how this 68 was able to move around, im not sure. That's quite the testament to the old ford 300. so... thoughts on making a 4 barrel to 1 barrel adapter and seeing what happens? the datalog stuff has ruined me where I just want to do weird things now and see how it works out. Id be lying if I said we didn't have some weird lawnmower carb level irons in the fire.
It would be interesting to see what this old six would do with a VW type 1 carb. I have two carbed rigs that I would put CarbCheaters on one being a 79 Toyota pickup. Maybe even try a lawnmower carb on it... I know of some crazy guy that did it on a Ford V8... so why not?
Haha! Ya I was thinking about that. The lawnmower carb on a V8 guy is gonna put at four barrel on an i6? Cool stuff tho! I love it. Also I want to buy a carb cheater!
Donaldson filters are top tier filters... heavy duty commercial grade...they have been around for many many years... like early 1900's In-fact, Frank Donaldson invented the air intake filter while repairing a tractor in Utah. The business was incorporated in 1915 by Donaldson, his parents and his siblings as Donaldson Company Inc.
100%…. Love watching luke. That carb cheater app he’s developed is genius, and he’s just an overall down to earth, mechanically smart guy. Good content.
@@larryalexander4833 I don’t believe he’s made it available. It’s just something he uses on his car. Would be amazing if it was developed and made public for sale.
As a fellow US Army Veteran around the same age as you and Kevin I am VERY glad to see y'all succeed so well on RUclips. It feels really good to see guys like me produce such high quality, well received, technically competent and entertaining videos. I am always "IN" when I see a new video. Thanks so much Luke.
From a guy who has spent the last 30 years playing with carbs as a hobby, and the last 20 dealing with modern EFI problems on a daily basis, your carb cheater is quite impressive. There's a lot of people that will really benefit from it if you can get it to market and well known. I wish you the best success in this.
It's interesting the differences in other people's lives. Cause I have never once hade a problem with an efi system I've owned, but have fooled with every single carb I own more than I enjoy lol. Don't get me wrong I like carb vehicles better for sure, just an observation I had when I read your comment.
Donaldson makes great products. A lot of OEM engine manufacturers choose Donaldson filters. I have Donaldson as OEM on a Kubota, Kohler, and Oshkosh equipment.
@@dueljet i guess, i just figured any gear head would have had to at least of heard of it. I still think he was kidding! It would be like seeing a younger basketball player see a spalding basketball and saying he never heard of it lol
I hope so, hot rudders should have never forsaken them - great reliable tech that is easy to work on. And carbs are just flat out raw, injected cars don't sound the same - way less violent, which is what we all love
@@slick-px4pq Not Fenton. Offenhauser makes 2 different 4V intakes the DP and C-series ( the DP is a waste of money ) . Clifford makes a few different intakes. My favorite Clifford intake is the dual 4V intake. I like running them with two Autolite 2100 2V carbs. There is also an Australian company that makes intakes for them.
I’ve got the Offenhauser C-series on mine with a 500 cfm Edelbrock. This combo works great for me. I started off with the stock setup getting about 9 mpgs. I put on the new intake, new exhaust manifolds from the later model EFI engines, and an HEI distributor… I’m getting over 20 mpgs now and more power.
Donaldson makes allot of heavy truck and industrial filters. They actually designed the corrugated type air filters used in the 6.0 Diesel Ford super duties.
I had a 71 Camera split front bumper! Lady rear-ended a bus so I got it Cheap. All local junk yards, none had a front clip. I did find a 70 Firebird clip. Had to trim and round off doors where they met the fenders, but it worked!! Added couple coats of dark gray primer and bamm, I had a Firebird from the front and a Camero from the rear ! Would see Car Guys drive by, then back up and take another look. Cop asked me was it legal? Showed him my vehicle inspection and I was on my way!
Donaldson is well known in the industrial world for their hydraulic filters. They are really well built filters. Interesting that he was able to buy one for his truck.
That block with the big plate on the side looks like the 240 CI engine from my '67 F100. I had a '72 Maverick with the 300 that didn't have that big ol plate on the drivers side. Someone told me that you pull that plate off to adjust the valves. I don't know that for sure since I never did it. I have a pretty strong feeling that is a 240. Glad to have you back. Good to see you over at Kevin's the other day.
I was so wrapped up into this video when it ended I said, are you kidding me, I didn't want to wait for the next installment. Work for an overhead door company that had all Ford trucks, I started off with an 81 F-250 with a six. If you didn't guess working on overhead doors you carry around a lot of equipment and weight. I was doing service work so that thing never stop moving. At the end of this life that had 340,000 beat on miles, the only reason it had to be retired was one of the mechanics rolled it drunk one night. Evidently a good engine 👍 somewheres around 2001 I bought an F-350 with a 300 inline 6 with around 250,000 and you couldn't even hear it run. I love your content and the amount of knowledge that you share. Keep up the great work and the awesome videos 👍✌️🇺🇲
Hurrrry with Part 2!! I'm having withdrawal symptoms 'cause I need to/got to see & learn more about the Carb Cheater install & functions!! Please Professor Luke!! In the Part 1, I finally realized the O2 sensor is built into the system so a seperate AFR system is not required. Genius! Emphasize that in your bullet point list of features! Thank you guys for building & bringing this system to the regular folks that speak & use carburetors! Blessings guys!
I’ve been using Donaldson filters exclusively at work for 16? years. I work on everything from pickups to 850hp stump grinders. Very high quality filters.
