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Started by _livo74_ , Dec 16 2014 07:48 PM

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Posted 02 July 2017 - 01:30 PM

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Posted 02 July 2017 - 01:38 PM

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Posted 04 July 2017 - 10:19 PM

finally got an alternator on, and got to use my bracket which was one of first things i bought for the car ages ago.

 

used the mild upgrade of the VN commodore v8 alternator.

used this thread for setup. bloody helpful.

http://www.gmh-toran...rnator-from-vn/

 

 

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Posted 05 July 2017 - 03:09 PM

my engine has 20L8 stamped on it,

so i take it that it was made on 20th November 1978

 

making it.. the most piss poor 253 engine ever released

4.2 L Red V8 (87 kW (117 hp))
4.2 L Red V8 (96 kW (129 hp), dual exhaust)

 

hooray? LOL

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Posted 05 July 2017 - 04:29 PM

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Posted 05 July 2017 - 06:11 PM


my engine has 20L8 stamped on it,
so i take it that it was made on 20th November 1978

making it.. the most piss poor 253 engine ever released
4.2 L Red V8 (87 kW (117 hp))
4.2 L Red V8 (96 kW (129 hp), dual exhaust)

hooray? LOL


Dont be to hard on your motor my hk 307 pumped out a whopping 99kw duel exhaust aswell frOcking lol....

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Posted 05 July 2017 - 07:24 PM

Just means it needs bit of water under tyre for burnouts....


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Posted 05 July 2017 - 07:54 PM

dear god, bullit! that's terrible.. in a heavy tank too! lol i feel a little better ;)

 

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heya gtr,

as that was when engine was brand new.. i think i'll need to pour oil! hahaha

(and cheers for your heads up on the vn  v8 alt, went with it :)  )


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Posted 05 July 2017 - 08:31 PM

(fluked getting a 3 grand loan from anz.. have tried to spend wisely, but with $1700 going on the bloody rubber kit, exhaust and carby alone.. have done as best as i can with remainder. anyways, HOPEFULLY, some serious progress will result ! :) )


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Posted 05 July 2017 - 09:05 PM

Hey Mat

Where did you get your carpet from

And does it fit well

 

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Posted 05 July 2017 - 09:53 PM

heya mecho

 

http://www.ebay.com....872.m2749.l2649

 

went for the cheap as POLYPROPYLENE carpet, more like "fake" carpet. 

as in.. is thin. about 3/4 cm height, as opposed to real carpet which is cm or so.

 

fitted ok actually.

but i made it fit "good" with self tapping screws here and there.

(which i would of done anyways to stop movement/creases)

 

*and sikaflex


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Posted 05 July 2017 - 10:05 PM

have tried to find answer but so far can't.

am wondering about the rocker cover to air cleaner "breather" hose,

is it just a hose?

or do you use a pcv valve also, so vapor can only go the one way? 


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Posted 06 July 2017 - 01:34 AM

Just means it needs bit of water under tyre for burnouts....

 

LOL... When I was young and did stupid things like that, I actually fitted a washer bottle in the boot of a car, which squirted on the rear tyres with the push of a button... but then I tried pumping diesel or something similar through it and the whole thing melted and made a huge mess!

 

Then I discovered that if you have a real engine under the bonnet to start with, you don't need shit like that!

 

am wondering about the rocker cover to air cleaner "breather" hose,

 

Very early engines just had a breather that let the crankcase fumes vent to atmosphere, but apparently that was killing the whales or something so they invented positive crankcase ventilation.

 

You're supposed to have one of those grommets in each rocker cover (sorry, can't be bothered looking back for a pic). The PCV valve, which is connected to manifold vacuum, goes in one side to suck the fumes out and burn them in the motor, the other side is/was just an open hose and originally ran to the factory air cleaner so fresh air could get in one side of the motor and get sucked out the other.

 

Some aftermarket chrome air cleaners used to come with a plastic bung so you could still attach this hose, but I haven't bought one for so long I wouldn't know whether that's still the case?


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Posted 06 July 2017 - 05:27 PM

cheers andrew! open hose.

(had bought 2 pcv valves just in case. got a spare now)

 

on drivers side cover will run open hose to air cleaner , (and drill/grommet the bottom of cleaner.. as suspect my aftermarket won't have it.)

and pass side cover with a pcv'd hose to the back of carb


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Posted 09 July 2017 - 07:32 PM

carpet in means could install new seat belts, and fit console and seats permanently  

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Posted 10 July 2017 - 06:58 AM

Getting there bud won't be long long untill you can drive it! What seat belts did you get? And how was the fitment ?

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Posted 10 July 2017 - 07:33 PM

cheers nick, is coming along now, thank gosh!

brand is Tego

fit very good, apart from the bolt holes being to small for the huge torana bolts. had to be drilled about 1mm wider diameter to accomodate


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Posted 10 July 2017 - 08:04 PM

mmm, pretty! (and pretty small lol)

hot run tested and ready to go... supposedly/hopefully!!

 

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Posted 10 July 2017 - 08:07 PM

and more stuff arrived that was needed

(and gaskets, pcv's, rubber brake hoses etc)

 

 

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Posted 10 July 2017 - 08:13 PM

and awaiting this fan switch/relaykit. 

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http://www.ebay.com....eIAAOSwo4pYeXHM

 

 

the proffessionals' kit of choice?

not for $20 it's not!

 

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(my fan was dead.  new fan was advertised as being 220watt, when arrived says 120.

not going to complain, runs bloody powerfully.)


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Posted 10 July 2017 - 09:26 PM

"Professionals" don't use kits (a bit like "Real men don't need instructions" as Tim 'TheTool Man' Taylor used to say).

 

120 watt is only 10 amps, that sounds low for a thermo fan but if you say it's pushing enough air then fair enough.

 

LOL, you actually got "253" on the rocker covers... how uncommonly honest of you!


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Posted 10 July 2017 - 09:57 PM

wasn't a home improvement fan myself, more of a seinfeldian

and he wouldn't know an engine from an arse (kinda like me!)

 

ha! lucky i didn't go for the 80w fans on offer!

 

myself, i would never stick 308 covers on, to pretend/falsify, though not fussed what others do.

(..as for the stickers on car.. well, just looks so darn pretty, and is just my personal favorite look of an slr replica)


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Posted 13 July 2017 - 03:26 PM

bought a dust cover at last.

 

someone could of told me to install BEFORE i fitted my extractors and sway bar!!

 

 

 

..oh, wait

they did.

 

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aaargh!

not. fooking. fun.

 

 

 

 

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Posted 14 July 2017 - 04:45 PM

1: Idle adjustment
2:Fast idle adjustment
3:Charcol canister
4:fresh air feed for auto choke, via manifold heat pipes
5:Vacuum advance
6:EGR valve
7:auxiliary vacuum port
8:pcv hose
9:Charcol canister

 

in regards to the new carby, here is the list for vacuum ports i have for the ww stromberg

 

a million little projects am trying to do, hopefully this connected being one of them very soon

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Posted 14 July 2017 - 07:47 PM

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