Engine together

[Meccles]

Well engine is together. Bit of hiccup with body, the guy doing panel work decided to shut the doors on business while I was away. Got back to empty factory- panicked that I had lost all my good panels! But all good he had them in his garage. Bit of a delay now on bodywork to find another shop. Was at LRA in Melb last week looking at a Storm with 550 hp. A weapon! I will be happy with 200 hp:D

[s1rx]

Looks good meccles. Can you tell us about the build? Has it been top hatted or bore/honed/Camshaft etc?

[Meccles]

Ok it is original 3.5 liter bored 20thou 9.75:1 pistons cloyes true roller cam drive plus telfon button, Crow 50230 cam plus crow lifters, new rocker shafts with steel rockers, with billet alloy strengtheners on ends of new rocker shafts. Crank 10 thou grind, rods re sized, ARP rod bolts. Heads were done many years ago by Ron Richards (Engine Development Center in Brissy) he used to do Dick Johnsons engines. They were given a freshen up, good ports, single but stout valve springs, teflon valve stem seals. Induction is Edelbrock performer inlet manifold, with Edelbrock 500cfm carby. I have a Pertronix Flame thrower distributor to go into it also. I used ARP 12 point Stainless inlet manifold bolts, plus Offenhouser rocker covers, wont make it go better but looks nice. Composite head gaskets, composite inlet manifold gasket, new water pump, up rated oil pump relief valve spring, new oil pump gears. And of course new HD bearings etc. Hopefully should be a nice little engine.

[Meccles]

Ok car is booked into Yandina Paint and Panel 19th. So has to be completely stripped by then. Including all bitumastic under Guards etc as they will be sandblasting, and this doesn't come off with sandblasting- joy. Will post some pics when it goes on trailer. But got all bits for panel shop, sills crossmember light boxes etc. Plus ally tailgate. Am getting chassis done at same time, have all new OEM bushes for that, except pan hard rod which gets urethane. Brakes got S/s Pistons etc from UK. Brookers in Maroochy have just rebuilt them they look new. Some new DBA rotors coming. About only thing missing is shocks, still tossing up between Bilsteins or Konii, tending towards Koni.

[Homestar]

Sounds great. As always, pics when you can. :)

[Meccles]

Ok hopefully these come out. I need some help from Incisor on how to embed photos. Seats are from C63 AMG Merc coupe. Got rid of computers all motors hard wired and all working from rocker switches on front of seat. Cars well beauty and the beast take your pick which is which. Panels are all sills/inners floors etc. Be warned many of Britpart panels are not replacement panels but repair panels. They are not pre drilled with all mounting holes etc. Instruments are Dakota Digital VHX 1018 using GPS speed sensor. Plus their engine monitoring sensors. All exterior panels already at Paint and Panel. Doors included am not using ones on car they are too rusty. Also have full set of original factory green tint windows. they will go in. Also have set of original style mags which will get freshened up.

[Meccles]

Just dropped my two LT95 gearboxes off at Sunstate Transmissions. One is later type with shorter shift and higher final drive. That is one we will work on to make one out of two as Long as nothing terribly wrong is found

[DoubleChevron]

Ok hopefully these come out. I need some help from Incisor on how to embed photos. Seats are from C63 AMG Merc coupe. Got rid of computers all motors hard wired and all working from rocker switches on front of seat. Cars well beauty and the beast take your pick which is which. Panels are all sills/inners floors etc. Be warned many of Britpart panels are not replacement panels but repair panels. They are not pre drilled with all mounting holes etc. Instruments are Dakota Digital VHX 1018 using GPS speed sensor. Plus their engine monitoring sensors. All exterior panels already at Paint and Panel. Doors included am not using ones on car they are too rusty. Also have full set of original factory green tint windows. they will go in. Also have set of original style mags which will get freshened up.

Are you tempted to swap out that old A/C compressor out for an efficient modern unit ... :confused: Those suckers rob a lot of power :)

seeya,
Shane L.

[jezza89]

What kind of $$$ are involved with that sort of engine work?

[Meccles]

Re compressor I had a brand New York on the shelf so will use it till it dies. Then swap for a Sanden style. Vintage Air do a York to Sanden conversion bracket so won't need to alter much. The engine owes me about 3k I built it and got most parts from either UK - V8EngineTuner, or D&D fabrications in States. Brought while dollar was strong. And watch when things go on special, like dizzy and inlet manifold. Dizzy cost $250 which was cheap. Inlet manifold a local speed parts shop was clearing excess stock, so $300. And I was in States in 2013 so got carby cam at that time. Way cheaper than here:) the real money is going to be panel and paint their brief is to build it straight strong rust free and good for next twenty years. That's how Long we will need to keep it!:o

[DoubleChevron]

Re compressor I had a brand New York on the shelf so will use it till it dies. Then swap for a Sanden style. Vintage Air do a York to Sanden conversion bracket so won't need to alter much. The engine owes me about 3k I built it and got most parts from either UK - V8EngineTuner, or D&D fabrications in States. Brought while dollar was strong. And watch when things go on special, like dizzy and inlet manifold. Dizzy cost $250 which was cheap. Inlet manifold a local speed parts shop was clearing excess stock, so $300. And I was in States in 2013 so got carby cam at that time. Way cheaper than here:) the real money is going to be panel and paint their brief is to build it straight strong rust free and good for next twenty years. That's how Long we will need to keep it!:o

Those old york compressors seem to last forever. Can you kill them ? :) I'm guessing a newie will outlast the car. I've heard there great for conversion to continuous onboard air.

I'm always amazed at how cheap "car stuff" in the US is. Have you seen the engine masters program the roadkill guys are doing. There "hammered headers" is an eye opener .... "Ok, hammering dents into the headers makes power" :Rolling:

seeya,
Shane L.

[Meccles]

I am going to have to "hammer" one primary pipe on headers it was sitting hard up on chassis rail. There is an indent in pipe (factory made) but it is in wrong place. So one cylinder will see all the benefits of a "hammered" finish:) mike

[Homestar]

Those old york compressors seem to last forever. Can you kill them ? :) I'm guessing a newie will outlast the car. I've heard there great for conversion to continuous onboard air.

seeya,
Shane L.

They do. :). Used the old one from my 3.5 as a compressor for endless air in the 101 - I did a detailed write up of the installation. Pumps up a 30 litre air tank to 120PSI in under a minute at idle. :). Has its own oil supply in its sump, so is ideal in this application. For pumping up the 255/100 16's it beats the crap out of a small 12 volt unit. Bonus is I hung a truck horn off it too so it has something to do between pumping up my tyres. :D