Hey guys,

Tonight I was driving along in Sydney (training course for work) and I was going up a hill in 4th gear. I had to give it a bit to get up the hill and I noticed that my revs were climbing faster than the speed of my car. I tested this by giving it a gut full while on the flat and noticed it again.

It only seems to happen in 4th gear (under load) and I don't have any problems taking off from a set of lights, changing gears isn't a problem either.

What should I start looking at?

I don't have any way to get under the car at the moment and I wont be able to do it until I get back home in about 2 weeks.

yeah passenger headlight. not sure of the colours but it's only 2 wires... positive and an earth, I'm pretty sure.

somewhere behind the left headlight.

I used to have a 3 cylinder Charade myself

CB23's aren't they?

Well mine lastest roughly ~260,000kms and promptly blew a head gasket. It must've blown itself pretty good because it was un-drivable in less than 50kms as well. The problem with these engines is you need to drive the tits of the thing just to keep up with traffic!

My A series head was blown and I could still drive it on a daily basis, it just blew some steam out of the exhaust. Go the A series

On my 32/36

1 - is blocked off
2 - fuel goes in
3 - is taken out (going to atmosphere)
4 - is vacuum adv for dizzy

I didn't use the existing fuel rail that runs around the front of the rocker cover. Mainly because the outlet of the fuel rail is much smaller than the inlet of the Weber. Instead a rail a fuel hose around the back of the engine against the firewall. Nice and tidy like.

Carby was tuned for an A15 but works well on my setup, GX head, oval port etc etc.

Some pics they may help you...

This is turning into a very tidy, and should be a very quick ute... well done!

What are the specs of the engine by the way?

very nice indeed.

wish I could weld.

I'm in!

haha, that cruise was good fun... lots of dattos on that day...

and the GIO photo thing, it was so good I had to go back and get another pic of my other car!

My 2c if I may?

I agree with dat141, the thermostat is going to be one of the biggest restrictions in the cooling system. The solution you're thinking about doing shouldn't be of a concern man.

To see a fully open thermostat just put it on the stove in a pot of water and heat it up to get an idea of how much/little they open.

A nice bend piece of stainless as a top radiator hose would look really good too, bit of bling even.