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The drama is that the block was tunnel bored with the girdle in place. Now that stupid me had to cut the ends off the girdle, it may no longer be true. Strip all the bits off it, torque up the caps and baby girdle, and off to Duncan Foster to measure for roundness. Wish me luck. Dammit... machine s...

Blacky wrote: ↑Mon Mar 27, 2023 12:42 am One of 2 Sierras

Haven't seen one of these for a long time... suspect it was last on the Mountain. Incredible car for their day - giant killers like the earlier Minis and later Skyline.

Needs it's front wheel arch moulds checked though

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Harv

Check the harness carefully for previous owner bodges. Replace those. Reuse what you can. The factory wiring quality is pretty good other than normal wear and tear. Splice in new stuff. Buy a quality crimper - I bought a name-brand ratchet crimper, and learned the hard way that they look good but ar...

Bugs and stone chips are track-trophies to be proud of.

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Harv

Agree that market sets the price, but for what it’s worth I reckon your price is reasonable. I can only reflect on what my wagon conversion cost, but if I wanted another project I would buy yours.

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Harv

Couldn't find my sketch earlier today:


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Harv

G'day Billy, How much cable pull do you need? To check it, have a helper hold a steel rule (or tapemeasure) near the Holley where the accelerator cable attaches. Use your fingers on the carby throttle arm to move it from idle to WOT, and see how much the cable end moves on the steel rule. If you use...

Lol… I’m referring to the van's (and T'rana's) colour (Strike Me Pink). The Torries had some cool colour names - The Lone O'Ranger, Yellow Dolly, Lettuce Alone, Plumdinger Purple.

Not quite as cool as BMC’s Hairy Lime Green for Minis.

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Harv

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Harv

Strike me pink... a van.

And a towbar on a 'trahna. Must be for ballast.

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Harv

Agree. The Norman will provide a lot of mixing and some vapourisation from the vane heat. I can have (relatively) mismatched nozzles into the Norman and the engine won't know the difference. If this thing ran with no supercharger, the nozzles would be a lot more critical for vapourisation and would ...

Onwards to nozzles. The injection process uses a pump to put fuel into the motor. The pump spins up as the engine spins, giving more fuel as the engine need it. In fact, the pump provides a little too much fuel, so some is sent back to the tank by the primary bypass. The primary bypass has a “pill” ...

Doctor Google shows EJ/EH and HD/HR levers with the pivot on the outside of the bend:


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Harv

Masterparts says the auto and manual levers are different.

If you get stuck I'll likely have one here, though not sure how good the chrome will be.

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Harv

Some more progress on fuel pumps. Some time back I got the McGee grey-motor fuel pump tested. This is the little one that sits on top of the magneto angle drive, and neatly clears the Repco inlet manifold. Angle drive assembled with pump and magneto side view.JPG Flow bench testing showed that at 40...