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- Fri May 24, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: My FB EK
- Topic: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
- Replies: 4421
- Views: 200341
Re: Clay’s Wedgewood Blue FB Ute
Will you need the brakes going West?? Would think the cup holders are more important for your passenger 😊 Point it at the sunset. Engage cruise control stick. Occy strap steering. Use long range fuel tanks when it splutters. Only need brakes once, just before your feet get wet. :lol: Cheers, Harv
- Fri May 24, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: Parts for sale
- Topic: Improved cooling gaskets - fourth round spares
- Replies: 2
- Views: 66
Improved cooling gaskets - fourth round spares
Ladies and Gents, I’ve now done four separate batches of the improved cooling gaskets. The last three times, I got inundated by people wanting a gasket after orders had closed. I am a sucker for a sob story, so on-sold from my own stash. This time I got clever, and ordered some extras for the lateco...
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:00 am
- Forum: General sharing advice and experience
- Topic: Chrome plater recommendation
- Replies: 11
- Views: 505
Re: Chrome plater recommendation
I picked up the parts yesterday from Astor Metal Finishes. This was my experience: a) I had a sump and a 6" long steering arm rechromed. They had recently been plated, but the sump had two blisters and the arm had been chromed over the splines. My plater had passed away, so I needed a new shop ...
- Wed May 22, 2024 5:57 pm
- Forum: My FB EK
- Topic: Family Affair Ek Ute
- Replies: 62
- Views: 1672
Re: Family Affair Ek Ute
Take as many photos as you can Sneezy, and post them here. A few of the guys have partial subframes kicking around, and if you are lucky the bits you need are still on their donor subframe.
Cheers,
Harv
Cheers,
Harv
- Sun May 19, 2024 9:13 am
- Forum: Parts wanted
- Topic: Tow bar for EK sedan please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 314
Re: Tow bar for EK sedan please
Photos of the bar. Apologies for not posting them via PM - there is a 500kB file size limit for PMs, and I’m short on time to resize the photos. There is a ball that goes with it.
Cheers.
Harv
Cheers.
Harv
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:31 pm
- Forum: My FB EK
- Topic: Project 2.
- Replies: 1493
- Views: 59737
Re: Project 2.
"She don't seem to be breathin' right. Might be the jets."
Cheers,
Harv
Cheers,
Harv
- Mon May 13, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: My FB EK
- Topic: Project 2.
- Replies: 1493
- Views: 59737
- Sat May 11, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Parts wanted
- Topic: Tow bar for EK sedan please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 314
Re: Tow bar for EK sedan please
I'm guessing that a towbar for FE-FC will also suit FB-EK. It depends on whether the locations of the rear bumper bracket bolts got revised. Can anyone confirm or deny? Rob According to this thread, FE-EK sedan/wagon are interchangeable: https://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=445 The utes...
- Sat May 11, 2024 10:59 am
- Forum: Parts wanted
- Topic: Tow bar for EK sedan please
- Replies: 11
- Views: 314
Re: Tow bar for EK sedan please
I've got one here on my FB sedan. It's an old aftermarket one that I bought from Dave Pagano many years ago (first time I ever met Dave). I gave it a wire wheel cleanup, some coats of primer and then a few coats of grey epoxy enamel. From memory it has the rams-horn type safety chain connections. I ...
- Fri May 10, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: My FB EK
- Topic: Neil's FB Station Wagon
- Replies: 306
- Views: 18263
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
Was that a test to check swept volume?
If so did they do it by removing the head and measuring bore and stroke, or by using a puff tester? My engineer threatened the former.
Cheers,
Harv
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:05 am
- Forum: My FB EK
- Topic: Neil's FB Station Wagon
- Replies: 306
- Views: 18263
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
I can remember when the 180kW/tonne idea was floated in mid-2017. Many naysayer's "knew a bloke who's aunt's third cousin is in the RTA, and has the paperwork that it is now law in NSW". I was mid-build on the wagon, and was putting out about 215kW/tonne. https://fbekholden.com/forum/viewt...
- Fri May 10, 2024 7:00 am
- Forum: My FB EK
- Topic: Neil's FB Station Wagon
- Replies: 306
- Views: 18263
Re: Neil's FB Station Wagon
From memory, there is no kW restriction in NCOP. I did not need to supply a dyno run for the wagon. Some states may apply one though.
It would mean I cannot have a bog-stock 350 Chev, but I can put in a 308. Nothing stopping me from leaning on that thing the way we did in the '90's when turbos were only on &*#@ Sierras and trucks. A 308 that COME Racing had breathed on was a significant bit of kit.
Same deal with the 327 I now have. It puts out 300kW, and there is nothing stopping me from going nuts with the cam, intake and exhaust to wind that up even more.
Cheers,
Harv
It would mean I cannot have a bog-stock 350 Chev, but I can put in a 308. Nothing stopping me from leaning on that thing the way we did in the '90's when turbos were only on &*#@ Sierras and trucks. A 308 that COME Racing had breathed on was a significant bit of kit.
Same deal with the 327 I now have. It puts out 300kW, and there is nothing stopping me from going nuts with the cam, intake and exhaust to wind that up even more.
Cheers,
Harv
- Tue May 07, 2024 7:03 am
- Forum: Parts for sale
- Topic: Free to good home - MasterParts Catalogue
- Replies: 6
- Views: 198
Re: Free to good home - MasterParts Catalogue
I miss the days when the counter tops were stainless steel, and there was a row of these catalogues under the counter. Long shelves with steel bins/trays full of treasure out the back. Items that had a "core charge" because they could be overhauled and resold.
Cheers,
Harv
Cheers,
Harv
- Mon May 06, 2024 1:42 pm
- Forum: Body, Paint and Panel
- Topic: Fibreglass panels... any info?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3278
Re: Fibreglass panels... any info?
I still have the moulds. I tried getting a local fibreglass mob to quote, but they never got back to me.
Cheers.
Harv
Cheers.
Harv
- Mon May 06, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: Parts for sale
- Topic: Free to good home - MasterParts Catalogue
- Replies: 6
- Views: 198
Re: Free to good home - MasterParts Catalogue
Done.
Cheers,
Harv
Cheers,
Harv