flak monkey
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| posted on 16/8/11 at 07:50 AM |
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Once I have stopped the exhaust blowing I'll post a vid 
Sera
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ReMan
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| posted on 16/8/11 at 08:00 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by karlak
I love it 
The guy who is helping me out with the use of his workshop while doing the MK indy conversion has just taken on a customers job. A complete refurb of
a Camaro - I am so wanting a trip out in when it is ready. The new bellhousing arrived for it last week. Jeez,, Heavy duty does not come close to
describing it 
 
Description
That looks cracking
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ReMan
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| posted on 16/8/11 at 08:05 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by flak monkey
Once I have stopped the exhaust blowing I'll post a vid
Hurry up!
Good work, it doesnt look that bad , prezumably resprayed fairly recently?
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flak monkey
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| posted on 16/8/11 at 11:39 AM |
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Recent respray, but its crap. So its another job on the list.
Not that bothered to be honest, its not planned to be a show car, just quick
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Miks15
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| posted on 16/8/11 at 11:57 AM |
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Loving the car david, very cool.
On a seperate note have you done any more with your bike build? Hopefully you are still planning on finishing it?
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flak monkey
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| posted on 16/8/11 at 02:53 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Miks15
On a seperate note have you done any more with your bike build? Hopefully you are still planning on finishing it?
Not done anything on the bike for a few weeks. I know I am not going to get it on the road this year, so kind of saving it up for the long winter
nights now. Its more or less ready to strip down for paint etc.
The car gives me something else to spend my time on during the summer
Sera
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RK
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| posted on 16/8/11 at 03:54 PM |
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Sadly for you and tragic for me, the parts for those things are the absolute cheapest there are, 2 km from my house at the infamous Canadian Tire. You
can order whole engines from those guys if you want. Looks like a fun project for you though!
If you want something you can't track down over there, please don't hesitate to email or u2u me. They are seriously common over here.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 16/8/11 at 08:41 PM |
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Great thank you I am after a couple of bits, will U2U you
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matt.c
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| posted on 16/8/11 at 09:27 PM |
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LOL cant wait to hear that rumbling up my road.
You are proper nuts aint you. 
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flak monkey
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| posted on 17/8/11 at 07:39 PM |
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One video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C28riMVePE
Not sure what the sound is like as its off my camera.
Just changed the carb to a Holley as the old one was really knackered. Runs and starts much better now.
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flak monkey
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| posted on 20/8/11 at 05:29 PM |
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Did the sump and gasket yesterday afternoon. Bit of a pain to do, but more fiddly than anything. I don't like laying under cars at the best of
times, though rust in your eyes beats welding spatter in the ear any day.... As my engine is an 87 its the one with the single piece rubber gasket.
Transmission oil pan gasket - replaced the old cork one with a proper Felpro one
Transmission mount - old one completely disintegrated. Replaced with a new pattern part.
Alternator changed for a new unit - bearings shot in other one and it was all siezed together making stripping it nearly impossible.
Straightened out crank pulley - someone had damaged the rear groove meaning the power steering pump was being run on the wrong groove. Now fixed well
enough for it to run properly. Fitted a new belt and now have a nice quiet power steering drive. No more squeaky belts
Front brake disc - failed....the one that was supplied with the car isn't right and takes a different sized outer bearing. So I need to order a
new front disc/hub. Might do a brake upgrade while I am at it. May as well I suppose.
Good news is just been for a quick drive and the sump and transmission oil pan dont seem to be leaking any more. There is just another leak on the
speedo cable as someone has damaged the thread so you can't do it up properly. Will have to just replace the cable...
Sera
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flak monkey
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| posted on 21/8/11 at 07:59 PM |
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Still have a minor oil leak, but not enough to worry about now. Just a little at the front of the sump where it meets the timing cover. Could always
stick some sealer in if i could be bothered, but the engine will be getting swapped soon anyway, so no major problem.
Also still have an intermittent whistling noise, loudest on overrun, quiet at cruise and stops under acceleration. Its not there all the time, and
have yet to have it happen when idling, so finding it hard to pinpoint. I think it might be a vac leak somewhere so I have replaced the vac line down
to the modulator on the transmission. It hadn't happened for ages, then started again today on and off. Loud enough to be annoying and
embarrassing.
All the body seals/weather strips should arrive this week so I will be getting some of them fitted during the week. Though I will be holding off on
the door mounted ones as I want to take the doors off and sort the bottom edges out properly as they have been badly repaired in the past. And I have
to take them off to do the hinges anyway...
Also ordered an aluminium radiator and transmission cooler as my rad is leaking in more than one place and like a lot of things has been bodged to fit
anyway. But that wont be here for another week or so.
So still loads to do...
Made a start on getting the parts together for my 355 build as well. 1968/69 4 bolt main block. Bored +.030". Just need to finsh swapping the
core plugs, trimming up all the sharp edges and a few other bits. Also would like to get the block decked to 9.000" if I can find a machine shop
to do it.
Also did a little work on the crank, nothing more than removing all the sharp edges as it was almost impossible to handle it without gloves. Its a
nearly new crank from a crate Goodwrench engine that had only covered 1000miles when it was stripped. Its only a cast crank sadly, but I am not
looking for more than 400bhp and will be keeping the rpm's down most of the time so hopefully it will be strong enough. I also gave the journals
a quick polish up.
And these are the pistons, TRW L2304F. They are secondhand but unused, but I dont have much info about them. I think they are just over 10.5:1 with
64cc heads. The plan is to fit aluminium heads anyway so will see what I can find. Need to take a few high spots off from the crowns as well. Might
give them a shine up as well.
So I am currently making a list of stuff to get. I was orginally planning on running a roller cam, but the price of all the hardware is putting me off
big time. I dont want to end up running a high stall converter either as its a street car at the end of the day. So thinking about running a Lunati
Voodoo 268/276 cam.
Need to get a full set of bearings and rings and a few other bits too... Hoping to have the engine built up before the end of the year and get it
swapped over.
[Edited on 21/8/11 by flak monkey]
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coozer
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| posted on 21/8/11 at 08:21 PM |
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Nice walk around David, sounds mint! Hope my Jago sounds like that.. low rumble.... Oooooo yes....
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Proby
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| posted on 21/8/11 at 08:35 PM |
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Nice project, looks and sounds great!!
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