"Shootin' The Breeze" - Old Skool Chat Thread  

wbtonner

Wasn't too bad, most of it was highway.
Worst part about it was that i've done it before and everytime i've done it, i've stopped and had a look and its flicked off onto the road. Checked it saturday morning, first time it didn't come off, could have pulled over and put it back on. Saves the 12 dollars for a new belt.
Welding straight through muffler in either tommorrow or tuesday

racerphill

I doubt I'd pay that much for an unregistered car (unless it was a cool classic of course! ), so thanks anyway and good luck with the sale.

GTS454

maybe instead of spending time on the zorst you should align your pulleys so the belt stops flying off.

racerphill

yeah, there's defineately a problem there...I've never had a belt fly off of any of my cars and I've been driving for about 25 years!

...had plenty of highly modded Holden 6s, and like I said, it's just never happened. There's no reason it should happen unless, like
GTS said, there's some sort of alignment issue.

HSV

Well find out today the deal with the heads.

Left bank head is quite warped and appears to of been that way for a while.

Right bank looks new.

Off for pressure testing today, if all goes well will skim them back to flat depending on how much we need to take off and stick them back on.

Rockers were all out of wack too some big differing figures there.

Might be going BB sooner than I thought.......

eh-buddy

just put a bigblock in it and be done with it

sell off the small 8 and get a nice bb

look on this site and heres a good 1 for yah


http://www.racingjunk.com/category/92/Drag...-CID-DRCE-.html

wbtonner

Its always been a problem with the car. Tried for hours and hours to get it lined up correctly and never 100% succeded. Only ever does it if i'm really getting into it and turning at the same time. Have been debating for a while to just take it off and sell it and throw a normal box in.

76LX_FTW

Ben is the 308 In the Monaro the Original Monaro Block ? Might be worth just taking it out, keeping it since there worth good money and chucking whatever you want in. Since the cars not that original anyway.

HSV

Your reading my mind

My plan is to source a BB in the US with goodies and bring it back over here.

I'll sell the short block, the box etc off to finance some of the cost.

Sadly currently buying a house atm means I don't have a lazy $15k to throw at something really good.

Once the crackwhore is back at work though its game on!

wbtonner

Hey ben, what gearbox is in the monaro? and what's the short motor like; cam, pistons etc? (Also, what are you chasing for them?)
I'm most likely going to put a 308 or 350 into the tonner for my opens and slowly build a TOUGH big block for later down the track after I get more experienced driving something with some real power and get more funds coming in. First years don't make too much haha. 3rd years at work are averaging around 60+ so that should help.

lil_bobby_260

Everyone is going big block...
Ive come across an opportunity to run a 460 with a C6 in the galaxie instead of the 351 im 90% of the way through building...
Not sure what would be the better way to go - a bog stock, and pretty old 7.5L or a fresh, worked 5.8L. Thing is, i could sell the 351 ive built, and use the cash to buy the F-truck that the 460 is in and use its motor and box. Or buy the truck, pinch the 460 and fit my 351 to it, give it a quick paint and sell it as a good runner.
I got no idea. Just ive spent a decent bit of $ on this 351, but a 460 would be cool.

eh-buddy

ben i wqould inport a bigblock from the states because off aussie $$ are pretty good a mate off imported a blown 350 for 7k with frieght and goverment $$

but you will need near 12/14k to fit it when you get a box built and exhaust fitted so keep that in mind as well

GTS454

I bought my 454 and T400 over here for $2600. I probs ripped myself off a bit, but I ended up stripping it down, going 30 over, 580 thou lift cam, biggest hypertecs I could buy and some mild port work on my oval port heads... threw on a manifold I paid $50 for, a carb I paid $160 for, and the old girl tuns em at 90!!

probs spent about $4500 on that motor all up. I go to the drags and burn off cars where the starter motor has had more spent on it than my whole car!!!

best thing I ever did was fit that big banger motor! love it.

eh-buddy

yep definatly cant argue with that 454 turbo 400 for that price wasnt bad at all

and there aint no substitute for cubic inch's that for sure just with the dollar being pretty high its not a bad option to import as well

HSV

Well that was going to be my next question, what box behind it?

The engine itself is easy, I'll prolly source the box from over there as well if I can find/build a decent box.

