Anyone clarify what this PSN designates as fare as a 4 door HQ goes. 8N69TCL239040Q.
I am possibly looking to buy this car and the owner is telling me it is a factory 308, 4spd car. Going by the tag it does appear to be a 308.
Posted 09 September 2020 - 12:11 PM
Anyone clarify what this PSN designates as fare as a 4 door HQ goes. 8N69TCL239040Q.
I am possibly looking to buy this car and the owner is telling me it is a factory 308, 4spd car. Going by the tag it does appear to be a 308.
Posted 09 September 2020 - 01:12 PM
Edited by yel327, 09 September 2020 - 01:15 PM.
Posted 09 September 2020 - 03:44 PM
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Posted 10 September 2020 - 12:11 PM
Model: HQ80469
BODY NO. 1567 - A
Trim is 1856 - 30E
Paint is 568 - 15347 Purrpul?
Edited by Redslur, 10 September 2020 - 12:12 PM.
Posted 10 September 2020 - 12:42 PM
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Posted 11 September 2020 - 12:18 PM
Thanks for the info Yel...I have made the owner an offer on the car so see what he comes back with :-)
Posted 11 September 2020 - 12:49 PM
It is worth significantly less than a GTS but it is a far lower build car. Bit like a 5.0L SL Torana I guess.
Posted 20 September 2020 - 08:56 PM
Thanks for the info Yel...I have made the owner an offer on the car so see what he comes back with :-)
Posted 22 September 2020 - 12:22 PM
Yep scored the car mate. So happy. Just waiting to be able to get it from Adelaide to Canberra now. Been told a month wait so effectively I have paid for the car but it is still in SA. Lucky the previous owner is a nice guy. Would post up a pic if i could but don't know how nowadays.
Lets just say there is better value in a GTS replica HQ than a torry nowadays.
Posted 22 September 2020 - 12:37 PM
Posted 22 September 2020 - 03:16 PM
Yep scored the car mate. So happy. Just waiting to be able to get it from Adelaide to Canberra now. Been told a month wait so effectively I have paid for the car but it is still in SA. Lucky the previous owner is a nice guy. Would post up a pic if i could but don't know how nowadays.
Lets just say there is better value in a GTS replica HQ than a torry nowadays.
Posted 23 September 2020 - 12:04 PM
Far out the link I was sent said the car was at Port Augusta a week a go. What is the hold up?
Posted 23 September 2020 - 12:21 PM
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Posted 24 September 2020 - 07:59 AM
Running the stock Salisbury 3:36 diff from factory. The car is a factory 308, M21 car as mentioned to you before so the appeal of heading back that way is tempting. But I have never played with Chev's and a nice 383 with hydraulic roller cam and alloy heads would be nice for a cruiser with the muncie. It is a GTS 350 replica so that may convince me to stay that way...decisions, decisions...Anyone know of a nice 383 for sale?
Posted 24 September 2020 - 08:25 AM
I'd keep the 3.36 aside and get a 9" made. I wouldn't be concerned with turning it back to original, those days are long gone for it. It will always be worth more as it is rather than trying to make it original.
That is basically what my HK is getting (it is currently a 307 Powerglide but that is all coming out). A 377ci SBC (really 385ci as 0.040" oversize but Chevrolet built them as 377ci in 1963) with hydraulic roller and alloy heads. Should be good for a lazy 425hp, maybe more. Not even running extractors, picked up a pair of 2.5" Rams horns yesterday as ran on 375hp 327 Corvette, off the get HPC coated.
I'd build the 377 yourself. Scat make 3.75" stroke crankshafts that are internally balanced for 6" rods, they are only about $400 here in Australia. You'll pickup a 4 bolt 4" bore block for $500 if you are patient, I have bought two in recent times for $250 each, one 1968 cast 386 and a 1971 cast 010. 2 bolt blocks are really cheap, mate got an 010 a few weeks ago for $300 in mint cond. Scat also make clearanced rods (called pro-competition) so bugger all bore clearancing is required. Hyper pistons are cheap as chips too, I bought Wiseco forged and even they are about $600. Heads will be the most expensive, but still less than $3000 a pair, even cheaper if you go for less hp.
Edited by yel327, 24 September 2020 - 08:27 AM.
Posted 24 September 2020 - 12:10 PM
Yes Yel the ideas are flowing through my head I tell you. I really think I will do a chev but not sure how yet. Got about 10k to play with and only want a 450hp streeter that is reliable as hell and not over stressed. Don't know bugger all about building them but everyone who does play with them is suggesting a 383 with a hydraulic roller in the 240's @ 50 with AFR 210 heads will be a ball tearer but very street friendly and the old Muncie and Salisbury could hold op ok.
I have already priced up at 9 inch and that is $4500 alone. Maybe just putting a tru trak centre in the Salisbury with billet axles will suffice. Haven't heard much about the 377's. Tell me more....Decisions I tell you.....
Posted 24 September 2020 - 01:03 PM
Sounds like a good start. I'm not even bothering with aftermarket heads, using a pair of L98 Corvette alloy heads. They aren't meant for high rpm hp but are fine for a street engine that spends all its time below 5000rpm. The AFR heads will be a big step up for higher hp. I'm running Rams horns too. I reckon you could build a decent 377-388ci engine for $10k if you use your bolt ones you have now and you build it yourself. AFR heads might push you over though. The problems you might run into though that start costing are things like a clutch to take the new engine, is the exhaust big enough etc.
Crow specced a hydraulic roller for me with 515 thou lift with 1.6 rockers, and about 230 duration at 50 on 108 lobe centre. It is a cam to give decent vacuum and work well with an auto with air and steer on a serpentine setup. Being a manual you'd easily go for more duration than this.
The Muncie should be OK, and you can rebuild it stronger if need be. Not sure the 10 bolt will survive though. My new 9" housing and Currie axles cost $1900 for the HK, to suit HQ brakes. Plus the centre, which I'm going to run a mint XC 3:1 LSD for now, will probably buy a new Trutrac 3.25 later.
377 is what you are talking about. 4" bore with 3.75" stroke. Chevy built them in 1963 for the Grand Sport, but they never went into large scale production. They were a 4" bore small block with the crankshaft from the (future) 400 SBC. 383 is just an Americanism like Aluminum and 355 that has now gone into widespread use. The engines are 377 and 350, and are only 383 and 355 if at 30 over. Mine is 385ci as it is 40 over, but it will be registered and Engineered as a 377.
Posted 24 September 2020 - 07:20 PM
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