Thread: sad,

Heres a nice 347 stroker marking 505hp - its a video on a dyno test from a website i just created for a client.
Thought you might be interested.

Originally Posted by Sprint

plan is for a 347 stroker in the EB Ghia, rebuild everything and keep it as an auto so its a halfway sensible daily driver/tow car

plan for my ED XR8 Sprint is a 289 with a centrifugal supercharger, richmond 5 speed and make it rev a bit......

as for the whole combined daily driver/race car plan..... yea, the enforcers seem to take a dim view of it, and the number of commodore driving wannabe's trying to egg you into a race gets tiring after a while!

edit: ouch! what on earth happened to that poor XA???????

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

How's this for a coincidence?

Rilka's 510 was blue (1968) with NSW plates AKI.

Simon

I thought that powder blue was a '72 only colour,,,

hmmm a '68!
with those loverly short front struts!



and funny windscreen wipers?

Originally Posted by Bigmark

Heres a nice 347 stroker marking 505hp - its a video on a dyno test from a website i just created for a client.
Thought you might be interested.

not chasing bulk power, more interested in bulk torque from the stroker, remember, its a daily driver/tow car, not a racer

Originally Posted by pop058

I put the XA into the wall at Repco corner (as it was known then) coming onto the main straight at Oran Park Raceway in Sydney on a club day. In hindsight, I put it down to the lack of connection between my brain and right foot (I was only a pup then). The meeting was being run by the Holden Sporting Car Club, so some blue pride may have also clouded my judgement.

lol i've almost put the sprint into the weeds a couple of times on backroads, yet to have a decent stack though

that said, there have been times when i've been left wondering exactly how on earth i figured out how to avoid getting myself killed through sheer stupidity!

Originally Posted by pop058

Any pics of your EB/ED's available as anything Blue (particularly XA's and EB's) are on my wish list. Beside the '73 JG33 in pics, I have had a couple of Mk 1 GT Cortinas (1 being setup for Group "G") as well as a gagle of other Fords. SWMBO says I have to get rid of some stuff before I can get anymore toys. An EBGT being ontop of the list. In the meantime, I have to settle for what I've got

paul

my EB Ghia is, i believe, rosewood (not going to check the paint code at this time of night lol)

my XR8 Sprint is Cobalt Blue

not mine, but nearly identical

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

How's this for a coincidence?

Rilka's 510 was blue (1968) with NSW plates AKI.

Simon

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I thought that powder blue was a '72 only colour,,,

hmmm a '68!
with those loverly short front struts!



and funny windscreen wipers?

And don't they look good in blue! I went for blue when I fitted a couple of blue doors (the originals copped a bit of damage ) and decided the entire car should be that colour.

I think mine was a '71. I may even have the original compliance plate here still (it "fell" off)...


Paul

QUICK QUIZZ!!!
where was the compliance plate located on a Datsun 1600??

(no hints Paul,,,)

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

QUICK QUIZZ!!!
where was the compliance plate located on a Datsun 1600??

(no hints Paul,,,)

Can I give hints yet? ....

Originally Posted by awabbit6

Can I give hints yet? ....

Paul

paul's are not allowed to give hints.

Paul