carb question on a 1959 1600s ?

[Vic Skirmants]

Jack, it may be an industrial pulley for a 3-piece case.

[Jack Staggs]

Thanks, Vic. I had forgotten all about those things.

[tom collingwood]

it appears i now have this engine!

[Dick Weiss]

I have 3-different versions of Zenith manifolds to suit the 3-different port sizes or the shapes of the head ports; The early gasket kits had the 1st 2-different openings,
and the later gasket kits have the 2-later gaskets. There were times when the later gaskets were out of stock, so I had to modify/cut some early gaskets to suit the ports.

[tom collingwood]

Are solex carbs correct for s 1959 1600s. i had read that solex carbs were only on 60-63 super 90? serial p 85211 case 453 thanks

i ended up with this engine.
do you recall what cam you used?
trying to figure out what it is and if I will use it for the rebuild.

[Dick Weiss]

My previous mentioning the 3-different Zenith intake manifolds, the 2nd one for a Super had its port end flaired out to match the early head ports.
The worse situation is using the later manifolds for the the small-port heads which leaves about a 1/8" step
to upset smooth intake flow to the heads.

[Vic Skirmants]

My previous mentioning the 3-different Zenith intake manifolds, the 2nd one for a Super had its port end flaired out to match the early head ports.
The worse situation is using the later manifolds for the the small-port heads which leaves about a 1/8" step
to upset smooth intake flow to the heads.

I am only familiar with two Zenith manifolds. The flared port ones were for the C heads, which had larger ports like the S-90, SC, 912. The 1960-63 Supers had the same ports as the Normals.

[tom collingwood]

I rebuilt this 1959 1600 S engine #85211 for my 59 coupe.

1720 cc
DR268 cam

[Martin Benade]

Tom, does the pictured engine still have the Solexes on it with Super heads? That gives a pretty big port mismatch, although my friend did that and it ran OK.

[tom collingwood]

Tom, does the pictured engine still have the Solexes on it with Super heads? That gives a pretty big port mismatch, although my friend did that and it ran OK.

We ended up pulling the Zenith carbs off another engine for this build. We had two complete motors and put together this motor with the best parts.

[Dick Weiss]

Vic,

The difference in manifolds are their port ends having a full smooth face vs. the cast-in pockets version.
A little lighter--for racing, altho they'll have the smaller openings.

Dick

[Vic Skirmants]

Vic,

The difference in manifolds are their port ends having a full smooth face vs. the cast-in pockets version.
A little lighter--for racing, altho they'll have the smaller openings.

Dick

I forgot about those! Thanks for reminding me.

[tom collingwood]

correction, we ended up using webbers!

[Martin Benade]

With manifolds that matched the ports?

[tom collingwood]

we had webbers and manifolds from another 1959 1600 super motor in the hoard.