chris r Posted April 24, 2020 Author Share Posted April 24, 2020 I've been keeping a eye out for v8 bits and it's getting more spenny than I want so I'm thinking I'll flick off the v8 stuff and give the 202 turd a polish. Thinking a rings and bearings rebuild and possibly a mild cam. The exhaust is leaking a bit and hits the floor after we chopped and re welded it it when we did the clutch. So to fix that I've ordered a set of extractors from aus (cheaper to my door than I could get a set here). I'll hold off figuring out and ordering pipes and bends until after I get my hands on it again 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 It's been a while. I thought rego may have given me some motivation. Let's hope it continues on 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chris r Posted May 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 7, 2020 Had some yarns with henry at Auckland cams yesterday. We debated if we went for a stage 2.5 or three and ended up on 3. Should have a bit of a noticeable idle and wake it up a bit more everywhere else Picked up this lot today Let the 202 turd polishing begin. I'll slowly collect parts and will pull the motor and give it a refresh in the the future. My goal is to have it 'feel' faster than my worn out sohc honda motor with 300 thousand km on it. Maybe even break through the 20 sec 1/4 mile mark. I'll keep a eye out for a weber to replace the stock stromberg. I'd like to keep it as stock looking as possible in the bay Cam specs 10 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 9, 2020 Author Share Posted May 9, 2020 Let the exhaust barrying begin. The headers haven't arrived but they are 2.25" outlet. I've ordered sta finest press mandrel bends because cheap. I was figuring out what to do for mufflers and remembered I had a m&h (because cheap) chambered thing in stock so I'll use that. I was thinking about a reso or something as well but didn't have a great time with the cheaper ones lasting. Was sorting through the shed and found the wrong reso I brought for the crx. I'll barry up a reducer/expander up make it meet the 2.5 of the reso. Yes it's rangi and barry spec but it's what I've got in stock and want to afford. Shits just going to end up sitting in the shed and get scrapped otherwise 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chris r Posted May 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2020 in today's installment of I'm a tightarse and a Barry 1x $20 clearance muffler. 3" inlet and twin 2.5" outlet. Thats not going to work with the 2.25" piping chop the ends off you don't need chop a piece of plate the right size and hot metal glue it wang the 2.5" end over the 3" taper bit and weld that up too. accidentally do a okay looking weld bit of flap disc and paint love and its as good as new! 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 14, 2020 Author Share Posted May 14, 2020 Went and got it from the lockup today took it home and washed the genuine barn find dust has been washed off (don't tell the council). Looks okay wet, I'll have to give it a good detail one day past me even did a oil change before I parked it up. Must be good for another 5 years at this rate lifters still sound bad but I'll install another radio to fix that. Booked in for a wof check tomorrow. Did a light check and fondles all the grease nipples. Place bets on failure sheet now 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chris r Posted May 15, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2020 Just needed a bulb. Too easy 25 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share Posted May 17, 2020 I've found a Cain manifold locally for not a bad price I'll go collect it this week. My searching for 2 barrels that aren't hollys hasn't been successful so far. Also I don't like fucking around with jets and emulsion tubes etc etc I figured a tbi setup will be moderately less shit than a carb and heaps easier to tune. Ages ago a got a black injected 202 dizzy for a steal. I got a couple of spare hei modules for my old chevy van off aliexpress because cheap and spares. They provide a nice tach output and coil ignitor in one. I barried up a quick test tonight as a proof of concept and it does work with the 202 pickup. I didn't get a tach output but also don't have a 4 pin plug so couldn't probe stuff https://i.imgur.com/lF946ez.gifv 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 19, 2020 Author Share Posted May 19, 2020 Picked up a seal kit and new pistons for the calipers. Once the new front hoses arrive I'll give the calipers a birthday. It gets a bit touchy on the first few stops and the brakes aren't as good as they used to be. Rear stuff is all new (3?years ago) so I'm picking it'll be a sticky caliper 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chris r Posted May 20, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 20, 2020 Collected the manifold today. Measured up and the runners are a fair bit bigger. Should flow less badly than stock 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 I ran a timing light on the tonner this morning as I think I only did it by ear when I did the points years ago. was only on 8 degrees or so. Gave it another 4 and its woken it up a bit. Still a bit of a slug but its a racing slug now. Scored a weber off a falcon thanks to @The Bronze for the heads up. the weber will be a good starting point while I piece together the injection stuff. If I get super keen I could do timing only initially with the ecu.. I'm torn if I be super simple and use the pickup in the dizzy and just do primitive batch fire or if I try and make up a trigger plate and mounts etc. Could always start with dizzy trigger and learn how everything works and behaves. I've read fuckloads and watched the hp academy stuff but I learn by doing 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chris r Posted May 27, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2020 ooh yip... The courier driver was really pissy (because he was too scared to drive down the driveway and thought he wouldn't be able to turn