Nominal

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Paddock thing is still alive/hasn't killed anyone yet. Gets used mostly as paddock tractor but still good for skids.

Boy has been downgraded to mighty Sentra as less likely to end up dead.

want!

http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/motormagazine/item/17472/

Yep. good get-together. No cops this time. Typical 'warm' Welly evening out by the sea!

Have Holden in town, so should be there. Possibly Vivaspeed will take the long way around?

Another tank engine - Ford GAA

With Mustang for size comparison...

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Internet is full of energy/motor/tesla/radiation/fusion/brownsgas/etc whackjobs.

Nominal, on 15 Dec 2013 - 9:50 PM, said:

How about the Ford Cammer V12?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+1 for the cammers.. 427 was so good they banned it from nascar in it's first year..

490kw @ 7000rpm 575ft-lbs torque

I agree, Very cool. Also pretty much buildable nowadays from repro parts. There is even one in Alex Hogg's dragster just up the road a bit from me,

Anyone spotted the pixels in the pic?

How about the Ford Cammer V12?

Duesenberg - 4 Cyl, 16 valves mounted horizontally in a vertical combustion chamber. External 'walking beam' rockers from camshafts at bottom of the block.

Be cool to get an on-the-road shot of it on a truck (or train?)

 Even cooler if you were riding in it

Be cool to get an on-the-road shot of it on a truck (or train?)

How's it going?

If they are tatty then the often end up as suspension donors for hotrods etc.

Apparently very nice to drive.If you are keen I'd advise getting it checked over with a fine-tooth comb by a professional as it would be easy to end up with a money-pit.

Cheap kits are a complete fail to use imho. I couldn't flare for shit using one.

I eventually picked up an older used set from The Toolbox in Petone. Don't think I have had a fail since.

This is the ducks nuts, but I couldn't justify the spendyness

http://www.mastercool.com/pages/flaring_tools.html

POR15 is a bitch to work with. Doesn't come off skin once dry. Also shelf-life once opened is poor - I sometimes fill the airspace from argon using my mig welder, which helps. Put a plastic bag under the lid when closing it so you can open it again. It contains isocynates too, so is best used with a fresh air dodad. I have a paint mask thing I use.

I have used it for diff housings etc, and limited areas. Not sure that I'd do a whole floor inside and outside.

I like this manu, but I think you are being optimistic about swingng O's with the ariel inside your lounge.

 

There would be like a 90degree arc, then a huge black patch against/up the wall lol

Wow, excellent.

2.9 diff - what's your projected top speed at 9000rpm???

OK, so much googling later (how can it be so tricky to find holden head photos?), a typical 186 head looks like the pic below. The hole that I have missing goes down through the head gasket surface to meet the small hole on the water pump face, which is the low pressure side. I'll have to see what can be done about it.

There's nowhere for the flow to flow though - the lower hose port goes nowhere as the channel is completely sealed off by the head face. Am I missing something

In anticipation of summitting the Takaka Hill while towing a trailer of camping gear, I'm doing a bit of maintenance on the Holden's cooling system.

Radiator was recored about 10 years ago, might need doing again. I also pulled the water pump and thermostat. It has a coolant flow to the inlet manifold via a couple of hoses routed from the lower thermostat housing. I pulled these to check them, and found a lot of grungy rusty water, despite all my flushing.

So, here is the lower thermostat housing. The inlet manifold attaches to the two ports on the left of the pic. The top port joins the main flow below the thermostat. The bottom port goes to the channel at the bottom of the housing. Fine and good.

Here is the where the housing attaches to the head. Main flow is fine, into the head. However there is no connection for the channel. WTF. I don't know the history of this motor - it came in a car I wrecked. I'm ass-u-ming that the head is for a different application.

Anyone know if this can be sorted by a bit of drilling? If not I'll just block the lower port somehow and do without the manifold coolant flow.

umad bro?

BTW, for Corolla, reference this post: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/35900-oldschool-spotted/page-98#entry1168493

Waikanae rides. The Corolla goes well with the speights sign.