hope it all works out for u bro

hope it all works out for u bro

 

Cheers bloke. Your a champ!

 

The luck was on my side today with the pistons and gasket coming in early. Got some Penrite 20w60 and coolant while I was there. Something differenct though, the guys I went through for some reason couldn't get the ACL's at 0.020 over, but they got some i've never heard of...Nason! WAH POW!!!

Some kind of Taiwanese product. I wasn't so sure to begin with, so I asked the questions while I was there. We had the vernier and the ACL product guide out. They came up spot on. At first I thought they'd got the 'wong' size. They had .50 stamped in the top. Der-fred! That's metric!

 

For anyone interested to know they do appear to be an equal product without a real weight, metal composition or dish volume comparison (not necessarily superior, yet). Only visual difference I could see was that these pistons don't appear to have polished finish.

 

The day ends with the bottom end back in and re-torqued. It's my birthday tomorrow, so I want to take this thing for a drive....

Edited August 5, 201115 yr by GJM85

good to see it coming back together after that piston problem bud i saw the vid wasnt the best sound lol

We got the whole thing back together and in yesterday. Still got problems... it's gotta go for a tune now. We've done all we can. It must be the carbies now. I think the fuel mixture is way to far out on all cylinders which is why I can't get it to run right.... I set the timing to 12 degrees and it starts first kick and it has spark on all cylinders, but you can remove the plug lead of a cylinder and it doesn't change its tone... Cranking pressure is between 160-170psi on all cylinders. There is an exaust leak at the extractors on cylinder 2 and 3 that I can't close up. Frustrating shit.....

 

Got the JVC stereo in. Sounds good with just the 6x9's.

Edited August 6, 201115 yr by GJM85

Feeling your pain!! I had a bit of strife setting up the su's years ago. Took it to a shop that dealt with historic rally cars was overrated from then untill I took em off

Good to hear it's running again. I hope she's a bit quieter?

Looks awesome too. Keeping the meshi's? They do look good on the car.

Nice zuk man. Mate had a 750 in the yellow too. Damn nice bike to ride.

 

Stu.

Looking good Gav, keen to see this on the road soon and cruising :dance:

fantastic colur choice you ran with, the car really pulls it off

Today I decided to take the sidedrafts off and see what the go it. I hate the lack of room around that damn manifold, as it took me over an hour to get the carbies and the manifold undone with my big fumbling mits. Once they were off I held them level and twisted open the throttle to see how much fuel they were squirting. Cylinder 1 - moderate, 2 - heaps, 3 - nothing, 4 - nothing.... no wonder it was running like dogs balls on chop day.

 

I put the old 3k carb and bigport manifold back on and fire it up.... no more exaust leak, no idle unless i held the throttle open a few millmeters. Nowhere near enough fuel or air but at least I know the ignition works and its running on all cylinders. WOO HOO!

 

I need this on the road now because my piece of shit ashtray broke down so it's sitting in dad's front yard gathering dust. So f@$k the sidedrafts for now! Since i've got the bp manifold and an adapter plate already i'm moving on to a 2 barrel weber. If you have a good one jetted to a 1.6L, gimme gimme gimme!!!!

Edited August 8, 201115 yr by GJM85

Looking good Gav

 

Is your fuel pump big enough to pump full to both the side drafts?

sound like the fuel is only getting to the front one and the leftovers is just making it in to the back one.

or you needle and seat in the rear mite be stuck too?

 

why don't you try chucking a Facet electric pump on it and see if it runs better?

 

By the way I will send the mirror up COD tonight.

Mr GJM,

I gotta admit, when I first saw this thread a while back, I thought "oh yeah, ke20, k-motor...ghey"....being from the everything-must-be-turbo camp myself.

I just read through this whole thread, and it's now my favourite on this whole site.

So much detail, classy colour selection, tasteful interior, enginuity and big effort put into the K-setup....and best of all you tackled nearly all of it yourself.

Dude I hope my car is HALF as neat as this when it hits the street.

Keep up the good work!

 

Mark (newly converted fan) lol

Ha nice isn't it. I think I'm going to have to come up and check it out in person. Was good to meet you the other week Gavin. And thanks again for the engine mounts. Hope you have a safe trip back home.

 

Stu.

I've poured my heart and soul into this car and its my first project so I really appreciate the kind words. Thanks guys. :laff:

Jamboree this year has been postponed till October so I'm planning on getting this thing down there.

 

I haven't had any luck getting hands on a weber so I picked up a rebuild kit for the 3k carb and have proceeded to try and make it work. While I was down south I stopped at Bogabilla and found a hi-cam air box at the bummy wreckers there from an '84 ke70. Say hello to my Hi-Cam 5k. :yes:

 

Edited August 27, 201115 yr by GJM85

Little closer, yet not.

Cleaned up the wiring for the Streetfire with solder,heat shrink and conduit. Spent another 4 hours f@$king around with the 3k carby. We put replaced the primary jet. From 102 to 152(4k secondary jet) and the secondary stayed as a 163. To much fuel for the shit house amount of air this carby can pass. So much vacuum it actually sucks fuel out of the bowl. Runs well until you put load on the motor... frustrating!

 

Somebody give me a weber!!!

Before

After

Edited August 28, 201115 yr by GJM85

Since no ones got a 32/36 for me I'm forking out for a synchronous 38/38 Sports. Done with it.

 

Which weber series is best for my needs?

Since no ones got a 32/36 for me I'm forking out for a synchronous 38/38 Sports. Done with it.

 

Which weber series is best for my needs?

Very nice. But all looks pricey, wouldn't that money be better spent on getting the twins fixed? Just thought I'd throw that up to confuse you mate.lol

 

Stu.

Edited August 31, 201115 yr by kickn5k