RE: off topic: holden 6 no legs

[Terry Rudd]

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Wayne,   I'm pretty much done on ideas about this one, as was said it should go well with bits in it. If it's always been that way I'd look for something not installed correctly when it was built. Brad mentioned timing gear - the composite types certainly are prone to stripping or jumping teeth. The dizzy position in relation to another similar engine is a tell tail sign. Have you done a compression test - something has got to be off with this engine.   regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wayne Woodall Sent: Thursday, 11 July 2002 9:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: off topic: holden 6 no legs BEEN LIKE IT FROM DAY 1. oops. lifters are h/duty holden items dunno what brand. speed pro 969R maybe. carby worked very wel on another holden 6. I had a 600 AFB carter on it for a while, i had ordinary top end as there was not enough airflow through the secondarys to properly meter the fuel flow, but the bottom end was spectacular with that carby. I am keeping my eye out for a second hand 465 holley, but they are not too often seen secondhand. Buyt i am considering aftermarket efi. Is it worth it on an old holden 6? i have considered a v6 commy transplant (or turbo v6 nissan), but the old holden 6 has all the good parts,head work, roller rockers block prep, balancing. it would be a shame to waste that work. the dizzy does retard when you open throttle then advance, i am thinking of getting it regraphed. as far as valves go, they are bigger diameter than the internal diameter of the extractor ports (if that info is any help). wayne   ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Rudd To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:11 PM Subject: RE: off topic: holden 6 no legs Well say if it was a L18 I'd be looking at the carbie, dizzy advance and valves in that order. It's running out of something for sure. Has this condition always been there or something new. Helps to know if it ever run well and it tells you a lot.   What sort of lifters are in it - usually to get over 5K you need something like cranes or solids.   regards Terry -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wayne Woodall Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2002 10:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: off topic: holden 6 no legs the valves are std blue 202 size,but the head is a 173 yella terra stage 3, that i had a local dude,Lyndon Little, massage with his die grinder to improve some more. His initial thaughts were that the engine would spin to 6500 no probs.   i am curious about the extractors, they were the first production run of the genie 88e all those years ago. but we cut of the final collector pipe as it was 2.25 inch and we wanted 2.5 inch out of the collectorwhen we cut off the collector, the following pipe was pushed about 20mm into the collector. which i would think would make turbulence.       --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.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --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.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- --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.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/membersozdat@datascribe.com.au/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------