im going grey

ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:01 pm

im going grey

decided to pull the injected motor our of my ek and go back to
origional

any tips on rebuilds ,got a few tips from thommo

but interested in what people are doing to keep it reliable

will also be running a trimatic behind it

cheers dave

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:45 pm

Dave,! What mushrooms are growing over there.

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:52 am

I have thought about doing this with my red motored EK a few times, especially when going to nationals with grey powered cars and every time we fill up I'm putting in $30 to $40 and they squeeze in $20

, and they have no trouble keeping a cracking pace

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Dave, what injected motor have you got? Trev

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yeprat1 · Post by **yeprat1** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 5:48 am

geez u guys are thinkin about going back to grey and im putting a 308 in i know what i prefer. cheers troy

Finny · Post by **Finny** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 9:49 am

Dave this is a very interesting discussion.

What prompted you to want to go back to the grey ?
One main reason or several ?

Also on Trev's comment, does anyone know the fuel consumption figures for a grey and say a 186 Red ?

ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:17 am

finny the ek was my everday driver for a bout 6 years
so the disc brake an engine upgrade was good and i always drove it like i stole it

it still is good but i dont drive it anymore

i havnt driven it since we got back from the nats,its just sitting under the carport being neglected

so im going to turn it back to orig grey motor king pin front end chassis
rails are coming out welding a auto floor hump in to it battery out of the boot and back in the engine bay and the list goes on
few quick rust repairs and freshen up the paint

then i can put it on historic reg $120 a year and use it 90 days a year

thats far more days than i use it now

and trev your spot on with fuel cost and the grey motors will keep up with the traffic flow and speed limits as we found out with thommos car on the way to the nats

he left me behind a few times

i reccon i was putting about $10 more im my tank than thommo every fuel stop on the way to bendigo,to me it wasnt a issue though

so the ek is in the shed now motor and front end will be out and off on the weekend

basic.green · Post by **basic.green** » Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:47 am

ek61 · Post by **ek61** » Sun Jun 28, 2009 12:56 am

4 sure SunnyTim dont want to be stripping any timming gear on the way home from the nats next year

Jason · Post by **Jason** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 12:11 pm

Good to see,

Go the Grey's