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[fcwrangler]

Well done Pete, can't wait to get mine to that stage. What have you done to the engine? I was told mine was a fully reconditioned motor when I got the car but not sure what was done to it. It hasn't run for 6-7 years so I'm going to pull it down and check it out, get the head done and a mild cam to go with the triples.
Jim

[FCRB26]

specs on the motor ..   
Re-bored and honed to 3 1/8
Engine block surfaced & ground
Crankshaft re-ground 20/20 - Complete engine balance
Camshaft re-ground 25/65 mild - Flywheel lightened machined & balanced
New gudgeon pins fitted to rods
Cylinder head port & polished, fitted with oversize valves & Speco inserts
Now suits Unleaded Petrol ( ULP )
Rockers re-bushed & reamed
NewPiston & Rings
Camshaft bearings, Conrod bearings & Main bearing
Timing Gears & Harmonic Balancer
Welsh plugs

[DJ]

swap ya

[fcwrangler]

Thanks Pete, when I pull it down I can check it all out and see what has been done. I doubt if it has been ported and polished or had the flywheel lightened and balanced,so if I can,
the plan is to get larger valves, double springs and hardened seats as well as port and polish. Spoken with Clive Cams in Melbourne, so The cam will be similar to yours,I'd like to weigh the pistons & rods as well as a few other things Weddo has suggested to aid in better oil flow.
Jim

[GreyFC]

A crank, flywheel, balancer, piston and rod balance is $240 in Melb and worth it.  Also look at some stiffer single springs rather then doubles, cheaper and less stress.  If you need the head dine talk to Eddie at HSD he is the best and price is OK aswell but you can gatentee it will be amazing.

Also polishing is no good, you want the ports rough to aid atomization of the fuel, helps it burn better so never polish inside the inlet ports or inlet manifolds.

[weddo]

Rough inlet and smooth exhaust


regards

Weddo

[FCRB26]

https://vimeo.com/124595722
Pete at newcastle mufflers once again did a top job.
The little girl sounds awesome.
Mark from basset racing did the dyno tune we ended fitting variable jets got it singing pretty not to rich not to lean .
15 degrees of timing into her ran 84.5hp certainly no race car but double the amount it had before hand.
Lovelly to drive.

[NES304]

Good stuff. Pipes looked really good too when I spotted it. Can't believe pipes can double the power Hahahah

AT LEAST YOU'VE BROKEN  18sec 1/4 Mile times now!!!


Can't wait to see the numbers on the 5L !

[CraigFC]

Looks great mate ;D

[FCRB26]

Well what can i say.
I learnt a valuable lesson about buying a "fully recod" engine
Should have just built one myself to save the heartache and let alone the money wasted.
After having a fully recod ebay stromberg drop the vent tube into the engine i have had enough.
This is the 2nd "fully recod" carb to fail
Upon stripping the engine we found the below list of problems.
so i have ordered all the parts to put fuel injection onto the new engine.
Haltech computer , custom throttle bodys, LS injectors
MOB race engines which are 5 minutes from home have just opened up he seems extremelly knowledgable with greys. He has given me a hand to rebuild the old girl doing all the machining work what we found was laughable the engine was junk in the end all i saved was the pistons and block and head.
also upon stripping the engine bay i found some rust so a quick re build of the subframe and lower sill section was neccesary.
Yeah i wasnt going to touch it but have had issues with the generator and the engine bays a mess so i have ordered  a tiny alternator and smoothed out the engine bay to make her look pretty again.
This is just a prevenative build to stop the rust hopefully get it back together sooner rather than later so i can start assembling the ute.

specs on the motor ..  
Re-bored and honed to 3 1/8 (standard bore)
Engine block surfaced & ground  (NOT surface ground )
Crankshaft re-ground 20/20 - Complete engine balance ((crank was 30 thou under with big grooves so in the bin it went NOT balanced)
Camshaft re-ground 25/65 mild - Flywheel lightened machined & balanced (Camshaft overground had allready started wearing bad)
(Main cap bolts on crank were loose mitre ten spring washers had split fell into sump) crazy
New gudgeon pins fitted to rods
Cylinder head port & polished, fitted with oversize valves & Speco inserts (ported no new inserts fitted)
Now suits Unleaded Petrol ( ULP )
Rockers re-bushed & reamed
NewPiston & Rings
Camshaft bearings, Conrod bearings & Main bearing
Timing Gears & Harmonic Balancer (Supposed alloy timing gears was a damaged old fibre one
Welsh plugs

[CraigFC]

Another quick tidy up, we will see.........

[FCRB26]

Another quick tidy up, we will see.........

It has to be im out of room..

[Ol_Girl_58]

Another quick tidy up, we will see.........

We all know about Pete's quick tidy ups...

Makes for great reading though.

[FCRB26]

Been a busy week
Flat out trying to get this car sorted.
Imported a mini Alternator from the states
70amp and uses original mount
Original belt
Original adjuster so tiny.
Engines back together
Blocks been tapped for temp sensor.
All the injection turned up haltech computer throttle bodys ect.
Subframe was blasted pretty sad looking .
All parts bead blasted etch primed and 2k undercoated.







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[Longman]

Fabulous work mate. Any chance you have templates or sell the repair sections for the lower front pillar area as seen in the pics above?

[FCRB26]

I dont have any templates mate i just winged it.
Sprayed the engine the colour of the car this afternoon in debeers 2k
I had the subframe blasted and powdercoated in zinc etch he got it down all the rails it sands beutiful you can bog over it very impresive.
Now to repair the swiss cheese.
The rares repair panels fit very well and are original thickness very impressed.






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[FCRB26]

Late night assembling
Painted it in 2k debeers blue
Fitted stainless button and socket heads

New thermo shroud fits perfect ontoa stock radiator




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[FCRB26]

Fabulous work mate. Any chance you have templates or sell the repair sections for the lower front pillar area as seen in the pics above?

Hey longman i was just looking if you want a quick simple piece for either side i just noticed a grey motor rocker cover has nearly a perfect shape and 2 corners with the smaller radius are left and right check it out i wish id noticed it last week.

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[FCRB26]

Massive last few days all stone trays column cover 500 little pieces etch primed 2k primed then sprayed in satin black.
Subframe repairs completed came out awesome absaloutley stocked how good the spot welds and repair section came up.
Grille shell blasted nut serts fitted all slats mirror finished nos outer grille shell fitted tapped all threads and fitted stainless socket heads with spring washers.
Another big day tommorow get the subframe finished and in undercoat






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[FATBOY]

nice grille surrounds pete. its gonna look killa