Thanks mate I'll keep that one in mind... Just ordered a tuning book aswell, starting to get my head around it all.
Cheers Drew

hi drewdog what size carbi and choke sizes are you running and what cam are you using cheers mario.

Hi drew if its a stock cam try 140 mains f16 elmusion tubes and 50 or 55f9 idle jets and 180 air corrector jets that should get it running very close you mite be better off running 34mm chokes with stanard cam cheers mario.

hi drew what cam was in motor before before it got damaged havent had that happen to me cheers mario.

G'day all,
Tried that last jet combo but lost power up top so went back to the original setup. Happy with that for now.
Been thinking about building an engine so when this ex-cortina pinto came up still in the car and running for $100 I grabbed it. I needed a new alternator anyway so there was nothing to loose. The one on this engine has an auto spark sticker on it so I'm thinking it may have been re-conned at some point. Its got all of its pollution gear still attached, the best steel air cleaner I've seen in a while with no cracks around the base and a factory a/c set up hanging off the side.
Now what to do with it?
We're looking at property in the south west/ margaret river region to retire one day so I have to decide whether I want to be hurtling around the wine region with a hot engine or just cruising with a standard setup and air conditioning.
Looking at throwing 'the lot' at the bottom end to future proof it if I do decide to go silly in the end. Plenty of time to decide...
Cheers Drew.

 
 
 

Hey Rob, took heaps of pics of the pollution gear and have a diagram in an old manual, you're welcome to whatever you need...
The cars been due a new alternator so I visited a couple of shops, first guy said he wasn't interested in doing 'old pommy crap' second wanted $400 so I bit the bullet and tracked down the parts to have a go at it myself. The bits took a couple of weeks to arrive so I indulged in my obsessive compulsion and started detailing it. Ended up filing off all of the casting marks, giving it a coat of paint, powdercoating the pulley and re-zinc'ing all of the fittings.
Time to fit it up and see if it works as good as it looks, lol fingers crossed.
Cheers Drew
 
 

Nice work Drew - I'll have to drop mine off some time!

I think "perfectionist" comes to mind, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Sure beats the way I do things, usually the first time is as quick as possible, then the second time is to undo the first and hopefully improve a little on round one.