With the three carburetors re-assembled now came the fun task of bolting everything together on the intake manifold. This included all new gaskets, hardware, and hoses the latter of which was treated to a special stencil that allowed us to paint an exact replica of the original CAVIS brand that would have been on there new (CAVIS is period correct as the more commonly known CAVIS BENZ came after the Dino ceased production).
Included in the assembly is a calibration of the throttle linkage to ensure that all of the cabruetors open in sync and have full throttle as it is common for one carb to open a little less than another.
With the assembly finally completed we are very pleased and proud of the result.
WOW! Guys those Carbs look amazing! What a work of art. With Massimo doing the installation and putting the finishing touches and tuning on the engine you should have one of the best Dino's in the world! On to Pebble Beach.....
ReplyDeleteThanks Marlon. The carbs were a labor of love but they are such a central part to the Dino that we could not help ourselves. We are looking forward to the first engine start but there are still a lot of detailing bits to iron out first before we do that.
DeleteYour plating work is outstanding. Do you do this yourself and if so what is the process.
DeleteIm expecting the same awards as Luigi gets once this Dino is finished
All plating is done professionally but the prep we do. If you use the search feature in the top of the page you can find old posts where we show the process of getting parts ready for plating.
DeleteAs for awards, it is our intention to show the Dino once in a judged environment and then just focus on driving it. Once done this car is NOT going to be a trailer queen.
I would love to know where you found this style CAVIS tubing.
ReplyDeleteThe tubing is new manufacture Akron Benz tubing available from TRutlands and other suppliers. The new stuff has computer generated pixel writing on it while the old stuff had different font that was silk screened or stamped on. What we did was buy the new hose and make a perfect stencil that allowed us to paint on the CAVIS writing. With the stencil the actual painting is quite fast and easy but the real time came in researching the fonts and sizes which then had to be drawn from scratch. I hope this answers your question and thank you for taking an interest in our project.
DeleteI've seen fuel line that is blue (like what you used) and line that is green. I thought Cavis original fuel line was the green color.
ReplyDeleteWith fuel line it is hard to be 100% sure what the original colour was because the fuel attacks the pigment in the plastic changing its hue quite rapidly. The most important thing here is to use hose that is rated for gasoline rather than trying to get the perfect colour. If you use the wrong spec of hose colour won't matter because it all will look like charcoal in the end.
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