Show H ARY OLDFIELD Tl TIPS S' S RACE SECRETS It F 1 1 PILOT POINTS f 1 i OUT PERTINENT POINTS POINTS' Jt OF SPEEDSTER GAME 1 1 J Declares Preparation Mechanical meal Ability and Skill hn- hn II i A oa tant I F Factors in Up Make of o the Winning ff 1 Io Driver I i 1 f II nY IlY Y n LIAR FI F. Copyright ht 1915 l b by y King ICing F Features 2 Syndicate Inc f During the he past few tew weeks I havo have received more than a n hundred letters letter asking how I win races So SQ man many motorists re-garding re ts have e shown a curiosity rc- rc the work worl of or a driver that I Iam am going joing oln to make a confession and expose expose expose ex pose the whole racing business L There arc are but two Items to be bc catalogued catalo In telling how to win They are Tare are preparation and skill Of the two the most Important Is preparation lack of Infinite pains in this r respect has lost lost ost more races than all the daring and skill of ot the world combined So If Ii there is one word which I would drive c home in the minds of or all ll drivers r ers It is 15 tI PI k The same saute holds true In iii the matter oCt of oC touring t and pf pC or ordinary elt city driving dr If eer every owner or chauffeur g gave gC C Cone one hundredths done ne-h ne as much attention to preparation prep as a a. driver cr before a race t few trips would be spoiled by breakdowns breaks break downs and repair bills would cease to tobe tobe toe be e a bugaboo o for the average l owner In n fact the majority of oC repair shops would go so out of or business j I now contend and have always alwa's contended contended con- con tended ended that 7 73 per cent of ot the monc money pent on on repairs was wasted through neglect In preparation for tor driving host of ot the jo joy of motoring is taken from Irom It through this lack of or forethought fore fore- thought I frequently make long trips sometimes across the tho continent and I lave little if an any trouble Why I 1 prepare You should do the same Even EvenI if It you OU only use your our car around town I keep it in a n state of ot preparedness Every ery racing driver el must bo be a good goody y mechanic e to be successful He must know tho the feel reel of oC his hla car at all stages He must know how to make mako It rea ready I for a contest Ho must have o definite I II I patience He lie must be bEl a worker lIe He lIeI I must 1 leave c 1 absolute absolutely nothing to change He must use uso his eyes his cars his hands his feet his sense of oC feel and hi his experience To that he headds headds j adds his skill and daring Chances Chance 1 Eliminated I know I am nm called a devil dare and pointed to as ae a man lacking tho thos s sense n e of oC fear But nut I am no noL I 1 take tale chances of ot course Every F racing driver er does But nut I eliminate as many man ot of the t chanc chances chances' S' S as a possible through h thol thor thor- thorough ou ough Eh h preparation I had two or three accidents the pa past t Mea season son but none were of serious s consequence partly consequence partly due to foresight and partly partIr to exper exper- I Ie lenee nee Any man who goes faster than miles an hour is taking chances I but If IC he exercises great care caro in advance ad ad- I vance the chances against him are re reduced re- re I learned m my lesson years ears ago Before Before Be Hc- fore a race I personally see that Ill my car Is right In every even tiny respect E Every good rood driver does tho same A little neglect not only ma may mean the thelo lo loss 8 of ota ra a race and purse punIC but of ot life lite It sometimes takes a week or more to prepare a car Certainly for the first event of ot a season it m means ans a month and a month of oC hard work it is too loo The men who win nowadays are those thoe giving most work to this before tile race dut duty The man who makes a af f success Of or hl his hla touring Is II h he who gets acts ready too loo it It Is s ii time the same nc in In- In Inv everyday everyday every every- v ry- ry day driving Preparedness s means seeing seeing- that t your our car Is Js in perfect shape From the radiator to the rear axle lo every part must must b be adjusted carefully set ct and thoroughly tried out Every part must be bo acting perfectly to get et winning re to- to suits Frequently engines are torn down v and rebuilt time after time to tomake tomake make Inake for perfection Transmissions i clutch driving gears brakes sprin springs s wheels steering apparatus and all the various parts of the car a aside from t the he motor must be Je given the same cart care as os 3 the he engine All An must bo be tested to the tho limits I have havo often seen sern drivers ers rebuild cars j the night be before ore a race raco after having hl ered some flaw law or some lack of ot attention to a minor matter I II I imp I What a 3 driver to have Worlds World record if a flaw law develops clops r In a race taco If It a gasoline lino breaks because beof be- be cause ause of or failure to tape topo it securely or some other detail is h. overlooked o In Ini i touring the majority of troubles come from rom carelessness and neglect Dirt Is la I allowed to accumulate pipes become nc clog cd cars squeak tires lires blow out l engines overheat o valves knock motors lose lAfie power springs