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JimGreek wrote:The select few Barry, the select few!
Jim K.

So Jim, whens the book comming out?

Ahhh jeeez. I wish the rules in Oz were a bit more relaxed....

The Australians owe it to the worldwide Faithful to save this piece of Transaxle history! Don't let us down boys! Only 9 more hours to bid as of this posting! Only AU$500, what's that, like US$100??? Oi! Stop trying to talk up the price of somethign I wanna buy! I'm in two minds about this thing......

I like the exhaust...

So you're effectively achieving a neutral balance, and then slapping a big counterweight on each end (pully, flywheel)? or am I missing something? Over the other side of the fence in Ford V8 world, theres stock and stock like cranks that use a counterweight in the front harmonic ballancer and one in...

Oh My... thats gorgeous... i'm almost tempted to sell the XY for one instead of doing another alfetta

You take one complete piston/rod/ring/bearing combination - even the wrist-pin and wrist-pin retainer rings and weigh it and balance all 6 assemblies to each other. Once you have all 6 of the complete assemblies completely balanced to within minimal differences of each other, you take one assembly,...

Jules,That was my ol 20l turbo..after Id cropped and resized it I thought it still, after all these years, looked so damn good,Id use it as my avitar.. Ben,You still got the Mustang as in the pics you sent me??A damn fine car if you ask me..a mate just got a 70s charger,in black with 19" boyds...

Here's to long lost friends....

junglejustice wrote:I doubt that the Australians have them readily available from their friendly "local Alfa Romeo dealer" either...

If its the same as the coil pack on a 3.0l 164, then no, they're not hard to get hold of.....

It's a really weird phenomena where people expect all of their torque to be off idle, and the rpm to drop off after 5, so they can do burnouts..... for hours upon hours! come on! it makes peak torque at 3500rpm and peak power at 6600! its a screamer! (as much as a stock rodded 5.8l v8 can be :P) Mi...

Bugger. this is the car I was looking at getting as a project car..

BEN! Welcome back! Have you been cured from that weird american V8 virus or have you thought of a nice project on the side? Cheers! Still mucking around with that dirty great big blue thing, its now making 410rwhp on a Dyno Dynamics, its about 520hp and 470ftlb at the crank... but i've been itching...

Alquati A34: Race engine application, 10,8mm lift, suggested timing: 50-80-80-50, suggested clearance in/ex:0,40mm. No cutouts required on follower bores. (Another dated old school design!) :roll: Jim K. Guys, sorry to drag the thread back up, but I had A34s in "La Strega Nera" before I s...