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Originally posted by Inferno115

cheers wiggy, was your car down there at all?

dw Rhys your carbys and manifold are all the exact same as you gave them to me, its only my parts that have got mutilated :(

ill ring you before 2 ish to make sure ill probably be at urs about 2.15

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Nah wasn't down there yet,just had a chat to bruce about my next round of mods. It will be in there getting some work in the next Month or so.

well dynoed my new setup today, twin 40 on a standard motor and pulled 65.02 kw a gain of 7.2 kw over a standard induction setup and its making alot more torque all through rev range, im pleased, least it wasn't a loss, so now time for a cam and some head work

purchased a new engine on weekend, couldnt help myself
heres the specs:
20 thou over bore. Shot pened rods. flat top pistons. balanced. Head port and polish. new over sized vales (triple angles, facing). new valve springs and rockers. wade cam. inlet opens at 50 deg and closes at 77 deg, exh opens at 63 deg and closes at 48degs. Inlet duration 307 deg, Exh 291 deg. Over lap of 98 deg. 400 thou lift. Adjustable cam gear. alloy rocker cover. pace maker extractors

previous owner made 152 hp atw on efi throttle bodies, so im expecting less on twin 40's but should still be a fun package
started ripping out engine tonight, should finish and hopefully get it running by Sunday afternoon, then off to the carby specialist next week if all goes to plan!

geez dave... good to see ya old bommodore never got this much love...

jeez sounds good mate, defiantly gotta have a look at the old girl now!

Sounds like I'll soon have some company on the track days?

Will be interstate this weekend but can help you with it when I'm back.

Rhys

well picked up the engine yesterday arvo and got it all in by about 10 pm that night had a few minor setbacks, such as a stripped engine mount, god knows how it happend but thanks to the kindness of Rhys (2ltscort) a second hand mount was supplied to get me on my way again,now the only drama im having is gettin the thing to run[xx(] ive got spark and ive got fuel so im assuming its gotta be timing, ill have a bit more of a play around with it after work today but hopefully she shood be a drivable by Sunday night with some luck that is

well after a month of being down and gettin the carbys tuned ( had a major setback with an elusive dodgy ignition module) the car is back on the road, feels much more powerful, and alot more grunt, carbys are spot on aswell so i was happy with that, i have tafe on november 17th so will be getting it on the dyno to see power gains,but before then the car should hopefully get a track day at mallala under its belt, but before i go blasting around the track, i plan to get a new set of wheels or spacers for my current ones, fit up front bilstiens and kmac strut tops, and fix a few oil leaks, then i should have a nice decent package

Sounds like it's gonna be a nice bit of kit with those parts.

well had got some braided brake lines today great improvement in pedal feel, not spongey at all anymore rock solid so im pleased with that,they were all split so had to be done, gettin my radiator flushed and top tank repaired tomorow and then hopefully by end of week ill also get the old air con fan in nose cone wired up to a switch for when the car gets to hot i can flick it on, its all slowly coming together now, also picking up my strut tops Thursday as theyve arrived from nsw, for anyone who wood still want adjustable kmacs even though they are discontinued a guy in nsw bought all the moulds and they are now being produced and are available from car torque out in kent town in south aus, ask for julie she really knows her stuff