i probably would forego the engine cover as well

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  • Paul Pless
    pinko commie tree hugger
    • Oct 2003
    • 124948
    #1

    i probably would forego the engine cover as well





    Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool.
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    • Keith Wilson
      Trying to be reasonable
      • Oct 1999
      • 64195
      #2
      Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

      Synchronizing 24 carburetors isn't something I really want to think about - or is it only twelve doubles? . OTOH, I guess if you have enough money to buy the boat, you also have enough to pay some unfortunate fellow to do that. I like the black boat back by the wall, though.
      "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
      for nature cannot be fooled."

      Richard Feynman

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        • Garret
          Hills of Vermont
          • Apr 2005
          • 48681
          #3
          Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

          Synching the carbs was my first thought as well. Impressive machinery though.
          "If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red Green

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            • Lew Barrett
              Landlocked
              • Dec 2005
              • 30035
              #4
              Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

              Originally posted by Keith Wilson
              Synchronizing 24 carburetors isn't something I really want to think about - or is it only twelve doubles? . OTOH, I guess if you have enough money to buy the boat, you also have enough to pay some unfortunate fellow to do that. I like the black boat back by the wall, though.
              You only need to do the 12 barrels at a time. The trick after that falls to the helmsman to synch the two motors, especially just off idle. Piece of cake if you're Italian.
              One of the most enduring qualities of an old wooden boat is the smell it imparts to your clothing.

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                • CWSmith
                  New Hampshire
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 44111
                  #5
                  Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                  Originally posted by Keith Wilson
                  I like the black boat back by the wall, though.
                  Yes, but I like the wall as well! Look at the grass growing on the roof. It's old and eco-friendly. I like it!
                  "Where you live in the world should not determine whether you live in the world." - Bono

                  "Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip." - Will Rogers

                  "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx

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                    • Norman Bernstein
                      Liberaltarian
                      • Nov 2004
                      • 25223
                      #6
                      Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                      Any idea what that car is?
                      "Reason and facts are sacrificed to opinion and myth. Demonstrable falsehoods are circulated and recycled as fact. Narrow minded opinion refuses to be subjected to thought and analysis. Too many now subject events to a prefabricated set of interpretations, usually provided by a biased media source. The myth is more comfortable than the often difficult search for truth."






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                        • Garret
                          Hills of Vermont
                          • Apr 2005
                          • 48681
                          #7
                          Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                          I bet it's a Lamborghini!
                          "If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red Green

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                            • Garret
                              Hills of Vermont
                              • Apr 2005
                              • 48681
                              #8
                              Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                              Originally posted by Lew Barrett
                              You only need to do the 12 barrels at a time.
                              3 is bad enough thank you very much! Of course I'm not Italian.
                              "If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red Green

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                                • Lew Barrett
                                  Landlocked
                                  • Dec 2005
                                  • 30035
                                  #9
                                  Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                                  Originally posted by garret
                                  i bet it's a lamborghini!
                                  Correctamundo. 350 GT.
                                  One of the most enduring qualities of an old wooden boat is the smell it imparts to your clothing.

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                                    • PhaseLockedLoop
                                      Senior Member
                                      • Apr 2010
                                      • 3455
                                      #10
                                      Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                                      Originally posted by Garret
                                      3 is bad enough thank you very much! Of course I'm not Italian.
                                      I had trouble with my Volvo 122S, with only two.
                                      The Case is Altered

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                                        • Lew Barrett
                                          Landlocked
                                          • Dec 2005
                                          • 30035
                                          #11
                                          Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                                          You need one of these. One of my fave tools from the sixties.

                                          One of the most enduring qualities of an old wooden boat is the smell it imparts to your clothing.

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                                            • Reynard38
                                              Senior Member
                                              • Sep 2009
                                              • 12533
                                              #12
                                              Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                                              What a glorious sound it must make!
                                              Fight Entropy, build a wooden boat!

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                                                • paulf
                                                  Senior Member
                                                  • Jan 2012
                                                  • 6933
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                                                  Originally posted by Lew Barrett
                                                  You need one of these. One of my fave tools from the sixties.

                                                  I used one of these on my MGB GT, Still a pain.
                                                  PaulF

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                                                    • Garret
                                                      Hills of Vermont
                                                      • Apr 2005
                                                      • 48681
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                                                      Originally posted by Lew Barrett
                                                      You need one of these. One of my fave tools from the sixties.


                                                      Nope - have to disagree - a stethoscope with the center piece removed & the 2 hoses going into 2 carbs - so you can hear one carb in each ear. The audio balancing gets 'em way closer than the Unisyn.
                                                      "If it ain't broke, you're not trying." - Red Green

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                                                        • paulf
                                                          Senior Member
                                                          • Jan 2012
                                                          • 6933
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: i probably would forego the engine cover as well

                                                          Originally posted by Garret
                                                          Nope - have to disagree - a stethoscope with the center piece removed & the 2 hoses going into 2 carbs - so you can hear one carb in each ear. The audio balancing gets 'em way closer than the Unisyn.
                                                          Unless your hearing is buggered in one ear.
                                                          PaulF

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