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VDO pump specs VDO Universal Engine and Transmission, Differential Oil Pump This small 12 volt pump is designed for pumping gearbox and/or differential oil. It has also been used for pumping oil to motorcycles fitted with Turbos. Can be used as an oil cooler circulation pump. Can also be used as a Turbo scavenge pump for low mounted Turbos to better drain oil and avoid oil blowing through seals. Features & Sizes - Voltage 12V ONLY - 160 Litres Per Hour - 4 Bar Pressure (58 PSI) - 100 to 150 Degrees Celcius working Temperature - 16.0mm Diameter Inlet - 7.8mm Diameter Outlet (Straight) - 9.0mm Lip - 127.0mm Overall Length

VDO do a nice electric scavenge pump, will find the details and post it up

Had a rocker adjuster come loose sounding like an angry dwarf with a pickaxe stuck in the top end, easy enough fix didnt break anything and was just down the road from home. Decided to throw some more $$ in the because turbo bucket, brought a new 50mm wastegate to sort out the angry boost pixies, Booked for back on the dyno the week before drag day....

assuming its got the standard 25d4 lucas dizzy (like my old 73 had), you can buy off the shelf electronic conversions for the factory dizzy as they are the same internally as every other mini blmc etc 25d4 dizzy, nice and easy swap to ditch the points

Thanks, already got that one it dont show detailed enough assembly of the throttle valve and valve body, all the pieces fell out when we pulled it apart.

Hey All got a broken 83 corona decorating my lawn at the moment, my mate brought it with a blown auto (previous owner rotated the rear tyres too rapidly). we have replaced the burnt up clutch packs and steels in the trans, now have somehow stuffed up the valve body/ throttle valve and it drives but wont shift out of 1st. (it shifted before we took it apart) anyone know their way around these transmissions or have a decent schematic of the valve body transmission is an Aisin warner 03-50 A40D 3 speed + O/D pic of actual car, (may be for sale soon)

Cheers, was super happy with how it went, I had only driven it about 400km and dyno time (and about 10km on the replacement gearbox) before doing gumboot. will be good to see what it can do once i sort the wastegate out, the valiant do the whole run no problems?

@Shakotom And to think i had started work on a particular HZ ute... its a good thing I returned the HZ back to Chris and done this one instead

Sure goes alot better than it used to, lots of $$ add up fast tho doing an engine thats not commonly boosted Turbos A TA3410 (t3/t4) AR 0.70 compressor and 0.48 turbine housing, spools up nice and fast

Passed clean sheet thru cert so stoked with that, brought myself a new toy so wish i had done it sooner. Took it up to Protune to chuck on the hub dyno... and my waste gate is too small, spiking 18psi of angry boost pixies at 3500rpm, aiming to run 7psi base with control up to 12psi to avoid splitting the crank from the block, ah well least the tune is now safe till i can fit up a larger gate. Oh also the camaro t5 gearbox i had fitted was stuffed so in a week had a commodore v6 t5 input shaft modified to fit, fabricated a new mount, bolted that up last wednesday and drove 1200km around northland for gumboot rally over the weekend, which Im super happy with how the car went, super responsive and torquey down low even with a low MAP/RPM limit, plus all the Spooley turbo noises

got it all pieced back together and running ready for Cert and a tune, also picked up a mint set of 16x8.5 &16x9.5 Vette wheels

finally got a use for my VS HSV seats, painted the bay, and wired up the factory dash to be fully functional

engine cont.

engine build

had to move a bunch of wiring so rewired with an under dash fuse box , had the whole setup fitted to the old 270000k engine, made 168rwkw and 598nm of torque, annnd 3 days later blew the rear main seal coming back from kumeu in january. since then its been torn apart new rebuilt engine painted bay and a whole lot of other little things

Since iv entered this thing in OS drags this year, its about time i chucked up a post about one of my latest money pits.... 1986 VK Royale (vk and a half efi 3.3) After a palmy swap meet road trip a couple of years ago in this VK my mate Chris offered me this... so it came home with me. I drove it for a while as is fixing a few issues and decided to sell off my other VK as a rolling body (kept the 327 for our HQ more in that some other time) also kept all the good bits for this one (suspension seats etc) then came the decision to do something different... and so it all started with a cheap second hand gt35 turbo off facebook (which turned out to be rooted) then came the Garrett turbo and the turbosmart bits and the link G4 and the gearbox, clutch, driveshaft and the full engine build.... and into the pit of $$ this car goes to save me rambling on Ill let the pictures do the talking.... also discuss here:

If you havnt got the igniton bits yet have a look on trademe i got points condensor rotor and cap for the 25D lucas dizzy all for $35. points gap should be 0.015"

This wouldnt happen to be the customers escort that wanted to use a carby as a throttle body? I think iv been talking to you about the conversion wiring. Drew

This wouldnt happen to be the customer escort that wanted to use a carby as a throttle body? I think iv been talking to you about the conversion wiring. Drew

I know the AA badge predates the car its a chromed Die cast badge not pressed tin so im guessing quite early AA

thanks shes original as can be even down to the working phillips am radio, i seen the issues you had with yours and decided rebuild everything first to minimize the stuck on the side of the road factor. i do like the green of yours better than the calf shit brown tho

Should add this is supposed to be my partner Nicoles car.... really its an excuse for me to have something oldschool to drive while i work on my VK... project thread to come soon

Drew & Nicoles 1973 Hillman Hunter //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/54098-drew-nicoles-1973-hillman-hunter/ go fourth and discuss Drew

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