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Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:27 pm
by Datto_610
Yes! Looking good man keep it up

Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:30 pm
by torqued
Proof accepted.
Nice price of the engineering work.
I'm not mobile so cant see your location but where are they located?

Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 6:45 pm
by 85_Z31
Very Clean !

Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 9:24 pm
by mint16
Good progress man, looks great seeing that motor in the hole.

Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2012 10:19 pm
by crustywhip
Looking good Luke and it was me that seen you at the air port last week. I think I had major hay fever as my eyes were terribly blood shot and then they called my name out inside the plane :lol:

Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:45 am
by luke
Hey guys thanks for the positive feedback!!! The engineering firm is near bk, il have to look up address for ya.

Engine went in Saturday afternoon, just had to wait for exhaust manifold gasket to show up..... Which it has :D so might be some dellorto and extractor goodness tonight, all going well. Big thanks to Brendan and Jeremy for their help! Without them it would just be a pretty shell/garage ornament. :roll:

Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:15 pm
by luke
crustywhip wrote:Looking good Luke and it was me that seen you at the air port last week. I think I had major hay fever as my eyes were terribly blood shot and then they called my name out inside the plane :lol:
knew id seen you before, i imagine i was either drunk or hungover, maybe both!

Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:44 pm
by luke
UPDATE

trying to polish up the dellorto manifold and trumpets etc, when i noticed that the manifold has 4..... holes. in it that were simply there. i have no idea what they are for except as breather holes to let air in possibly? but 2 of the holes had screws blocking, and 2 had weird somethings in there. again this could just be me lacking knowledge, which is highly likely :oops: :oops: :oops:

by the way dumb down any explanation please im still learning :deadhorse:

trumpets
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manifold
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and the weird things screwed into it
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any help would be great..... on a slightly better note, polished bumper too, even though its rusty it look good

Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 10:53 pm
by classicdat
The bosses are used for a variety of things, it appears yours have been used for breathers. Some people hook these up to the engine breather to get rid of blow-by gases, others connect them to the brake booster.
In your case I would suspect they have been set up for balancing the carbs, Tuning. The vacuum available at each nozzle needs to be the say to show the carbs are balanced. You need to ensure these are sealed when you are using your car, so it doesn't lean out.
Quite common, nothing to worry about, provided you seal them up :)

Re: Stripping out coupe/Rust repairs/Welding

Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:17 am
by 2 doors
so is polishing alloy any more fun than sanding ? I have been polishing mags for 2 days now and it sucks balls,
your carbs look good though, and your doing a great job too.