No thanks. I don't particularly care for internal combustion engines but I really don't like the ones like my Dodge Dart with a 318 v8 which would on occasion decide that it didn't feel like starting. And my Lyman boat with a Continental L-head and a Carter BB1 that also gives me crap all the time.
Every vehicle I own that is fuel injected starts up instantly every time.
That is badass! Straight 6? I like all that old pre war technology, I'm always amazed with how advanced capabilities were with manufacturing and design. the one thing I like about old flatheads is how simple they are and how easy they are to work on. I like to try and keep my options for transportation open if/when things get dicey and I need to stay off the radar.
I have cars that almost a hundred years old with carbs and I have never had to be towed home.
I never had to be towed. I always got it started. I had to keep alligator clips around to bypass the ballast resistor, and a pen to hold the choke open so it wouldn't flood. Eventually I just removed the automatic choke and rigged up a manual one.
In the end, the chassis rusted out and the torsion bar broke free. I welded it but the car was never the same again. I parked it at the lake and somebody actually stole it.
Also that garbage efficiency means less horsepower. One upside to the pursuit of furl efficiency is that we can squeeze so much more power out of smaller engines, my V6 produces more power than V8s twice it's size did 40 years earlier.
No thanks. I don't particularly care for internal combustion engines but I really don't like the ones like my Dodge Dart with a 318 v8 which would on occasion decide that it didn't feel like starting. And my Lyman boat with a Continental L-head and a Carter BB1 that also gives me crap all the time.
Every vehicle I own that is fuel injected starts up instantly every time.
Flatheads are where it's at... When I get it finished I'm gonna daily drive my 38 Ford as much as I can and park my new vehicle
You might like this 22 second video of mine then:
https://rumble.com/vk5du4-1956-lyman-engine-idle.html
That is badass! Straight 6? I like all that old pre war technology, I'm always amazed with how advanced capabilities were with manufacturing and design. the one thing I like about old flatheads is how simple they are and how easy they are to work on. I like to try and keep my options for transportation open if/when things get dicey and I need to stay off the radar.
Your first mistake was buying a Dodge, second was not finding someone that could adjust a carb properly.
I have cars that almost a hundred years old with carbs and I have never had to be towed home.
LOL, I loved that car.
I never had to be towed. I always got it started. I had to keep alligator clips around to bypass the ballast resistor, and a pen to hold the choke open so it wouldn't flood. Eventually I just removed the automatic choke and rigged up a manual one.
In the end, the chassis rusted out and the torsion bar broke free. I welded it but the car was never the same again. I parked it at the lake and somebody actually stole it.
Sounds like, despite the troubles you were fond of the car.
A properly sorted car, no matter the age, can be quite reliable. They were when they were new.
I like fixing stuff, but damn I hate adjusting carburetors.
Also that garbage efficiency means less horsepower. One upside to the pursuit of furl efficiency is that we can squeeze so much more power out of smaller engines, my V6 produces more power than V8s twice it's size did 40 years earlier.