EarthwurmJurm

looks good andrew

should be brutal with the JZ =]

what a good cunt

what sort of tractor is that in the background?

have you got a pic of the 471 blower? is that a roots type blower? they are quite large aren't they? keen to see that.

I'm guessing you would make the manifold etc yourself?

hey gadget it would look good on wide steels especially with the blower hanging out the front skids on

what ever happened to the white lada?

should put a detroit in it man

2 stroke diesel V8 screamer, fuckin sick

its going but a bit dormant at the moment unfortunately ! I will probably be selling it soon to make way for a new project tbh.

and yeah I know what you mean about the technical mags they are always interesting!

hey man you might be interested in these..

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Books/Nonficti ... 631433.htm

should sell me those rims bo

it doesnt have a vac advance on the dizzy, it's quite oldschool and has bob weights and springs on top

swt cheers anyway

at idle

so I put a timing light on my fiat twin cam, and I assumed it would be timed off the marks that are on there, 10 btdc, 5 btdc, and tdc.. but the only way I can get it to run properly is at about 30 btdc? is this right? I'm a bit confused :\

are u high?

put hayabusa motor in for the win !

that marina ute is awesome, reminds me of the old school fiat utes

that's alright I know more or less what I'm up to, just waiting on a condenser and a rotor cap that fit now.

Atm I'm trying to source a cheap dizzy, the one in my motor atm is a sohc one with the single points set up, it's in pretty average nick, there is a little bit of side to side play and the oil slinger has half disintergrated, I've got an ok price for a uno eltronic setup, I'm not sure if the dizzy will fit my old school twin cam however.. anyone know?

I will try the sohc one out with some new parts however and see how it goes

shit I should have done that before I pulled the dizzy out and put new points on it

oh well

maybe idles a bit faster but the throttle linkage is pretty hax.

It sounds like it's running on 3 tbh, all the time even at idle, It was running ok for about the few minutes after I had the engine in and drove on it

the fuel is all good

well after further inspection it turns out I am indeed a muppet. lol, the dizzy is driven from the crank, and turns once for every 2 revolutions of the crank, so after turning the crank another 360 degrees.. problem solved, ignition timing is spot on.

what's next you say? well I have checked the valve timing and that is all tickety boo, so I will replace and gap the points, replace the condensor, also have new leads, plugs, cap and rotor, which will hopefully cure the chronic misfire I have, if that doesn't work I will try a new coil, if I'm still not having any luck I guess I will try swapping a different carb on.. if I'm still not having any luck I guess I will whip the head off!

bearing in mind this is somewhat of a learning curve, as I'm doing all the work by myself and am by no means a mechanic, does this sounds like a good plan? techo gurus? k thx

unless the bracket that secures the dizzy is in fact loose and it just happens to be coincedence that the where the rotor is pointing happens to be exactly 180 degrees away from my reference marks

nah the the dizzy is sweet, nice and solid..

the advance is on a cam and is controlled by governer weights and springs, I recall hearing if the cam has been put on backwards on the dizzy shaft it can cos the timing to be out.. 180 degrees though.. I would have thought the motor wouldn't even run if it was that far out?

I checked my timing tonight as I am trying to cure a pesky misfire, and as far as I can tell it is a full 180 degrees out !

Thing is the motor seemed to be running alright when I first put it in the car (fiat 1800 twincam) but it's hard to say since it was just at idle in my garage, it's developed the miss (quite a bad one !) since I have been road testing it etc.

why would my timing go that far out? or am I just being a noob ?

burnt points will generally point at a faulty condenser afaik. what sort of nick are they in?

TTT

anyone know what these are worth? or know anyone who's after some. ?