Model T is not a bad idea. There going peanuts these days because most
of the people that "remember" driving them when they were new are dead.
Model as are pretty cheap too, but I think I'll stick with my Bugeye 30s
technology and all.
Mike MacLean Supercharged And No Longer Leaking 60 Sprite
Michael Lupynec wrote:
> It's often not the engineer who has the final say, it could be
> more likely the bean-counter, eccentric-owner,
> entrenched-mgmnt-bureaucracy or lately some accommodation for
> assembly automation. (Also, the odd time, an engineer gets bad
> advice from his wife or kids).
>
> In the case of our LBC's it was a mix of leftover steam age habits
> and the curious English phenonenum known as shelf engineering
> where the car engineer goes to the accessory suppliers, looks at
> what they've got on the shelf, picks up a sample and designs the
> car around it and thereby avoiding tooling costs on low volume
> production. (Can't blame the little buggers if some models didn't
> stay low volume).
>
> My guess is your fuel pump mounting studs back in the 30's were
> originally smaller diameter and were then simply enlarged along
> with the flange holes as the English so slowly moved away from
> 1/32 and 1/8 and 3/16 bolt/nut hardware or conversion from
> Whitworth.
>
> If you want completely accessible engine bays, buy a Model T.
>
> Mike L (P.Eng, PT)
> 60A,67E,59Bug
>
> >Just like that first day I cursed the engineer that
> > figured the stud spacing. I'm not sure who I am cursing, the
> engineer
> > that designed the pump or the engineer that designed the hole in
> the
> > block for the pump. One of them had to accommodate the other
> one's
> > stupidity in making the studs too close together. If any of you
> are
> > familiar with Machinery's Handbook, there is a section that
> gives
> > specifications of clearance for tools when you design a mounting
> stud.
> > Obviously this idiot never saw this chapter.
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