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Devilrod wrote:
I like pics better than words.... Not enough pics in either of those mags

I'll second that DR. I've been layed up the last few days .... will be back on to the beast in full force next week

hurry up were all waiting

Mick Jagger .... mate I can't wait to have a coldy with ya in Bendigo

Been doing the "boring" stuff .... phone calls to rod shops, performance shops etc and the engineer . My only issue to date (to be fully legal) is the height of the blower/carbs/scoop... we still have to stick by the 11m rule . Basically this means we must be able to see a line drawn across the "road" 11 metres in front of the car, not too bad ... but going by my measurements (taken today) it only gives about 200mm above the bonnet when sitting in the bucket seats. I am not concerned about only having 200mm hanging out, it is more of can I get the rest under??? some more measuring is required as I don't want to run illegal (I don't have the 6/71 blower yet to check the exact height, there is one in town so I will check it later this week) . I am 90% that I can get it under this height requirement, even if it means building a custom sump for the 350 so it can be mounted lower in the crossmember.

My question is:Blown or not Blown??? Should I just look at a tunnel ram? or injection?

blown and injected!! will lower the scoop height too.
L&K

BLOWER
depends how you set up the engine, i know it's a holden V8 but if you get a chance look at spyders van we did the same set up a few years back in a ute, we had a tunnel ram with carbies and a hilbourn type scoop, the rear of the scoop would've been under the bonnet and front would've just stuck out

Mate. progress is great.

Be carefull not to lose sight of what you want out of this car.

As with mine I wanted it to be a daily driver, now, I take it out on my days off and I'm to shit scared to leave it in the street.

What I see with your build is what happened with mine, the more you look at it, the more you can see ways to improve on your original plan.

I'm sure with your attention to detail your car will rule, just don't let it overcome you.

Keep up the great work.


Mal

Go blown with enderlee injection hat with eight injectors inside the hat. Ive got the same set up going into my 32 tudor project.Mines on top of an injected 5 litre motor.The manifols i used was a max wedge nice guy bumped into him at the recent summernats.If you want some measurements let me know
regards fatboy

I think if I had my time again and I didnt have the carbys and throttle body injection sitting on the shelf I definately would go Chev tuned port injection.
If you come across a complete engine say out of a corvette or the likes even better. Good fuel economy nice and powerfull on pump gas and looks the part as well.
It will fit under the bonnet and you can drive everyday.
Ive had my fair share of strong motors and you do get sick of the thirst and unreliability.Nothing worse than building motors when you could be driving around all the time.
Like Mal said its what you want but bigger is not allways better.

Regards Greg

FATBOY wrote:Go blown with enderlee injection hat with eight injectors inside the hat.

Sounds good Fatboy, are you talking electronic injection or mechanical? The search on the web brings up all Mopar related gear?? Thanks for the idea, I had thought of the injection hat but didn't want the headaches associated with mechanical injection - electronic would be the go!! I read something in one of the street machine mags about electronic injection fitted to a hat.....I try and dig it up and have a good read. Have you got an overall measurement from the sump to the top of the hat? Is it a 5lt holden or chev? The motors not a f, f, f, fo fffffffo fffffffffor... sorry can't bring myself to swear on the forum

malcolm wrote: Be carefull not to lose sight of what you want out of this car.

As with mine I wanted it to be a daily driver, now, I take it out on my days off and I'm to shit scared to leave it in the street.

What I see with your build is what happened with mine, the more you look at it, the more you can see ways to improve on your original plan.

Thanks Mal, this car was aslways going to be a 2 day a week driver and not to be left out off sight which is a pain in the butt knowing that you can't leave something parked without worrying that some "clown" will scratch it . This one will be taken on club runs, shows, weddings and the once a week run to work where it will be safely parked in the shed . Probably won't be able to afford the fuel to run it everyday anyway The "other EK" will be setup as a full daily driver with an LS1 in it.

Mick and Luke, thanks for your feedback, Mick I will checkout spyders van and have a closer look.

Holden 5 litre the injection setup is the same as the article in street machine mag(electronic) i got my hat and injector setup off the guy that makes them for Pro Flo.Bottom half of my motor is in the chassis at my parents house the hat is at home will go and measure for you now the hat is 150mm from top of blower case to the top of injection hat just a comparison my carbies measure 260mm
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just got back from my parents place blower measures from sump to top of hat 840mm hope this helps
regards fat

FATBOY wrote:Holden 5 litre the injection setup is the same as the article in street machine mag(electronic) i got my hat and injector setup off the guy that makes them for Pro Flo.Bottom half of my motor is in the chassis at my parents house the hat is at home will go and measure for you now the hat is 150mm from top of blower case to the top of injection hat just a comparison my carbies measure 260mm

just got back from my parents place blower measures from sump to top of hat 840mm hope this helps
regards fat

Thanks Fatboy!! That does help, it looks like I will scrape in even if I go twin Carbies but that will take a bit more work (ie: sump mod). The EFI injection hat looks fantastic, read the article in SM again .... $6000.. but it would be worth it in the long run. I tried to call ProFlo but they must be shut still, can you tell me what the go is with an aircleaner?? the only ones I've seen for these hats attach to the front and cover the butterflies......

BTW: your 5lt looks killer!!!

Thanks again for taking the time to measure the height .

Got the 4 link cut/shut and tacked in place today. The area under the rear seat will be boxed in with a pressed section and fully welded, the box will have 2 sealed access panels to remove the top bolts to adjust the 4 links traction/handling setup. I wanted to leave as much of the floor as possible. that is the reason for only cutting the 2 channels out, also think it will look good when finished (different). The rear seat needs to be modified for the tubbing and a minor adjustment underneath to let the 4 link recesses snuggle in, be hard to pick once it's finished











Fit the diff tomorrow before fully welding ....... just incase

won't that interfere with the back seat?

V8EK4US,

Its obvious at this point that you've done this sort of thing before or you've just got big balls and dont mind experimenting.
Does the 4 link set up allow for axle articulation you know left wheel up right down and vice versa if so how much?
Apparently the 4 link is great for straight line work but dosen't cut it when cornering at high speed, any thoughts?
I love your ferosity, it certainly keeps me inspired.

Regards Greg