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I built an Eagle hit miss engine a couple of years back and it has performed well since. I run all my engines at least once a month to keep them in good condition.
I got to thinking how would a hit miss engine run with the hit miss disabled and a throttle type carburetor installed. I have only ever heard of one similar type engine and it was built well over 100 years ago with very little information available.
So here are a couple of pictures and a video of my experiment.
The rubber band is to keep the throttle closed.
Video
The very light intake valve spring doesn't close the intake valve quick enough and that causes some blow back through the carb.
This was just an experiment and I will probably put the engine back like it was.
Thanks for looking
Ray
I got to thinking how would a hit miss engine run with the hit miss disabled and a throttle type carburetor installed. I have only ever heard of one similar type engine and it was built well over 100 years ago with very little information available.
So here are a couple of pictures and a video of my experiment.
The rubber band is to keep the throttle closed.
Video
The very light intake valve spring doesn't close the intake valve quick enough and that causes some blow back through the carb.
This was just an experiment and I will probably put the engine back like it was.
Thanks for looking
Ray