Nice to see some fellow petrol heads in this forum.Now that you've got me all wet Geotrail, Nice piece of machinery that 1!!
I myself have an old Aussie muscle car which I bought 2nd hand in 1983 I think it was. It is a Holden Torana SL/R5000 & is running a holden V8 motor which was originally 5 litres capacity. I have had it over bored & fitted a set of 327 Chev forged flattop pistons to it, giving me a capacity of around 5.4 litres. I have done a full engine balance & blueprint toleranced all bearings. It has enlarged valves with Chev ratio roller rockers being driven by a custom made camshaft giving me 517 thou + 519 thou lift @ the valves & 280 degrees duration on Chev anti pumpup lifters. Fuel is delivered via a mechanical 2ndry Holley 650 CFM double pumper carburettor. Ignition is a Mallory dual point dizzy with a high energy coil for sparks. Exhaust is via twin 2 inch extractors.
Total is around 400Bhp & the car is good for low 13's over the standing 400 metres. ( Officially timed @ 13.24 secs from when I used to occasionaly throw it in a CAMS race assoc quater mile sprint
)I would post a few pics of it but atm it is not in the best condition since it got stolen out of my garage while I was away on holidays last year & I have been too disheartened to get it repaired since getting it back.
( no major damage though, just cosmetic stuff thankfully & all very fixable. )Anyway, if any1 is interested, here is a little demo thingy I made up 1 rainy sunday afternoon & shoved on my bosses computer ages ago because he is a 1 eyed Ford supporter. It has a pic in it pre - being stolen.
Click here to download (TheFool might even recognise the music in it
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