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Looks great mate, must be nearly finished ??

EK283 wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2026 9:13 am
What are you doing with the rear number plate overiders ?

Greg

They are not rusty believe it or not - they are going to be used as a template to hopefully make reproduction ones

While the front bit got dropped off at a mates who is using it as a test bed for making a turbo manifold for a grey motor [emoji106][emoji106] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260124/0d798ad2caf51958a64ba931d011bf9b.jpg
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Least it didn't fall in half this time Blacky :roll: :roll:
It fell into lots of bits today Neil -
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Laser cut adapter turned up today - next step will be to mark, drill and tap the holes in it then machine the 5 speed bellhousing to suit



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Craig Allardyce wrote: Thu Jan 22, 2026 5:30 am

No it will be a standard head sort of. New alloy construction hopefully, and way cheaper than the going the cross flow route.

Young Mr Allardyce, you KNOW you cant make a statement like that and provide no more info - do tell ????

I was having an issue with losing water coming back from the Nationals one year - we stopped in Esperance at a radiator place and the bloke sold me a new cap as the original 7lb cap was knackered - told me the only real issue with running a higher poundage was the original radiator tanks were not ...

ardiesse wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:27 pm .

As usual, people thought I was crazy driving a 75-year-old car 3000 km through the summer heat.

Pussies ..... they are made to be driven

Cool old FX? ute - looks like the weather was kind to you

Now that Jason has sorted the forum glitches- here’s some pics
Rocked up and loaded it the easy way for a change
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Nice work - I will send mine over shall I mmmmaaaaatttttteeeeee ????????

update Gaz ?????

My shirt let go last year. It had nothing to do with the welding burn holes, battery acid, or oil, or.........................


............ or your guts stretching it :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


Would you be the expert in that matter?................................


Yessir :ebiggrin ...

There must be - they keep finding me ........

I dunno what is going on with Tapatalk - my phone did an "upgrade" last night and now I cant post pictures

Honestly in my experience with grey motors, if you want to go for more horsepower within reasonable costs you are better off supercharging the engine. With mild boost of around 5-10 psi you should achieve your mark. That will be at a lower rpm as well.
Moderation is key, build the best NA engine ...