chris r

Nobody will want my newer honda parts so I have found something under the house

Neal I got trapped in your minor, more than once

Sorted

Send some pics my way please?

Just realised the pictures are all gone - I'll try fix it this weekend who has a tonner nose cone for cheap? have a spare hq one with a crack/split in it. Have decided on a paint scheme beige roof and copper base - will be hammerite painted on for max shitness. Its self leveling and the black stuff so far is looking good. WIll splash out and get $3 paint brushes next time

Ordered and recieved a $10 aliexpress electric fuel pump. Put it in today - its a bit noisy but works well - will need a pressure reg though as its dripping out the overflow of the carb

The 253 is still in a partial state of dissassembily but have acquired a 3 speed box (thanks again neal) which is resting next to the v8. Spent a few hours in the garage tonight with some paint. Will get pics tomorrow. I had fuxed the fuel pump last week and had it sunning nicely on petrol but the pump has decided to pump fuel into the sump

Havent fixed any oil leaks yet. Ran the truck up on the dyno to sort the miss fire etc out. Drives beautifully now (no hesistation/backfiring etc) Made A whopping 140 wild american horsies @3600 at the back wheels with 219ftlbs of torque.

Get the rest of the bushes done, motor in and certed and then tidy the bodywork and drive it

The bushes finally turned up and all I managed to do today was the rear lower control arms. no pictures as of yet

I'll be there in Japanese too

boring pictureless update, Big thanks to neal for helping me grab a new motor for this today. Its a mostly complete 253, will do rings bearings seals etc and bung it in

I've got a cramped single garage with a rusty q in it haha, and other stuff parked outside

here is some arc welded awesomeness Busted out my mad cad skills

The new engine is getting balanced so its getting closer to being finished. I've just ordered pretty much all of the suspension bushes for this.I will need to crack into mounting the interfooler and piping as my tuner is heading away in 7 weeks

I've ordered some exhaust gaskets and a carb calibration kit. Will get the mrs to pick up a new dizzy from segedins tomorrow as its cheaper than getting a new coil,cap, and rotor. Hopefully that will help the missfire and I'll know everything is good when it comes time to tune it https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yeju3pbopMg i'd love to have to have mint this low but is probably not livable. I do like the quad exhaust tip though so after a few drinks I dragged my arc welder out and started. It looks ok considering the tools and level of caring I had

Been a month and all I've done is chang the oil and put a shiny air filter housing on it, Oh and new rocker cover gaskets. I've ordered a calibration kit for the carb and will attempt to fix the exhaust and trans leaks .

Egr valve possbly jamming open, the mrs runyx one was shit. block it off/ give it a clean and see how it goes

the mrs and I are planning on going

Transfluid is good for lubing the tires for a burnout? we sould do a ford vs chev burnout....

Can anyone recommend a place to get the carb tuned? I have set idle mixture and timing, Its running heaps better but still smells rich and hesitates/ uses way too much fuel

May be late or a no show at this point

Looks heaps better on the current wheels, just get a drum of atf and feed it into the dipstick tube haha

Booked my tickets

I'll be there in my leaking tank too