Origin of running gear and exhaust - VF

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@Dave mentioned this before, I think these came from Brisbane taxi. The axle is more heavy duty than standard.

The pipes are pretty rough so getting rid.

Does anyone know where my engine came from? It's a 318 but not original. Paperwork suggests it arrives in the UK as a Slant 6.

Ta!

[Kev]

Blast from the past!
The axle is an 8.75, 742 centre section with 4.10s and a clutch type lsd. Spring perches inboarded for the VE tubbed rear but might have been redone for the VF if not tubbed.
Extractors were Hedman. I fabricated the drivers side to fit RHD, a labour of love! Not sure what's going on near the collector on the passenger side.
Exhausts were just some pipe bent up at Pipecraft.
Post a pic of your engine.

[Ace Dropshot]

Thanks. It's great to have a bit of the backstory.
Here's the engine.

[Kev]

Definitely looks like some of my old engine. Are the motor mounts solid? That's not the carb, is the alternator a Denso? looks bigger. Does it have an MSD Dizzy? Can you pull the crank in and out about 1/2 inch?

[Ace Dropshot]

It's with Dave Billadeau now so I can't answer all these questions. He mentioned your name as a source of info.

The carb is a Holly.

Dave just took out the pistons. One of them is an odd replacement. He reported that otherwise it is pretty much stock.

[Kev]

Yes, the odd replacement! Had a cracked piston 5 days before an event. got hold of a piston, had a machine shop push out the con rod and replace. Then home balanced it by weighing other piston/rod combos and filing bits off the piston underneath. Seemed to work as I ran my best times at the event! Intake was a single plane (I think) with a Holley 600 double pumper with machined off choke horn when I had it. Better gas mileage than with the old 600 vac sec.
Heads were cleaned up/ported by Blue, but I don't remember them being that shade of orange/red...... Dave Billadeau will sort you out! Looking forward to updates and see it live again.