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Builder Last Online: Nov 2020
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Gentlemen, awhile back I posted some pictures of another of my model engines. This one is a 1/3 scale 302 Ford V8 engine. As with alot of my other engines this one is also
scratch built
. I have approximately 2500 hours build time in this one. After the initial build I had it running, albeit erradically. I fooled with the fuel and ignition systems but at the time there wasn't the knowledge base that there is today so I polished it up and put it in my display case. After building the Holt and getting it running well I was inspired to get back into the 302. After all it couldn't be just a 'trailer queen'. A couple of months back I built an entirely new distributor for it, this included body, points, cap and wires. I had trouble with the original build as I tried to follow
1:1
design with the point cam but just couldn't get enough lift out of it being so small. On this one I made the cam an internal design, meaning it's a disc that rotates just inside the body of the distributor as opposed to a cam that just has flats on a disc on the shaft. This allowed me to get more lift and more dwell. I then moved on the carb. As the many years have passed since it was first built I have learned much more about model engine fuel control so I made a new carb also. When I first tried to fire the engine up it was running way to rich and I couldn't seem to get the adjustment I needed so I made an adaptor up to fit a small RC airplane carb on it. While turning the engine over, adjusting the timing and trying to adjust the carb simultaneously it finally fired up. At this point I only have it running at one speed until I sort out the timing needed and what adjustments to make to the carb. It's getting close. Here is a short video of it's first run in quite a few year.
gbritnell
. I have approximately 2500 hours build time in this one. After the initial build I had it running, albeit erradically. I fooled with the fuel and ignition systems but at the time there wasn't the knowledge base that there is today so I polished it up and put it in my display case. After building the Holt and getting it running well I was inspired to get back into the 302. After all it couldn't be just a 'trailer queen'. A couple of months back I built an entirely new distributor for it, this included body, points, cap and wires. I had trouble with the original build as I tried to follow
1:1
design with the point cam but just couldn't get enough lift out of it being so small. On this one I made the cam an internal design, meaning it's a disc that rotates just inside the body of the distributor as opposed to a cam that just has flats on a disc on the shaft. This allowed me to get more lift and more dwell. I then moved on the carb. As the many years have passed since it was first built I have learned much more about model engine fuel control so I made a new carb also. When I first tried to fire the engine up it was running way to rich and I couldn't seem to get the adjustment I needed so I made an adaptor up to fit a small RC airplane carb on it. While turning the engine over, adjusting the timing and trying to adjust the carb simultaneously it finally fired up. At this point I only have it running at one speed until I sort out the timing needed and what adjustments to make to the carb. It's getting close. Here is a short video of it's first run in quite a few year.gbritnell
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