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LHooley wrote:The pickup was spotless when I pulled the motor apart yesterday, The injectors were pretty caked but nothing too bad.

As for the mods..

Theres some modified pistons you can buy through a mob called G&L Performance

They do a modified, forged, coated piston upgrade which fixes the risk for cracking.

Currently the plan is to also

- Stronger pistons
- Balance shaft delete
- Hi-Flow Turbo

And it should fly for 500,000kms

All sounds good, but I'd suggest doing a "History Check" on after-market components that are so integral to what you're doing. The reason I say this involves a little story of my own history:
Rebuilt a VW Kombi years ago and swapped out the original engine for a "Cheaper" Brazillian engine. Fitted it up with Hot-Dogs and Extractors, sounded absolutely awesome. At 18 - 19 years old It used to stand up when I took off from the lights, it was great. Yeah, I should've run it in before dancing it around, but the Brazillian engine only lasted a couple of months. Luckily Dad was there to talk me into replacing it with a 3 speed 78 Patrol instead of a Porsche engine changeover or I might not've been here to pass on the story.

Gee Rob, I bet you wish you kept the Kombi now, they're worth a mint

There used to be a Kombi in Newcastle with BBC a P76 4.4L V8 in it. It was still pretty slow though due to weight, but he used to pour milk on the tyres and do burnouts with it at the Kooragang drag strip! My 1974 FJ40 with a 327 from a HK in it used to lift the front wheels off the ground. Used to beat all the local hot 4cyl cars of the day like turbo Lasers etc.

Whoa - ford laser turbo! Those were the days

They were pretty quick cars as they were light and AWD, road tests show them as good for a 15.5s quarter. Not many Australian cars on the road in the early 90’s were quicker than that. Took a GT-HO, HK-HG GTS327/350, Charger E38/49/55, pre-pollution SLR5000/SS 5.0L or one of the GroupA Holdens to be faster than that. Or one of the higher output HDT or HSV cars.

Rob_Wood wrote:

LHooley wrote:The pickup was spotless when I pulled the motor apart yesterday, The injectors were pretty caked but nothing too bad.

As for the mods..

Theres some modified pistons you can buy through a mob called G&L Performance

They do a modified, forged, coated piston upgrade which fixes the risk for cracking.

Currently the plan is to also

- Stronger pistons
- Balance shaft delete
- Hi-Flow Turbo

And it should fly for 500,000kms

All sounds good, but I'd suggest doing a "History Check" on after-market components that are so integral to what you're doing. The reason I say this involves a little story of my own history:
Rebuilt a VW Kombi years ago and swapped out the original engine for a "Cheaper" Brazillian engine. Fitted it up with Hot-Dogs and Extractors, sounded absolutely awesome. At 18 - 19 years old It used to stand up when I took off from the lights, it was great. Yeah, I should've run it in before dancing it around, but the Brazillian engine only lasted a couple of months. Luckily Dad was there to talk me into replacing it with a 3 speed 78 Patrol instead of a Porsche engine changeover or I might not've been here to pass on the story.

It will be fine, these guys have been going around for quite awhile now. And alot of high performance builders swear by them also. So its a win in my book

I spoke to that mob, they use a factory piston and machine it to suits your application. over 2k in pistons alone, then add rings.

Sounds like the 2015+ pistons are the safer bet.

davo94 wrote:I spoke to that mob, they use a factory piston and machine it to suits your application. over 2k in pistons alone, then add rings.

There goes my wallet then

HK1837 wrote:There used to be a Kombi in Newcastle with BBC a P76 4.4L V8 in it. It was still pretty slow though due to weight, but he used to pour milk on the tyres and do burnouts with it at the Kooragang drag strip! My 1974 FJ40 with a 327 from a HK in it used to lift the front wheels off the ground. Used to beat all the local hot 4cyl cars of the day like turbo Lasers etc.

Old Kooragang Island, many many a night were spent there when I was young and dumb. Now all the clowns go to HEZ, 800m from my back yard

Gipsy wrote:Gee Rob, I bet you wish you kept the Kombi now, they're worth a mint

Yeah, it wasn't the only vehicle I was sorry to let go of. Had my nuts dropped earlier I might even still have a few of them.

Yeah I took a walk through the car museum at Birdwood South Australia and I once owned most of the cars there

Rob, check your pm messages

Anyone been to the Birdwood museum? Well worth the effort. In the Adelaide Hills.

Yes it been a while back they keep changing the car around
Well worth the look.
Stop by the rocking horse
And the chocolate factory
Mount lofty
Keeps the young ones happy to.
Doesn't do anything for the wallet.

Gipsy how you go from a buying a blowm 1kd to a museum.

it's called 'conversation' Dave, I do it a lot, helps pass the time when following some threads
You might notice others do it here too you might even notice it on this thread if you take the time to read right through so I'm not exclusive, rather I'm inclusive!

dave g wrote:Yes it been a while back they keep changing the car around
Well worth the look.
Stop by the rocking horse
And the chocolate factory
Mount lofty
Keeps the young ones happy to.
Doesn't do anything for the wallet.

Mate if you don't like small-talk and off-topic why join in? Unless you are the word police... It's called 'CENSORSHIP'
Otherwise we might all just read the workshop manual and then we'll be an expert without any conversation.
Can't see how a rocking horse and chocolate factory fits in with buying a blown 1kd either.

Gipsy wrote:Anyone been to the Birdwood museum? Well worth the effort. In the Adelaide Hills.

I was in there about 2 years ago, finally got them to open the bonnet on the WB Kingswood sedan. Glad I did as it is chassis number AWB00001A. They are building a new wing to house all the remaining GMH and Holden records, so looks like I will have a lot more trips and time to spend in South Australia. I still have some big holes in my research to fill.

Yep I was there about then too, the wb Kingswood had a broken bonnet catch cable so it was closed. The whole row from the fj ute right through to the Leyland p76 and the sandman once sat in my driveway. And the little Austin a30 with the surfboard on top, and the vw beetle. Watched Peter Brock race the a30 with a Holden red motor too.

Same people just can't take a joke