FORD O MATIC RULES
Thread Starter
|
Mountain Pass
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 231
Likes: 11
FORD O MATIC RULES
I hooked it up...what the heck, it’s a flathead, not an INDY RACER
not FORD O MATIC
WHOOPS, I should have said LOAD - O - MATIC, I got to thinking that except for the lack of exhaust and air cleaner this is, to my knowledge, a stock flathead. A vacuum advance would work just as well as anything and would prevent me from having to remember another gizmo.
I also realized that there is a priming circuit like any other Zenith-Bendix carb I worked on. Harley calls this an “accelerator pump”.
not FORD O MATIC
WHOOPS, I should have said LOAD - O - MATIC, I got to thinking that except for the lack of exhaust and air cleaner this is, to my knowledge, a stock flathead. A vacuum advance would work just as well as anything and would prevent me from having to remember another gizmo.
I also realized that there is a priming circuit like any other Zenith-Bendix carb I worked on. Harley calls this an “accelerator pump”.
Last edited by Ricardo Chambers; Feb 6, 2018 at 04:48 AM. Reason: no attachment wrong title
Knuckle Bandage Sales Rep
Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 3,676
Likes: 1,245
From: Maine
I watched the whole video. With co-workers wondering what the hell I was so entertained about with engine noise. To heck with them. 
I didn't see any smoke or hear tappets clacking. Ran pretty smooth to me. A touch rich? maybe not. I wonder if the minor backfire would exist if the engine had a real load applied.
Thanks for the lunch break music John.
There must be an engine-less '51 F1 out there somewhere wanting that 226.
Tom
I didn't see any smoke or hear tappets clacking. Ran pretty smooth to me. A touch rich? maybe not. I wonder if the minor backfire would exist if the engine had a real load applied.
Thanks for the lunch break music John.
There must be an engine-less '51 F1 out there somewhere wanting that 226.
Tom
Thread Starter
|
Mountain Pass
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 231
Likes: 11
I watched the whole video. With co-workers wondering what the hell I was so entertained about with engine noise. To heck with them.
I didn't see any smoke or hear tappets clacking. Ran pretty smooth to me. A touch rich? maybe not. I wonder if the minor backfire would exist if the engine had a real load applied.
Thanks for the lunch break music John.
There must be an engine-less '51 F1 out there somewhere wanting that 226.
Tom
I didn't see any smoke or hear tappets clacking. Ran pretty smooth to me. A touch rich? maybe not. I wonder if the minor backfire would exist if the engine had a real load applied.
Thanks for the lunch break music John.
There must be an engine-less '51 F1 out there somewhere wanting that 226.
Tom
My internal combustion IQ is a bit rusty, but the backfire might be cold air rushing up into the manifold when I back off the throttle.
I am in full flathead fever, gotta stop running it until I get some tires on the ground...glad you appreciate a little flattie music, your waterpump is the heartbeat!
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
stever1k
Fuel Injection, Carburetion & Fuel System
1
Oct 31, 2010 05:50 PM
F-250 restorer
Ford Inline Six, 200, 250, 4.9L / 300
7
Apr 15, 2009 10:41 AM
TheSojourner
1973 - 1979 F-100 & Larger F-Series Trucks
15
Sep 29, 2008 07:50 PM
barca_texas
Big Block V8 - 385 Series (6.1/370, 7.0/429, 7.5/460)
8
Mar 22, 2005 05:45 AM
