Thread: Engine together

Originally Posted by 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!

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"

seeya,
Shane L.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

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.