Cam should be there sometime soon, It's in transit :S (Just for other peoples reference, Tighe Cams charge $110 for a grind on a K motor cam..)

New exhaust is in transit as well.... its going to be christmas in July when everything rocks up at once :S

Well, It wasn't quite Christmas in July, however, it was still a good week this week as both the exhaust and camshaft arrived at my doorstep. (thanks to 7Shades and Medicine_man respectively :lol: :P: ) The aim this week is to take the head and cam specs to an engine builder in town and try get some new valve springs to suit, as I think they are the last missing piece of the puzzle. Have a good stock pile of part being acquired in the garage, so I can't wait till it is all together and ready to go in.

 

Also been considering trying to get my hands on KE20 as a daily driver so I can take my 70 off the road and do the engine conversion properly. I've seen a couple getting around town with old lady drivers, so, I'm thinking a nice offer of cash may or may not be able to persuade them to sell it to me.

nice lookin 70 you have there, just wondering what cam your goin with?? I'm going with the 474 tighe cam!

nice lookin 70 you have there, just wondering what cam your goin with?? I'm going with the 474 tighe cam!

 

Cheers mate. The Cam grind done to the new camshaft was a Tighe 104 grind. I don't know alot about working out what is the best grind to use, but, I am basically following what Medicine_Man uses as I will have a similar build. Can't say I know anything about the 474 grind. I was only looking at the 104 and 154 grinds.

Getting a 20 as a daily is a great idea, I got that one in wagga I showed you on ebay hiding in my garage at home now. :eatlead:

Well, this is one hell of a grave dig, but, finally there is some more progress. :y:

 

After a lengthy 6 weeks, I got the head back from the engine builder today with the new valve springs fitted and a general tidy up carried out. Wasn't particularly happy with how long it took, but atleast the long wait gave me time to regain some more money to finish it all off now. I spent this afternoon/evening putting the engine back together and tomorrow I'll work out how much lifter preload I have with the new cam grind. Hopefully it is all sweet, but I'll soon find out. If all is well, then the only real remaining things left are to put the kits through the carbs and set the linkages up, and also just work out how to mount the manifold and extractors as the flanges foul on each other at the head. Should be an easy fix though, just gotta introduce them to Mr. Grinder. After that, it is out with the old and in with the new. :cool: Have now got an aim to get the engine in and running by next month as apparently Oran Park is closing at the end of the year, so I want to get out there before I miss out for good. Should be a do-able goal, but time will tell :y:

 

Other news:

 

- I bought a pair of rims for the rear, but they are still in post. Clicky Still will be looking for fronts at a later date.

- Still no KE20 daily. Saw a pretty clean one around town a few times, but have never had the cash to make an offer on it. :n:

- Need to remake my front coilovers, but sectioned this time. Since the car has been getting lower and lower, there is sfa shock travel left at the front so big bumps (ie. 90% of Wagga's roads) are causing it to hit bumpstops, I think. Not 100% sure, but turning + big bump = not fun.

 

Well, yeah that's pretty much it at the moment. Hopefully I'll have some new pictures of the engine with carbs and extractors, etc. fitted and ready to be put in the car.

 

-Alex :hmm:

Good to see some progress, I was wondering what was going on with your project. I might be getting a 70 soon too.

Good to see some progress, I was wondering what was going on with your project. I might be getting a 70 soon too.

Cheers bro, good to hear someone is following the build :cool: Any progress is few and far between, so if nothing pops up in here for extended periods of time, pretty much means nothing is going on :y: But, its actually moving along pretty well now. Motor is built, all torqued down, and am just fitting the manifolds now which is a slow process. The intake needed a bit of grinding/filing to fit with the exhaust flange, and now I need to just grind down the intake flange where the studs come through so that it is the same(or close to) thickness as the exhaust one. Nothing is easy these days :n:

 

Tomorrow should hopefully have the manifolds fitted and also if time permits, have the carbs kitted and bolted on too. Getting pretty excited about it all now. Nearly coming to the end of it all :hmm:

 

Oh yeah, definitely get a KE70, will go good with your collection of rolla's :y: Up to like 5 now?

If I get this one it will be 5, a 20, 30 a 26 and my 01 ascent.

 

How long till the motor is in?

5 would be a good number. I say get the 70 and save it for a rainy day. :y:

 

Engine should hopefully be in this weekend. long weekend + RDO on Tuesday = 4 day weekend! Plan is to get the manifolds all worked out now while it is on the engine stand, and when the time comes to put it in the car, just use the intake setup off my 4K so I can drive it, and run the engine in. Already has a Weber jetted for a 1.6 on it, so it should work pretty well on the 5K. After a few hundred K's I'll throw the twins on, and take it to get tuned :hmm:

Manifolds successfully mounted! Would have had the carbs on aswell, but realised I don't have any studs to fix them to the manifold with.

 

 

Note: Carbs are only test fitted there. Not actually bolted down porperly.

motor looks great with correct induction! hopefully it goes well too.

Well, today was a good day for progress. 4K is out and the 5K is just about to go in. Running the standard intake and exhaust manifolds for the run- in period, then going to swap to the right induction and get the exhaust mig'd together. Should have it cranking tonight if all goes to plan :hmm: Shall report in later tonight with further news.

So have you got it running yet??? :) :) 8/

 

I have been hooning around a fair bit in my 70 since I picked it up from wagga the other night :yes: :yes: