Been a while since anything interesting here, but it’s been a case of the last minute details. I’m fortunate in that most of this is stuff I could let slide, but I’ve got the time, and I’m used to a thrash by now, so . . .
Air filter. This time it fits. I had a K&N that I pawned off to Graham in Australia, but when we discovered the shorter Maniflow manifold was the best power producer, I decided to locate another one and do it right. I wish I had taken pictures, because when we flowed the “sock” style air filters at T&T, it damned near sucked the whole filter down the carburetor throat. But this one fits nicely, and clears the very short air horns . . .
When I was at Sussex last month for the British Car Field Day, Dick Luening stopped by and warned me that I didn’t have enough breather for the block. Of course, I already knew this - at the time, it was only vented at the valve cover and the front cover. He suggested I drill a hole where the fuel pump casting boss was – something not machined for Midgets - thread it, and run a line up. A good idea, but damned if I’m going to pull the engine, disassemble it, create a raft of swarf, clean it up and put it back together again . . . well . . . this year, anyway.
Besides, I already had a nice hole in the block – where the distributor used to live . . .
I took the dizzy collar, turned down a copper fitting with a 45 on it and JB welded it into the collar. There is also a brass bolt with a piece of extruded steel mesh between it and the 45 degree turn out to help dam the oil from heading up the hose. The collar already had an “O” ring on the outside, so I just used the existing bolt, and bingo – a leak proof vent.
I plumbed up a hose to a point higher than the rest of the engine on the footwell, and threw a nice, chromy Mr. Gasket breather cover onto the end of it . . .
I’ll fire it up tomorrow and make sure it doesn’t puke up oil all over everything.
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