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As far as I'm aware there shouldn't be a difference between GC and GD cables unless the end connecting to the carby is different. When I fitted the 4G63 in my GC I had a new cable custom made as it was a different length and that was done by a company in Milpera here in Sydney called Conwire. I sent...

So I've been thinking. Ever since I finished fitting the 4G63 twin cam into my hardtop I've been receiving messages from all over the world from people wanting tips and pointers on how it was done. Now I by no means believe that the way I did it was the easiest or most effective way to do it but I d...

Holy hell that's a thorough build!

I'm usually an ardent stickler for preserving authenticity, especially with historically important cars but the urge to yell "STICK IT IN SIGMATRON!!" is damn near overwhelming.

There's a lot of info on austarion about dropping a twin cam head on the sirius block starion motors so that may be the simplest way to go. Keep the same block and fill it with a hybrid of evo and starion bits and hope that the driveline holds up. If there's nothing to stop you from doing that, it s...

IncorpoRatedX wrote:Every night I go to bed thinking about stripping the car down to it's shell and then rebuilding it.

Don't we all.

I'm starting to get really keen on this stroker idea. I've not heard of anyone that's done it to an N/A. But then again, I've not really heard of anyone playing with an N/A twin cam '63 either. Body and paint first, Then I'll look at playing with the motor. And yes I'm fully aware of the AMG motors ...

Crap! I only just now realised I dropped the ball with this one. Not to worry, I found my old notes and I've taken some quick photos of them for you. I might have digital copies somewhere but these were (believe it or not) easier to find. Its important to note that I used Hyundai Sonata parts for ev...

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k589/tj-xr5t/bourneys%20shoot/272266_10150323557455803_503665802_9884325_7627710_o.jpg Alright, let's have a little fun with this. This is all going to be purely hypothetical, pie-in-the-sky sort of discussion. The poor thing is still languishing away under my ca...

75wagon wrote: 1 man engine installs... lol

With your phone/camera in hand too

Are you not able to get the carbs and manifold onto the head when the motor is sitting in the car? I would have thought they'd make it more fiddly by getting in the way.

At the risk of sounding rude, good luck with that. I had to work it out myself by back tracking the wiring loom and referencing other diagrams. It was a PITA. When I get home this arvo I'll dig around through some boxes of stuff from when I moved house and see if I can find my notes. Keep in mind th...

I'm going to make a silly suggestion, as I've done it before, but have you checked to see that your plug leads aren't out of order? I spent an entire 4 day long weekend pulling the engine in my Zed to bits and was so exhausted when I put it back together I goofed the plug leads up and chucked a wobb...

That's the stock Sonata airbox. Galants (should) have the same. They have a large cone type filter that you can get K&N's for but it was a bugger to actually mount in there. There was nothing to really attach it with. I originally wanted to use a Commodore airbox as they're nice and compact, che...

http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k589/tj-xr5t/168780_493856321910_698296910_6710003_1581474_n.jpg Found another shot. Here you can see where the coil packs, still in their stock position tuck up under the TB. http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k589/tj-xr5t/IMAG0362.jpg Here's how it all looked ...

http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/8020/imag0150uv.jpg Here's a close up of my manifold. It looks dodgy but it works and took very little fabrication (not that I did the work myself anyway) It's a stock Sonata manifold (don't know if it differs from GSR manifolds but I don't think they do) with a f...

almost anything Honda made in the 1960s the RC166 ( 250 cc 6cyl that reved 22,000 in 1966 )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaRop_ZMwo0

Sweet Jebus! What a noise! I loved how everyone in the video jumped when it fired.

The guys on projectzerog and austarion often use custom made plenums with quite short runners (may not be the best for NA, they're all turbo builds) but I had a friend who could weld aluminium cut n shut it. If you go through my build thread there'll be some photos. It's not pretty but it works. Jus...

Yeah I've been meaning to write a good how-to but when I pull ths hardtop apart to start rebuilding it I'll do it then. So much easier to explain it when its in bits. It's worth mentioning that I built mine using as many original parts from the donor car as possible only swapping parts or fabricatin...

Rwd water pump will come off any rwd sohc '63 like a Starion or Express van. Be aware though that the water pump pulley wont line up with the crank pulley (the pump isnt tall enough) I had to fartarse about making a spacer and re drilling a different pulley to get it all to line up. You'll need to t...

75wagon wrote:14:1?

You're going to need another motor just to crank the bloody thing over!
Impressive work

Awesome work Jason! That pretty much confirms the rough total build numbers that we all estimated a while back.

This is a hard question. For me a great engine is one that stirs emotion. Gives you the fizz that talking sheepdog from Top Gear is always banging on about. Also, for me at least, I like something that is a little bit unconventional. I like that about anything really, a love for the unloved. It's ki...

So I haven't forgotten about my poor little car. I was just yesterday standing under the carport looking at it wistfully thinking about how much I miss the old girl. The Datsun has crapped out on me for the last damn time (headgasket this time around :facepalm: ) and I've had enough of working on it...

Haha.. I was thinking of going 2 seater, make a love heart arch way, mirror on the roof, crush velvet (red) and a mattress. Airbrush "the love bus" on the side Mitch some sort of mural. Lol :P if its legal, I'll plate the rear hatch as well. And airbrush it instead :P something like a pic...

Fwiw,, the focus RS green is called "ultimate green"

God I miss my XR5T sometimes

Meanwhile I was driving the wheels off my car and couldn't keep up with anything

Does anyone have any info on that Austin? I didn't get a chance to have a good look at it and it appears to be race prepped to a certain degree. It sure held its own on the drive down to Wiseman's.

Well you were looking for an excuse to get out of some house painting weren't you?

77galantv6 wrote:The old invisible bonnet latch trick...

He also removed the giant light towers in the background too.

http://www.injectedideas.com/ More of his stuff here, chuck him a like on Facebook and if you like any of his stuff he sells prints too

My mate pete got a few awesome shots but it was more of a quality over quantity day for him and he didn't get too many of you guys (well, he hasn't released more anyway) here's some of my favs; http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k589/tj-xr5t/906323_10151812369489829_2111130185_o.jpg http://i1117.ph...