Help Me Plan My 1916 engine!

colonel mustard · 2009-03-14T05:23:29+00:00

Hey Guys. There has been alot of 1916 / carb talk on the forum this week, And as these are things that Im currently researching and planning, I'd really love your opinion on this. So, I will be building an engine late this year/early next year (2010) and the budget is quite limited but id love to know what specs I would get a decent decent performance out of. The aim is to be daily driven, but with a fair bit of punch. I'm really not interested in it be stupidly powerful, but id like to get the most out of the setup 🙂 I am being serious here, and I'm not interersted in fuel injection or turbo's (as cool as that is). I want it to be simple, and drivable. What i have so far: - 8 dowel lightened flywheel - German 69mm Crank - 69mm Rods - Swivel foot rockers (standard - 1:1 [is that correct..?]) - standard clutch kit to mate to the L-bug IRS gearbox. - Single glass pack extractors I want to keep the standard Fuel setup if I can, Im not really up for electronic fuel pumps. I'd love some suggestions in this form, roughly: - heads - cam - Intake - P/B - Distributer - what ever else I've missed!! I'm also looking for links, so if you suggest something, a link would be awesome also!!! Cheers 🙂

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 8 Apr 2009, 6:48 pm

#705960

Because..... im not really, but id love to know what people run. Its like getting blood out of a rock around here.... and trying it isnt a good answer when you cant pull money off tree's.

13bwagon Officially Full-On Dubber

316 posts · joined Nov 2006 · 8 Apr 2009, 7:34 pm

#705977

i can tell you why
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Nice one. Im over 400 and I haven't even been on here 3 months... hahah

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trickysimon wrote:I don't know why ure so obsessed with coming up with all these combos even though you said you wont be doing it for ages.. 🙄

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colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 8 Apr 2009, 7:39 pm

#705982

I don't really value your opinion 13bwagon. So maybe keep your nose out and have some respect.

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 8 Apr 2009, 8:19 pm

#705989

here do some reading

www.aircooledenginewerks.com

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 8 Apr 2009, 10:21 pm

#706012

Thanks joel, some good stuff there.

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 · 8 Apr 2009, 10:38 pm

#706016

LOL im sorry just had to do it 😂

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 9 Apr 2009, 9:24 am

#706058

it was pretty good. nice work. (best thing to do is pretend you didnt do it, so many others get caught out also.)

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 9 Apr 2009, 11:23 am

#706071

colonel mustard wrote:Rod seems to be the man..

Does Rod actually build the motors or is he just the middle man selling them ?

colonel mustard Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,829 posts · joined Feb 2009 · 9 Apr 2009, 11:25 am

#706072

Is that a trick question????

Because I am unsure of the answer.... But I assume that the "ideas" are generally his. :S