the rochester suby.
Ace Venturi.
The name for it derived from the 43mm carb that came off a 250 I-6 in a camaro. 1978 rochester monojet.
my elderly neighbor calls it the brown bomber.
more nicknames, most unpleasant, than I could write down.
A goal for these is to get that oversquare bore buzzing like a bee, and this one does.
Humble bee is a humble nick. Sounds like a bumble bee at idle. A bit like a motorcycle, only bigger.
long story short..
its been 17 years, non stop, this one model subaru.
bought an econo DL manual steering carbed subaru in 1997... after I gave up my monte carlo SS to save fuel. Disabled at work, the subaru kept me going. Very bad times. For one, I am too big for this subaru...
The sube was AWD 5 speed, Beat it to death, gave it away. That took 7 years with zero maintenance. It occured to me, it is the only little car that went that far for me...my only foreign car for that matter.
I then got a loyale for free, a 1993 2wd. Silly fast, did not know why at the time. Wrecked it, kept the parts. My dad told me his VW beetle story around that time, as the subaru was seriously silly fast with only a 36mm throttle. That model allowed me to lose the internet, come back to my roots, like bangshift is. I opted to keep this 3 main boxer going...worry about a chassis later. I wanted to keep this engine going.
I then got a 1987 dual range 5 speed for 500 dollars...due to having a pile of subaru EA82 already...I simply had to have it at that cost. Could not walk away just yet.. Drove it home.This turned out to be a very rare subaru.
Deciphered all the engineering retards, since about 2007.. and began putting the best of each EA82 model together. 5 engine gatherings later...
Now with a turbo multiport engine in the mix, a 1993, 1987, 1985 RX and a 1990. All of them had something to add with a best for a given category.
all of them 1781cc, 3 main bearings. Two overhead cams , 1 for each head.
they all failed the clutch, size of air fuel is that of a midget circus clown... etc etc.. american aftermarket took over. A lot of frustration, my scale of size is still at home with 5 liters and beyond. I learned a lot about humanity on this one project.
I am terrible with giving projects nicknames, but as this heads into custom or rat rod, hot rod, super ricer, and other titles..
I bought a pile of 30 cent washers from a machinist supply called "grainger". The heads for this engine shipped with no lower valve seats, the springs pounced around right on the aluminum. After deciphering physics and a dozen cures with a 30 cent washer..
"la grainger" was another comical name, as this car lives in lagrange with a dual range and has french wheels.
My biggest respect goes to machining, so I try to tie it in somehow. A name for something.. will do better I am sure, let nature have the chore.
Was setting up to just repair, had parts everywhere from a previous wrecked loyale. Found half numbers everywhere. CFM being one of them. It was a 140 cfm carb on a 280cfm engine...by factory.
that was only the beginning.
october 2006 to today...and my third subaru ea82 powered since 1997.
my only daily drivers.
a little about me..
my net car ramblings began when my one fact of health got a camera. I have 20/10 vision. Uplifting to take photos..but I only shot cars and trucks. My previous life was a 5 level crew chief on the kc135e tanker, and transient crew chief for anything that landed. War time momentums of the early to mid 90s. I am disabled.
I also had a job working with people and their cars at a quick lube, as a grunt and a salesman.
Nobody is happy with cars and trucks. I somehow stayed happy. Today is my computers and cameras and the cars will never die in my mind...and talking everyday. There is more to be enthused about than ever.
Ace Venturi.
The name for it derived from the 43mm carb that came off a 250 I-6 in a camaro. 1978 rochester monojet.
my elderly neighbor calls it the brown bomber.
more nicknames, most unpleasant, than I could write down.
A goal for these is to get that oversquare bore buzzing like a bee, and this one does.
Humble bee is a humble nick. Sounds like a bumble bee at idle. A bit like a motorcycle, only bigger.
long story short..
its been 17 years, non stop, this one model subaru.
bought an econo DL manual steering carbed subaru in 1997... after I gave up my monte carlo SS to save fuel. Disabled at work, the subaru kept me going. Very bad times. For one, I am too big for this subaru...
The sube was AWD 5 speed, Beat it to death, gave it away. That took 7 years with zero maintenance. It occured to me, it is the only little car that went that far for me...my only foreign car for that matter.
I then got a loyale for free, a 1993 2wd. Silly fast, did not know why at the time. Wrecked it, kept the parts. My dad told me his VW beetle story around that time, as the subaru was seriously silly fast with only a 36mm throttle. That model allowed me to lose the internet, come back to my roots, like bangshift is. I opted to keep this 3 main boxer going...worry about a chassis later. I wanted to keep this engine going.
I then got a 1987 dual range 5 speed for 500 dollars...due to having a pile of subaru EA82 already...I simply had to have it at that cost. Could not walk away just yet.. Drove it home.This turned out to be a very rare subaru.
Deciphered all the engineering retards, since about 2007.. and began putting the best of each EA82 model together. 5 engine gatherings later...
Now with a turbo multiport engine in the mix, a 1993, 1987, 1985 RX and a 1990. All of them had something to add with a best for a given category.
all of them 1781cc, 3 main bearings. Two overhead cams , 1 for each head.
they all failed the clutch, size of air fuel is that of a midget circus clown... etc etc.. american aftermarket took over. A lot of frustration, my scale of size is still at home with 5 liters and beyond. I learned a lot about humanity on this one project.
I am terrible with giving projects nicknames, but as this heads into custom or rat rod, hot rod, super ricer, and other titles..
I bought a pile of 30 cent washers from a machinist supply called "grainger". The heads for this engine shipped with no lower valve seats, the springs pounced around right on the aluminum. After deciphering physics and a dozen cures with a 30 cent washer..
"la grainger" was another comical name, as this car lives in lagrange with a dual range and has french wheels.
My biggest respect goes to machining, so I try to tie it in somehow. A name for something.. will do better I am sure, let nature have the chore.
Was setting up to just repair, had parts everywhere from a previous wrecked loyale. Found half numbers everywhere. CFM being one of them. It was a 140 cfm carb on a 280cfm engine...by factory.
that was only the beginning.
october 2006 to today...and my third subaru ea82 powered since 1997.
my only daily drivers.
a little about me..
my net car ramblings began when my one fact of health got a camera. I have 20/10 vision. Uplifting to take photos..but I only shot cars and trucks. My previous life was a 5 level crew chief on the kc135e tanker, and transient crew chief for anything that landed. War time momentums of the early to mid 90s. I am disabled.
I also had a job working with people and their cars at a quick lube, as a grunt and a salesman.
Nobody is happy with cars and trucks. I somehow stayed happy. Today is my computers and cameras and the cars will never die in my mind...and talking everyday. There is more to be enthused about than ever.
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