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Hi Clay.

I know exactly what you mean. Been there done that with the stuck accelerator. Consider sticking Velcro on the back of the kick panel.

Cheers Rod

Errol62 wrote: Fri Jan 12, 2024 6:17 am So the throttle lever doesn’t get stuck under the kick panel when I floor it. I’ve had a few scary episodes lately.


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There’s your cruise control for the W.A trip all sorted.

Great minds think alike, thanks fellas.


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Did a run to the club meeting during the week, then down to Milang and Hidmarsh Island this morning. Apart from a few minor vibrations and a notchy brake pedal, all seems good. Averaged 13litres/100km or 22.6mpg. I was hoping for better. Yet to change springs, but picked up this item at Milang.Small chamber head in what looks pretty good condition.

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Hey Clay how lumpy is that cam of yours mate my very poor high school math tells me Frank gets about 14 litres/100 Ks

Clay I was reading an article the other day about high output coils it said using hire output coils allows you to use a wider gap on your spark plugs which helps with or improves fuel economy, hopefully one of the brains trust can elaborate more about this.

I run the plugs in Frank at 1mm but I’m going to try running them bigger and see how it goes.

It is not very lumpy mate. Very similar to the previous grind. Peak torque @2600 I believe. I’m running VH Bosch electronic dissy. You can run them at 1.5mm, which I reckon I am, but I’m up for a plug change. Also, I changed the flywheel to a lighter one. I can’t say if I’ve noticed a difference but full throttle is pretty scary between 2 and 4K. I’ve been running it in, up and down the rev range. The mains were pretty tight. I’m not unhappy with the mileage.


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Notchy brake pedal ?

Ive tried all the spark plug gaps and timing etc but the only true way to get the best out of a motor is on the dyno.

At the end of the day its the cubes and gearing that dictate the consumption, on old engines anyway. The other thing is the more power you have the more pedal pressing goes on, its in our nature !!

Greg

There seemed to be something sticking in the booster. I am hoping it will free up and seems to have done so far.


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Long range tank conversion for the big trip west. 83 litres. Chasing another 40 litres to get from Penong to Norseman. Apparently empty petrol containers are verboten on transport home.

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Strewth.... 40L of fuel, and 20L of oil. Might be time for new rings or fixing the oil leaks

Cheers,
Harv

Harv wrote: Tue Jan 23, 2024 8:34 am Strewth.... 40L of fuel, and 20L of oil. Might be time for new rings or fixing the oil leaks

Cheers,
Harv

Ha Ha, thats why your petrol engine is failing Clay, you cant use diesel oil in the red !!

Greg

Very funny. Those are from the cruiser and will carry petrol briefly. Then get dumped over west.

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Hey Clay we had no problem with fuel when we came over mate, expensive but even thirsty Frank made it between stops.

Thanks Neil. Just us south aussies being tight and knowing no empty Jerry cans are permitted on transport home.


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Clay whats with the no empty Jerry cans on the return trip ?

Greg