Ace-Garageguy

Hobie still makes surfboards too.

Able had a brother named Ahab who liked rather large girls, one of whom he nicknamed Moby.

My first car was a $250 '62 VW Bug some flipper (yeah, they had 'em then too) put a terminally leaking 36 horse engine in (sposed to be a 40). I was 18, that was all the money I had, and I wildly overpaid for a total and complete POS. I knew nothing much really useful about cars, only having changed points and fiddled with tuneups on the family rides, and a little bodywork (small crease low on a front fender) with a claw hammer and files and rattlecan touchup paint (which came out very well, as I hammered and filed and primered according to an article in Rod & Custom until the metalwork was just about perfect). Anyway, eventually I rebuilt a junkyard 40 horse for the Bug, added headers and a 2-bbl carb, replaced the front suspension assembly (the torsion bar tubes were bent when I bought it), lowered it all 'round with a rear "camber compensator", fitted a quick-steering Pitman-arm extender and a quick shift kit, rewired it (for real gauges, 12 volts, and in general 'cause chimps had been at it), gutted the interior and put in a roll bar and fiberglass buckets, bolted on flared glass fenders and wheel adaptors and Chevy chrome-reverse 14" steel rims with Polyglas tires...and finally stuck a $500 Porsche 356 SC engine in it. It was pretty quick as a slalom car by that point, sometimes setting FTD (fast time of the day) if the guy with the 140-horse Corvair engine in a Manx with real race rubber didn't show up. He was unbeatable, period. Sure wish I still had it.

...and made instantly world-famous on the interwebs.

Us chickens resemble that remark.

Reg Urgitate wasn't anybody's name, ever.

You're very welcome, sir. I typically sweat the engineering details on my models, but in this case, even as pedantic and anal as I can be, I would most likely go with the "good enough" approach too.

"Are we having fun yet?" asks Zippy the Pinhead.

Well, that's Google for ya. That Lincoln engine had a 75 degree angle between banks. EDIT: Any V12 is essentially just two inline sixes on a common crank, and oddball angles (other than 60 degrees between banks) probably won't make an engine run rough enough for most people to notice it anyway. Seein' as how I'm not going to spend the rest of the day figgering out what would be exactly correct for somebody else's model (no offense meant), I'd advise wiring it like a Lambo and saying "good enough".

Gubmint works the same wherever you may be. Here in the Swampeast, the county guy came by a few months ago giving me grief about having "too many cars" on my property. When I asked him about all the other lots within easy walking distance that had more and crappier dead cars parked on the dirt (also verboten), his answer was "nobody's complained about them". Who needs an HOA when Karen just has to call the county for backup?

I edited the post with a little more info.

See post immediately above. ^^^^

#1. Considering that this is replicating a EFI engine with Vertex Mags, can they realistically be swapped with the dual MSD 'Top Fuel Dragster' type Mags currently in use? Would or could someone do that real world? Yes, it can be done. #2. Is each Mag exclusive to each bank of cylinders, i.e. no crossover on firing order? In other words, when wiring up the plugs, do the plug wires coming from, say the Mag mounted on the driver's side of the block, only connect to those plugs on the same side, correct? Yes, each bank can have its own discrete mag or distributor, with no plug wires crossing over. It's common enough on V12 engines like Lamborghini. EDIT: Depending on how anal retentive you want to get engineering-wise, the Texas 3D engine shown above is derived from a 90 degree V8. Most V12 engines have a 60 degree bank separation. This means that most likely, a crankshaft with offset rod journals would be required to get an "even fire" engine, which might require a non-traditional V12 firing order. HOWEVER...probably only one person in 1,000,000 will question a 90 degree V12 with a mag on each bank and no plug wires crossing over. #3. Is there any other wiring (other than spark plug) coming from the 'stock' Mags that I need to consider? (I've looked at many photos, and most are very poor in showing these details) @Ace-Garageguy I was hoping maybe you could re-share the photo from 6 posts above? On a classic vintage Vertex / Scintilla / Joe Hunt magneto, there is most often nothing but a heavyish wire (12 gauge) that goes to a "kill switch" that grounds the mag. That's the only way you can shut one off, as of course, it generates its own electricity when it's turning.

Beautiful women make me wonder why life can be so tragically cruel as we age.

Genie makes me think of Barbara Eden.

She be puttin' the coo in kewl.

Truly remarkable day: no real irks worth noting.

In my old world, somebody would get taught a lesson that probably would involve significant bruising.

Never look a gift giraffe in the mouth.

PM'd

2 of any food item is better than one, 'cause you can eat one now and save the other one for later.

What he said.

Looking good. The magneto is especially nice.

Looking really good. I was very curious about the accuracy of the Arii kit, and now I know. Thanks a bunch for posting this build here.

Well suh, that struck a chord. Some of the 50, 60, and 70 year old model railroad "craftsman" kits I've been acquiring come with really miniscule parts, usually die-cast, about the size of your Caddy fin tip. Honest. Although most parts that small were on sprues when new, at this stage of the game it's inevitable somebody will have been in 'em and have broken stuff off the runners. Then, when they're handled or packed on-end to be shipped and the shipper boots 'em around upside down, the tiny things tend to get lightly stuck between the box top and the inner, so when you open them, you hear several tiny little "tinks" as parts hit the floor. I have hardwood floors, so it's usually not too hard to find 'em on my knees with a flashlight, but I'm never really sure if I got 'em all.