Here We Go Again

[b2tf]

Originally Posted by Whoosha

Open to suggestions on what to look for

A new head man?

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by b2tf

A new head man?

Thats Given and done

[BOTTLEDUP]

As self designated new head man I strongly suggest the following:

[b2tf]

Do they come with a free pair of nads? Whoosh seems to need 'em.

[Whoosha]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Bite me .......
Think I have spent more on tools to pull the stupid thing apart than the replacement parts How ever I can now disassemble anything AU Wheezer and rent the tools out @ $50 a day plus deposit
No calls Saturday please I think I mite be busy or bring food and drink

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Whoosha

No calls Saturday please I think I mite be busy or bring food and drink

Bugger, I was going to ring Sat night to tell you what a hard time I'm having in Cairns (Port Douglas or wherever up the top end) trying to finish a nice drop of Red.....

[Day-mow]

good luck and Godspeed!

also dont hit your thumb. that hurts

[auIILTD]

Hurry up. It's Saturday - get to work!

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by auIILTD

Hurry up. It's Saturday - get to work!

Sunday now Well all was going well with the stud mount Valve removing tool works reasonable well .Handy hint #1 No air needed just place a thin wire or similar down the plug hole and turn the motor over at the balancer till the piston reaches TDC the valve sits on the piston and the collets are easy enough to remove, #2 use a Magnetic tool to lift the collets out save"fat finger" syndrome and firing them into oblivion #3 Who new there is 2 different types of springs some GTP40s run the same In, and exh. some don"t guess who"s don't so back to the speed shop tomorrow.

[Pinkbits]

Good to see you put something down on the bench or it could have been a case of dead man walking!

[auIILTD]

MMM. Interesting. Both the 185kw Stock and 250kw T3 I have done had the same height inlet and exhaust! 220s are turning out to be quite a variation on the other Au V8s.

Stu

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by auIILTD

MMM. Interesting. Both the 185kw Stock and 250kw T3 I have done had the same height inlet and exhaust! 220s are turning out to be quite a variation on the other Au V8s.

Stu

Well guessed you figured by now Stu if it easy and normal it aint mine



Just had me main man check it all out for me, as it turns out Stu Mine runs a rotating collet on the Exhaust valve, this allows it to rotate the valve dissipating the heat better or so they think So we can either go the shorter springs or change the coletes to suit , as both the springs that have let go in the life of the motor have been the shorter ones thinking we may go the change over collet route

[Whoosha]

Mean while back at the ATM more new bits turned up so now I have the lot to get the old girl back on the road just need a bit of time

[galaxy xr8]

Originally Posted by Day-mow

good luck and Godspeed!

also dont hit your thumb. that hurts

Tell me about it!!, I had a arguement with a hammer 12 odd week's ago, I come of 2'nd best , broke my thumb in the process to.
Working on a Cleveland of all things.


Hey Whoosha how do those eagle lead's compare to other's on the market, and ones like MSD (although they have to be special made don't they ?).

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by galaxy xr8

Tell me about it!!, I had a arguement with a hammer 12 odd week's ago, I come of 2'nd best , broke my thumb in the process to.
Working on a Cleveland of all things.


Hey Whoosha how do those eagle lead's compare to other's on the market, and ones like MSD (although they have to be special made don't they ?).

Well not sure yet but they were purchased and recommended by some one who should know, retailing around the $280 mark I hope so, yes they are a "ordered in" item with the ends to suit the MSD packs and a double heat sock at the plug end .

[galaxy xr8]

Originally Posted by Whoosha

Well not sure yet but they were purchased and recommended by some one who should know, retailing around the $280 mark I hope so, yes they are a "ordered in" item with the ends to suit the MSD packs and a double heat sock at the plug end .

I still don't have a MSD pack on mine yet, still have all the original gear but I was looking into the pack and lead's, and heard mixed review's, so it would be good to hear your thought's in time mate.

[b2tf]

Correct in that the MSD's have to be actually made to suit the car, the Eagle leads you can get off the shelf to suit the AU V8's.

MSD, Eagle or ICE would be my choices combined with the MSD packs.

[Silver']

FWIW, I went with ICE leads with MSD coils and I like 'em. They fit in the original heat shields and mount nicely within the original lead-tidy fittings.

http://stores.ebay.com.au/enginemasteraustralia search in the store for 'AU ICE'

Delivered under $200.

[auIILTD]

^^^^^^ Ditto

[Day-mow]

i've used eagle leads n rate em. better then NGK leads i've got on now imo. but im also 2 cylinders short of you guys.
Galaxy i didn't break anything but split my thumb open got 6 stitches was a fair effort. whoosha actually coached me through the job after i busted my thumb.

whoosh. how you going mate. finished or what? pretty sure seeing as you've pulled your motor down a few times now. you should put some go fast bits in it.

[Whoosha]

Running true to form Daymo small set back. Snapped the stud for the valve spring gettaoutta off in the head of course so working around that at the min as for go fast bits Short of a blower I carnt see spending on any thing else making it go any quicker , Xcal and tune is around $1200 and reading the times ext. carnt see to many doing much more than a couple of 10ths over mine with its antique Unichip

[Whoosha]

Mean while back in the back yard things are going to plan NOT ! Turns out broken stud has no intention of coming out and its been joined with 1/2 a drill bit as well so with a in depth discussion with my self an the motion being second by AU1XLS . off come the lot again with a trip to the machine shop next week Sounded easy enough till the Header bolt snapped off as well on the up side of a tuff day it's on the same head as the stud so the he can do 2 for the price of 1 and we now know that just doing the one spring would have been easier, BUT it would have had the wrong spring in it So only 2 pluses on a day of negatives

[auIILTD]

Holy poo Whoosh. You really did skittle that black cat didn't ya!

Keep up the good work mate.

Stu

[Whoosha]

Bonus Stu I have all the tools and are getting qwick as pulln Stuff apart

[AU1XLS]

Hey Whoosh dont forget Im home this week, need anything dropped off picked up etc etc let me know

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by AU1XLS

Hey Whoosh dont forget Im home this week, need anything dropped off picked up etc etc let me know

all good mate Lezbo has it in his wagon as well as the parts list

[BOTTLEDUP]

All that trouble and no alloy heads??

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by BOTTLEDUP

All that trouble and no alloy heads??

Yes but not $1600 poorer plus Xcal box and tune

[auIILTD]

Don't forget about those half horse thingies? Just a interactive version of that Unichip thingy you already have.

[Whoosha]

Originally Posted by auIILTD

Don't forget about those half horse thingies? Just a interactive version of that Unichip thingy you already have.

!/2 horse is twice as good as 1/4 of one
That being said lets say we went AFRs, Xcal or similar. plus shop tune what sort of times would one expect ?