auto trivia

Camaroaddict

I think the other driver was A.J. Foyt!!

...and the floor belongs to you...

Camaroaddict

I think the other driver was A.J. Foyt!!

Lol.

Josh

I think the other driver was A.J. Foyt!!

Camaroaddict, you've answered the first and 1/2 of second? Can you finish the rest?

Or I'll scoop you!

I Believe it was added for Dan Gurney as he was too tall to fit in the car without it.

Bgrigg

 

bobbaily:

 

 

Bgrigg:

 

Staying with Ford and racing. What does the 40 in GT-40 refer to?

 

 

 

Height of the top of the roof from the ground....in inches.

 

 

And you are correct. Now you HAVE to come up with a question!

Lucky me.....ok...sticking with the GT-40 theme, there was an 'addition' to the roof of the 1967 LeMans winning GT40 Mk IV.  What was that addition, why was it there and who were the drivers?

bobbaily

 

Bgrigg:

 

Staying with Ford and racing. What does the 40 in GT-40 refer to?

 

 

 

Height of the top of the roof from the ground....in inches.

And you are correct. Now you HAVE to come up with a question!

Valve stem cap! Lol.

Dang, too late to answer your question.

Josh

Bgrigg

Bearing seal? LOL!

Staying with Ford and racing. What does the 40 in GT-40 refer to?

Height of the top of the roof from the ground....in inches.

Bearing seal? LOL!

Staying with Ford and racing. What does the 40 in GT-40 refer to?

Correct you are! Sorry for the confusion, next time I'll just ask something like, What's the black round thing on the wheel called? Lol

Josh

Gee, talk about pressure!

Okay, first the answer. Honda 1.5L from the Fit.

I'll wait for Josh's approval (or denial!) before submitting the question.

Bgrigg

Well, it will continue to be called Formula Ford for a long time, old habits being hard to break!

If I had a trivia question lined up, I would give the answer, but I don't, so I won't.

I have neither an answer nor a trivia question lined up, so go for it....

Well, it will continue to be called Formula Ford for a long time, old habits being hard to break!

If I had a trivia question lined up, I would give the answer, but I don't, so I won't.

Thank you for mentioning that fact. That wasn't something I was aware of, although I should have been

Josh

Ah, I see where I'm going wrong. I presumed you meant the Spec Racer series, which is definitely using the Escort's 1.9L 4.

The big clue is it's now called Formula F instead of Ford!

I'll give Bob a chance to revise his answer, as I've asked plenty of questions so far!

You sir are on the right track! It is not a 1.8l though.

Josh

I kinda remember reading somewhere that the FF replacement engine was going to be a Honda engine.  Not sure of the size though....so I'll guess....1.8L?  I also think that I saw that it created a bit of a stink and that Ford was going to continue to supply engines.  Or maybe it was all a dream....

Nope.

Josh

Kent crossflow 4 Out of a Ford Cortina....

Bgrigg

Imagine a 5.0L in a spec racer!

How about the 1.9L inline 4 out of the Escort?

Lol, I was actually thinking about that when I read it. And nope, not the Escort motor.

Josh

Imagine a 5.0L in a spec racer!

How about the 1.9L inline 4 out of the Escort?

Lol. Nope. Did everyone bail? This question isn't that hard ...

Josh

5.0L out of the Ford Mustang

I suppose since I keep answering them it wouldn't hurt to ask one, even if it isn't difficult, lol.

In 1966 the first Formula Ford was designed and raced. The first engine used in Formula Ford was the 1500cc Lotus/Ford Cortina GT engine, quickly after they adopted the OHV 1600cc Ford Kent engine. In 1994, Ford replaced the Kent block engine with the more modern 1800cc 16v ZETEC engine and in 2006 got taken over by the 1600cc DOHC 16v Duratec engine.

Question: Just recently, SCCA approved a new engine for Formula Ford use. What's the size, and what make and model vehicle does it come out of?

Josh

kustommodeler1

squeakie:

 

kustommodeler1:

 

Well, I guess I will take a shot in the dark, and if I recall, it was the  California emissions Corvette with the 305 in 1980.... it was called Computer Command Control.

Am I close?

 

As a side note and NOT part of the answer: While at the Chrysler dealership, after Carter quit making carbs and went strictly EFI components, Chrysler bought the Q-jet from GM for the 4 bbl applications, the Diplomats and Grand Furys having O2 feedback, most of the truck apps did not. Quite the little mess of parts I found in that solenoid assembly, it wasn't a 1-piece assembly. A little tricky to service.

