Re: Peter Parry

[David Costello]

hahaha yeah I think I will definately go with the full L18 The wrecker I bought the cam from said I could have the head for an extra $10, but I said no at the time and told him I'd call back in a few days if I wanted it. I rang back today and asked him if I could still have the head for $10 and he said "Nah sorry mate you missunderstood me, what I said was $50 for the cam, and since the engine is no good to me without the cam you may aswell take the rest of it for an 3 extra $10". I thought he meant the head etc, but he meant the whole engine hehe so I scored a running L18 with "A" stamped cam for $60 -----Original Message----- From: Peter Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, 1 May 2000 5:43 Subject: Re: Peter Parry David yep go for it change the whole lot the only downer is that you MUST change sumps and oil pickup other wise it wont fit L18's in Stanzas are a good cheap instant power increase .make sure L18 carby a good one Peter David Costello wrote:  thanks peteonce again you've been a great help, I'll do the cam tomorrow.As for the head, I'm still confused.I got 2 replies telling me not to use the L18 head as it'll reduce compression too much, Then your reply tells me to use it.I might just ask this guy how much he wants for the whole engine.  Is the much of a power gain going from an L16 to an L18? -----Original Message----- From: Peter Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, 30 April 2000 4:05 Subject: Re: Peter Parry  David Use L18 head as its a better head. the reason you use no 3 cam gear hole is to take up any slack in timing chain they are set at #2 at factory or when you putin new chain, try advancing your timing do it a bit at a time 5 degrees or less each time you'll know when youre gone too far as engine will ping this will help take offs.BTW dont use L18 carby as this will screw your consumption Peter David Costello wrote:  Peter,        I've got an "A" cam and about to put it in my L16 to give it a little bit more bite. I've allready got a 5 speed box and a 4:3:1 diff, can you recomend anything else I should whack on at the same time to give it some more go? Only reason I'm asking you all this is because a while ago you told me if I was to stick an "A" cam into my L16 I should set it at hole #3 when putting it back in.  I was just wondering if you could explain in a little more detail what you mean by "set it at hole #3". I didn't bother asking what you meant back when you actually wrote it because I assumed my mate who's helping out would know what you meant, but I asked him today and he said he had no idea he just whacks them in.   Also the guy who I bought the cam off said I can have the L18 head that it came off for an extra $10 and I'm wondering whether the L18 head on the L16 block would be quicker cause the head flows more or will this just make compression too low? It's not going to see any track work, it's only for road use, So I'm just after down low grunt for quick take offs not top end speed for racing.  What are your sugestions for this?  PS. I'm not gunna spend big bucks on it. Big bucks on an L16 would be a waste of time. I've saved just over half the money I need to get my SR20DET conversion done and I'm starting to crave the power hehe so I wanna give it a bit more bang in the meantime thanx a lot            Dave   --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------