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08-22-2018, 05:39 PM | #1 |
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Z mod for air filter
I've seen the venturi and lower casting modified so to use an air filter. I'd appreciate info on how this is done/works.
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08-22-2018, 05:59 PM | #2 |
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Re: Z mod for air filter
I think you are asking about pressure balancing the carby. I'm sure there will already be a thread on here about it. I've done it on a Zenith 3 and a 1. It's not hard to work out what to do once you realise that what you are doing is closing the float bowl off from the atmosphere and venting it instead to the venturi after the throttle butterfly. The result is the float bowl is kept at the smae pressure as the venturi, not the atmosphere. The venturi pressure is lower than the atmosphere so if the bowl is at atmospheric pressure, the higher pressure will force more fuel through the jets, making it run rich. Once the pressures are balanced, that pressure imbalance does not exist so the mixture remains unaltered by the restriction of the air cleaner.
Someone here will have pictures, I'm sure.
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Re: Z mod for air filter
I thought they ran a tube from the float chamber vent to the carb, adjacent to the choke butterfly. I saw a pic of one that way.
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08-23-2018, 06:02 AM | #4 |
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Re: Z mod for air filter
Pressure equalisation can be done the way I described entirely within the carbyand is invisible from outside. Originality is not compromised unless you take the carby apart. For a driver car, there is no reason why an external tube wouldn't work just fine.
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08-23-2018, 11:12 AM | #5 |
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Re: Z mod for air filter
If you use a quite LARGE air filter, BALANCING is NOT NECESSARY!
Bill Balanced?
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08-23-2018, 06:46 PM | #7 |
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Re: Z mod for air filter
Attached photos show a modified Zenith that I believe is the subject of this post. Note the slot milled into the casting above the secondary well. There is also a hole drilled into the forward part of the casting through to the inlet throat of the carburetor. The venture has had a channel machined around it to let the air from the hole pass around the venture. Also the original two vent holes have been plugged off with a threaded brass plug.
This new path of air does not enter into the inside of the venture. The only thing I can see that this new adventure provides is the reservoir air pressure would be the same as the air pressure behind any kind of filter that would be installed. This is the first I've seen of this modification and I do not understand the theory. Tom Endy |
08-23-2018, 07:45 PM | #8 |
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Re: Z mod for air filter
Renner's Corner will make the mod. There was a presentation on this at the MARC meet in Gettysburg. I have been thinking about having a carb done to see how it works? A good test for Model A Times.
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08-23-2018, 08:19 PM | #9 |
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Re: Z mod for air filter
Since I run with a filter, I had it done, Renner’s Corner.
Worked great on fixing the rich mix. I then had the spare carb done. |
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Re: Z mod for air filter
What happens if you run a carburetor that has been modified like this without an air cleaner?
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08-23-2018, 10:27 PM | #13 |
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What Flathead said. That rhymes!
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Re: Z mod for air filter
[QUOTE=Synchro909;1666330]I think you are asking about pressure balancing the carby. I'm sure there will already be a thread on here about it. I've done it on a Zenith 3 and a 1. It's not hard to work out what to do once you realise that what you are doing is closing the float bowl off from the atmosphere and venting it instead to the venturi after the throttle butterfly.
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I see Snyder's sells a NEW Zenith that is Air Balanced. Last edited by Y-Blockhead; 08-24-2018 at 01:48 AM. |
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I did say two different things. Memory is a strange and changing thing. In ythe first one, I should have said "after the choke butterfly". Sorry for any confusion.
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Gothcha Synchro, Thanks.
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08-24-2018, 11:03 AM | #18 |
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If you do this make sure that brass plug in photo #2 in post 5 also plugs the outside end of 1/8 inch hole below brass plug.
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08-24-2018, 03:43 PM | #19 |
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Re: Z mod for air filter
I'm a bit confused. The venting is to be from the bowl to the chamber between the choke and throttle butterflys . I see the machined grove in the lower casting and the grove around the venturi. How does this path continue to reach the pre throttle area?
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08-24-2018, 04:05 PM | #20 |
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Re: Z mod for air filter
I believe the idea is to balance the atmosphere in the fuel reservoir with the air entering the carburetor input that has the air cleaner attached. The slot milled in the casting, the groove in the venturi, and the hole drilled in the area where the venturi sits is a direct path from the reservoir to the area behind the air cleaner. It has nothing to do with the throttle butterfly or the choke.
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