Pipes I'll buy over here, don't know of anything that is close to HQ sort of setup over there so will have to bit the bullet and buy them here.

I've seen some very cheap dart headed bb's going up over there recently, I have a guy over there that builds engines (PCH) so will send it to him and get him to pull it down and inspect and replace whats necessary, then onforward it to me.

HSV

Well Monaro will not be attending Monaro Nationals this weekend now, cracked head puts payed to that........

wbtonner

Got a question about this diff i'm interested in.
https://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index....;hl=10+bolt+lsd
I currently have a single spinner with stock 4.11's in it. Would I be able to combine the two to have one LSD running either 4.11's or 4.44, doesn't bother me either way, but I'd prefer 4.44 .
(I can just make out half of what the ad says.)

b.t.h

I wouldn't purchase anything if they were using that language.. Expect to meet a flat brimmer, unit shirt wearing douche








With a commodore with steelies on the back and chromies on the front... sitting in the front yard. With the locks broken... And head lights tinted...

racerphill

What the hell is the language he's using in that ad? It certainly aint English!

HSV

Jesus fucking retards. I wish the forum software forced spell checked everything.

eh-buddy

4.11? in a holden 10 bolt ....holden never made them they go 2.60, 2.78, 3.08, 3.36, 3.55, 4.44
in a salisbury and your car being a tonner chances are its a 4.44 and yes you can make it a lsd

just ask if its a 4pin or not

the_random_hero

I saw you pulled over on the side of the Pacific Motorway a few weeks ago, that had anything to do with it?

clutch-monkey

anybody know of a place to rebuild a 1964 mk1 triumph spitfire gearbox?

HSV

Yes.

Was the start of everything going wrong, that was one of many stops on the way home...........

the_random_hero

I was actually gonna pull over and see if you needed a hand but I think you'd probably find somebody pulling over to help you because they recognised you off the internet a bit weird
Hot as fuck car regardless, hope you get the engine sorted.

wbtonner

Thanks mate. I was told it was a 4.11 when I bought the car so my faith was in that old bloke. From the work of his I had to redo I should have guessed he knew nothing. (Does rev its head off cruising down the highway at 100)
Cheers.

76LX_FTW

Im sick too death of people saying Toranas are hard too find/expensive. Honestly if you think this, you havnt looked very fucking hard. Its just who you know, You see rusty fucked shells on ebay going for 2k, FFS those people are dreaming.

lil_bobby_260

Agreed - its all a matter of taking your time to find it, and not just coughing up for the first one you see.

HSV

Thanks mate but there wouldn't of been much you could of done. Would of been nice to meet someone to pass the waiting time away lol



Find me a barely rusty HQ sedan 6cyl cheap. Original the better

eh-buddy

just my two bobs worth (and not knowing your car) if you like driving it and dont like using $30 everytime just to go to the shops look around for a 3.36 diff and use that but if you dont mind a bit off long distance driving use a 3.08
4.44 was realy only for towing

i drove a bigblocked wb ute with a 3.08 ratio 10 bolt from dubbo nsw to brissy and only used 80ltrs for nearly 900k's and that was towing a car trailer

but at the end off the day its your car

HSV

So I've found a 510ci Tall Deck BBC quite cheap...........................

Am currently in negotiations with the seller as to shipping details etc.

Just need to find out about this bloody house and then its game on!

GTS454

YEEEEEEOOWW!!!

that will be very noyce in the old girl.

HSV

Indeed it would be.

Damn BB parts are cheap as well, its no wonder more people go across to BB........

wbtonner

I already use shitloads of fuel (a full tank gets me around 250-300k's driving quite sensibly) and its only got a 202 in it so the ratio doesn't really bother me and its really only a weekender, so shouldn't change fuel consumption unless I actually do have a 4.11 in it (highly doubt it) even then not that much.
And the dream is to eventually get a big block in the old girl, might not actually be too far away....

wbtonner

I already use shitloads of fuel (a full tank gets me around 250-300k's driving quite sensibly) and its only got a 202 in it so the ratio doesn't really bother me and its really only a weekender, so shouldn't change fuel consumption unless I actually do have a 4.11 in it (highly doubt it) even then not that much.
And the dream is to eventually get a big block in the old girl, might not actually be too far away....