'd be more inclined to try it, but neither say what the throat diameter is(because it's an irregular shape) nor have a throat diameter equivalent. I should add that they also say it improves torque. Based on the definition of...

Similar devices have existed for decades. And decades. The TCT isn't mechanical injection; it's just another type of carburetor. If you look at Tillotson's site, it is designed primarily to improve emissions and starting.