Engine bay refurb

[GOA350]

I was talking to a mate of mine the other day, and he helped a bloke, just recently build a grey for an EJ and it has a very similar set up to mine, and he dynoed it, and without proper tuning it made 100HP. I think if you give it good spark, right amount of fuel and let it breath with a nice, not too wild cam, the grey will really perform. Do you a have eletronic dizzy?
Cheers Scott.

[Gary C]

Yeah Scott I fitted one of those crane fireball electronic ignition, but I have only run the car about 30mins so far. When I get it back from the paint shop we will try setting the carbys and timing properly, probably take a while to sort it all out but it did run very smooth from first fire up. I also have a set of triple inch and a quarter su's that I might put on further down the track.Gary C

[weddo]

Garry C

Go the SU route - mine has 100rwhp on the dyno, goes well and sounds great





regards
Weddo

[zulu]

They look good Weddo, did you have to cut the firewall? what size are they?
Great video Gary C

[weddo]

zulu - late model 38mm vertical style (no fuel bowl) minor massage of the fire wall when I did the engine bay after this photo was taken

regards
Weddo

[pedro]

Great to see some movement and sound instead of pics Gary, she's coming together nicely , looking forward to seeing more home movies.
                 Pedro

[Gary C]

Weddo, those su's do look great and I will put mine on once I get the car on the road and have done a few k's. I probably have to put a kit through them as I have never run them. Are they hard to set up? common belief is they are a pain, but then again no pain no gain.Gary C

[weddo]

Hi Gary C

I have had no problems with the carbies, it took a bit of trial and error to get the correct needles to suit the set up (only about 150 to choose from ) but once we had it running right and the fuel curve correct it was sweet.  I only have to do a tune about every 10 -12 months and thats with an air/fuel analizer connected to the exhaust and correct the idle adjustment if required.

No pain Gary all gain

Regards
Weddo

[Gary C]

I'm hear'in ya Weddo!.Gary C

[Gary C]

Picked up 90% of rubbers, door belts and bailey channels etc over Christmas (why does it always take 2-3 months to receive "off the shelf" parts!) The car is now nearly all in primer.




12weeks in the paint shop...was thinking I would make it to Orange and meet everyone, the wet season and 2 cyclones have put the handbrake on progress.

[Gary C]

The white is going on..



hope to have it back by the end of the week.
Thanks,Gary

[GOA350]

Great stuff, keep chipping away at it and you will get there.

[FC427]

Looking good Gary nearly at the end , that look like an indoor , out door spray booth he is using ......FC427.....

[Gary C]

 

    "Looking good Gary nearly at the end , that look like an indoor , out door spray booth he is using " ......FC427.....  ;
Yeah I know.."Broome style" you have 2 hrs in the morning before the humidity goes off the dial then the afternoon thunderstorm.It wont be no show stopper but it will be better than it was. Thanks,
Gary

[Maco]

Gary,

Great work under the circumstances, it is a credit to you, look forward to see your car Orange and of course to catch up with you.

Cheers
John

[Gary C]

Thanks John, I got a bit to do,but I'm probably not alone there!
Iam pretty keen on Orange but if I do make it my car wont be complete by any stretch of the imagination, but making it there in my own car and actually being there amongst all them other fe/fcs and to meet all you people would blow me away. Shit I havent even met another fc owner personally for 30 years! Anyway the next 14 days will tell. Thanks.
Gary

[Gary C]

The black is on..



headlining thursday,front and rear screens friday, door glass saturday-sunday, wiring monday, chrome wednesday-thursday,replace seats friday, run engine in saturday-sunday...I think Im dreaming again.Thanks,
Gary C

[brads59]

Looks great Gary well done.
Bit more than an engine bay refurb huh?
Cheers
Brad

[GOA350]

Hi Gary, is that you doing the painting? If it is, then i know who to look out for.
 Keep up the good work and keep on chipping away at it. Just grab one job at a time and complete it then move to the next and before you know it they are all completed and the car is complete.

[Gary C]

Nah, thats not me Scotty. I never had a go at painting a car,,, looking at the end result maybe I should have.
Gary