WTF

[Wifey]

If the Earth was round and spins at 1000 miles per hour (which it does) and you are traveling east on a jet at 999 miles per hour, you would never reach your destination. However if you were going the other way, you would reach your destination in no time.

Thought for the day.

Tail wind - hahah i have no clue i just hope it's round so no one falls off!!

 

[rottenronnie]

I'm just glad the time spent on relocating my short fuel injectors (again) worked well.
All but a very small portion of the piston top is now seeing combustion.

It's quite possible nobody else but me is happy about this latest development...

 

[VIPR PWR]

Maybe the flat-earthers could use it for proof!!
Earth has rings too (like Saturn, only different)!!

I’ve never seen the earths rings but have damn sure got the rings in my ears after bumping my head ..

 

[VIPR PWR]

If the Earth was round and spins at 1000 miles per hour (which it does) and you are traveling east on a jet at 999 miles per hour, you would never reach your destination. However if you were going the other way, you would reach your destination in no time.

Thought for the day.

That’s the secret to time travel

 

[VIPR PWR]

I'm just glad the time spent on relocating my short fuel injectors (again) worked well.
All but a very small portion of the piston top is now seeing combustion.

It's quite possible nobody else but me is happy about this latest development...

time to blow out the carbon

 

[rottenronnie]

time to blow out the carbon

Yes, that pic from the Borescope makes it look worse than it is.
Unfortunately we are moving into Winter here for the next 7+ months.

 

[VIPR PWR]

Yes, that pic from the Borescope makes it look worse than it is.
Unfortunately we are moving into Winter here for the next 7+ months.

It is colored carbon deposits from the other planet …
A bottle of sea foam for pre winter decarbon should do the trick f your into smoking up the yard lol

 

[VIPR PWR]

The Thermoquads had issues that were fixable. At the top of the list were the resin floats that, over time, absorbed gasoline and became rather heavy. Old school brass floats to the rescue! The second oops were the Secondaries that wouldn't open reliably. A short length of quality wire fixed that issue.

Those triple venturis on the primaries worked quite well and on the proper manifold, offered decent economy.

I had pretty good luck with the thermoQuads getting them to work strong .. they had an adjustment to change the secondary opening timing that did the trick once I found out the adjuster was there .. what I didn’t like was the linkage rod on top of the throttle bores .. the sob came off and got sucked into the combustion chamber past the valves .. the huge secondary throttle bores were large enough to suck in a eagle .. the linkage did exit through the exhaust and didn’t damage anything ,, but the top of the piston I could tell it bounced around .. I guess the thermo quad believed in zero carbon emissions decades ago hahaha ..

 

[VIPR PWR]

This would be cool to own one … 426 DOHC HEMI

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/return-dohc-426-hemi/photos/

 

[rottenronnie]

This would be cool to own one … 426 DOHC HEMI

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/return-dohc-426-hemi/photos/

I had that issue of Car Craft.
It looks like you've included blueprints. Take them to someone with a large 3d printer and get to work!!

 

[rottenronnie]

The (single cam) 426 Hemi was one of my favorite engines and I learned a fair bit by owning one.

 

[rottenronnie]

I had pretty good luck with the thermoQuads getting them to work strong .. they had an adjustment to change the secondary opening timing that did the trick once I found out the adjuster was there .. what I didn’t like was the linkage rod on top of the throttle bores .. the sob came off and got sucked into the combustion chamber past the valves .. the huge secondary throttle bores were large enough to suck in a eagle .. the linkage did exit through the exhaust and didn’t damage anything ,, but the top of the piston I could tell it bounced around .. I guess the thermo quad believed in zero carbon emissions decades ago hahaha ..View attachment 67622

Yeah, that small screw that held the coil spring inside the aluminum housing. I forgot about that!
I didn't hear of any feeding the host engine the choke linkage. I think you might have had a "special" one that created zero-emissions.