Decades ago Donaldson was the go to brand for industrial air filtration systems, too. Never knew they had consumer products. But it''s been so long they could've even bought companies to get into that market.
The ZDDP thing is definitely a bit of an urban legend. There's certainly a kernel of truth in there, but the story I heard from a guy who used to work in the auto supply chain when zinc was removed from oils was this: Around the time when zinc was removed, the oil companies were testing other additives/synthetic properties to achieve the same protection. At the same time, there was some large batch of soft cam blanks imported/manufactured, so the new formula oil coupled with bad cams right from the factory, came together to create a perfect storm, and the lack of ZDDP was blamed. I also don't run high zinc oil, or any zinc in my old flat tappets. I just make sure to run full synthetic, and I've had no issues. Basically once you run high zinc oil/moly on your flat tappet cam during break in, the surface will be sufficiently work hardened that you don't need anything more than a modern, full synthetic oil.
Ah, the Ford 300 six! Ford's most durable engine. Used to race those in the local six cylinder modified division at the local dirt tracks in nw Pa. and ne Ohio. Heck, sometimes they would let a few of us sixes run laps with the big block modifieds and we were just as fast as they were...
Donaldson are pretty good air filter systems fair bit of research on their website on lengths of intake pipeing and restriction over just length of 4wd snorkels also the more construction notes on the oil filter so you can cross reference to a similar filter for either size difference or valveing of the oil filter
Loved the informational tech and this sweet 1968 Ford F-100!! Funny enough when I owned one (2019-2021), I ran regular 5W-30 in a 2006 Jeep Wrangler 4.0L without knowing it had a flat-tappet camshaft in it. It seemed to do very well without the additional zinc since there was no noticeable rough operation or clicking/tapping up top going on. That blew my mind upon you sharing this Luke!! I had no idea!! Absolutely loved that 4.0L inline six and this Jeep👍👍
I’m such a big fan of Fords in line 6 engines I’ve had 144, 170, 200 & 250s. I wish I could fit a 300 under the Falcon hood. We’ve adapted Ford 2100 carbs and got rid of Fords crappy one barrels. Your carb cheater seems like a product we all would enjoy owning . Great video Luke Like always informative and fun. Look forward to part two Bill in Ft Wayne Indiana
also in fort wayne, nice to meet another inline 6 fan. Might step off the scary cliff into a 351 this week. Weather and work are digging into my fishing plans
Thanks for the great video! I have a 76 F100 rescue from a fence row having sat for 26 years. Carb kit in the YFA carter and oil change , Duraspark box and emissions delete and vacuum ports plugged and it was running and driving. You are absolutely correct in stating that a 300 will run no matter what. So it never crossed my mind to check timing ! Your carb cheater is very interesting . Looking forward to part 2. There is little to no videos out there on tuning a 300 . Thank You !!!!!!!!!
An Offenhauser 4bbl intake, 450cfm vac sec carb, split headers with scavenging pairs that Y into a single 2.5-3" exhaust and maybe a bit more camshaft would make that sucker a beast. I wish someone made a cross flow aluminum head similar to a 706/862 LS or 2V Cleveland head for 300s. Other than that, a 2.73-3.08 axle ratio (or taller)would probably be nice, would run like 3.73-4.10 gears with a 25% OD 5th in 4th and that granny 1st would still get off the line really well if not better because the gear would be more useful. A nice tall narrow tire like a 255/85r16 would help out a lot too. I used a set of ST255/85r16s on my F250 because they were only $70 each new shipped off eBay, USA made, radial, 12ply, heavy payload, super thick and stiff sidewalls, nice low rolling resistance tread pattern, tall and narrow. I averaged 13mpg hwy from DFW Texas to Middle Tennessee towing a 6000lb trailer with a car with 1500lbs in the truck bed under a topper cruising 70mph in 4th gear with a roller cam 351w ZF5 S47 3.55 axle ratio with those tires, 50psi front and 70psi rear pressure. '97 F250HD Reg cab long bed 2wd.
Have an 89 bronco with a 300 6 had computer ghosts scraped the efi crap ,went back to a carb no more problems, sure am interested in your tuner to see what it'll do. Thanks for your videos will be waiting for part 2
Hope this isn’t a duplicate comment… To set timing there are three important numbers 1) static timing w/o vacuum connected to the distributor (plug the line), 2) the amount of vacuum timing advance, 3) mechanical advance and curve (without vacuum connected), and 4) the total advance at a specific rpm. Static Timing: Disconnect the vacuum line from the distributor and plug the line. Check timing at hot idle. This will be very close or at the static timing. Vacuum Advance: Reconnect the vacuum line and observe the timing with the timing light. It should advance as tyke RPM is slowly advanced but below where the mechanical advance kicks in. There is a specific amount but the important thing is that the timing advances with slight rpm increases (usually below 1500). If not then the internal diaphragm is leaking and must be replaced. A failed diaphragm will usually have a rough or unsteady idle. Note that some distributors have a double diaphragm (and two vacuum lines) as those distributors will either advance or retard ignition as required for emissions compliance. Mechanical Advance: Inside the distributor there is a mechanism with weights and springs that act to internally move the rotor forward and advance the timing with RPM. The mechanical timing plus static timing will always be the maximum timing advance. There is a spec for total timing to be set by a specific RPM. A stuck or faulty mechanical timing mechanism will prevent full mechanical advance and prevent full power at higher rpm. I have an old school machine that you mount your distributor in and it spins the distributor and gives you the advance curves as well as noting any distributor issues when running. I’ve rebuilt distributors and what I’ve learned is that electronic spark control plus knock sensors are way better for spark control, but the old system works fine if you understand it, the parts are mechanically sound, and timing is set to spec.
