once again? just making sure it wasnt that particular one
as many wags have caused headaches for many sold here.
Glad ya not stretching the truth like ya did your belly
free bump

if that is the red one that was for sale for quite some time
then the rust in the roof at the rear is not what you describe
as little rust. If not then good luck, if so then good luck
to the buyer they will need it.

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is the face nappy the law there on the race track?

As our brakes expert said above re-lining is a great option.

I found out about this when I went to Highway brake and clutch services
to reline my ancient Dyna truck shoes, cheaper than new and helps the guys
locally rather than overseas. Support home made craftsmen as you can.

You can reline clutches as well and have new springs put in as well
for your own custom needs. Had a Hillman Imp GT one redone to factory specs
for a fraction of the price of ones from NZ and UK suppliers.

Nice coupe btw best color and prob nicest daily to own vs new plastic rubbish.
I sometimes come across pics of the past and see such retro beauty in our world
versus now and hope these kind of beautiful cars got remade even if electric.
You must snap necks when you drive by anywhere.

wowsers thats alot of spark plugs! at least its an L4!

for the last 5 years with no datto been thinking of industrial spark plugs
on side valve and flat head engines used in farming.

They seem to use these pre-chamber spark plugs that when replaced with
normal spark plugs the economy and output is reduced considerably.

Maybe due to lower compression ratios these sparkplugs might show a bigger
difference than higher compression ratio engines but it seems now Benz and
even Toyota have achieved 45-50% improvements with gasoline 4 stroke using
pre chambers like that in industrial applications.

Could it be that PPC units will make high performance 4 stroke engine perform
even better and even regular 4 strokes engines run with improved combustion?
less carbon build up and better all round performance due to one small combustion
occuring that then feeds the larger combustion process?

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On the topic of old school mech ideas I would really like the opinion
from the older hands here for my long time brain fart....

I have been toying with designs for a custom flat head in that
1. the spark plug uses a pre chamber design,
2. which feeds a separate pre chamber where the side valves are
3. which are separated by a trunk like port to the dished piston surface.

This is using a very long stroke to slow the whole process down and improve
on torque by running at lower rpm to achieve bigger torque numbers than power.
Compression ratio would be about 7 to 1 utilising lower octane fuels.
spark plug avoids the inlet and exhaust valves as it sits in between the 2.
I call it the El3fant PPCC Passive Pre Combustion Chambers.

2 combustion stages with a controlled swirl to the 3rd stage of expansion into cylinder.
The elephant trunk port (flat like a whistle) allows deep swirl with little turbulence.
The drawing is my first done many years ago but improved to reduce the height
and volume of the combustion chamber by lower the overall height and also more
tapered to reduce hot spots. The idea is lower compression allowing for better
sidevalve small industrial engines but also boosted L4 willy engines at first
and maybe one day flat head ford v8.

If someone can draw it in 3d one day or suggest a package I could use to do it
Id love to have a way to play with the overall volume as well as I would love to
achieve 8.5 to 1 or even 9 to 1 using an extreme undersquare design.

First want to make a Willys Go Devil engine head as they are simple and 79.4 mm bore x 111.1 mm stroke.

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Im not debating but learning still ;) albeit always later
Learning that what we had was better than what we have now

Sounds nuts and a dream to make so many hand made parts for
427 beasts and who knows how many other machines in the past.
Mech craft and hand skills are mans greatest achievements
they brought joy, community and beauty we will never see again.

Technocracy and Biometric capitalism is quickly pushing kids
to be VR headed snowflakes cant be bothered even placing
hot water into their cup noodles as they prefer to finger tap
their digital heroin devices for that constant dopemine fix.

I long to see more carbed rides as I feel I missed out on
carb tuning wisdom due to the efi movement/marketing hype.

Good to see some of you carb lovers are still lurking around
and even we had 2 great supercharged datsuns with carbs
one holley from NZ and the other a 2 x weber USA bumblebee.

Ive even been thinking of a single 600cfm holley lately for
my TVR AJP v8 powered rx-7 fd3s instead of injection.
The more I see addicted to tech zombies the more I want to
mechanise and make analog all I can.

Best vids on home made engines by an legend genius
v12 from L6 -take note of conrod solution for narrow crankpin!!!!
what a master to employ a Linkrod system @ 4.30min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnXUx4 ... &ab_channel=AllenMillyard
V8 from L4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjxiHL ... &ab_channel=AllenMillyard

A series would be insane but pushrods and non crossflow has its limits.
Instead the E series or even a G series head and bores could be used?

60 degree v8

eg. Carbon Steel 8mm plate welded crankcase and separate bore casing for
77mm renault sleeves housing for E16 crank and linkrods with angled cap bolts
Steel plate bore housings and wet sleeves from renault 805 sierra or similar.
3.3 litre v8 77mm bores x 88mm stroke.

too much work but what a project for a Millyard like dude into dattos

Jmac blowthrough 3k with a big holley, totally bonkers good.

On the contrary the 3k is really not the poor mans A series
but an over engineered and quality OHV of original design.
More of an industrial motor for durability like all Toy Ohvs.

They are way more beef and made to last inside and out just
amazing finished boat anchors for the low end market.

The datto just made the A series more nimble and hence it fairs
better for performance specially with the choice of heads the
K series never got. Toyota also made some other serious OHV
engines specially the T series which Puerto Rico dudes used
Holleys also for power that matches all high tech L4s of today.
Thats the only performance OHV in Toys lineup and with the 4Y
86mm crankshaft made to fit the 3TC bored to 89mm makes one
massive AY12/AY15 destroyer or Hemi OHV L4 beast.

Sure would love if Holleys made these like a sidedraft






could they be made to work as sidedrafts? that would be ease bonnet clearance.