dr.wylde

Is it 4wd? if so it needs to be jacked up sky high with 44" mud tyres, roll like a redneck!

noice

^^^^ please excuse that last blurry photo didnt realise it was so blurry anyway.. moving on I then got the new engine ready to go in the sump that came with this engine had been painted on the inside. I'm not cool about that sort of thing so i removed it and fitted my one from the blue engine after giving it a quick coat of black. Those tall rocker covers were cool and all but they were bloody rusty, Thankfully I had a spare set of chrome ones left over from my scrapped 253. all the original pulleys, cruise control diaphragm, water pump ,engine mounts were fitted and the oil pump re-primed as it was full of grease ( following Neal/ 3onthetree's advice I'ma use vaseline) Then I refitted the engine and what a prick that was in full humidity an engine crane not designed to be operated on gravel and the car and engine being on an angle to each other however I got it done . Yeah its in now! I'm Fuckin' Happy with that! MAYTE! stay tuned weirdos I want this driving before Xmas! discuss--------->//oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/44998-wyldes-84-holden-statesman-deville-series-ii/

OK! We last left off with and empty engine bay! at the present moment. I dont have any bits for my shitty mig welder so there will be no extractor fitment just yet. as some of you know the blue/black 308s have a retarded flap on the drivers side exhaust manifold which when shut forces spent gases back through the head and through a passage under the intake manifold and exits through the passenger side this helps with better fuel atomization at the expense of power. So my thoughts where to remove the retard butterfly flap for my red engine. I then proceded to remove the manifold and i was greeted with this well waddaya know some GC has done it for me

your wallet must be getting light mate! nice wog spec wagz tho!

or do this instead! puhuhuhuhu

this or the bro'ham either way they are both sweet rides! very jelly

hey mate just saw this.... noice! dont change a thing on that van paintwise just seal up that uderside and fix the mechanical and roll it as a survivor from the van craze of the 70's cam up the 253 and use that in this, then do a massive skid it would be fully sick uleh! h'mgod

Yeah Still keen for this! I'll have me car sorted by then.

No I'm Habib/ Fat pizza

Holden red 308 of the 1972 vintage

hey Flash yeah There was no way in hell i was going to pay that! just lucky i located this because I was looking at crate 350's when i came upon this

nah sorry mate just std rockers checked that hoping it would be rollers but its so mint happiness

I'm a leave this here still has assembly lube and has never fired a shot yeeya now tell me, whats your preferred method of oil pump priming?

I had a dual fuel system on my statesman ran fine on petrol, wouldnt run on LPG never bothered to figure out why. So I ripped out the LPG system

i have a spare v8 cable if you want?

yeah definitely but hey got another donk coming down from up north comes with brand new extractors and will be way better than the blue engine hopefully rolling again before xmas!

yea ill ssay could 350 it and then some for that kind of money

is it normal for engine builders to refuse to tell you what parts/cams the use?

6500 not including assembly

Did I mention that the red engine comes with headers

just pulled engine back from the reconditioners quoted waywayy waaaaaaaay too much think hes trying to take me for a ride however I have just secured a red 308 thats been rebuilt for just over 2k

My God This is cool! you sir, need a rochester quadrajet! easy enough to come by. set and forget cant recommend them enough! I have one on my 308 Statesman (OEM) Mind you my diff is a 2.74 ratio

very nice mate

just dropped the 308 off at the reconditioners woohoo