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by Dave999
Mon Apr 08, 24 8:39 am
Forum: Australian Cars
Topic: VIP VG sedan
Replies: 11
Views: 4615

Re: VIP VG sedan

when it comes to window regulators there will be commonality with 66 67 68 US cars i would suspect yours is a VIP so the oddness on your car is slightly longer rear doors i.e the fronts should have internals much like a late 60s 4 door US model and of course the one that is worn out on yours is pass...
by Dave999
Wed Apr 03, 24 1:40 pm
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: 318 carb tuning
Replies: 4
Views: 150

Re: 318 carb tuning

slightly less £££ than webcon. and here is something that you probably should avoid https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001174196533.html?src=google&src=google&albch=shopping&acnt=494-037-6276&slnk=&plac=&mtctp=&albbt=Google_7_shopping&albagn=888888&isSmbAutoCall=fal...
by Dave999
Wed Apr 03, 24 1:23 pm
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: 318 carb tuning
Replies: 4
Views: 150

Re: 318 carb tuning

https://www.webcon.co.uk/products/613-14031404-calibration-kit/ dunno if the kit is right look at the cost!!! Magnetti Marelli/LCN in spain who make the official weber carbs also make the current edelbrock carbs you will find a weber logo on there somewhere for 500 and 600 CFM carbs find a rover v8 ...
by Dave999
Tue Apr 02, 24 11:14 am
Forum: General Stuff
Topic: favourite single-1st single
Replies: 17
Views: 684

Re: favourite single-1st single

dancing party shawaddy waddy..

i was 6 :)



Dave
by Dave999
Wed Mar 20, 24 10:00 am
Forum: Australian Cars
Topic: For sale in UK
Replies: 3
Views: 260

Re: For sale in UK

id have this if it was £6K and put it right, sell the ford stuff, and put back a Mopar Drive train to fit that engine and box i think they will have hacked out the middle of the torsion bar cross member. so would need a new one of them fitted and it would be worth about £20K-£30K to an Australian in...
by Dave999
Wed Mar 20, 24 9:28 am
Forum: Australian Cars
Topic: For sale in OZ
Replies: 1
Views: 173

Re: For sale in OZ

fantastic

lottery win to afford it mind £62K

Dave
by Dave999
Mon Mar 11, 24 3:39 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger
Replies: 892
Views: 155741

Re: Floyd Brothers 70 Challenger

that's going to feel nice a solid and planted next time its driven..... It great when you get something done and you can feel the positive impact as soon as you drive it. it will be like vanishing point without the drugs and naked cycling on the drive home... just be careful if there are road works ...
by Dave999
Mon Mar 04, 24 9:11 am
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: Heads for 318
Replies: 33
Views: 47472

Re: Heads for 318

keep that a whack a mustang t5 in it ...:) get the v6 one with the truck like 1st and a 0.73 Overdrive or the AX aisin warner that they used in the dodge trucks a bellhousing from 318 to the aisin warner exists makes it easier than the t5 https://www.novak-adapt.com/knowledge/transmissions/manual/ax...
by Dave999
Thu Feb 29, 24 10:56 am
Forum: Bodywork, Chassis & Suspension
Topic: Strut Rod Bush?
Replies: 9
Views: 620

Re: Strut Rod Bush?

the washers may be the correct way round for the year of the car and the rubber that was fitted if you look across a range of manuals you will find that chrysler changed their mind about 50,000 times over the 60s and 70s across early and late A and B bodies the age of the car would normally have had...
by Dave999
Tue Feb 27, 24 9:43 am
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: 318 .. 360 Engine ?
Replies: 18
Views: 754

Re: 318 .. 360 Engine ?

the spigot problem can be overcome depending on how short or long your input shaft is too short too small sleeve the end to 0.750 and run a dodge dakota roller spigot in the hub of the crank that usually accommodates the front of the converter too long and you may have to chop off some of the end ,a...
by Dave999
Fri Feb 23, 24 11:41 am
Forum: Restoration & Miscellaneous
Topic: Graphics help
Replies: 14
Views: 618

Re: Graphics help

Nice one stu.. try before you buy....
just keep saving copies so you can go back to the last good one after a disaster

i have a vision of you swearing at the PC at 3:30 am

:)

Dave
by Dave999
Fri Feb 23, 24 9:52 am
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: 318 .. 360 Engine ?
Replies: 18
Views: 754

Re: 318 .. 360 Engine ?

when you replace the crank its an aftermarket part, it probably assumes internally balanced assembly if you replace the rods....and i think you are gonna have to, you will need to get it all balanced up anyway to use standard rods you would have to get some pistons with the pin really quite high wit...
by Dave999
Thu Feb 22, 24 3:59 pm
Forum: Engine, Carburation & Electrics
Topic: 318 .. 360 Engine ?
Replies: 18
Views: 754

Re: 318 .. 360 Engine ?

360 like 318 but bigger capacity, different sized journals and externally balanced in standard cast crank form change crank and rods and balancer and torque converter (or remove weights) if manual you may have to make sure the crank has the spigot for the input shaft most were truck application so w...
by Dave999
Mon Feb 19, 24 1:38 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Rob & Stu's 63 Polara 500
Replies: 262
Views: 16816

Re: Rob & Stu's 63 Polara 500

might be worth rigging up some vacuum advance. that will help stop the plugs getting grubby at idle 45* under no load is perfect :) with 15 initial to allow it to start. i never bothered with it until i got some bits recently for mine. vacuum can that worked and one of these https://www.gsparkplug.c...
by Dave999
Mon Feb 19, 24 1:11 pm
Forum: The Workshop
Topic: Dave999's Aussie Charger
Replies: 207
Views: 83003

Re: Dave999's Aussie Charger

a long time ago (2003) in a galaxy far far away i drove west from Sydney down the parramatta road and got lost in suburbia land... i met a man who sold me an aircon/heater unit and the heavy weight metal and plastic vent/diffuser for a H51 RHD car he also sold me a screen and some other gubbins a lo...