around) and chose to walk his sorry ass down the drive with a couple of pairs of headers. he lobbed them on the deck and scratched the deck in the process Feel the 202 powah!!!one. The headers look okay, pretty sure they were advertised as 2.25" outlet but the short bit of pipe is actually 2". I'll just chop it off and weld a bit of 2.25 on the collector and call it good I'll barry up a adapter for the weber to the holley pattern. I'm not paying $90 for something I can do shittily in 4 hours might get stuck into this on the long weekend 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Reading up on porting the holden six cylinder heads and it's not hard to see how it's hard to make them worse than stock Test fitted the manifold. I'll need to heat wrap number 5 as its really close to the starter and I'd rather not cook it. Tacked up the first bit of the exhaust. I'm pretty confident it won't hit the floor. There is now clearance to the floor, a flexi and there will be more than two hangers at the very back of the exhaust. The og hanger was the perfect profile to weld to the mid muffler so I tacked it up then ran a ratchet strap under the tray to hold the other side so I had something to aim for Should flow less bad than the old 2" system with 11ty press bends Laters job will be figure out the rest of the hangers go and tack them up. I'll chuck another flange after the reso so it'll be easy to remove if i have to in the future. More importantly easier to weld up and refit. I've got miles of diff clearance at the moment but don't know how much lower it'll get with a load of stuff on the tray. If I get time I'll figure out the rear muffler and the tailpipe. One option is a 90 after the muffler and shove it out the side before the taillight. Another is straight out the back. I'll need to pull the calipers at some point and give them a birthday too. I'm hoping the lack of front braking is sticky calipers not a fucked prop valve 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 Re the brakes. It's always been super touchy when cold and would lock up or be super aggressive on the first few stops when cold. A few years ago I replaced the wheel cylinders and shoes, rear brake lines have been replaced diff hard line and soft line to diff. It's still touchy when cold but there is fuck all front braking going on. It'll just lock the rear in the wet or if you need to stop in a hurry. I've ordered new front hoses and will rebuild the calipers. It seems unlikely that both front calipers are sticky enough to cause these issues. Would I be correct in thinking the prop valve may be being a dick and sticking. Could the touchyness be a combo od booster and prop valve being a dick too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted May 31, 2020 Author Share Posted May 31, 2020 The front calipers were in a very sad state. Took a bit of effort to disassemble them 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted June 1, 2020 Author Share Posted June 1, 2020 Calipers, brackets and are getting vapor blasted, when the weber arrives I'll send that for some loving too. I (poorly) welded up the section of exhaust I've done so far and chucked some high heat paint on it. 'cured' the paint by shoving the heat gun in the end and walking off for a hour or so Ran out of brain so didn't do the hangers today. Figured muffler position out and hot glued that on. It should clear the spare tyre. If not I'll move it over somehow. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris r Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 Looks okay at first glance Yeah na I ordered a repair kit at the same time so no big deal. I'll see how shit it behaves with the falcon jets before ordering more 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chris r Posted June 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2020 @Mr Vapour worked his magic on the intake, carb and callipers My uncle has a aliexpress CNC plasma cutter so I hand drew a picture with some measurements and he did a test run Not perfect but that's why it was done on scrap steel. Will do the final product in 6mm ali. I also got a cheap chopping board to mangle into a spacer\gasket so there will still be some barry hand-finished factor 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chris r Posted June 8, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 8, 2020 I couldn't find my black paint so "cast iron" colour will have to do. It was cold today so I soaked the paint can in the sink for a bit and heated up the brackets with the gas torch to warm things up new pistons and seals all re done sliders lubed up and new bushes on them. The old grease was hard as fuck and the sliders took a decent amount of force to get out. everything is nice and smooth now. Should be ready for another 40 years of neglect now. Ordered new hoses on the supercheap 25% off sale and they took nearly 6 weeks to arrive Ht leads finally arrived from aus today. I had a new cap and rotor in stock that I had hoarded so thats a nearly new ignition system. I'll order a male crimp to work with my existing coil and re crimp one lead to suit. I'll use the gm hei module and wire it so its internal advance isn't used as the dizzy has vac and centrifugal advance 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chris r Posted June 11, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2020 Rebuilding carbs is strangely satisfying Passed QC All the old o rings were hard at and a couple really fought to stay in place Only had two bonus pieces but everything that came off was replaced so those bits must be for a variant or for bits mine doesn't have Had a fiddle and the stock throttle cable actually fits the Weber! I was pleasantly surprised. Should be easy enough to barry up a bracket to retain It All that nice clean stuff looks out of place now. I'll cut a plate out and use the hz air cleaner top so it still looks stock ish. And I just brought a new air cleaner and am to tight to spend more... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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