Have removed the cork gasket and the manifold sat much better in the valley. Have run a bead of ultra blue in place of the cork gaskets and a light smear along intake ports on the heads.
Hopefully fire it up tomorrow for round two!
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Posted 07 September 2015 - 06:24 PM
Have run it around the block a few times now and so far so good No leaks! ( huge relief ) just need to get the exhaust mated up a bit better then she'll be off to be dyno tuned next week!
Thanks for tips and advice along the way. Much appreciated.
Thanks for tips and advice along the way. Much appreciated.
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Posted 07 September 2015 - 06:57 PM
Before and after pics
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Posted 12 September 2015 - 01:23 PM
good stuff..looks good mate the old 308 looked good too lol
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Posted 17 September 2015 - 12:25 AM
good stuff..looks good mate the old 308 looked good too lol
Cheers mate.
Had the exhaust finished off today and sounds pretty good.
Have got it booked in on Saturday for a dyno tune. Getting pretty excited now!
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Posted 17 September 2015 - 12:41 AM
Went down the road to pick up some coolant but ended up with this lot!.... oh well 
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Posted 18 September 2015 - 07:48 PM
All loaded up ready for tomorrow..
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Posted 22 September 2015 - 10:35 AM
It will be good to see how this goes on the dyno, I was surprised to see the choice of single plane procomp manifold, with that cam, It will probaly get some better top end, but there will be a bit of a sacrifice of streetablity vs a dual plane harrop or torquepower. What compression ratio did you end up going with?
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Posted 23 September 2015 - 09:45 PM
It was a bit of a disappointing day really. The dizzy had packed it in and they were unable to tune it.
I wasn't able to source another one on the day so it went back on the trailer and straight home.
So in until next time..
I wasn't able to source another one on the day so it went back on the trailer and straight home.
So in until next time..
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Posted 24 September 2015 - 01:14 AM
Oh that sux mate.
Are you able to swap the dizzy without taking the motor out?
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Posted 24 September 2015 - 09:12 AM
Yeah mate there is just one pesky little 9/16 bolt holding that sucker down.
I have a new one on order just gotta wait til i can make another dyno appointment.
I have a new one on order just gotta wait til i can make another dyno appointment.
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Posted 24 September 2015 - 11:43 AM
Good luck mate, when its done it will make your sweet ride even sweeter!
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Posted 25 September 2015 - 10:36 PM
That is a bugger given all the effort, was the dizzy a new one with the rebuild? have you converted to HEI module for better spark?
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Posted 26 September 2015 - 07:38 AM
It already has a hei installed and i was still reusing my existing dizzy. The cap was worn out, My own fault really for not having a better look at it.
It was self advancing as well which i wouldn't have really picked up.
It always used to have a slight hesitation when blipping the throttle which they were saying was caused by the dizzy. So it'll nice to get rid of that
It was self advancing as well which i wouldn't have really picked up.
It always used to have a slight hesitation when blipping the throttle which they were saying was caused by the dizzy. So it'll nice to get rid of that
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Posted 26 September 2015 - 09:08 AM
Where are you sourcing the replacement from?
Are they able to set it up for your new combo?
Are they able to set it up for your new combo?
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Posted 13 October 2015 - 10:14 PM
Booked back in for this Saturday For another attempt.Where are you sourcing the replacement from?
Are they able to set it up for your new combo?
They'll set the dizzy up for me there.
Will be good to get it back on the road. I originally thought it would take only a couple of weeks... 6 months later!
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Posted 13 October 2015 - 10:44 PM
Booked back in for this Saturday For another attempt.
They'll set the dizzy up for me there.
Will be good to get it back on the road. I originally thought it would take only a couple of weeks... 6 months later!
Have you met Gene? Lol
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Posted 19 October 2015 - 11:19 PM
Dyno day was a bit of a anticlimactax. They had just bought a new hub mounted dyno but didn't have the adapter yet to suit the torana stud pattern.
They still gave it a tune as best they could. Was breaking down as revs increased so replaced leads which helped a little but was still backfiring as revs increased. Turns out it was my plugs. I had still been running plugs suited to the old red heads which were too short. Quick trip to supercheap for new longer plugs and she sounds sweet now.
Disappointed not to get it on the dyno but that can wait. A few more items to sort out, speedo stopped working since pulling the motor out and the temp guage also.
Took it for a spin today and stopped in to visit a mate with his Barbados LH.
They still gave it a tune as best they could. Was breaking down as revs increased so replaced leads which helped a little but was still backfiring as revs increased. Turns out it was my plugs. I had still been running plugs suited to the old red heads which were too short. Quick trip to supercheap for new longer plugs and she sounds sweet now.
Disappointed not to get it on the dyno but that can wait. A few more items to sort out, speedo stopped working since pulling the motor out and the temp guage also.
Took it for a spin today and stopped in to visit a mate with his Barbados LH.
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Posted 21 October 2015 - 10:20 PM
Can anyone tell me if I should be using a different size temp sender now that ive switched to vn heads?
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