That’s FUN!!

Hmm — I like the idea of trying 1.25 rocker arms — but sometime WAY down the road, so to speak…

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C20 – I have no direct experience with it, though I’ve run the slightly more aggressive C25. It looks similar to the Engle W100. Mild, shorter duration, with slightly better lift than stock. Should be a good torque producer at low-medium RPMs. Interestingly, it would be a good candidate for 1.25 rockers also, especially since you went with the…[Read more]

Hey Kent,

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I can feel your pain – I had to take over a year off from my project to build a garage, and have also endured disenregrating tarps and car cover, and wet/damp floorboards. At least I wasn’t paying rent all the while. About finished with shelves, tool stands and workbenches, so I’ll be able to get back to it in a few days…

Good point, Ed. I’d suggest dual 36 singles for Jacks 1641 then. Kadrons are wider than Webers, and are very tight in a Bug, but fit well in a KG or Bus. I have no idea how they’d fit his BCW.The only real knock on the 36s is that they didn’t use separate bronze/brass bushings on the butterfly shafts so the casting would wear and start leaking…[Read more]

I keep having to remind myself of how much “fun” I’m having trying to get this 1641 to accept its “new” old carb setup…

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I ran 1.25s on a stock dual port once, with an extractor exhaust and 30 PICT carb with adjustable main jet (too bad those neat adjustable main jets are no longer available!). There was a noticeable, though not huge difference in the “seat of the pants” dyno. With your other mods/tweaks, your engine should be set to take advantage of improved…[Read more]

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The single port intakes would appear to be the limiter here, Roy. 

Just a reminder: Jack’s car’s bodywork has been modified to fit an engine that ran something like dual 44 Webers. Basically, anything you throw at it will fit under his rear gas tank. 

Kent, I tried to fit dual carbs under my engine cover a couple of years ago. Simply won’t go under a Daytona cover which is about 1-1/2″ too narrow for the most compact rig I could find. That’s why I decided to go Bug Spray. Thought about progressives, but everyone has them (what’s the fun there?). And I got a good deal on three manifolds and…[Read more]

Black leather cat suit…beautiful.

Congratulation on the near completion…ain’t it fun?

It’s just funny to see your post today after reading the original one almost a year ago that said you were “within a week of completing” your car.  I can’t criticize, since I’ve made the same claim many times about my car, and each time the completion date slips farther and farther back.  I wonder how many others of us have seen time slip away ..…[Read more]

🙂 Well, I sold the Cheetah Roadster body in June 2015 to a Cheetah racer from the Chicago area, however to do this(I agreed to deliver the Cheetah from San Diego to Chicago area, which I did in 4 days) I had to buy a new truck as the transmission in my Ranger went out just before I left and I just got laid off from my job. A new (2007 anyway)…[Read more]

Just reread your initial post concerning a 5-speed conversion. I used a Thunderbird Turbo coupe bellhousing. I snagged the flywheel and clutch while I was at it. Any T-5 trans will mate with this. To simplify this, there are two you can use. A V8 trans and a 4cyl. trans. The only major differences are input and output shafts. The 4 cyl has a…[Read more]

Crash, you are probably thinking of MG Magic, which now is in California. They still have their Florida phone number, 954-680-2010. This is an excellent parts resource, TJ, and have offered several of our site members suggestions and solutions for their Fiber Fab Kits. Dave

I bought a harness from some guys in fla ,much cheaper than painless post their name next time I go to the garage oh also welcome these are a great bunch of guys