break Before I start on a Ii tour I see eo that y motor Is clean clean both both Inside an and out All carbon carbou must bo be removed lemo Valves bo be ground and accurately adjust adjust- ed The Ignition must bo full of or pep pcp it The carburetor must U m t b be Ju clean and ad adjusted a ad- ad for maximum efficiency The radiator must mUl b bo cleaned of ot all nIl foreign K substances lUb There must be bo oil every every- 4 hero It Is required Grease Crease cups must j 1 a be filled Wheels must bo be Inspected for tor fori i true truc all alignment Tiros must bo be at prop prop- I ter air pressure The battery must be dully lully charged the tho generator nicely adI ad- ad Ju Hed ard tho the starter polished o of all I dirt And these things s must bo be kept just just so 50 to get all the joy out of or life that motoring affords for rf t With ith a n. car put in perfect shapo shape for Cor pacing racing It then becomes a question of speed and of skill Ono One must go 0 the limit of ot speed always always In mind Who tho distance of the race and figuring upon what amount of nursing Is required reQuired re- re for such distance Some orne drivers drivels know nothing but Dut speed The They win few traces laces races Sorno Some know little but trust trout t ti to tu o I i their daring darlng They win in seldom The consistent winner is s he who mixes brains with gasoline and drives with his ills mind bus busy figuring every possibility It ity as It comes up up the the man who whore whore- re restrains rc- rc strains himself and md his car and only onh does that which ho knows ho hu can do doand doand doand and keep within tho the bounds of or safet safety safely Speed In fn Touring Judgment of pace Is one of ot the prime primo requisites of ot racing This Is just the ame same as horse racing The Tho jockey must mustI I know how how- much his horse can stand and how much he has In reserve C The racing driver 1111 must know kno what his carwill car carwill carwill will stand It is because man many drivers ers lacked this this this' quality that the they brilliant only in spots I do not be believe believe bo- bo lieve e I have ever or made a record which f r could not to today a break under the samo somo condl conditions When hen it comes to touring and cross cou country driving ln I am absolutely against speed Tourin Touring cars are not generally pro provided with the special features features fea fea- tures lures which make for the protection of ot the racing man Consequently fas fast driving on the road Is 18 dangerous Cars Car arc are built to withstand all the knocks of ot ordinary driving and stand up Ull under or ordinary inary strains Tho They are arc not built to withstand the terrific punches o of that racing racing that is all the minor features arc are not strengthened with Ith this Idea in view I drive m my touring cars curs at nt twenty to thirty miles mUes per hour andam and andam am satisfied My 1 cars stand up I have o little trouble It If e cr every motorist would drive o at a a. reasonable rate his car would bo good for or one to three years ears more satisfactory running than if ho he speeds Nothing kills a n. cad as much as spee speeding The owner who wants to keep his car sev sov- several several eral seasons and really enjoy driving will not speed The mot will bear bearin in mind the story ston of the tho racing drivers driver's I preparation He will watch his car carand carand carand and save sa repair bills and ho will get real pleasure from his machine s AND A A U S. S Barney Oldfield My I engine is an nn S 8 two cylinder opposed type The Tho tl fly wheel at the tho I en end of the weigh pounds Would it give me more power I if I should put another I wheel at the theother theother other end of the shaft 0 O. O I A It A-It It would not gi i he o you ou an any more moro power to maker the change e you mention Barney Old Oldfield One cr very cold day m my speedometer refused to to work An examination show showed d the trouble to bo be In a a. little casting where the chain links up to the he gear geor This c evidently contains worm gears ears I took It off but could see Bee no nowa noway way vay wa o of getting into it except that n a nb b It at place by pin goes oes through one and Is riveted on the tho smaller end B By turning tho end the chains couple onto on ono onto to o It seems to turn the tho shaft of or the little gear wheel but turning that shaft falls fails to move tho the chain coupling PI Please case casel advise 1 what do l me to J. J A A. DON DO AC II Y A You A-You You un undoubtedly have ha a n broken link ink In the flexible shaft Do not try tryo to o fix Ix this yourself because at a nominal nomInal nom- nom Inal nal cost a service station will do it it I I Barne Barney Oldfield Since the generator of a For Ford produces produces produces pro pro- duces alternating current wh why Is it necessary that the coils in tho the Ignition circuit have vibrators Is It due to the tho ta fact t that the number of alternations alternations alternations of or the generator at slow speed is not sufficient to bring brinS' the E. E M. M J F. F up to the required point and that the tho vibrators de desired desired do- do are aro used to obtain the tho sired result D D. R R. A A Every Every ignition system wh