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I fail to see the point of a retro fit if you don't add all the fruit (engine mgmt, decent gearbox with highway ratios/OD), seems like 1/4 of step forward but that is just my personal view.

Most of the ones I see here in Aus dump that tech to fit a carb and a 727. An old holley and 3 gears after all that work. Must have sore feet from wearing those clown shoes.

If you say so. It works great for me but just like OP I am not a bracket racer or a number chaser. Make of that what you wish.

I have a COMP XE268 in a very similar engine but a 4 speed and I love it.

Dreaming.

What a brilliant story, shame he wouldn't sell it to you back in the day.

The man from Hong Kong

Edelbrock 7276 here too. RTV on china walls.

I am that guy :lol:

Where I used to work, we used to drill them oversize and fit a cut down old valve stem and tack them in. This was before these cars were so collectable, but it kept a lot of old beaters going at a moderate cost, plus if the tack weld was in the right spot, they didn't need repainting either.

Over here, there are a lot of parts coming up and a lot of cars coming out of the woodwork for sale. Interest rates are up, houses are becoming unobtainium for a lot of people and the belts are tightening, so the toys, spare parts, or unfinished jalopies are hitting the market.. Crack head covid...

Wonder how many you'd need to put in a container to ship over here (Australia) at a profit? Rebuilders sell for $1500AUD ($USD950 +) at the moment. Send me some A518s too, and we can go into business...

Thanks :) My Wife has a 7 seater, Isuzu Mu-X which is a great family truckster, I just need something with rear doors. Minivans are a thing here, not as common out bush where I am situated. My most modern personal car is an '86 Nissan Pathfinder WD21, (2 door) which has room for a baby seat...

That's a big change, We have our first due late march. I own 7 cars, and they are all 2-door vehicles. I'm daunted at the thought of going to a 4-door :lol:

I have an XE268 and find it a bit noisy, but I don't mind it.

I'm not sure what the point of this thread is other than to split hairs. Each engine build is individual in its needs and characteristics. I run an LD340 and my old man has an LD-4B on his car. Both work well, and both were cheaper to buy than an equivalent(ish) new manifold, and a hell of a...

I own a leccy chainsaw and it is great for small jobs and stealth firewood collection where you are (allegedly) not meant to be cutting wood. But, I only use it to cut lengths short enough to get into my ute, then the petrol saw at home to dock up. I also don't discriminate - I don't just hate...

If your plan was to build a racecar, Cut it up. Its already bastardised.

As Ma Mopar Intended.

Match your timing cover to your balancer, and yes - there is one hole that needs to be filed out - just been through this.

The thing that hurts the image of EVs (apart from spontaneous catching on fire and burning to the ground) is how they are being forced down the throats of consumers. Maybe its not just the power plant either. They are plain, soulless and uninspiring, modern car design is a lost opportunity...

I personally think (*most, there are exceptions) EV owners are the Vegans of the car world. Can't eat their soybean and tofu fake meat burgers without telling someone else what they are eating is wrong. Do what makes you happy, quietly :mad:

Brilliant!

I work in Quality / QC in a wiring harness manufacturing factory of 350 people in a rural town, Victoria Australia,

I found a 3rd car guy at work today, but in his 60s.

No X needed, its not facebook Use your words and use them well.

It certainly feels like the old car scene here in Aus has been taken over by two subsets - wealthy collectors, and rust entrepeneurs or 'flippers'. I do miss the old days where the forums were flat out with posts daily of people updating their project threads with real and gritty home...

Best of luck, looks like a peach!

People have been doing rerings for almost a century without major issue. Is it optimal? No. Fresh hone, new rings, bearings etc. But, once you are into it as far as cam and cam bearings, you really need to evaluate how much you want to be into a rering vs a full rebuild. Are you doing...