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wentworth valley corner just after the dump

I seen a photo on facebook of this vicious as bump in the road somewhere.. keep an eye out, he's gotten out and spray painted it in pink.. apprently there are 3 sump victims already.

rotary is illuminate. welcome. youll find refreshments over by the brass band.

Man that's gotta suck!

.. Wow

Yea I would if I went any further on the 1600 I might just throw a zetech in it because that would be badass

At this stage I am looking at a pretty basic setup.

Extractors

Electronic Ignition

Reground cam, suggested for town use between 2500rpm and 6000rpm.

Standard piston setup

New springs

32/36

Later on with a rebuild I'll go for high compression pistons, wilder cam and some good head work.

Jesus christ, I thought you were serious.

Yea na, definitely not asking for the hori way of doing it. Just asking what the main things that need to be done.

^^ yea dont say that bit

I dunno, a bruise could go pretty far in a small claims case.. lol

/K swap

I'd love to, but for what I've got in my motor budget I am trying to just keep it simple and I quite like my old ford motors to keep the escort somewhat in it's era.

Basically for cheap hooning build the same spec motor as I had in my Lotus except with a ported head with bigger valves, then your life will be great/ still really slow hahaha

Hahaha. Yea I understand this. I have expectations. I have been for a hoon in a 1600 kent semi worked and was quite surprised. It had some pull but it's no new engine, ie Zetech or 4age upgrade.

I think why I want to stay with kent is for ease of transplant, it's still an early ford motor and they are quite good to learn on?

I am kinda aiming for 90-110hp.

Hi all,

Searched this entire forum reading crossflow threads and man they are helpful, but I have a few more questions I want to ask.

I am looking at doing my first crossflow transplant. I know bugger all about engines or crossflows for that matter so I am here to ask for help because I want to learn.

I've been in contact with Shaneo via PM and he's given me some good tips but I wanted to delve a bit deeper.

I have a crossflow engine now, it's a 1300 and it was rebuilt about 6 months ago because the piston rings shit themselves. It's running strong and it's a good little engine but it's.. boringly slow and weak uphill. It has a set of extractors, new alternator, new electronic distributor but everything else appears standard including the single barrel carb.

Now I am going to buy a new motor, I've managed to wrangle a complete and running 1600 crossflow. It's standard as. I have some questions to ask and would be really grateful for some explanations and advice from you guys as you've always been a great help in the past.

- What are some basic, low cost mods that I should do to try and get the most out of the motor?

- What's involved in a head port and polish? Is this an expensive thing to get done and what's involved?

- I've spoken to a guy in Auckland. He's a Cam Specialist called Henry. He's advised that I should probably look at grinding my cam to save money and it's probably suitable for the mild mods I am trying to achieve. Does anyone have an cam recommendations or sizes? I've been researching and can come up with a Kent 224 being suitable - something between 2000 and 7000rpm for low and mid torque around town.

- Considering a have a 1300 already, would I be wise to look at putting those pistons (new rings) into my 1600 block and getting it bored out to fit? Does anyone know a rough price involved in this and is it worth doing?

- Assuming the standard 1600 carb is a 32/36 weber. Would you recommend looking at something else or should this be suitable? I hear it shits all over my single barrel which is getting me excited.

- I know a 1600 block is taller but will my 1300 extractors fit or require some modification?

I can't really think of anymore questions to ask at the moment. If anyone has anything for sale, or any advice I would be super grateful. I am so excited to put a new gearbox and motor in my pride and joy. Cannot wait to get more zip.

Cheers guys!

Can someone fill me in on the MG guy?

Hi there,

I have some original glass in my car that just covered in soft blemishes, marring, scratches and all that good stuff 40 year old cars bring with them. I'm going to strip my tints, clean up the glass but I was wondering what processes people use to restore glass? Any particular techniques or products people use and swear by?

Cheers.

Sorry I was posting on my phone and didn't see this. Acetone is just one of the many solvents you can use, in consumer quantaties it is fairly expensive to use for general cleaning, although it will help remove tar etc.

 

Sorry if you don' t want to scratch the chrome then how will the paint stick? I just assumed you were dealing with fucked chrome hence the paint.

Oh I was going to dip them.

If the bee had knees, you guys would be the caps.

Outstanding lads. Cheers.

Where do they sell this product elbows?

Will the scotch brite fk my chrome and scratch it up?

I have some strong acetone.. I wonder if that'd work with soapy water?

I was told that oven cleaner can burn your skin. God damn what does your stuff do Spencer? Hahahaha. I'll have a look around and see what I can find!

Churr!!

What's oven cleaner like? 

I have some 14x7 modgies I want to clean up and paint black. Behind the wheel is covered in break dust and thick oil from a broken axle seal.

You guys got any good product recommendations for cleaning this stuff off?

I also have a water blaster.

My car turned 40 this year so my rego is cheap. I called the transport dudes and they said I wouldn't have to backpay to end of November when my rego ran out. What a score. I love being 40 said no one ever.

Ugh. SO jealous.