How cool is that. U should've taken a camera! ----- Original Message ----- From: "rclough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 8:33 PM Subject: Fitting big bits in little places
> Mark > > Persist and you will find a way. > > A case in point. I poked my nose down the the driveway of a "noisy > neighbour" today, to see what was making all the strange V8 noises that > blast out of his shed after 10pm, and can be heard all over our town late in > the night. > This young petrol head started a couple of years ago with a VS Statesman > V8 - which he promptly totalled. > > Whilst then without licence, he started building a TA23 Celica which he has > set up for a 308 Holden with the biggest turbo I have ever seen (looks like > a truck one!). This was what I really went down the drive to check out, as > i had seen this work in progress in the driveway for some time. > > He got tired of this project taking too long and he already had his licence > back, so and bought some cheap wheels, a Mazda E2000 Van. A proverbial > white van. > > When I turned up he was just pulling up the engine cowl off to find out why > the 253 V8 engine in his Mazda Van had, just half an hour earlier, caught on > fire whilst being driven (fortunately near home). He has an extinguisher on > board (Quote; "Its not the first time I've had an engine catch fire"). He > put out the blaze and when her tried to restart, the engine exploded, > blowing off the hoses and bending the rocker covers outward, shearing the > screws that hold them on. All this must have been pretty exciting seeing he > was sitting on top of it in the drivers seat. > > As I was about to leave him busily stripping out the engine, he apologised > for making a lot of noise at nights. I reassured him it was like music to > my ears (perhaps I'm a bit deaf) and not to worry about me, I am also a > bloke who works hard to create interesting motor vehicles in his sheds at > night - I invited him to come over to my shed when he gets his machine > mobile again. > > As he started to unbolt everything to remove the motor he explained how easy > it was to install the 253 Holden into the space left by the Mazda 2 litre > four. Only one small bubble needed to be added to the engine cowel to fit > the bigger radiator's top tank. The bell housing was modified to fit to the > mazda gearbox which has proved unbreakable to date (and I've heard him > trying hard to break it!). He says its the same as a rotary Mazda box so > its pretty tough. He reckons the industrial diff in it is tough too. > > I noticed he already had a new (308 V8) engine in a stand in the shed, ready > to instal into the Van - hence he wasnt too concerned about the "exploding" > 253. > > Quite a "Q ship" I said, using an expression that shows my age. "Is it > engineered?" I asked. "Not yet" was the reply. > Methinks he may again revisit being "without licence". > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 7:45 PM > Subject: water-air intercooler - suppliers in ACT/NSW > > > > Anyone know of suppliers of a compact water-to-air intercooler that > > sits in the standard intake pipe located across the front of FJ20ET? Or > > am I wasting my time with such a set-up? Car is 1600 running about > > 10psi for 130rwkw ATM (no IC) > > > > Got my little supra IC yesterday and removed chrome bits on Datsun to > > see how it fits (unbelievably fiddling thanks to pop-rivets holding > > grille to headlight surrounds, tricky to spanner off the bolts hold the > > centre grille on, I can hardly get to them!) > > Anyway at this stage with the donor wreck parked nose in to my street > > car, to observe for template to cut the pipe holes, but there's nothing > > to cut out since mine has all been neatly widened to expose N13 Pulsar > > radiator to cool air. Also bit tight around the intake and radiator > > in-let. (donor car ran z18t with stock rad). > > > > Pretty much give up on this I think, yes I give-in easily, but only > > because I remember a neat water IC done in a white Fj20 1600 years ago > > in Fastfours or similar. > > > > Mark.JT. > > > > > > > > > > > --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/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
