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« Reply #420 on: May 23, 2013, 08:43:15 AM » |
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the place was an ,alladdins, cave,, over 400 yank cars lying around ,,, a hell of alot just rotting away ,, the bloke used to have an american car /garage buissiness but packed it in and just sells a few new bits over the tin-ter-net,, all this lot is in the woods,under trees at his home out in the country ,, you can drive past within a fer yards and not know its there , he,s turned into a bit of a recluse,, i even had to phone him from the gate to be let in ,, but i seam to have made a new friend (i actually bought stuff of him twenty years ago from his garage buissiness)so i,ll be going back for more stuff and maybe another project when emily,s done ,, i spotted a few projects  |
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« Reply #421 on: May 23, 2013, 01:19:17 PM » |
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Hurrah! Some good news at last!
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« Reply #422 on: May 23, 2013, 08:07:10 PM » |
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« Reply #423 on: May 23, 2013, 09:48:18 PM » |
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after a very busy couple of days i,m now at the stage where a decision has to be made on what colour to paint the fresh engine block ? ideas please (quick if possible )as i may need to buy paint before the bank holiday rush  |
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« Reply #424 on: May 23, 2013, 10:01:03 PM » |
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Red or Yellow.
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« Reply #425 on: May 23, 2013, 10:17:43 PM » |
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Red or Yellow.
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« Reply #426 on: May 23, 2013, 10:29:39 PM » |
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What colour were original Austin engines painted? Green?
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« Reply #427 on: May 24, 2013, 01:42:44 AM » |
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« Reply #428 on: May 24, 2013, 05:28:09 AM » |
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had a real rough night ,,so not feeling too good ,  so i,m sat here studying the ,tin-ter,net trying to work out the actuall factory horse power for a 1978 oldsmobile 350,v8,, looked at so many web sites that i,v confused myself  |
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« Reply #429 on: May 24, 2013, 06:34:47 AM » |
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Sorry you had a bad night spanners.
As for power output, I think that depends a lot on what the engine was fitted to, how it was measured, and how much exaggeration the advertising guys thought they could get away with. Till you put it on a rolling road it's rather academic.
Colour, if you want it to stand out, bright (but not light) red or yellow. Both will make the engine appear bigger than the blue or gold factory colours. If you are adding chrome or polished ally, this stands out better against the red.
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« Reply #430 on: May 24, 2013, 07:59:13 AM » |
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Yep it would be red for me too
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« Reply #431 on: May 24, 2013, 09:13:19 AM » |
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By 1978 most Yank motors had very poor bhp figures firstly as they rerated from SAE to DIN . Secondly because the emissions rule had come in and with smaller valves and 2 barrel carbbs fitted most simply won't rev. However torque ( what counts for on the street) figures are still good  |
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« Reply #432 on: May 24, 2013, 08:12:23 PM » |
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this has a quadra-jet four barrel carb on it so it should rev quite well the annoying thing now is a broken manifold to head bolt  at first i just thought there was a bolt missing ,,then i took the manifold of and had a ,poke,, and found the broken bit in the head just tried ,touching, it with a drill and by ,christ,, its bl##dy hard another little problem that may take an hour or a day to sort ,, |
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« Reply #433 on: May 24, 2013, 08:15:03 PM » |
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If you think it's getting iffy for removal get it spark eroded away rather than risk screwing the head . |
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« Reply #434 on: May 24, 2013, 08:32:12 PM » |
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If you think it's getting iffy for removal get it spark eroded away rather than risk screwing the head . dont know anybody around here that doe,s spark eroding,, i,ll take another look at it tommorrow with fresh eyes and mind i,m totally shattered tonight as i havn,t had a full or good nights sleep for over a week ,, bl##dy joints,, etc ,etc,, |
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