I prefer old-school ignition - knock sensors (piezo sensors) can only be tuned for a certain harmonic range, typically heavy load is largely premapped - and often on injection super safe. Take the late 2000s crown Victoria, any 4.6 mustang, and so on - timing drops to 6 degrees at hard throttle, it's that way for a huge safety margin but left a lot of power on the table.
I would have changed the air filter for sure, but I would also have sprayed the carburetor air-bleed(s) with Carb & Choke cleaner to get the varnish build-up out of them. The air bleeds if clogged will create a siphon and fuel will keep dripping down the inside of the carburetor causing a flooding condition. Many a rich, poor idle cured that way! I was cringing when your friend was rotating that HEI Distributor by the top. He would have found out for sure if a wire was bad at the cap terminal! That too (having an HEI Distributor by GM) was the first clue that the timing could be in need of adjustment. I hope once the carb is cleaned up, that we can see the tuner kit in action. Great video Luke!
Really interested in your new invention. I worked on guidance systems for the DOD way back in the late eighty’s. I like the look of your circuit board layout. Simple and clean. Looks like a winner to me brother! With much love and respect from Montana. Blessings.
Crikey Uncle Luke, thats a bonza truck! Runs like a drunk Wombat though but im pretty sure you'll get the old Sheila purring like a Gold Coast stripper with a handful of 20's in the next episode :-)
Welcome back TH289 , looking forward to you working with junkyard digs one day soon, love that will it start one you both did on the 65 ,66 Ford truck in the woods , that was amazing to see that truck driving after the effort it took to get it moving , cheers mate 👍🇭🇲
Thanks for making videos for us, and showing us that it not rocket surgery. Also, if you're going 4 barrel on this, myself and a certain guy named Kevin would advocate the use of the infamous 4 to 2 adaptor, them into 1. Velocity versus pressure? Ohhhh my.....
Donaldson was a filter company that primarily made filters for heavy equipment up until 1987, I believe it was purchased by mann filters at that time, mann makes filters for tractors as well
Zinc (and oil in general) is such a contentious subject. What's odd is that there are so many wildly varying opinions, but something I notice is that if you ask oil manufacturers or even OEMs, they say its not necessary. Its only when you ask aftermarket companies making these failure prone lifters that they suddenly say zinc is the issue. Almost like they would like to offload some or most of the blame of lifter failures on the oil instead of their own quality issues. Same with cam break ins. Higher spring pressures and stuff, sure, but you think every flat tappet cam since their invention was ran at 2000rpm for 20 minutes before they were shipped off to dealers?
Thank Joe- he refined the hardware, refined my datalog graphing, did all the web backend coding, all the sourcing of parts, and many more things - he's the real mvp making it happen.
Speaking of Vacuum Gauge, I used mine for the first time, really helped, still gotta tweak the fuel/air mixture a bit (once this snow goes away) but got the car running the way I needed. Still watching the old video's for the tips at least when it comes to Edlebrock's. Good to see you out here again.
That 300 Six is a beast of a motor, I don't know if you want to put a bigger carb on that old girl. I think check things with a CarbCheater on the stock carb then work from there.
Mike's carburetor does some very good carter yf videos. That ignition timing was pretty insane lol I think a video on vacuum advance tuning would do very well. I want to make one but im sure you can do it much better. I watch my vacuum and rpm at cruise then mimic it by using a vacuum pump and having someone hold it at the cruising rpm then see what my timing is. I like finding a long straight slight upgrade and keep adding vacuum to the canister till it starts to not respond or breaks up. Then let's say it likes 50 degrees at cruise then adjust the vacuum canister till you get 50 degrees of timing with cruising vacuum and rpm
Luke, between you and Kevin, Dylan, Dylan McCool, Mortske, and Derek we are in good hands for the future. But I dare say you may be the Einstein of that group so stay with it!
Alright, this is gonna be epic, once the carb issues are sorted out & the Carb Cheater is put in control! This will be a great example of a real world conversion. I love the 300 cid "straight six" & yeah! to a baby 4 bbl on an offenhauser 4 bbl manifold. What will the Carb Cheater do on that setup compared to the factory carter, or lawnmower carb? Eager students want to know Professor Luke. Keep on teaching! JOE, Thank you for adding your genius & your skillsets to Luke's genius & skills & kicking his butt forward, so that this needed & awesome idea will live, grow & prosper! Hip hip hurray to ingenuity & the entrepreneur spirit that some patriotic Americans are known for! Great respect for you both!
The cool thing about your do-dad is that you can use it open loop to diagnose and the fix and tune the carb properly. Looking forward to the next installment.
I got my license in 1976 and worked summers for the town I grew up in. Almost every pickup in their fleet was a Ford with a 300-six manual transmission with a few six-cylinder GMC's mixed in with three on the tree.
Thanks for noting about the zinc! i work on newer cars professionally, and all the engines i work on are dual over head cams, and all of those lifters are flat tappet, as far as i can tell, additive tech has evolved, and zinc has been replaced with a combination of other additives and different base oils do the same job or possibly better, but i dont know for sure
Direct acting flat tappet buckets have a fairly easy life since their surface area is large and the load is low which means much lower contact pressure compared to pushrod camshafts.
