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This is the idea I had for the linkage.. I did try a piece of stiff hose but it had to much flex and wouldn't open the second carb fully. I'd like to try one of those drill flexi drives but not real sure how I would mount it, for the springs you can see here I just machined down a bolt and a bit of brass and jammed them on there. Now just gotta figure out the other end..

Just found your build thread, good read bro.. shame your gonna sell it, I have an XC monty wag but its sitting in my garage awaiting repairs for compliance, missus drove it in melbs for her nanny car, was great to see her picking up the kids from daycare with all the other mums in their toorak tractors and Rosie in my lumpy as fuck tank haha, good times..

Yeah, think I have to agree.. with shiney nutz

Got my rims back.. might have to roll my gaurds somewhat.. tried a couple of different centers, xp falcon on the right vs xb caps on letf, and a standard zephyr cap.. Made a fuel line..

Bet there will be loads, the zed fits 6 but I bet it would be a thirsty trip haha

Been busy trying to sort out a linkage for the twin carbs I'm putting on.. from what I can find, nobody makes a bolt on solution. The only thing remotely close is for a twin zenith setup on a sunbeam rapier (and I think a couple of other beams, Alpine etc) so I set about copying this solution.. Pic dump, The pic below shows a setup from a rapier, the yellow dotted line is the two throttle shafts in line with each other, sunbeams solution (completely different from what I was initially going to do) is take the drive fro the second carb directly from the TS of the first carb (the yellow u shape) which avoids the main jet location by using the u shape you can see, it then connects it directly to the secon carb ts with some sort of flexi drive (blue dotted line).. I couldn't for the life of me find just that particular set up second hand or new so had to do a couple of mods to my own carbs to match Sunbeams.. From what I can find Ford never used this setup on the zephyr preferring to go with a larger single 42mm choke on the Zodiac instead of 36mm like the Zephyr six.. So there was a small amount of trial and error with this as I have no reference to how they attached the u linkage to the TS. Intially I was going to drill and tap the first carbs TS and thread a piece of brass rod to bolt in there. Looked like it was gonna be to hard and had read here and there that the soldering of brass worked well and was pretty strong so I opted to solder the piece on instead.. Here you can see where the TS would exit the throttle plate, and the proximity of the main jet to that point, preparing to solder the extension on, bit of machining, and hey presto, something.. I took the liberty of threading and machining the extension so the adapter is locked in place, And whilst trying to push the adpater on, the extention snapped off.. not surprised really dunno why I thought it would be strong.. so I drilled and tapped the TS to accept a piece of threaded brass.. bit of loctite in there and its way stronger than the solder, go figure And there we have it, with the lack of room for any sort of fastener I had to machine a nut down to fit, doesn't have the largest amount of thread on there so I put some loctite on it plus I'll get a bit of epoxy in there as well, just in case.. As for the drive to the other TS well, on the Sunbeam setup the carbs sit at the same height as each other but on my manifold they're offset height wise by about 15mm. On the sunbeam they use some sort of flexi cable, I've decided that the easiest option for me is to use some sort of spring threaded onto bolts at either end. I haven't, as yet, found a spring with enough torsional strength to do the job, maybe a v8 throttle spring will.. cheers

Cheers fellas, can't wait either.. haven't had her going yet as I'm still trying to sort the linkage out for the twins, but I was talking to a couple of the zephyr guys and they reckon headers give about 15-20% better economy compared to the standard hockey stick, all I can say is they're severely choked up in factory form haha

yeah, through Taps then the last bridge on the left alexander bluff road (bridge) come out just past riwaka pub

Oh, and if you would like to gag openly at my progress //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/42313-yetchhs-cha-ching-shwing-zephyr/ then heres the bucket

Gag away haha.. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/42119-yetchhs-zoro-mkiii-zephyr-build/#entry1262556

These are the rims I scored from the Mcleans island swap meet. Got the them for cheaper than you can buy one new, and these are brand new off a 2013 Qashqai. In trying them on, as per usual with fwd rims, the massive positive offset kept them way inside the guards by about 60mm and 70mm fr and r.. I was gonna just run some spacers but for the price it was cheaper and safer just to get the centers reversed (hundy per rim) got them back for a test fit with zero offset.. think this is the look I'll try for eventually (ford GT caps) and then on the car, think I'll have to add a bit of low to the equation and also 10mm negative offset as theres still 20mm of gap at the back. I can always roll the fronts if I get some rub.. apparently the zephyr responds well to a couple of coils being removed, or so the gurus say anyway..

