Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-04-03

others you Will have to have a
speed cam shaft. You can make
this by grinding off the heels of a
stock cam but l prefer one made
by a company that makes a spe-
cialty of this as it is a particular
job. Both the Speedway Eng. and
the Roof company of Anderson
make these. For a carburetor |
can only name the Master. built by
the Master Carb. company of Los
Angeles, Calf. They will send COM
plete equipment. manifold and all,
if you will describe your job, /
would suggest a magnetic, either
Dixie or Bosch are good. Both are
faster than the old ignition and will
help by letting you. remove all the
magnets and coils from the fly
wheel, leaving only the bare wheel.
Be sure and leave one of the screws
in the fly wheel that holds on the
magnets to throw oil for l have
had very good luck with the Ford
oiling system. Any of the above
named companies build oil pumps
for the car but so far | have had
success with but one. | do not be-
lieye you will find counter-bal-
anee for the crankshaft necessary,
but can be added if desired. They
are made by the Dunn company
and can be had at any large supply
company. Your aluminium pistons
you will find best il gotten from
the Green Eng. company. Dayton,
Ohio. They also make a light rod
but | have had good luck by SIM
ply milling off the sides of the
stock rod and polishing 1t. Try
that. You can make a very pretty
rod out of them with a little time
and trouble. The only other thing
you could use would be water
circulator. | have never used one
and have gotten along well. You
could wait to see IL the motor heat
ed before adding this and IL it
didn't you are that much better off.
Do not set your magnetic timing
away ahead; this is a mistaken idea
of many. A spark breaking at the
top center, when fully retarded is
fast enough and will not be nearly
so apt to break an arm. You Will
have a little trouble in putting in
a three and one-half to one pinion
in fact, YOU can't assemble in the
regular way but leave out the
studs. that go into the drive shaft
and assemble ope-half of the axle
with the shaft first before adding
the other half and you will come
out o, X. .@ -. I Z
You might help your oiling sys'
tenn by adding a small tank say
holding q couple of gallons, ano
feeding it with a hand pump to tins
front of the>motor from time &c
time as you think it needed on marc
runs where the motor is held wide
open. l don't think policy to III
your pistons tighter than ten thou'
sandths. If you are going to drive
them hard from the start, If yol
break in the motor slow you car
allow them n little closer. Greer
will advise you as to this if you asf
them.
Dear Larry: Who is secretary OF
manager of the International Motol
Contests association?-B. II. H.
Answer. Arthur CorcN, De'
| Moines, Iowa, is secretary OF th'
I. NJ. c. A. and the organization i
governed by a board of directors
, comprised mainly OF secretaries o.
managers of leading state or dls
trict fairs. and as fair grounds com
prise over 92 per cent of the dll
tracks of America the |. NJ. e. a
/ is conceded the governing Dody 0
! dirt tracks in this country.
/ Dear Stone; Do you ADVISE dflV
ing a race car overland from ont
race to another. Will this damage
the car9-H. K. L,
A. If you have race ga
worthy of the name, you will no
care to drive it overland. That Il
the reason why il is expensive u
I keep and operate due to the rae
that shipping rates are very mgr
, and you most always are obilse'
! to use express OF baggage rates
/ Frequently promoters will assist II
consolidation of transportation
which is a big item.
Dear Larry: Has the BcpS ca
been discontinued?-G. II, }.
A. The Benz is the most exten
sively manufactured car in Ger
many today. The reason we do no
! hear about foreign cars is because
! American cars are generally bette
and outside of the novelty 1t doe
not pay to import cars.