Enjoying this series, revival and see how well the new device you created can help make it run. Love the idea of making an old car run better even though your trying to keep it mostly original.
My daily is a 91 f150 300 6 that I'm always using to haul scrap and other heavy stuff with. That engine will treat you very good if you give it just a little maintenance. One other thing, 5w-30 or 10w-30 is what they like for oil. 15w-40 is for if you spin a main bearing at 500k miles and want to keep driving it.
I think the zinc additive is more for engines from the pre smog era back when there was lead in the petrol. my brother has my grandpa's old 1955 ford f100 with a 272 y block and its been using regular valvoline conventinal oil 10 w 30 and its been running like a top the whole time with the same engine. it had the head rebuilt like 20 years ago but its been a great truck. it has over 250k miles on it. thats amazing for a 50's motor!
Donaldsons are great filters! I used to make them, they are made by caterpillar in the same factory and are essentially the same filter as caterpillar marine oil or fuel filters.
Good Seeing You Back Luke, I Saw You Appear With Kevin On That Red/Orange, Satellite (Dejavu Of That Other Satellite You Guy Revived Out Of The Woods) They’ve Been Building, Always Educational, Can’t Wait To See What’s Next Sir!!
Donaldson are a very good filter, been around a long time but normally used in industrial applications, have equipment, generators, 18 wheelers and some aircraft. I don’t use zinc additives normally, but most the stuff I work on is roller rocker. Great video.
As soon as I read "immortal engine" I already know we're dealing with a 300 inline 6. I love mine. Although now I feel convicted because I haven't even looked at the air filter in about 5 years 😂 guess i should do that 😬
Great episode. That PU is absolutely AMAZING, would love to have one like that. You also made the comment early in the video about how you might not want to hang aftermarket gauges and whatnot in the interior, I'm asking that you not replace that original carb with a 4 barrel! Cant be that hard to find a rebuild kit for that old Carter, they made millions of them. I really want to see what your carb cheater can do with that original 1 barrel/six cyl combo! Be well
Great video I'm 52 years old and I grew up around trucks like that my dad had a 1967 F100 with a 300 in it after you rebuild the carburetor or replace it you should check the compression on the cylinders to see how low they are.
how this 68 was able to move around, im not sure. That's quite the testament to the old ford 300.
so... thoughts on making a 4 barrel to 1 barrel adapter and seeing what happens? the datalog stuff has ruined me where I just want to do weird things now and see how it works out. Id be lying if I said we didn't have some weird lawnmower carb level irons in the fire.
Whats that car in the back round of your video
Go for it man.. id definitely love to see the outcome at least in the name of science.
Go for it man.. id definitely love to see the outcome at least in the name of science.
It would be interesting to see what this old six would do with a VW type 1 carb.
I have two carbed rigs that I would put CarbCheaters on one being a 79 Toyota pickup. Maybe even try a lawnmower carb on it... I know of some crazy guy that did it on a Ford V8... so why not?
Haha! Ya I was thinking about that. The lawnmower carb on a V8 guy is gonna put at four barrel on an i6? Cool stuff tho! I love it. Also I want to buy a carb cheater!
Donaldson filters are top tier filters... heavy duty commercial grade...they have been around for many many years... like early 1900's In-fact, Frank Donaldson invented the air intake filter while repairing a tractor in Utah. The business was incorporated in 1915 by Donaldson, his parents and his siblings as Donaldson Company Inc.
They are great filters we use them often on drilling rig engines, commercial engines I rank them up there with wix quality if not better
Interesting!
yup. Stick them on our semis, a mil plus should be a good selling point.
Lately I've run into a lot of obscure size semi air filters where Donaldson are the only ones still making and stocking em too
We use Donaldson filters on the combustion air fans for the boilers at work 👌🏻
Hey thanks for giving your fans another chance
100%…. Love watching luke. That carb cheater app he’s developed is genius, and he’s just an overall down to earth, mechanically smart guy. Good content.
@@BUILTFORDTOUGH79 I couldn't find it .
@@larryalexander4833 I don’t believe he’s made it available. It’s just something he uses on his car. Would be amazing if it was developed and made public for sale.
As a fellow US Army Veteran around the same age as you and Kevin I am VERY glad to see y'all succeed so well on RUclips. It feels really good to see guys like me produce such high quality, well received, technically competent and entertaining videos. I am always "IN" when I see a new video. Thanks so much Luke.
Donaldson is very popular on industrial equipment. Good stuff.
From a guy who has spent the last 30 years playing with carbs as a hobby, and the last 20 dealing with modern EFI problems on a daily basis, your carb cheater is quite impressive. There's a lot of people that will really benefit from it if you can get it to market and well known. I wish you the best success in this.
Especially 80's-era Ford EEC-4 EFI that existed well past its welcome and sell by date 🤣
It's interesting the differences in other people's lives. Cause I have never once hade a problem with an efi system I've owned, but have fooled with every single carb I own more than I enjoy lol. Don't get me wrong I like carb vehicles better for sure, just an observation I had when I read your comment.
Nice video way to show carbs are not the problem it's the maintenance and the tune a little skill goes along way
Donaldson makes great products. A lot of OEM engine manufacturers choose Donaldson filters. I have Donaldson as OEM on a Kubota, Kohler, and Oshkosh equipment.
I wasnt sure if he was being serious or not because Donaldson makes some awesome filters.
