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I know a bloke who has quite a few SU's. If you were interested exploring the SU route, go see Daryl at Economy Auto repairs. He's dismantled quite a few triumphs. So he has a good collection of SU's and strombergs. I've often fantasized about running three 1.75's on a chrysler slant 6. Daryl is pretty good at making them run right too. He gave my old datto a tickle up and it sang. I'd expect youd be able to buy a trio of carbs, and get them on and running cheaper than just buying the carbs if you went for the weber option.

Say what?!!!

Tis cool Sam! Mopar or no car!

Anyone take any pics of this meet? I was incapacitated by a few quite drinks with an old friend the night before.

This beast will be such a sweet ride! A bit off topic, OMG the early pics taken outside your folks old place! Mowed lawns, smooth road, even kerb and channel. I'd forgotten how our street used to look...............

I used to run a fuel flow pump on my datsun. Once I built an angrier engine, it used to run out out of gas at 6000rpms. (And hit the wall spectacularly) Upgraded to 3/8 fuel lines, (Including tank pick up) and fitted a holley blue. Problem solved.

The CHCH os massive is sorely missing our tame tyre fitter. It's like a death in the family. I'm gonna need four fit and balances real soon too. Might have to try people I vaugely know, cap in hand........

I <3 your goon Simon! PS, do a skid cuuuuuuuunt!

Will it be DYO format? My datto is off the road, But my daily (of sorts) might be up to the job. (slow but consistant!)

Speaking of injectors, I heard on the national program an interview with a kiwi doing research at some texan university. They'd developed a hydrogen injector that could squirt a load so fast that it could deliver enough for a combustion event in the time it took for 5 degrees of crank rotatation at 5000rpms. Thats most impressive! The upshot being the fuel could be added so close to tdc that an engine could run like 20:1 compression, but not pre-ignite. Not really relevant to this thread, but the above post reminded me about it.

Hey 10-5, After looking at your last pic, I gots ta thinking. You spoke about fitting an RCA kit to the rear of your car. Depending on how much clearance your tyre has in the interior wall of the rear tub, It is possible to weld the new rear arm mounts on further inboard, to increase clearance on the outside edge of the tyre. Although this is actually reducing your rear trackwidth. (Which wont neccesarily harm the handling) While camber is cool, cutting out a set of rear tyres every 6 weeks is not. (Although corrected rear toe will lessen this effect) The only thing to be wary of if you did try to undertake this mod, is that (At least on the 510 rear X member) as you move inwards toward the center of the Xmember, the channel that the mounts reiside in gets wider. Which means that it requires more effort (Depending on the skill of the guy welding them up) to fit them centered/in the correct place. Just food for thought.....

Akaroa is a sweet drive. We can return to the hilltop tavern via the summit road. It's an epic road. Just like the road we drove last time, but less traffic, and shitloads fewer cykillists. As well as heaps longer too.

When I was in Hawaii, I couldn't beleive that nothing I saw anywhere blew any smoke. Here you can't drive around the block without being gassed by some late 80's-early 90's shitheap. But nothing I saw there emmitted jack shit.

I'd use locktite on the nut too. I replaced the pinion seal on an AP6 valiant once and despite doing up the nut FT (and I really mean FUCKING TIGHT!) it came undone. Fortunately it was after I'd sold the car. lol

Diamond harbour.

I beleive theres a meet of some kind this weekend. I shall hand the BF on then.

It is with heavy heart that I must announce that I'm not going to be able to make the trip this year. I've come to realise that The funds are better spent elsewhere. And I've got other responsiblities that I'm fast running out of time to meet. It's not a decision made lightly. But unfortunately for me it's the right decision at this time. I'll either pass black faggot to one of the guys heading up. Or I'll Post it to you KK, if you wanna PM/txt me your address.

http://www.nistune.com/equipment-products.php I think the main thing you need costs like $440AU. If you also get like an innovate wideband with usb lead, you can do real time tuning etc. Datsunboy has one for the CA18 already, but he reckons it's not working atm. But it gives you the means to change the values in the factory maps for bigger injectors, and a bigger afm.

By a nistune tool. It'll make your factory ecu tuneable. If you go see nzefi, they'll just sell you one anyway. (Or tell you you need a link)

Yeah. behind the challenge garage on the left past the gib factory. Although you have to enter the old pub car park from the side street just before the challenge. Like I say, I dunno if he's still working out of there or not. But I rate his work.

Stink buzz ow. My prefered beater used to work out of a building in the car park of the car park of the former hillsbourough tavern. (behind the challenge on port hills rd) He does a really good job, and doesn't charge the earth. I've not been down thre for a while, so I'm not sure if he's still working out of there of not. Guys name is Jeff. If he's still working out of that shed, I'd use him again in a heartbeat. He did a real nice job of my VG. And an even better job of the old man's 68 plymouth fury.

surely there must be some takers here? I'm actually tempted to take out my slow as fuck PB310. The Mrs has said NO! Which makes me want to do it even more. If we clog the track up with slow old school cars, I wont feel so shit about being the slowest car there. Anyone else up for it? leppa? CUL8er?

Just run the factory ecu. Nistune enables you to remap them yourself.

Also I reckon the 308 is one of the worst sounding v8's there is. I can pick the sound without even seeing it's a holden. They're all flap,flap flappy, and uneven sounding if you ask me.

RBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRBRB! But seriously, for your ecu needs, just buy a nistune tool http://www.nistune.com/ and get yourself an inovate wideband with usb cable for data logging. Then download the software, and teach yourself how to tune. It'll cost you less than the price of a G4. And you'll be able to get your tune within kuwee before you hire a dyno for a day. The nistune tool allows you to reconfigure your factory ecu to take larger injectors, bigger afm, etc ect. The three-0-late isn't somehwere I'd go. you could build a decent 350 far cheaper. (As already said)