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Old 08-17-2015 | 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by proptop
Hey Tim...hanging in there...or at least trying to...thanks for asking...hope things are going O.K. with you too!

I remembered seeing that pic of the Lincoln...recognized the white building siding and engine test set-up Dave...nice looking engine if not exactly spectacular in performance, huh?

Nice find on the instructions fourstar...

Was chatting with a friend about these engines last night...about them being true ABC (until you get to the larger ones)

I have an "Eagle" .46 (not a Fox, but a clone type that looks kinda like a TS / Magnum mixed breed... has a cast head) that a friend gave me after getting frustrated with it. Some of the carbs on the clone type engines are iffy at best...and after fiddling with it for a while I decided to try an experiment and swap a spare Webra .50 carb onto it...same neck dia....and that transformed it into a great running engine.
Yeah, the bigger engines (usually .90 and up) usually end up being ringed. If they had the gusto to use aluminum cylinder liners instead of brass, they could get away with not needing rings and run AAC instead.

I haven't had to deal with a truly poor operating carb yet... Knock on wood!