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You discussion on the Torrie forum was part of my research :thumbsup: . In the graph I have included the TW. 12.5 seems like a good result.
Went RED springs too for the dampers. Also ended up mixing and matching the piston dampers till I got them all in the recommended 5-7sec window for the piston ...

Thanks Clay.
Worth mentioning that I have rebuilt the carbs and replaced the OA7 needles with SW needles. Why? Did a bunch of reading in my SU handbook where I found all the fixed HS6 needles that were used on cars where the capacity per carb was at least 1000cc. I then scraped all the data from ...

Also probably should have mentioned re drilling out the bushing - I re-profiled the drill bit to reduce the angle till it was almost flat so it wouldn't bite too much into the soft brass. That made a huge difference when controlling the drill press.

You did well forming s/steel which can be a pain to work & drill compared to plain steel sheet. Was the 0.5mm too thin to hold its shape??

Yeah the 0.5 ended up being a wavy mess and was still not very rigid even with bends and a couple beads for strength. And your right, stainless takes a lot ...

Next up - stainless heat shield. Don’t really like how close the front carb float bowl is to the exhaust.
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So did a bit of CAD
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Being a tight arse I tried to use a bit of 0.5mm stainless exhaust fan shroud.
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Ok call that a test, remade the wooded buck and ...

Used the jig again to help square things up while I used a centre punch in the drill to press the bushings in.
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And done.
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Now dealing with the most important part - reaming the new bushings out to 5/16. From my newfound knowledge from You Tube, what I needed ...

Could have gone ahead and drilled the three bodies out, but got paranoid that the OD of the replacement bushings might be different to the listed size, so while I waited for the referb kit, I went ahead and dealt with another problem. Crank case breather, which is plumbed directly to the manifold ...

SU Carb Overhaul

So over the last few months I have gone from this
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To this
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Been a bit of a journey. This is the way I did it - not suggesting it is the way to do it, but it worked for me.

First up, strip down carbs, check shaft for slop, of which ...

Boot Popper!
A couple years back I thought it would be a good idea to shave the boot lock and install an electronic solenoid.
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I bodged something up at the time that used a lever located in the lock cam thingy shaft that twists when you turn the key, but ...

Hey Brett,
as they were handy I grabbed a picture of the extractors that were on my 202.
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Quick measurement and conversion to inches - 1 3/8" primaries, 1 3/4 secondaries, 2" exhaust.

Search on google - Wildcat Headers (WILD022) seem to be close but have a slightly larger 1.5 ...

Blacky wrote: Fri Oct 24, 2025 10:27 am Very thorough and top quality work as always, I gotta ask , whats with the dust collector looking bizzo mounted on the office chair base ???

It's an old coopers brewing kit converted into a cheap cyclone dust converter. Mainly for the drop saw and the sandblasting cabinet.

Stainless Grill refresh.
Picked up a set of FB stainless grill bars from Brett a while back. These are in pretty good condition but most tabs that hold them on to the vertical supports are missing. Anyway these 3 and in a better state than mine.
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Only one major issue of the 3 is this ...

While I’m dumping pictures off my phone, here is a new repair (to a very old repair) I recently finished on the bottom of the rear window.
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Kept the edge of the frame as there was no rust and it’s a good guide. Shrink a curve into a new bit of angle, kept the bottom over length to ...

Nice work as ever mate. Regarding welding stainless, I’ve been using the same wire I use on steel to weld mild rod to stainless exhaust with no apparent issue.


I did some tests welding mild steel to stainless initially and yes it sticks. It was only on the day I was going to weld the nuts on ...

Ha, used stainless so they wouldn't rust! I'll dab a bit of never seize on in final fitment. Only other reason to go stainless was stainless tank, stainless bolts, so stainless nuts. Didn't really consider compatibility with welding stainless to steel at the time I bought the nuts and bolts. Figured ...