gettinroundtuits 73 avenger discussion

[gettinroundtuit]

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

[kyteler]

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.

[gettinroundtuit]

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

[JoKer]

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 

[JoKer]

did you get the ide here?

http://www.avenger.co.nz/forum/index.php?topic=814.msg8587#msg8587

[JoKer]

ah would appear so

 

keen to see where this goes

[gettinroundtuit]

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 

[JoKer]

I have a spare KE cam in my collection of bits tho you may need a custom cam?

[gettinroundtuit]

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 

[gettinroundtuit]

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.

[JoKer]

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

[gettinroundtuit]

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 

[gettinroundtuit]

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.......

[kyteler]

You must have a spare valve you can slap in there quickly?

[gettinroundtuit]

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

[Toddy415]

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?

[gettinroundtuit]

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.

[gettinroundtuit]

Gettin temp engine ready the old school way, lapping valves- valve grinder broken

[gettinroundtuit]

STROKER CRANK IS IN THE BLOCK!!!!!!!!!

[gettinroundtuit]

& 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!!!!