"Shootin' The Breeze" - Old Skool Chat Thread  

GTRVspec95

buy a whole Datto, it will be cheaper

no more holdens

Try the local scrappies

magna_TE

Haha probs would be!



Rang every local wrecker none had anything haha
ehhhhh

ROO

Kellys Wrecking

(07) 3263 4433

OR

Parts Plus Australia

www.partsplus.com.au

-Jordan-

As requested...

HJ Jebby

Fuck yeah jordan loving the procharger

Monaro454

you didn't notice the NOS bottle too? are you trying to kill yourself Jordan?


btw, loving the blower... also liking the little competition here between the turbo small block and charged big block........ get cracking boys!!!!!

wbtonner

I think the Nova is going to be quicker. I love BB's and blowers (even though its not a roots), but if you want to go fast and make big power turbo's are where its at in todays world.



Cue debate about blower vs. turbo........GO!




-Oh Jordan, procharger looks sweet!
You seriously have wayyyy to much money. I seriously can't wait till i'm qualified. 2 years.


Isn't your car already set up for nitrous?

HJ Jebby

Torque > Speed. Therefore charger wins

wbtonner

Turbo's dont make torque???

Please elaborate.

HJ Jebby

........superchargers make torque, turbo's re high end power

-Jordan-

Cheers man - been waiting to get one for ages now!




haha, can never be too sure



Yep! Already good to go for nitrous.

And I wish I did, haha, still alot of stuff to go unfortunately.

I'll be keen to see how they pair off too - on paper I should have more, Anchor said he was aiming for 600 - I've been told I'm sitting on 500/600 currently, charger should bump it up a bit - capable of going well over 1000. But who knows... that nova is set up damn nice!

wbtonner

Anchor needs a stroker kit and a GT47r!!!
(You won't)

Jeb, read into this. One of many opinions/ information on turbo vs. blown. Different strokes...folks.....
http://tomak3.tripod.com/page10.html

HJ Jebby

Wut i have been taught different when i was younger. I believe i was told that super chargers are instant power from the word go (more torque) and turbos kicked in when it gets to a certain range limit. But from what i read there its the other way around, turbos re nearly instant power and charges kick in on a certain RPM. Mind is full of fuck

Monaro454

you never ever see a blown car sitting at the start line spooling up.

end argument.

Anchor

Like i said. Jordan will most probably win. Big block, supercharger, auto, and he's setting it up for straight line. That won't change the fact its going to be fun though heh

Monaro454

nar man, both are going to be heaps cool cars. lots of cash being flung around and horsepower ain't everything.



























(lol, who am I kidding.... horsepower IS everything )

Anchor

You're such a dinosaur

no more holdens

What !!!
There both a pump that force more air into an engine, arent they ???

Turbos spool from revs,more revs more spool and run of exhaust
Superchargers are crank driven,more revs yeah more PSI

GTRVspec95

With the engine sizes these days it negates turbo lag pretty much.

But all comes down to useable horsepower ... so who's ass looks cutier ?

Ps. Supposedly I have fridges to sell

HJ Jebby

exactly doesn't that mean that source is wrong?

Monaro454

Harries Diner tonight...... Old School cool.

will be there if you wanna come say hi.

Ash.

wbtonner

Pretty much this haha.

ben042

Went to munchies last night, a few months ago i saw one lonely skyline sitting out the back. Now there are bogan teenagers in standard lancers hanging out there. Even though the commodores have nearly taken over, at least they still sound nice (some of them). Its sad to see the old school guys leaving so early these days.

But on another topic, im going to sound like a complete dick. My choke has.. choked. And will refuse to open without help, causing the engine to run rich and blow some sick smoke. The engine starts first time every time, and idles and runs well. i've been told to get a carburetta gasket kit, would this work? Any ideas?

no more holdens

Is there a nice sounding commonwhore ???
Only sound i here is when they get a hiding from a FORD 6
The other issue ,
Ya choke doesnt release ???
Check the CABLE
maybe its stuck a tad !!!
Or maybe its BROKEN

wbtonner

You have to help open the choke by using the cable, unless its an electric choke.

If its not that , try the connection of the cable to the carby, that might be broken or whatever. If its just stubburn, good old wd40 won't go astray helping to free it up. If its the cable itself, just get a new one. I'd imagine it would be cheap to get an aftermarket cable.

Monaro454

you live in QLD.... you don't need a choke

rip it out.

GTRVspec95

Went to QR today to watch a mate race his track car, unfortunately that didn't go so well but I did get to see these beauties.

Seems the HDT club where out racing in one of the sessions, there was a pair of VE Maloos, two HSV GTS Coupes, a new HDT VE/VH and a few others but the VH Brock and VL Aero Bathurst gave me instant lumber of the jocks

ben042

Will probably do this. Til winter comes.

no more holdens

Really !!!

Why is that ???

Ya know we still have , winter, autumn,spring
Theres 3 good reasons to keep the choke in the car !!!

Monaro454

this would be the first car I have ever had that has had a useable choke...... nothing but trouble.

start yer car, warm it up and drive it. why do you need to shove more fuel in your car in brisbane? out in the sticks where the night are cool er I can understand, but not where I live.

nightcrawler

Ha none of my land barges have a choke , still driveable even with ice on them . choke = carby restriction

DeadSled

I would have to agree. I removed my choke cable a while ago as i never use it, have not yet removed from the carby but when i rebuild my old one i will not put the choke back in. Definitely not required i don't think, i never even used it on a cold winters morning.

On another note, how many of you run oil pressure gauges?

I took my Kingswood for a drive around the block last week and the standard plastic oil line decided it did not want to be friends anymore and split, spitting warm oil all over my feet. I was at a loss as to what i should do, because i didn't want to buy yet another kit just for the crush tube piece (which i've done once before after we fucked the first one..) until Phil (Racerphil) told me about the copper lines you can buy. I bought one today from autobarn at slacks creek and after about 15 minutes to install it all, it seems like a flawless idea.

So, in conclusion my advice to anyone that does run a oil pressure gauge.. get one of these copper line kits. They retail at $19.99 and will likely never fail. Although there is two kits, both the same price.. one is a short and one is a long line. Get the short one, it has the piece that goes into the fitting already soldered on and will definitely be long enough. I think i have about 10 loops under the dash after i unrolled a bit of it to go into the engine bay, if you unrolled it it'd probably be as long as a yank tank.

So thats my piece of advice for today for anyone who didn't know of these, as i certainly had no idea they existed!

clutch-monkey

got a pretty decent oil pressure gauge as standard, no idea what lines though.. usually pretty fail safe in these cars.

interesting about the choke, mini is the first carby car i own and was wondering whether to put it in or not

-Jordan-

This actually sounds pretty good - I managed to rip my old one out putting my headers in and then overtighten the second one causing it to split. Off to Autobarn I go!

As for the carby - both of my cars have chokes but I've never used them. The new carb for the Camaro won't have one though