@@warrenmichael918 he is pretty young and possibly unfamiliar with the brand.
@@dueljet i guess, i just figured any gear head would have had to at least of heard of it. I still think he was kidding! It would be like seeing a younger basketball player see a spalding basketball and saying he never heard of it lol
@@warrenmichael918 let's hope!
@@warrenmichael918 I recall an episode from a while back where he didn't know who Waylon Jennings was.
My dad had several ford pickups with the 300 six. He always put more than 150,000+ miles, they never quit.
Donaldson is a big name in heavy truck air filters.
"Air filter hasn't been changed since Vietnam"
-Luke 2023
Gonna be honest I was not ready for that
That takes me back ! My first pickup was a 1968 F100 with the 300 and a 3 speed on the steering column .
If I remember correctly, someone makes a 4 barrel manifold for the 300. I smell a carburetor revolution on the horizon!
I hope so, hot rudders should have never forsaken them - great reliable tech that is easy to work on.
And carbs are just flat out raw, injected cars don't sound the same - way less violent, which is what we all love
I believe Clifford makes one and maybe Fenton also
@@slick-px4pq Not Fenton. Offenhauser makes 2 different 4V intakes the DP and C-series ( the DP is a waste of money ) . Clifford makes a few different intakes. My favorite Clifford intake is the dual 4V intake. I like running them with two Autolite 2100 2V carbs. There is also an Australian company that makes intakes for them.
I’ve got the Offenhauser C-series on mine with a 500 cfm Edelbrock. This combo works great for me. I started off with the stock setup getting about 9 mpgs. I put on the new intake, new exhaust manifolds from the later model EFI engines, and an HEI distributor… I’m getting over 20 mpgs now and more power.
@@Fordman7575 I got Fenton and Offy confused. Fenton makes headers, correct?
Donaldson makes allot of heavy truck and industrial filters. They actually designed the corrugated type air filters used in the 6.0 Diesel Ford super duties.
I had a 71 Camera split front bumper! Lady rear-ended a bus so I got it Cheap. All local junk yards, none had a front clip. I did find a 70 Firebird clip. Had to trim and round off doors where they met the fenders, but it worked!! Added couple coats of dark gray primer and bamm, I had a Firebird from the front and a Camero from the rear ! Would see Car Guys drive by, then back up and take another look. Cop asked me was it legal? Showed him my vehicle inspection and I was on my way!
good ol 300 6cyl ..one of the best motors
Donaldson filters are often used on Heavy Duty engines. They’re probably the 3rd most popular fleet filter supplier where I live in Detroit
Donaldson is well known in the industrial world for their hydraulic filters. They are really well built filters. Interesting that he was able to buy one for his truck.
I've bought fleetgaurd (Cummins) oil filters for 350 Chevy's and 460 Ford's. No luck finding CAT filters for those though
That block with the big plate on the side looks like the 240 CI engine from my '67 F100. I had a '72 Maverick with the 300 that didn't have that big ol plate on the drivers side. Someone told me that you pull that plate off to adjust the valves. I don't know that for sure since I never did it. I have a pretty strong feeling that is a 240. Glad to have you back. Good to see you over at Kevin's the other day.
I was so wrapped up into this video when it ended I said, are you kidding me, I didn't want to wait for the next installment. Work for an overhead door company that had all Ford trucks, I started off with an 81 F-250 with a six. If you didn't guess working on overhead doors you carry around a lot of equipment and weight. I was doing service work so that thing never stop moving. At the end of this life that had 340,000 beat on miles, the only reason it had to be retired was one of the mechanics rolled it drunk one night. Evidently a good engine 👍 somewheres around 2001 I bought an F-350 with a 300 inline 6 with around 250,000 and you couldn't even hear it run. I love your content and the amount of knowledge that you share. Keep up the great work and the awesome videos 👍✌️🇺🇲
Hurrrry with Part 2!! I'm having withdrawal symptoms 'cause I need to/got to see & learn more about the Carb Cheater install & functions!! Please Professor Luke!! In the Part 1, I finally realized the O2 sensor is built into the system so a seperate AFR system is not required. Genius! Emphasize that in your bullet point list of features! Thank you guys for building & bringing this system to the regular folks that speak & use carburetors! Blessings guys!
I’ve been using Donaldson filters exclusively at work for 16? years. I work on everything from pickups to 850hp stump grinders. Very high quality filters.
Decades ago Donaldson was the go to brand for industrial air filtration systems, too. Never knew they had consumer products. But it''s been so long they could've even bought companies to get into that market.
Donaldson filters are super common in trucks and industrial applications. They are great filters.
Glad you put out a new video. Thanks for the content. The Donaldson will do a fine job in filtering the SuperTech.
My first driving lesson was in a 1967 F100, 240/3 speed. Armstrong steering. I was seven.
Carb Chester demo is awesome!
The ZDDP thing is definitely a bit of an urban legend.
There's certainly a kernel of truth in there, but the story I heard from a guy who used to work in the auto supply chain when zinc was removed from oils was this:
Around the time when zinc was removed, the oil companies were testing other additives/synthetic properties to achieve the same protection.
At the same time, there was some large batch of soft cam blanks imported/manufactured, so the new formula oil coupled with bad cams right from the factory, came together to create a perfect storm, and the lack of ZDDP was blamed.
I also don't run high zinc oil, or any zinc in my old flat tappets. I just make sure to run full synthetic, and I've had no issues.
