July 2, 201412 yr comment_685096 Congrats mate is a well sorted car now, that is awesome, must be leaving that line good. Report
November 29, 201411 yr Author comment_691328 Haven't updated this thread for a while. After a unlucky Jambo (snapped a gudgeon pin and and smashed a fairly fresh motor in style from half track wrecking my motor and forcing me to start a fresh again. I competed this weekend in qld drag week after putting a new motor in the ol girl on Friday last week. After issues with broken cams, oil pumps and all the other problems That just kept popping up. But I got it done and drove her from Toowoomba to warwick and race there Friday running a nice 6.6 with a solid 60' on a less than idea track. The next day (today)I made the trip to willowbank and Ran a PB 10.33 and was told to call it a night. All of this was done towing a trailer to and from the tracks. Report
November 30, 201411 yr comment_691338 Excellent performance from a 1.8L full weight street car.... plus, towing a trailer to and from the track. 23 psi ? Camtech 270 regrinds ? ..snapped while installing the caps ? Seems like an efficient combination You must be a real soldier to push through all those setbacks. Gotta respect that effort. Great stuff! Report
November 30, 201411 yr Author comment_691341 Only 22 psi and they were the Camtech cams that were in my last motor it snapped tightening the caps down but looking at the break it was broken for some time as there was darker and lighter areas in the snap, it was also the same piston that the piston and head have a sudden high rpm kissing fest so that might of contributed to it. Report
November 30, 201411 yr comment_691342 Ah, so the cams were already weakened. This must make for some real fun at traffic lights... Edited November 30, 201411 yr by altezzaclub Report
November 30, 201411 yr comment_691366 Great update mate, the new pb must have felt pretty rewarding after all the setbacks. Better mph as well? Report
December 1, 201411 yr Author comment_691407 Yeah a gain of 4mph on my previous best which was in the colder months and at higher boost so this new motor is looking promising! Report
December 1, 201411 yr comment_691411 A street car that tows a trailer, then runs a 10 = ultimate respect Report
December 1, 201411 yr comment_691423 4mph!!! at that level thats a good amount of power, because of the cam change, or just the freshen up? Report
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