In for friday as well.. know a "mean" shortcut to bypass mot too, unless you need KFC or suchlike

1kz all the way, came out in the kzn165 and kzn185 surfs, the d4d is just the common rail version.. they do suffer from bhgs in the surfs but mainly because people don't look after them, its all to do with the cooling setup, get that right and they'll do 500k easy

yep, thats the place, beers and laxing on the lawn, paua and mussels for the taking right in front, no intruders... easy life

I was always been told never to use resonators as they rob performance (not that its for that) I have used them before and they do work, I just wonder if there's another option cheers, got headers, its not for full on performance so the volume is the biggest concern at this point

Has one small chamber muffler before the diff(res) and a larger chamber one after that really reduces the noise.. maybe I just go with the tried and tested combo..

and a freeflow? I had that setup on my 929 and was pretty loud.. I dont want it to drone too bad in the cab as I already have to put up with hurricane noises at 100 odd kms

Ok so I'm looking for some advice on an exhaust for my zephyr, going 2 1/4 but looking for a combo that isn't real loud, do I just go res with a free flow or if I stay away from res whats a better substitute? just want to be audible and deep but not bogan spec.. if you get the idea.. cheers

As much as I'm keen to come I "have" to go to little pidgeon bay, try and catch my truck on fire again.. have a good one

Last weekend went about changing a couple of things in the engine bay.. inlet was off before I remembered to take a pic as per usual, snapped the last two bolts, re-tapped easy enough comparison of the most effective factory exhaust ever unlike aus, none of the major hardware stores seem to stock any imperial bolts, bit frustrating esp on a sunday, so I extended the existing thread on the ones I had this is how it will end up looking, just got to rig the throttle and fuel line up for a second carb..

So fast forward to Oct last year and after 2 years faultless service and wofs bar a dodgy drive shaft(out of balance and bent from factory), drive to SI nats in hamner, again driving without issue.. fails a warrant, pretty badly too, right outer rod end, front wheel bearings, rusty brake lines and a grabbing rear drum all fairly easily to fix.. couldn't get a tie rod before the last meet of the year so managed to persuade my wof guy to let me away one more term so I could get mine rebuilt, good guy that.. pics.. old vs new bearings looked pretty good to me, but they were definitley rumbling.. not sure what the staunchly English Englishmen will think about me putting jap bearings in their English rose haha all in, 40 mins per side..

General shitkicking duties dogs can't write their name with pee.. next best thing

So first wof was one rod end and front lower inner bushes, nice and easy.. then once winter came she struggled to achieve temp, dont think the stat had ever been changed as it still had the original ford unit, kept it for posterity. Then blew the water pump, bought a rebuild kit for $60 2 hours later Bob is my uncle.. Then at the end of 2011 started leaking water at the back of the block.. resulted in this culprit engine out all for a 5 min repair job, had I known there were two frost plugs I would have done both.. Not bad for a years driving of a supposedly unreliable pommie car ( I was later to find out that apparently zephyrs aren't lumped in that category and that the zephyr six is renowned for being one of the best motors ford ever built)

Discuss - //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/42313-yetchhs-cha-ching-shwing-zephyr/?hl=zephyr Hi, thought I should put my Mk3 zephyr special up as its the only one of my classics that actually is legal, runs (runs well) and gets driven. Decided that as she's going to nats I should a bit of house work on her i.e installing the extractors and twin carbs that I've had in the garage for the last 3 years but done nothing with, and a set of rims.. Small amount of history.. wanted a zed since time immemorial and one finally came up while was still living in aus and actually earning money that I could spend. Gf's uncle in nelson decided to sell up in leu of his mums mint mk4 escort with only 60k on the clock, so gave me a deal.. Worked out well as when I came home a year later I had something to drive which I did for 2 years bumping the miles to 90+ and unfortunaltey for the zed it had to sit outside in the corrosive brighton air, has done ok but the sea has left its mark with bits of surface rust popping up here and there.. anyway here's some pics and stuff.. As I bought her, has been painted red, original in peppermint green which I'd prefer.. *edit.. also If you look close you can see the rims have different offset f to r which kills me a bit, hence the changing rims A number of small teething problems came along with her, fuel leaks, half clogged radiator, stuffed door seal etc all easily fixed, but she made it from nelson to chch like this so I can only figure that she'll do the nats mish with ease..

Dang!!.. what am I thinking, my mates olds just restored the Kumara pub, if you fellas were keen I could see if I could get you some sort of deal there.. food is effing awesome.. Also some good photo ops