Basically once you run high zinc oil/moly on your flat tappet cam during break in, the surface will be sufficiently work hardened that you don't need anything more than a modern, full synthetic oil.
I love that truck. Real steel. No plastic garbage. Made to be used and abused and still wake up each morning ready to work.
You really need to get that tuner in production. Would love to try it myself on my 78 F250 with a built 351m.
In the process of - having ten is 1 thing, having 100 is a bit harder with bulk ordering of parts. But now we're just waiting on stuff 🙂
Ah, the Ford 300 six! Ford's most durable engine. Used to race those in the local six cylinder modified division at the local dirt tracks in nw Pa. and ne Ohio. Heck, sometimes they would let a few of us sixes run laps with the big block modifieds and we were just as fast as they were...
I love those old trucks... we had a 67 f150 heavy half when I was a youngun... had a 390 in it with a 500 carter 2 bbl
Donaldson are pretty good air filter systems fair bit of research on their website on lengths of intake pipeing and restriction over just length of 4wd snorkels also the more construction notes on the oil filter so you can cross reference to a similar filter for either size difference or valveing of the oil filter
Welcome back Luke
Loved the informational tech and this sweet 1968 Ford F-100!! Funny enough when I owned one (2019-2021), I ran regular 5W-30 in a 2006 Jeep Wrangler 4.0L without knowing it had a flat-tappet camshaft in it. It seemed to do very well without the additional zinc since there was no noticeable rough operation or clicking/tapping up top going on. That blew my mind upon you sharing this Luke!! I had no idea!! Absolutely loved that 4.0L inline six and this Jeep👍👍
Always liked your content, thank you your one of a kind, we need more down to earth people like you, thanks again.
Yes!
I’m such a big fan of Fords in line 6 engines I’ve had 144, 170, 200 & 250s. I wish I could fit a 300 under the Falcon hood. We’ve adapted Ford 2100 carbs and got rid of Fords crappy one barrels. Your carb cheater seems like a product we all would enjoy owning . Great video Luke Like always informative and fun. Look forward to part two
Bill in Ft Wayne Indiana
also in fort wayne, nice to meet another inline 6 fan. Might step off the scary cliff into a 351 this week. Weather and work are digging into my fishing plans
We use Donaldson filters on all of our HPUs. They are an industrial filter and very good. On par with wix in an automotive application easily.
The way you’re able to describe things as you work is a gift. Don’t stop!
Thanks for the great video! I have a 76 F100 rescue from a fence row having sat for 26 years. Carb kit in the YFA carter and oil change , Duraspark box and emissions delete and vacuum ports plugged and it was running and driving. You are absolutely correct in stating that a 300 will run no matter what. So it never crossed my mind to check timing ! Your carb cheater is very interesting . Looking forward to part 2. There is little to no videos out there on tuning a 300 . Thank You !!!!!!!!!
Love, love, love your videos, Luke.
Always something new to learn, thank you for the entertainment/knowledge.
An Offenhauser 4bbl intake, 450cfm vac sec carb, split headers with scavenging pairs that Y into a single 2.5-3" exhaust and maybe a bit more camshaft would make that sucker a beast. I wish someone made a cross flow aluminum head similar to a 706/862 LS or 2V Cleveland head for 300s. Other than that, a 2.73-3.08 axle ratio (or taller)would probably be nice, would run like 3.73-4.10 gears with a 25% OD 5th in 4th and that granny 1st would still get off the line really well if not better because the gear would be more useful. A nice tall narrow tire like a 255/85r16 would help out a lot too. I used a set of ST255/85r16s on my F250 because they were only $70 each new shipped off eBay, USA made, radial, 12ply, heavy payload, super thick and stiff sidewalls, nice low rolling resistance tread pattern, tall and narrow. I averaged 13mpg hwy from DFW Texas to Middle Tennessee towing a 6000lb trailer with a car with 1500lbs in the truck bed under a topper cruising 70mph in 4th gear with a roller cam 351w ZF5 S47 3.55 axle ratio with those tires, 50psi front and 70psi rear pressure. '97 F250HD Reg cab long bed 2wd.
GLAD YOUR BACK. ALWAYS LEARNING SOMETHING NEW FROM YOUR VIDEOS
Have an 89 bronco with a 300 6 had computer ghosts scraped the efi crap ,went back to a carb no more problems, sure am interested in your tuner to see what it'll do. Thanks for your videos will be waiting for part 2
This carb cheater is a must have. I filled out your testing questionnaire 🤞now we wait.
Love seeing the content!!! I’m not a ford guy. But this stuff is interesting!!! Thank you
Hope this isn’t a duplicate comment…
To set timing there are three important numbers 1) static timing w/o vacuum connected to the distributor (plug the line), 2) the amount of vacuum timing advance, 3) mechanical advance and curve (without vacuum connected), and 4) the total advance at a specific rpm.
Static Timing: Disconnect the vacuum line from the distributor and plug the line. Check timing at hot idle. This will be very close or at the static timing.
Vacuum Advance: Reconnect the vacuum line and observe the timing with the timing light. It should advance as tyke RPM is slowly advanced but below where the mechanical advance kicks in. There is a specific amount but the important thing is that the timing advances with slight rpm increases (usually below 1500). If not then the internal diaphragm is leaking and must be replaced. A failed diaphragm will usually have a rough or unsteady idle. Note that some distributors have a double diaphragm (and two vacuum lines) as those distributors will either advance or retard ignition as required for emissions compliance.
