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SKILLS SCHOOL

CAR ENGINE DETAILING

SKILLS SCHOOL

CAR ENGINE DETAILING

 After a hole was drilled in each side of both carburettors, they were painted in the

same manner as the gearbox. Model Car Garage photo-etched metal throttle linkage

details, and wire, were used to make the accelerator cable and throttle return springs. The

latter were made by winding wire around a pin.

 For ease of assembly and to reduce handling the carburettors, a jig was made to

build the throttle connections. The rear carburettor bracket required three holes (for the

accelerator cable, throttle return spring and linkage), whereas the front carburettor bracket

required two (linkage and throttle return spring).

 After the pins were trimmed to length, the completed throttle connection assembly

was glued with epoxy into the carburettors. The latter were then attached with gel CA; the

throttle return springs were inserted into holes in the intake manifold as the assembly was

lowered onto the engine. Excess wire was then trimmed.

 The fuel lines were bent to shape and cut to the lengths required to fit into the

carburettors and fuel pump. After the lines to the carbs were fixed in place with CA, the

distribution block was placed just in front of the right-hand side cylinder head, between

where the alternator and distributor would be placed.

 A Replicas and Miniatures tan pre-

drilled distributor, and Detail Master Red

Race Car Ignition wire were desirable. The

distributor base was painted with Alclad

ALC-107 Chrome for Plastic and cleared

with 2 Pack gloss clear. Detail Master

Wiring Looms were then used to route the

wires to the cylinder heads.

 The firing order (anti-clockwise on

the distributor) on Hemis is 1-8-4-3-6-

5-7-2. The ignition wire was fixed in the

distributor cap and the #1 ignition wire

was marked with masking tape.

16

13 14

15

17 18

Reference

Materia

Hemi, The Ultimate American V-8

by Robert Genat (Motorbooks),

ISBN: 13: 978-0-7603-2747-0

Half Century of Hemi by Elana

Scherr in Hot Rod, April 2014,

Source Interlink Magazines (this

special issue also has several other

hemi articles)

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