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Rob, you say FE/C front crossmembers are different to FB/EK - in what way ? Will an FB crossmember and front end retrofit into an FC ? I am about to sell an FB front end to a customer who is planning to fit it into an FC - would hate to see them do it all up and then it doesn't fit

I removed PART of the sump in Shake Rattle n Roll by applying internal pressure with #1 con rod

I’m not sure what language you’re speaking but I certainly admire your persistence

It would be the worlds most powerful FB/EK... for 1.4 milliseconds :oops: Imagine the sound of it winding up though... would put a Sikorsky turboshaft helo engine to shame 8)

Cheers,
Harv


I reckon once its dialled in it will not make 1/3 of what Grosey's orange EK ute makes ......... :esad ...

Harv wrote: Wed Jan 28, 2026 4:57 pm We need to get Blacky one of those 200km/h and 8,000rpm gauges for the rattler

Cheers,
Harv

It might well see 8000 RPM........








....... once

Damn this thing was hard work - every bolt and screw siezed, some of the doors wouldn’t open etc
Motor and box came out easy, had the car chained to the trailer and just skull dragged the bastard out [emoji41][emoji106]
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Another day another wagon to kill -
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This thing is RUSTY. - check the door gap
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Here we go again - on the 10 minute drive to work the ...

Looks great mate, must be nearly finished ??

EK283 wrote: Sun Jan 25, 2026 9:13 am
What are you doing with the rear number plate overiders ?

Greg

They are not rusty believe it or not - they are going to be used as a template to hopefully make reproduction ones

While the front bit got dropped off at a mates who is using it as a test bed for making a turbo manifold for a grey motor [emoji106][emoji106] https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20260124/0d798ad2caf51958a64ba931d011bf9b.jpg
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Least it didn't fall in half this time Blacky :roll: :roll:
It fell into lots of bits today Neil -
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Brodie offered to weld the dodgy ...

Laser cut adapter turned up today - next step will be to mark, drill and tap the holes in it then machine the 5 speed bellhousing to suit



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Craig Allardyce wrote: Thu Jan 22, 2026 5:30 am

No it will be a standard head sort of. New alloy construction hopefully, and way cheaper than the going the cross flow route.

Young Mr Allardyce, you KNOW you cant make a statement like that and provide no more info - do tell ????

I was having an issue with losing water coming back from the Nationals one year - we stopped in Esperance at a radiator place and the bloke sold me a new cap as the original 7lb cap was knackered - told me the only real issue with running a higher poundage was the original radiator tanks were not ...

ardiesse wrote: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:27 pm .

As usual, people thought I was crazy driving a 75-year-old car 3000 km through the summer heat.

Pussies ..... they are made to be driven