fishtailfred Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 i would say 10 or less, i think mines about 5. RT, depends what you want ey, that will work sweet for swerving here and there, but if you throw it into a sweeper hard for a few seconds... those "little gaps" will let your oil out pretty quickly. you did say "not a track car" though, and you probably wont go too nuts with your precious project on normal roads. how much volume would you say is below that plate? if you can get the specs for the oil pump, you can calculate how long it will last at X revs with only that supply. thats why i added 2l of wings. when it goes any given direction, there is 0.5l above it to fall down and get swallowed by the pump. additional to the normal volume around the pickup on any given side. fred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 yeah man it aint really a cornering car.. the baffle is more for front/back slosh from accleration. Yeah on closer inspection the pickup is less than 10mm from the bottom.. probably 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtailfred Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 with the main sump at the back you will never have any acceleration issues. most of my issues were under braking. as low as 50kph i had oil lights coming on. from 130 it was on from about 110 down to 0 in the skyline. not good. ute should show no such issues. i never had any issues in any fwd car though, which kinda proves that its only decel thats the real issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Holly crap man, $30k! there is no way im spending anywhere near that!!.. I hope. like Rich says, its not that expensive to stiffen a car, just do it myself and with the help of mates. I Just scored a sweet job last week! that will help me get stuck into it, Im now a Pilot for Air New Zealand link! whooop whoop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 lol.. maybe not that much.. if you just get a full cage in you'll be right. If you're not doing a engine rebuild then it won't be so bad. Thats were I went wrong lols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leebo3 Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 Are you looking for the pointer on the outside to match up with the crank/dampnerfor the timing? I attached a home made one on mine, its on the left looking at the back of the car, by the dipstick, thats if its the same tho as yours is a roller motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 What power will you expect to see from this RT? Looks fucking hot with those heads and manifold on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted March 3, 2008 Share Posted March 3, 2008 it should make around 350hp odd yeah the roller cam blocks are different I think.. dipstick is on the right hand side by number 3 cylinder. (facing the engine) yeah I got it roughly at TDC last night and had a look where the timing mark on the dampner points to.. and there is nothing really there. It points to a bolt on the timing cover on the left. (facing the engine) I'll take a pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leebo3 Posted March 4, 2008 Share Posted March 4, 2008 Here is a pic of mine, its on the left just above the gasket of the sump and under the water pump bolt. I am pretty sure that the windsor book said it should be 90 degrees clockwise though, but where my marker is it worked out fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 hmm weird... that lower timing cover bolt is roughly where mine lines up as per the marks on the dampner... but my cover just doesn't have that pointer on it at all? Makes things a bit tricky... it must have something to do with it being a later model engine roller cam job.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leebo3 Posted March 5, 2008 Share Posted March 5, 2008 The pointer is actually seperate from the cover, and i reckon someone has just made it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggo Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Where did ya get ya strut brace man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 I made it, if you look closely you will notice that it's not actually connected to anything! lol as I'm waiting for the strut plates to come back from the laser cutters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggo Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 How much is that costing you man? Keen for one eh. Also, the car is looking insanely tuff man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 the strut brace?? um.. so far it's a total of abuot $10 I grabbed a brace off a jappa.. can't rememer what it was, and then removed the plates and getting my own cut out from 4mm steel plate. Laser cutting isn't expensive man, prolly $30 or something, then I'll weld on some supports and bolt the bar in place, that way it's easily removeable as you don't have to unbolt the strut plates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggo Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Any chance i can steal the dimensions of the plates you're getting cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 yeah man I'll measure them up for ya when they're back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy_rich Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 man thats lookin tough, looks like the engine sits so well in there. who are you getting to do your laser cutting? i've gotta get some flanges done to make a sump. cant wait to see you terrorising the streets again haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RT Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 my mate works for RareSpares, he took them to a place beside his work. There is also a place over on Pages Rd.. or on a street off Pages. I've used them before too. Yeah I can't wait to terrorise the streets too man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishtailfred Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Congrats on getting it running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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