 

[Wifey]

It is colored carbon deposits from the other planet …
A bottle of sea foam for pre winter decarbon should do the trick f your into smoking up the yard lol

Smoking up the yard is wonderful when in an HOA!!! Hahahaha!! No fines for that one lol

 

[VIPR PWR]

I had that issue of Car Craft.
It looks like you've included blueprints. Take them to someone with a large 3d printer and get to work!!

Hmmmm ,, Just might work lol

 

[VIPR PWR]

Yeah, that small screw that held the coil spring inside the aluminum housing. I forgot about that!
I didn't hear of any feeding the host engine the choke linkage. I think you might have had a "special" one that created zero-emissions.

Yes the hidden adjustment thingy lol !
Your right about my special linkage and the engine at least digested it and didn’t get heart burn .. can’t say the same about me as it was a snowy day at my apartment at the time and I had to pull the heads to see what and where it was .. it was gone and never found so put it all bake together and off I went .. frozen to say the least .. didn’t look around to see it the linkage shot out the exhaust and put out someone’s eye lol .

 

[VIPR PWR]

Smoking up the yard is wonderful when in an HOA!!! Hahahaha!! No fines for that one lol

But listening to the complaints would be funny as heck lol

 

[rottenronnie]

I had pretty good luck with the thermoQuads getting them to work strong .. they had an adjustment to change the secondary opening timing that did the trick once I found out the adjuster was there .. what I didn’t like was the linkage rod on top of the throttle bores .. the sob came off and got sucked into the combustion chamber past the valves .. the huge secondary throttle bores were large enough to suck in a eagle .. the linkage did exit through the exhaust and didn’t damage anything ,, but the top of the piston I could tell it bounced around .. I guess the thermo quad believed in zero carbon emissions decades ago hahaha ..View attachment 67622

Another adjustment on the TQ was the total opening on the top Secondary Air Door to the carb body measured from the body of the choke tower to the leading edge of the air door. 1/2" seems to ring a bell.
From what I understand, this worked with the Secondary butterflies (that you likely noticed, didn't open fully).
The idea here was to adjust the Top Air door angle to meet with the bottom opposing angle of the Secondary butterflies at a point either above, at, or lower than the Secondary discharge nozzles. The top door was adjusted by bending the corner of it where it contacted the carb body, with pliers. This adjustment could sometimes make quite a difference in power delivery.
These carbs were actually designed by an alien intelligence that was far greater than humans. Too bad the TQ had flaws (fixed for about 5 bucks) that unfortunately sent many of them to landfill sites.

 

[Wifey]

Alien engineers hahahaha

 

[rottenronnie]

Alien engineers hahahaha

It's true!
Who else would have thought to use PLASTIC carb bodies in the early 1970s !?!?!

 

[VIPR PWR]

Another adjustment on the TQ was the total opening on the top Secondary Air Door to the carb body measured from the body of the choke tower to the leading edge of the air door.
From what I understand, this worked with the Secondary butterflies (that you likely noticed, didn't open fully).
The idea here was to adjust the Top Air door angle to meet with the bottom opposing angle of the Secondary butterflies at a point either above, at, or lower than the Secondary discharge nozzles. The top door was adjusted by bending the corner of it where it contacted the carb body, with pliers. This adjustment could sometimes make quite a difference in power delivery.
These carbs were actually designed by an alien intelligence that was far greater than humans. Too bad the TQ had flaws (fixed for about 5 bucks) that unfortunately sent many of them to landfill sites.

Yes ai seem to remember the bending with pliers adjustment but didn’t do it .. the butterflies , I can’t remember did not open fully but I did do something to make them open all the way .. I had like 5 Thermo Quads laying around at one time .. until I started playing with the HOLLEY CARBS and different after market manifolds . When all said and done after 10 years trying to find a factory 6-pack set up Summit came out with the manifold and carbs ,, exact reproductions and it cost around 800$ for the entire set up new .. the only thing was the linage had to be changed which I matched up with a challenger cable that was perfect .. I tried the mechanical linkage at first and it was garbage ..