Hemmings Speedster receives buttons

With our new-found horsepower and engine torque we anticipate on our engine rebuild, we looked into changing the clutch to a ceramic button-type disc. The reliability of ceramic facing over the standard friction material is obvious. Ceramic is a much tougher substance and will far outlast  a conventional clutch facing.
With the harder compound however comes […]

Keeping the Speedster engine cool

While we were waiting on the engine to come back, we sent out our radiator to be flushed and pressure checked. Because of environmental regulations regarding the chemicals used to acid-dip, a majority of radiator shops can only boil and flush brass radiators today, even the coil cleaner we used to use is taboo these […]

Hemmings Speedster plumbing

Once we completed the changeover on the front brakes, we felt the pretty steel braided brake lines that were installed throughout the Speedster were not large enough to accommodate the other changes we made to the brake system. The F-1 wheel cylinders were plumbed for 7/16-20 thread, as the originals were but the steel-braided lines […]