O.k., stop beating your head against the wall.I should have said 'enough of a restriction to seriously effect driveability, etc'.
And I take your point re: overcarbing as well. I guess what I was asking, is if you had a carb that was "just big enough", like the stock 1 bbl. and you put a screen in it, it might be enough of a restriction to adversely affect performance. If you put a larger carb on it, would that tend to correct that problem.Seems like it would.On these engines that came with a 1 bbl stock, people are putting 2 and 3 1bbls on them, so obviously the engine can take a lot more than Ford was giving them.Different intakes, of course, and theyre not improving the mileage!
On the 'hot spot', thats exactly where I intend to put the air diverter, thats going to (hopefully) turn the a/f mix 90 degrees, just before it hits the screens.Actually, thats something else I'm not clear on;On the 215's and 223's, the 'hot spot' was sufficient. On the 262's, they had problems with carb icing, and had to add a coolant heated carb spacer.It is said that when gas vaporises, it "Gets cold", and you can certainly feel it, with gas on your skin.And yet thermodynamics says thats crap.Heat, like light, is energy.Cold is the absence of energy, just as dark is.On the other hand, if someone turns out the lights, it sure seems like it "gets dark". So, what is happening, acording to thermodynamics.Is the gas, on vaporising, 'shedding' the heat in it, or is it that because its vaporising, its expanding, and can therefore absorb more heat, or what."Heat is energy, and only heat can move, not cold". Anyway, been wondering about that for some time.
And I take your point re: overcarbing as well. I guess what I was asking, is if you had a carb that was "just big enough", like the stock 1 bbl. and you put a screen in it, it might be enough of a restriction to adversely affect performance. If you put a larger carb on it, would that tend to correct that problem.Seems like it would.On these engines that came with a 1 bbl stock, people are putting 2 and 3 1bbls on them, so obviously the engine can take a lot more than Ford was giving them.Different intakes, of course, and theyre not improving the mileage!
On the 'hot spot', thats exactly where I intend to put the air diverter, thats going to (hopefully) turn the a/f mix 90 degrees, just before it hits the screens.Actually, thats something else I'm not clear on;On the 215's and 223's, the 'hot spot' was sufficient. On the 262's, they had problems with carb icing, and had to add a coolant heated carb spacer.It is said that when gas vaporises, it "Gets cold", and you can certainly feel it, with gas on your skin.And yet thermodynamics says thats crap.Heat, like light, is energy.Cold is the absence of energy, just as dark is.On the other hand, if someone turns out the lights, it sure seems like it "gets dark". So, what is happening, acording to thermodynamics.Is the gas, on vaporising, 'shedding' the heat in it, or is it that because its vaporising, its expanding, and can therefore absorb more heat, or what."Heat is energy, and only heat can move, not cold". Anyway, been wondering about that for some time.
