Large Milestone Achieved

[TorqueFC]

well well well

after a lot of mucking around, questioning and more questioning today we had the motor running:D:D:D

we all still have smiles on our faces. a mate from 2 blocks away heard the sound and went for a walk to find out where the hell it was coming from, anyway he rocked up knocking on the rollerdoor with a smile on his face, trying to work out what on earth it was.

i think after all of the mucking around and sratching of heads, it was definately worth hearing it run for the very fist time since its rebuild.

i mean hey it may not idle under 4000rpm, it may suck up the fuel, it may stall whenever it feels but hey, its our motor and we built it and i think thats a prettty good achievement :D:D

anyway i will take some pics tomorrow during the day hopefully to show ya's how it came up

a special thanks to ken mclean for the stand, and also a thanks to fellow forum members who have helped out

ps RET sorry if its in the wrong section, i didnt know whether to put it here or in rants raves and dummy spits

[Burnsy]

Well done Darcy, what cam specs did you end up settling for?  Can you post the complete engine specs for us please?  

[TorqueFC]

engine specs as follows

40thou pistons
202 valves
shaved head (40thou)
twin carbies (not setup yet)
headers (on order as we speak, also are stainless)
porting of head
i think thats everything, but i may be forgetting something

ps: now it idles at 800rpm, and is pretty lumpy:):)

wait forget cam specs:  it is a 40/80 cam with a duration total of 238

[Martin]

Onya, Darcy.   ;D ;D  Stir the neighbours.

Martin

[gp]

Well done Darcy, It's a great feeling when you fire them up for the first time.

Cheers,

Graham

[bob_hawke]

can i ask what sort of block it is?
id love to do this one day

[TorqueFC]

grey motor, originally from ek holden

every time we are outside we cant help but fire it up again, and again, and again, the sound is AWESOME ;D ;D