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3 hours ago, RUNAMUCK said:

How many cfm is it?

600. I am monitoring oil level. Have seen oil being "made" by overfuelling in truck engines

Actually not as bad as I was imagining. Might be a tentative yes!

$2?

I'm out. Club hands

After rekit, a bit of fluffing around with float levels and dissy timing and it sat there idling by itself. I'll probably drop down 2 or 3 jet sizes as smells a little rich. And rev.... Oh my.... 

@cletus Can the chassis end of the engine mount have the threads tapped into them, or do they have to be bolts and nuts with spring washers and a minimum of 2 threads projecting?

These are what I'm using, GU Patrol TD42T. 

I wouldn't mind doing one of their courses. Need to speak to credit controller

R Series Valiant!

Pppphhooooaaaarrrrr

My brother has some tiny little helicopter battery in his Superstock. Was hellishly expensive. Cranks a fairly hot 1UZ easily. 

Thought I'd have a look and see what was out there in the way of a engine mount. The Falcon ones have terrible angles to try and work with. Perusing Trademe and bingo

GU Nissan Patrol. 4 bolt bottom one stud top. Perfect. A sterling price of $67 for the pair delivered. 

20 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said:

Foil stickers

Hasn't got any of those. I found the instructions difficult to follow, appeared blurred, and had different options to what my carb has. I found it bloody confusing. Ended up finding clearer documentation through holley.com. 

I'm curious to find out what it's been jetted for having #60 in it instead of its original #66. 

Under usual circumstances I'd be grabbing another carb off Dad, but with him being retired the stream of parts has dried up.... 

I've just thrown the kit in it, but God knows how but 2 of the base screws have vanished. WTAF?? Go hunting.... 

Sure is, and I reckon its great OMG, WTF, Bbq material. No different to putting 45DCOEs on a Kent 1600

Thanks for the info. I'm still going to run it as I can't sell it, due to being given it by the old man, and I wont get the money back for the kit. 5000rpm with a 4.0l on carb is a not that much. 

The whole shit idle and transition appeals to me. I don't care about efficiency or the engine. If it blows up it blows up. This one is a mule to see if I can get it to work, and, it probably won't, then I'll find a Weber and put on it. I know they feed a 4.0l in excess of 5000rpm

Thought I might bump this to the current page for maximum criticism. 

Stripped it down this afternoon. Someone's been in there before. Factory mains listed are #66. It has got #60 in it. Spoke to old boy today and he cant remember where he got it from. So at a bit of a loss as to what it was feeding. 

And it begins. Have not rekitted one of these

Nothing about mounting the clutch master cylinder inside under the dash? 

Irontite. Awesome shit. Had a shitbox AB Prelude with seepy head gasket. Frequently overheated but had nothing else so was stuck with it. I got a windfall of a Nissan Sunny Sportwagon given to me, fixed it up. Poolude was made redundant. Anyways I bought some of this Irontite on recommendation of a mate (dodgy as all hell). Followed instructions to the letter. Drove it for a week, sweet as. Sold it to this chick who thrashed it non stop to Mangakino from Whangarei. Dropped in a week later and was absolutely stoked with "the best car she had ever bought"

/SHARN

You can fit anything behind anything. Biggest hurdle is finding a box with compatible gear ratios. You'll end uplike a Holden with a Ccelica 5 spd. 1st and 2nd  gears way too short, 3rds too big of a jump. What about adapting an overdrive unit ala Triumph? 

Real quick clip. The "Yeah" is Miss 13 recording. 

I'm pretty sure the kit I've ordered has a new power valve assembly in it.

https://www.proparts.co.nz/shop-online/air-fuel/parts/carb-kit-holley-450-600cfm-4bbl-vac-sec-sq-bore-detail.html

Looks pretty complete 

Tbh I won't know until I pull it down. I know a 600 works as some superstock guys were using them in the early 2000s. It did actually idle by itself dribble feeding it, but difficult to run it any longer than 10 seconds. Carbs been on shelf at Dad's for 10 years at least. Date stamp comes back as '99 as date of manufacture.