Red Rattler Revamp

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Re: Red Rattler Revamp

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Blacky wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:39 am
WesternWagon wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:28 pm What’s with the different rocker arms?
They are off my old speedway motor , 1.6 on the inlet , 1.5 on the zorst
Higher ratio = higher lift on the inlet side? I would have thought more exhaust gas volume to get rid of, so higher lift on the 'zorst side?

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Harv wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 3:05 pm
Blacky wrote: Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:39 am
WesternWagon wrote: Thu Nov 15, 2018 4:28 pm What’s with the different rocker arms?
They are off my old speedway motor , 1.6 on the inlet , 1.5 on the zorst
Higher ratio = higher lift on the inlet side? I would have thought more exhaust gas volume to get rid of, so higher lift on the 'zorst side?

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You should get a bit better torque/tractability with the flow restricted slightly at exhaust. Let’s face it flow and power are not likely to be an issue with your induction system.


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Got the old tart back from Brodie's workshop -Advanced Race Fabrication - turns out the young fella knows a thing or 2 !!!
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Wow, schmicko welding & pipe routing there Blacky!

That's a handy skill he's got, especially if he doesn't have an expensive mandrel bender.

Is it TIG on stainless pipe?

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59wagon wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2019 9:46 am Wow, schmicko welding & pipe routing there Blacky!

That's a handy skill he's got, especially if he doesn't have an expensive mandrel bender.

Is it TIG on stainless pipe?

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Yeah mate, tigged 3" Stainless for the exhaust and mild steel 13/4" primaries on the extractors into twin 21/4" into a 3" collector - will be pulling the extractors out tonight and dropping them off to CIC tomorrow to get ceramic coated. :thumbsup:
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That looks great Mr Black and I can recommend CIC they did a great job on my headers and also on the FC 305 headers that I fitted, and on top of that at a price that I thought was pretty reasonable.
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Stop distracting Brodie from the special job that he’s doing on my van. Nice work by the way.
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Very nice exhaust system. You’ll be able to stick your head up the tail pipe to check the tune.


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Gotta love big bore exhaust,

You know that the noise gets better as you get older, deafness is natures muffler. !!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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nice mate... he does seem to know a thing or 2... and the Trev that van was looking good last time i was there.

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is the motor back in?
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gpi wrote:is the motor back in?
Sadly no - I have been waiting near on 6 months for my blower drive pulley to come back from the guy I bought the kit from as I wasn't happy with the crank trigger setup . The new setup means the whole thing is 40mm shorter which helps with radiator clearance .
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This area was also the only part of the car which had rust so sorting that out as well - probably because there were no drain tubes on the aerial holes and the water would pool behind the rear wheel
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Re: Red Rattler Revamp

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hopefully you get it back soon and he doesnt throw his toys out of his cot

keeping the drums on the back?
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gpi wrote: Fri Oct 04, 2019 8:12 am hopefully you get it back soon and he doesnt throw his toys out of his cot

keeping the drums on the back?
Yep - that's the new diff in there ,VS Commode 3.45:1 LSD - is narrowed to 1320mm or somewhere around there and discs would have fouled on the springs. Brakes are VS and restudded to HQ-WB stud pattern , will be P76 rotors with HZ calipers on the front on HQ stubaxles
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