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Offline dalee

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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #75 on: August 24, 2010, 06:29:07 AM »
Stop giving him ideas Rob, you know Scoota will do it.
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #76 on: August 24, 2010, 05:00:35 PM »
ha! I think everyone knows that I don't need to give Scoot ideas, he has enough of his own... Still waiting for that Aussie flag idea to randomly show up in this thread..  :)

When I've been to your house, I've seen the way he looks at Orange (that twinkle gets in his eye), I'm still surprised it hasn't ended up with a certain V8 in it  ;) Maybe that's going to 'accidentally' fall in one day before it's finished?  :P hee hee.

Scoot, which spec cam are you going to run with the new head? The same one that's currently on the car? Last time I talked to you, you had another one which was a bit lumpy for your current setup, but you still had it still sitting around.  ???
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #77 on: August 24, 2010, 05:22:43 PM »
What sort of work did the head have done and what comp ratio do you expect?

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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #78 on: August 24, 2010, 05:35:53 PM »
This has the details of the head mods.

http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,6905.0.html

As for the compression ratio, it was bolted to a L28 with flat tops so on an L26 with dished i expect it to be streetable. I just want a little more than i have (ever heard that before).
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #79 on: August 27, 2010, 09:21:55 AM »
All assembled now and i ordered camtower shims From Stewart Wilkins, i think it will just sit there now until i rework the engine bay although i can just feel i'll get tempted one of these weekends.
I also think one of those twin idler gear http://www.kameariusa.com/L6_Twin_Idler_Gear.php would be a good addition. I found one on another site $200 cheaper.

But for now i think i'll go buy some more paint and reskin the Passenger side door as the weather is starting to improve.
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #80 on: August 27, 2010, 09:45:04 AM »
weather is starting to improve.

Yes, with wind chill factor, it finally reached 0 degrees at 5.30pm on Wednesday.  Time to break out the sunscreen.  ;D

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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #81 on: August 27, 2010, 09:56:23 AM »
Yes, with wind chill factor, it finally reached 0 degrees at 5.30pm on Wednesday.  Time to break out the sunscreen.  ;D

Hey, enough of your lip you steel wrangling, Big W, shelf pincher!  ;D
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #82 on: August 27, 2010, 10:06:32 AM »
There there now...its freakin cold everywhere in this great state of ours! Bring on the 18' weather!!!!
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #83 on: August 27, 2010, 01:19:41 PM »
Awesome goodies, what sort of head gasket is that?

I bought another full set, ACL.
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #84 on: August 30, 2010, 01:32:04 PM »
Well after an Awsome weekend Helping rob (fuzzydropbear) out with his project and a Full On trip down to Phillip Island the car needed a bit of a wash. Also the pile of parts that need to be fitted grows ever larger with a Dash that i picked up off Peter when down at Phillip Island (with a working clock) and a set of camshaft tower shims that completes the list of everything that i need to install the cylinder head. Happy Days indeed.

I swear everytime i walk even close to my car with a Parcel it's almost as if the front changes from it's current look to something that says "For Mee"
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #85 on: August 30, 2010, 04:39:45 PM »
Oh that dash sure is purty
What size shims are they? Why are you using them?

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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #86 on: August 30, 2010, 09:55:36 PM »
The shims are 1mm and i'm using them because the new Cylinder Head is shaved, i think the dash is awful nice too. We'll see tomorrow.
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #87 on: September 01, 2010, 12:26:10 PM »
Due to the rain i've been working on Oscar this week. The dash has been removed and then i removed the dash cap. I think the photos speak for themselves
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #88 on: September 01, 2010, 12:28:24 PM »
... I just can't help but post a photo of the L26 every now and then  ;D
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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #89 on: September 01, 2010, 03:11:49 PM »
So what are the spec's of the L26 and have you had it on a dyno?

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Re: Sins of the past - Genesis of a weekend warrior!
« Reply #89 on: September 01, 2010, 03:11:49 PM »