Mechanical Advance: Inside the distributor there is a mechanism with weights and springs that act to internally move the rotor forward and advance the timing with RPM. The mechanical timing plus static timing will always be the maximum timing advance. There is a spec for total timing to be set by a specific RPM. A stuck or faulty mechanical timing mechanism will prevent full mechanical advance and prevent full power at higher rpm.
I have an old school machine that you mount your distributor in and it spins the distributor and gives you the advance curves as well as noting any distributor issues when running. I’ve rebuilt distributors and what I’ve learned is that electronic spark control plus knock sensors are way better for spark control, but the old system works fine if you understand it, the parts are mechanically sound, and timing is set to spec.
I prefer old-school ignition - knock sensors (piezo sensors) can only be tuned for a certain harmonic range, typically heavy load is largely premapped - and often on injection super safe. Take the late 2000s crown Victoria, any 4.6 mustang, and so on - timing drops to 6 degrees at hard throttle, it's that way for a huge safety margin but left a lot of power on the table.
@@ThunderHead289 Roger that.
Good to see you back, your videos always have top notch info.
I would have changed the air filter for sure, but I would also have sprayed the carburetor air-bleed(s) with Carb & Choke cleaner to get the varnish build-up out of them. The air bleeds if clogged will create a siphon and fuel will keep dripping down the inside of the carburetor causing a flooding condition. Many a rich, poor idle cured that way! I was cringing when your friend was rotating that HEI Distributor by the top. He would have found out for sure if a wire was bad at the cap terminal! That too (having an HEI Distributor by GM) was the first clue that the timing could be in need of adjustment.
I hope once the carb is cleaned up, that we can see the tuner kit in action. Great video Luke!
I get there 🙂
My curiosity got the best of me where I wanted to see where things were before we start and see how things change based on what we do
Really interested in your new invention. I worked on guidance systems for the DOD way back in the late eighty’s. I like the look of your circuit board layout. Simple and clean. Looks like a winner to me brother! With much love and respect from Montana. Blessings.
You don't need to be fast in a 68 F100 because your cool factor is off the charts. Looking forward to seeing this old 300-six running at its best.
Crikey Uncle Luke, thats a bonza truck!
Runs like a drunk Wombat though but im pretty sure you'll get the old Sheila purring like a Gold Coast stripper with a handful of 20's in the next episode :-)
Welcome back TH289 , looking forward to you working with junkyard digs one day soon, love that will it start one you both did on the 65 ,66 Ford truck in the woods , that was amazing to see that truck driving after the effort it took to get it moving , cheers mate 👍🇭🇲
Bruh, so happy to see you back on the Tube. Also happy to hear you and Kevin might be collabin more in future. Rock On
Cool to see some tech used on older carbureted vehicles!
Thanks for making videos for us, and showing us that it not rocket surgery.
Also, if you're going 4 barrel on this, myself and a certain guy named Kevin would advocate the use of the infamous 4 to 2 adaptor, them into 1. Velocity versus pressure?
Ohhhh my.....
Great to see a new video from you
Donaldson was a filter company that primarily made filters for heavy equipment up until 1987, I believe it was purchased by mann filters at that time, mann makes filters for tractors as well
My Kawasaki engine on my John Deere z920 has a Donaldson 2 stage air filter system. They make serious air filter systems for cat mining haul trucks.
Zinc (and oil in general) is such a contentious subject. What's odd is that there are so many wildly varying opinions, but something I notice is that if you ask oil manufacturers or even OEMs, they say its not necessary. Its only when you ask aftermarket companies making these failure prone lifters that they suddenly say zinc is the issue. Almost like they would like to offload some or most of the blame of lifter failures on the oil instead of their own quality issues. Same with cam break ins. Higher spring pressures and stuff, sure, but you think every flat tappet cam since their invention was ran at 2000rpm for 20 minutes before they were shipped off to dealers?
I happen to have a 300 powered 68 and when ever you drop the carb cheater I'm picking one up. Like you, I'm excited to experiment. Awesome work man
That set up you built is super cool
Thank Joe- he refined the hardware, refined my datalog graphing, did all the web backend coding, all the sourcing of parts, and many more things - he's the real mvp making it happen.
@ThunderHead289 sounds like you guys make a great team. I have an old camro that would love to have one of those setups!
Luke this was awesome wrenching on the ford ! Ready for the next video !
we use donoldson filters for our cummins ism engines
Thanks for coming 289 we missed you. But I’m glad you continued working on the carb cheater it is a awesome idea. I definitely need to get one
I really like having that vacuum guage going. Gives me pretty immediate feedback if the engine is experiencing a problem. Nice work!
Speaking of Vacuum Gauge, I used mine for the first time, really helped, still gotta tweak the fuel/air mixture a bit (once this snow goes away) but got the car running the way I needed. Still watching the old video's for the tips at least when it comes to Edlebrock's. Good to see you out here again.
Donaldson has been making filters for ever, mostly see air filters and housings on big trucks and industrial stuff.
That 300 Six is a beast of a motor, I don't know if you want to put a bigger carb on that old girl. I think check things with a CarbCheater on the stock carb then work from there.
