Don S. ...a quick, quick post.
spent the evening finally! getting my broadband connection - merciful release!!!
Haven't figured out how to get a photo of the engine - and car - up and posted
yet; as soon as I can, I promise I will. Spent a summer surfacing heads not too long back, and, boy, like knowing what goes into your sausages - you wouldn't want to know how much we took off some really expensive heads, got those things back on the road though; of course, those were sick puppies when we got them. Only ever came back if the guys really screwed up the re-assembly, the ones we did, fine. ...but this is much older tin, so, I am approaching with much greater circumspection. i'll try to find out just what combustion chamber configuration I've got in there before I even think of pulling the head, I believe there might have been a number of options... Been thinking from the start, that if i'm going to be milling, relieving , then I'll pick up another head to do the experimenting on. If it ain't bust - don't bust it!
my ignorance of flatheads is really showing here, can see i'd have to do most of the work in the block, rather than the head, am i right here?
I haven't even found an exploded diagram of a flathead yet, so if you or anybody knows of a site for same/could maybe post same, it would help a lot.
If I split the headers, then using a water-heated carb, like a Weber, could I think about plumbing it into the coolant system for carb heating?
i've been looking into home-building a flow-bench as this isn't the only head I want to be working on, have some 'bikes which will get onto the bench in not to distant future, too. I've found companies that'll sell a package, but they're not cheap. If you know of any sites that would be helpful to me, i'd appreciate the steer; it may take some setting up, but it doesn't look like rocket science, just practical engineering.
great story about the howie johnson guy - the original 'Otto man'!
thanks Don,
Len