Wise words right there ^^^^

Bad luck on the blowout mate, that sux big time. Perhaps you should CC the head and plan on a particular comp ratio for your new cam. Remember, cam, carbs and compression = all go hand in hand. I took over 2 mm off mine just to get my cam working sweet. That presented new problems however and I had to get an vernier cam wheel to pick up the slack timing belt. Another story....

Are in the Newcastle area? If you need a hand with anything, I've got the tools and know how with taking off your head. I've built at least 3 of my own pintos in the past and it's not hard at all. Dont pay a mechanic big bux to do it, save the labour costs and buy a cam and then fit it all up at once!!

Yeah mate i am in the Newcastle area, Belmont to be exact. Im taking the head off this Friday and then the work begins the following Monday. Thanks to my tax check i can fix it + more .

Also one question what do you guys think about vents or maybe a small scoop on the side of your bonnet where the carbies are...? Not for looks (well maybe a little) but to get more air into the carbs. I thought if you had a scoop or vent of some sort just above the carbs they would breathe alot better but thats just what i thought. Tell me what you think. Cheers for the Info Bloomy and Banarcus [%]

Here are my new seats, Cost me a Big $100 for both of em! Ha Bargain,

ADR approved?

Probably not [88]

I'm really not sure, i'll find out and get back to you.

Tried putting them in and the rails are too wide so im going to put the rails off the old seats on the new ones and shall be all sweet untill i crash and me and the seat go out the front window [xx(]

Here's some pics of the head off

Ok hows this... Mechanic tells me its a blown head gasket between 1 and 2 so a few mates come around and we take off the head... the Gaskets are fine not one thing wrong with them... I've sent the head off to be shaved and port polish, but im puzzled on what the hell is wrong with the thing! Any idea's Main things were had no power down low sounded like i was on 3 cylinders bit smokey, (not Blue) like it was running rich, had a few idea's like the valves or somthing but what else could it be???

Black smoke = carbs fueling
No power = could have been gasket could also be tuning or problem with carb
Running on 3 = could be fouled plug being that its got black smoke coming out the back

= check out your carbs maybe put a kit thru them the webers I had were a pain in the ass and had no power down low. pissed the weber off and put my new carb on it was like a different car ! you could rebuild the carbs yourself and the kits probably cost less than $100 to do both. It only takes a blockage or problem with one barrel of the carbs for the whole lot to run average. Have you got a glass fuel filter some where between the tank and the carbs ? as these are good cos you can pull them apart and empty the filth, if you do check it.

BLOWNMK12L

Yeah Fari enough but i had the mechanic go over it and the Tard said 1stly it was the leads... so i changed and then it was still rooted so i took it back and said look over it better... he said gaskets and then took hea off and its fine, carbs got the jets cleaned and tuned about a week before the stuff up with the car... so im in the situation where i wanna piss it off.