gettinroundtuit Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hi, here you all can discuss my 'efforts' to turn an old mans only car into something respectable. Plans are to make it move faster than a lethargic snail & look good doing it. Engines under way slowly, bored & stroked avenger motor is the plan- yea could've gone jap, lots of options there but thats easy, like the idea of it all looking period to confuse people when they want to know how it goes so fast 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted December 18, 2015 Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Hah, I had almost considered rolling in to the house this thing had been parked outside on Nelson St a few times to ask to buy it. My first car was an Avenger. I've driven past this and seen it around several times. Do you have a grill for it? Part of me likes the rough and ready look without one but another part of me wishes it still had one. It looks good though man, keep up the good work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 lol, when you see it there that means daughter has swiped it again- she'd rather drive that than her mums camry. I've got 3 grills that i can use to make 1 good 1, stuff like that is less of a priority compared to new shocks just fitted for last weeks w.o.f & sorting bits for the make over, ie sierra 5 speed with an aftermarket bellhousing, scored a kelford cam, gt head, twin strombergs, new exhaust from the block back, updating the seatbelts to retractables in the front, the back retractables need a cert, fixing dents/upholstery etc- then theres the biggest bitch of a job- getting the heater to NOT squeal when the fan starts rubbing somewhere at higher speeds/head winds. Next years goal is to paint it, we're still debating colour partly cos im sticking with the original red interior cos its still tidy, so it might stay white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 following to see what bell housing you use, most of 'us' scrounge an auto box & unbolt the bell havnt gone 5 speed myself yet, still have working 4 speeds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 did you get the ide here? http://www.avenger.co.nz/forum/index.php?topic=814.msg8587#msg8587 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 ah would appear so keen to see where this goes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Hi Joker, yep thats me, was only going to be a tweak up of a spare motor, but........... we figured that if we're gonna build a motor up then lets give it some grunt- theres a bit of knowledge down here from a few x race/rally guys on what we could do, the word turbo was mentioned at 1 stage but the discovery of the toyota crank being a viable route to stretching the capacity we're running with that option, sourcing a suitable gt head & kelford cam helps too. The sierra box has a skip brown bellhousing & come with pretty much everything needed to fit it but the extension housing hasn't been cut yet, the car it came out of had a hole cut for the gear lever otherwise it'd be in. Scored it from trademe a while ago from waiheke island. Where am i going with it? Aiming for a fast road car that can hold it's own at teretonga at a track day & gymkhana/sprint & hillclimb it occassionaly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted December 19, 2015 Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 I have a spare KE cam in my collection of bits tho you may need a custom cam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Dunno yet, the guy i got the kelford cam from reckons its a bit hairy for road use not much good round town. We'll give a whirl & see how it goes. Its an f 12 grind i think At the moment we're figuring out what rod/piston combos will work with the bigger stroke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted December 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2015 O yay........ finally get motor to behave & be docile round town ( i hope), now it sounds like i've got some new tunes from the diff. Only got the last tuneless drone fixed last month- wheel bearings. Holidays start tomorrow guess i'll be raiding the spare shell soon & see what kind of surprise lurks under its bum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted December 23, 2015 Report Share Posted December 23, 2015 check out the 2 Liter Aveneger motor on a dyno on https://www.facebook.com/438334052891541/videos/1044266212298319/?video_source=pages_finch_main_video&theater BRM head 260hp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted December 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 I like that, cant see mine putting out quite that much though. & haven't worked out a cheap ohv/ twincam conversion yet- bore spacing on the spare fe telstar head didnt quite line up diff sounds like a knobbly mountain bike tyre when going slow, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted March 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2016 Gearbox is away gettin welded after i cut it up the other day, should be back after easter. Should make a difference on the longer runs north, still be stuck with the 2nd gear crawl up the kilmog. Wornout old lump still revs easily but the torque does a disappearing act past @ 3500-4000. Got offered a 4AGZE last weekend- tempting......., x race donk standard internals could push a starlet to its limiter @ 140 mph 1/2 way down teretongas main straight, it was bloody quick. Except for the scarcity of the 2Y crank i think rebuilding the old iron lump will be cheaper....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted March 7, 2017 Report Share Posted March 7, 2017 You must have a spare valve you can slap in there quickly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted May 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2017 Been shopping on trademe, road trip to Port Charmers to pick it up today. Long awaited 2y crank trouble is its still wrapped up inside an engine. Now to strip it tomorrow night & get crank off to probuild 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddy415 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Good to see some more progress on motor. Very interested to see how this turn out. What are your plans body wise for this thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted January 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2018 Strip it to a bare shell, fix what needs doing & toss a coat of paint on it. When shopping yesterday - CA18 det rods!!!!! Off to Probuild shortly check out crank progress & drop these off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted January 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2018 Gettin temp engine ready the old school way, lapping valves- valve grinder broken 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted January 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2018 STROKER CRANK IS IN THE BLOCK!!!!!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettinroundtuit Posted April 10 Author Report Share Posted April 10 & that's about how far & motivated I got........ Til now! So I'm sticking my head on the block & saying it's on the road by Xmas!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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