hk monaro engine bay resto just finished
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, Oct 05 2006 08:04 PM
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Posted 13 October 2006 - 05:33 PM
one tallented son of a fine lady !! im so lucky to have you doing my slr,,, will post before and after picks wen the mystro is finnished. allready looking a million bucks
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Posted 13 October 2006 - 11:12 PM
stunning hopefully my old mans hk comes up that nice!
and makka only a 307? with such small mods 307s can become beaut motors
especailly with 305 heads they will slowly walk away from a vt ss cop car
not that i know from experience
and makka only a 307? with such small mods 307s can become beaut motors
especailly with 305 heads they will slowly walk away from a vt ss cop car
not that i know from experience
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Posted 14 October 2006 - 08:52 AM
Hi Guys.
bullitljv8 said:- "as for exhaust manifoulds they were cast iron or rocket red depending on what plant it came from so the monaro club here in s.a tell me
There is only one engine plant, it's the one at Fishermans Bend.
They are correct when it comes to variations from body to body because GM-H had an assembly plant in every state (exc Tas.) & different plants did different things, But when it comes to engines, as I said there is only one plant. I've discussed this with many guys over time & every genuine Holden 307 I've dismantled has had burnt remnants of Holden HK Rocket Red paint on the exhaust manifolds. Also the few factory shots I have of new 307s have the exhaust manifolds painted red. Holden didn't assemble these motors, they received them ready-built from the US & then painted then here & applied the 'Holden 5 Litre' decals to the rocker covers. It could also depend on how each one was painted. Maybe after a few dealer complaints of a burning paint smell from early HK 307 owners, they used less paint in this area & didn't paint them all over, but it would appear they were never masked off.
Having said all of that, I prefer the look of the clean unpainted cast iron manifolds.
Dr Terry.
bullitljv8 said:- "as for exhaust manifoulds they were cast iron or rocket red depending on what plant it came from so the monaro club here in s.a tell me
There is only one engine plant, it's the one at Fishermans Bend.
They are correct when it comes to variations from body to body because GM-H had an assembly plant in every state (exc Tas.) & different plants did different things, But when it comes to engines, as I said there is only one plant. I've discussed this with many guys over time & every genuine Holden 307 I've dismantled has had burnt remnants of Holden HK Rocket Red paint on the exhaust manifolds. Also the few factory shots I have of new 307s have the exhaust manifolds painted red. Holden didn't assemble these motors, they received them ready-built from the US & then painted then here & applied the 'Holden 5 Litre' decals to the rocker covers. It could also depend on how each one was painted. Maybe after a few dealer complaints of a burning paint smell from early HK 307 owners, they used less paint in this area & didn't paint them all over, but it would appear they were never masked off.
Having said all of that, I prefer the look of the clean unpainted cast iron manifolds.
Dr Terry.
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Posted 14 October 2006 - 09:08 PM
Thanks dr terry i will look into itHi Guys.
bullitljv8 said:- "as for exhaust manifoulds they were cast iron or rocket red depending on what plant it came from so the monaro club here in s.a tell me
There is only one engine plant, it's the one at Fishermans Bend.
They are correct when it comes to variations from body to body because GM-H had an assembly plant in every state (exc Tas.) & different plants did different things, But when it comes to engines, as I said there is only one plant. I've discussed this with many guys over time & every genuine Holden 307 I've dismantled has had burnt remnants of Holden HK Rocket Red paint on the exhaust manifolds. Also the few factory shots I have of new 307s have the exhaust manifolds painted red. Holden didn't assemble these motors, they received them ready-built from the US & then painted then here & applied the 'Holden 5 Litre' decals to the rocker covers. It could also depend on how each one was painted. Maybe after a few dealer complaints of a burning paint smell from early HK 307 owners, they used less paint in this area & didn't paint them all over, but it would appear they were never masked off.
Having said all of that, I prefer the look of the clean unpainted cast iron manifolds.
Dr Terry.
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Posted 14 October 2006 - 10:19 PM
absolutely stunning made, its a credit to you
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Posted 14 October 2006 - 11:09 PM
Wow!!, an exceptional example. How much have you had to do to get it to its current condition?
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Posted 15 October 2006 - 11:55 AM
HB1200 the only thing i havnt touched is the body its been 3 years in the process but its gettn thereWow!!, an exceptional example. How much have you had to do to get it to its current condition?
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