whether lher It uses alternating or direct current needs an Interrupter of somo sano form forthe for tho the primary because it Is ts upon pon Interruption interruption interruption inter Inter- of the time primary that a 0 high is Induced in the secondary sec sec- t secondary Condary C- C winding In the tho Ford the vibrator Interrupts tho the primary man many times per pel second and each time tho the interruption occurs a high voltage cc current is Induced In the secondary winding Barney Oldfield I I have o a l 1116 Max Max- well The Tire engine works yorks perfectly but butwill butwill will not pull except In low v speed Will 11 not pull at all on second and high speeds I l keep all cups filled with grease crease and also every part oiled yet yetI ol olI I cannot get tho the car to pull as it should Anxious A. A There Thero Thero rna may bo be many causes for this In the tho first place attend to the th two Important systems the systems the Ignition and It If the latter Is not working properly crl if It the carburetor Is not feeding the right amount of gue pe caused by hy poor needle Jle dle adjustment a astuck astuck astuck stuck float loat or whatnot you ou might get enough fuel for Cor Idling and slow running running running run run- ning on first but not enough for tor second sec sec- ond and or high If It the time l ignition Is poor you ou get l spark park enough enouch tor for Idling but as the throttle is Js opened tho the spark Is insufficient and the engine might stop altogether If I had more data I could give JI you moro more help Does the float of or the carburetor fill properly have ha you OU tested the tho spark plugs what kind lelnd of oC ignition arc are you using etc Barney The Oldfield-The Tho magneto of or m my Overland l 83 gives gIes mo me trouble on start stort- start in ing 1 put on Atwater lent system but for some cause cannot keep m my ms' storage battery batter up I have ha Il decided to put m my magneto back My ly mechanic tells me melie I he lie can cnn my magneto and battery so my spark sparl will come como from tho the battery batter I when starting and automatically switch to LO tho the magneto when I release starter button I think I should have ha a dash switch as do o cars which start on battory bat- bat tory Lory or dr dry cells Please give mo me an any information Information-H. H. H W W. y S S. S A. A A. If If you JOU cannot keep your our MUIa storage c battery up to charge then look to your our generator for the trouble It Is possibly possibly possibly pos pos- sibly bet een veen the generator and switch Either that or you neglect lect to care for Cor your our batter battery The Kent Atwater eys- eys tern tem should give gi you no trouble nor II should an any such battery batten system providing providing pro pro- I viding you OU see Bee that the battery batter Is IE being I properly charged h 1 Why condemn a batery battery bat- bat I tery ery system without finding out what Is s the matter with the charging or batter battery If you ou wish you can wire Ire the hc he engine for dual Ignition and use the battery batter for starting and tho magneto magneto mag ml neto for running but wh why do this You do not need a dual system Practically every CUy make of oC car Clr uses a single 8 system stem and three-fourths three make use of ot the battery battery battery bat bat- tery system Barney Oldfield-In Oldfield In giving ln m my truck a hard run when throwing the switch I continue to backfire It tal takes cs the motor somo some time to stop running I 1 had the carbon burned out but the motor docs does not nut show Improvement One c cylinder r seems to have hae more compression compression com com- than others Please advise B I 13 E E. A The A.-The The trouble might be caused by bya a short in the time switch so o that when you ou turn tho the switch to off ocr position there still Is a little current flow Clow Perhaps after burning out the carbon some somo portion portion portion por por- tion remote from Crom the cylinder r plu plug was loft leCt In It docs does not require a deal to cause The Thc fact that tho engine backfires tres makes me nue believe c th there rc is Is t Incandescent carbon present Barney Earney Oldfield you yon please give me information re regarding re replacing replacing re- re placing eight I ht new valves YlI In a Ford engine lne Should push rods all also o be re replaced replaced re- re placed What hat is required to to seat eat and anda a adjust the new valves ahe Should they thc bo be ground ro nd In with the usual grinding compound and Is that all that is 15 necessary nce- nce essary P essary-P P. P L 1 1 head compress the tho valve o spring remove re- re move the seat drop tho the spring and tho valve o can be lifted out You do not notha ha have hato to do lo an anything with the push ro rode rodo o. o To seat the new valves you have to grind them In To 10 do this start with the thc first valve In front Turn the engine over o until the tappet is at Its lowest point Clean tho the eat scat with a u cloth Place a n little valve grinding compound on the valve val face Place riace the valve alve In position and b by m means ana of ur a brace or screw driver rl oscillate the thc valve against Its scat Keep this up for about cne cue Then Ihen remove valve clean It and md th the |