Juust Bought a 1972 Galant gb

[colta51]

excelerator linkages are $85

[lchilds82]

how many DELLORTO DHLA 40 sidedraft weber solex carby's would you run on the 1.6L

[lchilds82]

Would this be suitable ITALIAN SOLEX C 48 ADDHE CARBURETOR WEBER ??E twin barrel sidedraught carburettor.

These carburettors have the same mounting (and airfilter) pattern as Weber DCOE and Dellorto DHLA series carburettors so any standard Weber manifold can be used

[Superscan811]

Would this be suitable ITALIAN SOLEX C 48 ADDHE CARBURETOR WEBER ??E twin barrel sidedraught carburettor.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe these would be way too big for a 1600, unless it was spinning to around 10,000rpm.
Unlike the Male appendage, bigger is not necessary better when it comes to a carbie.

You need a certain amount of air flow, especially at idle and the idle-mains transfer, for the carburettor to be able to tune it properly.

If the carbie is too small, the engine will idle great but won't rev out(restricted airflow).

If the carbie is too big, the only time the carbie will be "in tune" is when you are revving the crap out of the engine.

This is fine if you are building a track car where you are almost never idling, crap if you are building a daily ride.

Cheers.

[lchilds82]

so aiming at around the 40 then

[colta51]

the most you wood want is a 45 with small chokes 48 is way too much
but u are better off with a 40 ezyer to tune to suit a 1600

by the way dellorotos are hard to find parts for and are mostly plastic!

[colta51]

the one im useing is a c40 solex i like solex carbys coz its the same brand as the standed one
and thay are ezyer to get jets for!!!!

[lchilds82]

thanks mate,
what do you guys think of A nissan engine????
CA18Det or SR20det

[colta51]

not for the galant i hope

[lchilds82]

but these engines are so cheap, and make really good power, im worried that i wont be able to source all the right parts for the 4g32 with its age and that is only going to get harder. Has anyone done all this to there 4g32- extractors, full exhaust, sidedraft carb/carbs, what about cams???
what sort power can achieve out one of these

[tandanus]

My 4G32 is ballanced with headwork, cam and twin SU copies. Never dynoed, but I'd guess 100hp. Standard is 95 I think.
I love the Saturn to death, but if you want to fast go 4G63BT.
I have a set of DCOE40s that Ive never put on because of the cost of setting them up.
Similarly, I have a T02 turbo setup sitting under the house.
Depends what you want - I like the Saturn cos its light, revs and sounds great.
Other folk here prefer other things in a car ....
T.

[shuggy]

[GC75]

4g54 with twins goes well...

real well

i miss driving it

i miss my exhaust rattle without ppl in the back or going down hill, i miss my clunky gear box only to snap it in to rev the shit outa it and feel the car move beneath me

love that car

[lchilds82]

CAN THEY CUT A GOOD SKID WHEN REQUIED THATS ANOTHER THING ID LIKE TO KNOW

[lchilds82]

Here is some more pics

[GC75]

dude my car does burnouts in reverse lol

[lchilds82]

If tats the case i think ill go with doin the 4g32 up
ill like the idea of keeping it alittle standard any way.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ylWnk- ... re=related This sounds pretty tough,
i think ill go light metalic blue, recover the seats in a tan or black, go the extractors and exhasut and than figure out the whole carby thing later once i have been playing with it for a while
Cheers guys

[GC75]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCmTauxs33A

thats mine sounds better normally

[75wagon]

You should hear mine!
I don't know how to put stuff up on 'youtube' yet, but I'll get onto it shorty. As soon as it's on there I'll let you know..

CAN THEY CUT A GOOD SKID WHEN REQUIRED THAT'S ANOTHER THING ID LIKE TO KNOW

They axle tramp pretty bad, that's really your only problem. A stock 1.6 will do it.

If all you want to do is get your tyres smokin', then start spinning it on the grass first and then edge it onto the tar once your wheels are up to speed, then it wont tramp.

I had my old GB doing circle work years ago, both wheels, no foot-ons and no hands on the steering wheel just going around in circles. Billowing smoke everywhere.
If that's what you want to do your car should be able to do it now... Of course I don't condone this sort of thing now because I'm way to old...... and of course this should never be done on a public road.....

[shuggy]

yeh man get good engine mounts, good gearbox mount, and new shocks and you will be fine
extra leaf on the rear will make it go a lot better, but spins on the tar are tough in a straight line with any open diff, you get one wheel spins that from my experience wreck your diff, makes it loose.
but work up the 4g32 and do the above things and you will have a headturning easily licenced classic that is good on fuel when you need it to be and fun when you need it to be

[driftforlife]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ylWnk- ... re=related This sounds pretty tough

hehe that's my car!
it sound better in real life but im still not happy with it. should be getting a nice thick steel tip for it soon, but my money has other places to go.
and i need to get rid of the two holes that are in the extractors

[tango76hardtop]

CAN THEY CUT A GOOD SKID WHEN REQUIED THATS ANOTHER THING ID LIKE TO KNOW

my first car was a GD galant sedan with a stock belt driven 4g32 and stock diff with worn out shocks and springs and that thing would do doughnuts easily on tare both wheel spin and i used to turn it into corners and boot it and it would smoke the tyres right around the bend and it'll do the clock top speed. like shuggy said these galants are very fun cars and good on fuel when needed to be

[colta51]

"my first car was a GD galant sedan with a stock belt driven 4g32"
myn too but chain driven!

[tango76hardtop]

"my first car was a GD galant sedan with a stock belt driven 4g32"
myn too but chain driven!

think my belt driven 4g32 was out of a sigma but we bought the car like that

[Angus260z]

here is some more pics of what i have a head of me

Welcome to the site mate. Nice gb i use to have 1 there tuff. How much did you get it for?

[lchilds82]

i paid 500 for it, a bargain it think

[shuggy]

a lot of people say bargin, a few wil say rip off. but if you like the car its what you rekon its worth.
my 1st GC was bunged up all dented n rusty, no locks missing windows etc, but i paid 900 for it coz he wouldnt take less and i loved the car

[lchilds82]

Hey does anyone know whether my car(1972 GB) is belt driven or chain driven, i havent gone and picked it up yet it at my sisters place in brisbane. Any ideas????

[GC75]

my car cost me 2800 plus expenses getting it here! worth it i rekon! then some here wouldnt come close to paying that!

[tango76hardtop]

Hey does anyone know whether my car(1972 GB) is belt driven or chain driven, i havent gone and picked it up yet it at my sisters place in brisbane. Any ideas????

its chain driven. if it was belt driven it would have a plastic timing cover on the front of the motor