Mike's carburetor does some very good carter yf videos. That ignition timing was pretty insane lol I think a video on vacuum advance tuning would do very well. I want to make one but im sure you can do it much better. I watch my vacuum and rpm at cruise then mimic it by using a vacuum pump and having someone hold it at the cruising rpm then see what my timing is. I like finding a long straight slight upgrade and keep adding vacuum to the canister till it starts to not respond or breaks up. Then let's say it likes 50 degrees at cruise then adjust the vacuum canister till you get 50 degrees of timing with cruising vacuum and rpm
Always great videos Luke..stay tuned for more right..see you on the next one Cheers 🥂🥂🥂🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We use Donaldson filters on our heavy equipment at the mine. Very good products. What a great rig.
Luke, between you and Kevin, Dylan, Dylan McCool, Mortske, and Derek we are in good hands for the future. But I dare say you may be the Einstein of that group so stay with it!
Alright, this is gonna be epic, once the carb issues are sorted out & the Carb Cheater is put in control! This will be a great example of a real world conversion. I love the 300 cid "straight six" & yeah! to a baby 4 bbl on an offenhauser 4 bbl manifold. What will the Carb Cheater do on that setup compared to the factory carter, or lawnmower carb? Eager students want to know Professor Luke. Keep on teaching! JOE, Thank you for adding your genius & your skillsets to Luke's genius & skills & kicking his butt forward, so that this needed & awesome idea will live, grow & prosper! Hip hip hurray to ingenuity & the entrepreneur spirit that some patriotic Americans are known for! Great respect for you both!
That's a neat color on that truck. Luke is the braniac 9f carbs!
Looks like you got a nice supply of carb cheaters there. I hope one will be coming my way soon. Really looking forward to part 2.
I love the simplicity of these ol boogers Come on pt 2!
I hope you continue towards retailing the carb cheater, I'd love to put one on my Early Bronco
The cool thing about your do-dad is that you can use it open loop to diagnose and the fix and tune the carb properly. Looking forward to the next installment.
Great to have you back, Luke!! Can't wait to see what the Cheater is able to do.. and then I'll buy 3!!😊😊
Nice to see ya back. Always good info on your videos.
A fella can't go wrong with a 300. 👍 Great content guys 😊.
I got my license in 1976 and worked summers for the town I grew up in. Almost every pickup in their fleet was a Ford with a 300-six manual transmission with a few six-cylinder GMC's mixed in with three on the tree.
Thanks for noting about the zinc! i work on newer cars professionally, and all the engines i work on are dual over head cams, and all of those lifters are flat tappet, as far as i can tell, additive tech has evolved, and zinc has been replaced with a combination of other additives and different base oils do the same job or possibly better, but i dont know for sure
Direct acting flat tappet buckets have a fairly easy life since their surface area is large and the load is low which means much lower contact pressure compared to pushrod camshafts.
Enjoying this series, revival and see how well the new device you created can help make it run. Love the idea of making an old car run better even though your trying to keep it mostly original.
Patent the CarbCheater and get it to market!
GENIUS!
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Always good to see that Luke uploaded a new video!
My daily is a 91 f150 300 6 that I'm always using to haul scrap and other heavy stuff with. That engine will treat you very good if you give it just a little maintenance. One other thing, 5w-30 or 10w-30 is what they like for oil. 15w-40 is for if you spin a main bearing at 500k miles and want to keep driving it.
I think the zinc additive is more for engines from the pre smog era back when there was lead in the petrol. my brother has my grandpa's old 1955 ford f100 with a 272 y block and its been using regular valvoline conventinal oil 10 w 30 and its been running like a top the whole time with the same engine. it had the head rebuilt like 20 years ago but its been a great truck. it has over 250k miles on it. thats amazing for a 50's motor!
Donaldsons are great filters! I used to make them, they are made by caterpillar in the same factory and are essentially the same filter as caterpillar marine oil or fuel filters.
A supercharger and a straght pipe and she will be a beast
This is awesome! Can't wait for part two!
Donaldson makes commercial truck and equipment filters, good quality filters and there is a industrial version of the 300 six
Good Seeing You Back Luke, I Saw You Appear With Kevin On That Red/Orange, Satellite (Dejavu Of That Other Satellite You Guy Revived Out Of The Woods) They’ve Been Building, Always Educational, Can’t Wait To See What’s Next Sir!!
Thanks, beautiful truck. Looking forward to seeing it running well!
Donaldson (AKA Torit) is a big player in industrial dust collection so making or distributing other filters is a natural extension of the business.
Donaldson are a very good filter, been around a long time but normally used in industrial applications, have equipment, generators, 18 wheelers and some aircraft. I don’t use zinc additives normally, but most the stuff I work on is roller rocker. Great video.
As soon as I read "immortal engine" I already know we're dealing with a 300 inline 6. I love mine. Although now I feel convicted because I haven't even looked at the air filter in about 5 years 😂 guess i should do that 😬
Great to another Thunderhead 289 production, looking forward to part two, cool cameo on JunkyardDigs the other day.
I have a 99% original 65 F100 with the same engine. I can't wait to see part 2!
Great episode. That PU is absolutely AMAZING, would love to have one like that. You also made the comment early in the video about how you might not want to hang aftermarket gauges and whatnot in the interior, I'm asking that you not replace that original carb with a 4 barrel! Cant be that hard to find a rebuild kit for that old Carter, they made millions of them. I really want to see what your carb cheater can do with that original 1 barrel/six cyl combo! Be well
Always learning something uncle luke. Great video!
Great video I'm 52 years old and I grew up around trucks like that my dad had a 1967 F100 with a 300 in it after you rebuild the carburetor or replace it you should check the compression on the cylinders to see how low they are.