"Shootin' The Breeze" - Old Skool Chat Thread  

personally id keep the exterior original, steelies, venitians ect with a nice 308

12th December 2012 - 06:12 PM  Reply  Quote

This ^^^^

There is nothing better then an original, that sounds amazing!

12th December 2012 - 08:06 PM  Reply  Quote

The plan is to keep the exterior "period correct" same with the interior which is going to be redone in simlar materials as the original, possibly a little extra bolstering and support in the front bench, she's soft as f**k atm. But under the bonnet, I'm wanting something nice. I just need to find a motor that will run both gas and petrol and get it tuned correctly. And find a way to hide all the hideous bits of the gas conversion...

12th December 2012 - 08:09 PM  Reply  Quote

Why Gas?

12th December 2012 - 08:13 PM  Reply  Quote

It's already all plumbed up and certifed for gas, and the way petrol prices are, it's going to be a killer running on petrol all the time.

12th December 2012 - 08:15 PM  Reply  Quote

Probably retarded as fook question to ask, but looking for a 308 or 350 short motor. Where is the best place to pick them up from. Probably second hand, unless someone knows of somewhere where I can pick one up new relatively cheaply.

12th December 2012 - 10:00 PM  Reply  Quote

Seriously, if you're thinking of putting an 8 in buy a diff to go in too !

My old HR snapped 8 axles between my 210 & 192ci motors as well as destroying 4 centers..

12 bolt on ebay

This should cost about $250 to freight up here 308 running on ebay

12th December 2012 - 10:54 PM  Reply  Quote

I dont have much faith in ebay moparguy. Been burned a few times too many to trust it anymore. Too many shady bastards trying to rip a few bucks from people.

12th December 2012 - 11:05 PM  Reply  Quote

Find a running 308 or 350 on either ebay or gumtree. Unless you want to buy a crate 350, you cannot buy either of them technically speaking, brand new.

12th December 2012 - 11:05 PM  Reply  Quote

is it going to be a daily? if not just piss the gas system off imo

12th December 2012 - 11:07 PM  Reply  Quote

^^ THIS ^^

My HR with 192, Twin Strombergs on LYNX manifold + M20 + 3.08 or 2.78 diff center = 28mpg

The old girl in '66 did 23mpg, do the math for L/100ks

1st 48mph @ 6800rpm

2nd 62mph

3rd 90mph

4th 130+

Was a Bathurst Torana M20

12th December 2012 - 11:14 PM  Reply  Quote

28mpg with twin strombergs? Bullshit.

I put $20 in my kingswood and i get two trips to mcdonalds 5 minutes away and a stroll to the hyperdome. f**king ridiculous.

It needs a tune yes, but f**k, 28mpg is bs.

Edit: So your saying you get 44.8km to 3.78L? That equals 100km / 8.5l.

My '91 Rodeo is roughly 600km to a 55l tank, which is being a little on the low side (in the instance of stop start as opposed to straight highway), that works out at.. 100km / 9.1l. Theres no way a twin stromberg'd red motor would get shy of 600km to a tank of fuel, on the basis the fuel tank was 55l. No f'king way at all.

15th December 2012 - 12:00 AM  Reply  Quote

i get 100ks out of 11L of fuel, in my ute, 202 of course.

Looks like ill be getting back on track and repairing some rust ect in my ute. Only problem is i have no shelter, im looking at buying one of those ""portable carports" basically just a gazebo with zip up walls. does anyone know where i can buy one online or in a state wide store like repco ect? had a look on ebay but i cant find any suitable ones

cheers

EDIT: This looks perfect, good price?
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/NEW-DURABLE-CON...=item2a22379bcf

15th December 2012 - 09:46 AM  Reply  Quote

My ute idled for 20 mins with 5 litres of premium and ran out. HTH!

15th December 2012 - 02:32 PM  Reply  Quote

No bs, from a very vague but good memory the HRs factory spec was 23MPG

I filled up in Brissy, drove to Noosa then the Gold Coast & back home on 1 tank circa 1984. Did the math & was very happy.

The Bathurst M20s 4th was verrrrrrrrrry tall = 2800rpm at 62MPH, most likely with the 2.78 diff.

Ported head with matched /venturied >< & dowelled manifolds, Strombergs were actually matched down through the guts with BX-V2 bases,
Street XU-1 Cam grind (35/65?) tuned length extractors, electronic ignition + GT40 coil, 2" exhaust with a 18" reversed fluted Lukey
straight through muf in the center & a Kings 12" straight through after the diff.

So... No bs because my mechanic Barry Wessell & I did it at Bardon

16th December 2012 - 09:15 PM  Reply  Quote

nice HZ Eugene

16th December 2012 - 10:05 PM  Reply  Quote

Cheers, thanks mate. It is a good canvas. No rust, extremely good 253 and the body is uber straight.

16th December 2012 - 10:10 PM  Reply  Quote

I have a 350 4 bolt chev complete for sale if interested.

20th December 2012 - 09:11 PM  Reply  Quote

Well on Christmas day i got to have a good look at out family heirloom my great grandfathers HG kingswood, for the last 8 years it has been sitting in a driveway uncovered in the Tasmanian weather. Before that it was in the hands of my father, he was in an accident and smashed the passenger front guard. I had a good look over the car Christmas day and i think its in great nick! The car is a sky blue with a white vinyl roof (vinyl removed) the exterior is straight as except for the passenger front guard, the car has rust in one of the doors and other than that it is mint its all original except in the past 8 years one of my cousins replaced the front bench with buckets and had the seats re trimmed, he also disconnected the column manual and converted it to a floor shift, But as Ive stepped up for he car another family member has baraged in and apparently wants the car, jealousy of course. So Hopefully ill be in possession of a 186 powered HG kingswood in the coming months.

29th December 2012 - 01:06 AM  Reply  Quote

Always been a massive fan of the HG.

29th December 2012 - 01:18 AM  Reply  Quote

Yeah. The only real hurdle is convincing the family, as if i get it i plan to bring it back up to qld with me.

29th December 2012 - 08:56 AM  Reply  Quote

Chuck in some random spin like grandad told me his plans he wanted for it, and make up your plans and say I will fulfill his plans etc.

29th December 2012 - 09:20 AM  Reply  Quote

This is getting silly. Nearly 10 days with no posts?

7th January 2013 - 07:37 PM  Reply  Quote

Haha yeah i bet thats exactly right.... Hows the XC (XC?) going?

7th January 2013 - 09:40 PM  Reply  Quote

been out west.. no time to post OR work on cars haha

8th January 2013 - 09:36 PM  Reply  Quote

I thought being out west would mean nothing BUT time....

8th January 2013 - 09:39 PM  Reply  Quote