 

 

Chrysler used the Carter Thermoquad. It has the same bolt pattern as the Quadrajet, and a similar bore design, but a much better carb design that worked like an AFB and yet had the air valve like their AVS carbs did. It unlike the Quadrajet was tunable

gary 

 

Yeah, Gary, the last years of the M-body (Diplomat-Grand fury) Chrysler had to switch from the Thermo-quad to the Q-jet, like I said in the earlier post, Carter discontinued carb production and became strictly fuel injection components supplier 4 years before the demise of the M-body. While possible the 5th Avenue had it as an option, I never saw one. Just the Dips and Furys, mostly for police and fire apps.

Chrysler made Rochester do a few things to the Q-jet in the contract to buy, the most notable was they had to polish the accelerator pump bore so it didn't eat up pump cups so quickly.

The trickiest part of a Thermo quad adjustment is the secondary accelerator pump stroke. Thermo quad caught the nickname "Thermo-Bog" because most folks didn't realize that it gave a second pump shot when the secondaries opened, and if it didn't, it would "bog" before picking up power.

 

I love discussing Mopars, thanks!

Now, to bring my question back to the top--Ford had what many consider to be a design flaw with it's I.A.R. series of alternators throughout the early and mid 1990s that caused loss of charging and sometimes an underhood fire? What was the flaw and the current modification/cure for it?

 

 

I've never seen a Quadrajet on a Mopar, but guess they probably did. There's a couple little tricks you can do to the Thermoquad to make them work better. One is to change the spring on the air valve to delay it's opening. With bthe Quadrajet you were pretty much stuck with the OEM step up rods, but with the Thermoquad you could get other sizes, and like the AFB polish them to fit your needs. I can't even remember how the accelerator pumps worked on either of them! Besides I'm from the "one carb is crude camp."

gary

Correct you are sir. Next question is yours......

Different from most alternator designs which utilize a threaded post connection for battery output, the IAR uses a three spade plug. This design is prone to developing excess heat caused by increased electrical resistance from a weak pressure plug contact.

The best concept for improving Ford IAR alternator reliability available today, the FR191 "Kit" is easy to install by simply enlarging the wire loom hole located on the Ford IAR end frame to accommodate the insulated M6 output stud.

At the request of numerous customers, Transpo has developed a replacement Ford IAR unit that completely eliminates the BBS plug and converts the alternator to an output stud design using an M6 bolted connection.

squeakie

 

kustommodeler1:

 

Well, I guess I will take a shot in the dark, and if I recall, it was the  California emissions Corvette with the 305 in 1980.... it was called Computer Command Control.

Am I close?

 

As a side note and NOT part of the answer: While at the Chrysler dealership, after Carter quit making carbs and went strictly EFI components, Chrysler bought the Q-jet from GM for the 4 bbl applications, the Diplomats and Grand Furys having O2 feedback, most of the truck apps did not. Quite the little mess of parts I found in that solenoid assembly, it wasn't a 1-piece assembly. A little tricky to service.

 

 

Chrysler used the Carter Thermoquad. It has the same bolt pattern as the Quadrajet, and a similar bore design, but a much better carb design that worked like an AFB and yet had the air valve like their AVS carbs did. It unlike the Quadrajet was tunable

gary 

Yeah, Gary, the last years of the M-body (Diplomat-Grand fury) Chrysler had to switch from the Thermo-quad to the Q-jet, like I said in the earlier post, Carter discontinued carb production and became strictly fuel injection components supplier 4 years before the demise of the M-body. While possible the 5th Avenue had it as an option, I never saw one. Just the Dips and Furys, mostly for police and fire apps.

Chrysler made Rochester do a few things to the Q-jet in the contract to buy, the most notable was they had to polish the accelerator pump bore so it didn't eat up pump cups so quickly.

The trickiest part of a Thermo quad adjustment is the secondary accelerator pump stroke. Thermo quad caught the nickname "Thermo-Bog" because most folks didn't realize that it gave a second pump shot when the secondaries opened, and if it didn't, it would "bog" before picking up power.

I love discussing Mopars, thanks!

Now, to bring my question back to the top--Ford had what many consider to be a design flaw with it's I.A.R. series of alternators throughout the early and mid 1990s that caused loss of charging and sometimes an underhood fire? What was the flaw and the current modification/cure for it?

Yes!!!! When the fuel/air mixture went BANG! , the angle of the deck and the flatness of the head, and angle of the piston, slammed the piston to the inboard face of the bore. So, in a mtter of speaking, over time, it was slowly killing itself. Water jackets were thin on the W series.