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« on: September 28, 2015, 10:02:21 AM »
The hot rod kits are very good, best to get ones with complete mechanisms rather than motors to use your mechanism. Some kits are superior to others, however I'm sure most would be suitable.
I only modified the ba falcon ones as I had them here. I had to straighten the runners as they were designed for curved glass, then fabricate mounts to attach the mechanism to the glass. If I did it again, I'd certainly consider a kit.
The windows work well. I have one touch up and down kits installed so that I only have to press the button to operate rather than hold it down. Obviously this adds to the kit total tho
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« on: September 26, 2015, 05:59:25 AM »
Dano bought a kit, I modified ba falcon mechanisms to suit my van. I'm sure there are others around aswell
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« on: April 21, 2015, 08:21:52 PM »
Hey Marty, apologies for the delay in response.
He usually builds race carbys for $250 which covers gaskets and materials along with jets etc and a little bit for his pocket and time. Building a street carb wouldn't be greatly different in terms of time or expenses, but can see if he can do a better price based on it being 2 carbys if you are interested.
The strombergs have an idle mixture screw, and a fixed jet or adjustable jet depending on desire. They are a very simple carb to tune, however all the performance setup is in the internal channel sizing.
Let me know what you think and we can organise it from there.
Cheers,
Matte
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« on: April 05, 2015, 07:02:03 AM »
provided the strombergs are built correctly, they should be fairly easy to tune.
Make consistent adjustments in small increments to both carbys each time.
If you want a holley 350 manifold to suit a red motor, my grandad has a few, along with triple su manifold and carbys that came off a highly successful rally car my uncle use to pilot.
In reality, a single stromberg can be a weapon, so two can be awesome, you just need someone who can build and tune them.
When it comes to strombergs, go find your local HQ racers, as they know more about strombergs than most carby shops. We often get given a carby to build that has been done by 'reputable' carby shops. They more often than not have to go in the bin due to the simple modifications that have been made which render them useless.
My grandad is renowned among the race community across this fine nation as being a master of building these carbys to supremacy.
If you want one or two built, decide what sort of performance you are after and then feel free to let me know to organise having them built.
cheers,
Matte
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« on: March 12, 2015, 08:19:38 PM »
Fuel consumption will often increase with power, however I don't think this is your issue based on the figures.
Where is your timing set, have you graphed the distributor, the carby will want work to make good.power and give good economy, the plug wires may well be holding you back, what is the exhaust situation, and hei will make a difference, however 150rwhp is easily achievable with a points ignition. Camshaft will also influence everything, however the single most effective change you will make, will be carby. Then synchronise the distributor to suit. My grandad builds both from scratch for our race cars, and for many other cars in the field, and is renowned across the country for his skills and knowledge. If you ever want to improve them I can organise for a build in his spare time.
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« on: March 08, 2015, 12:19:04 AM »
Rumax, with a single carby, a bit more compression, mild cam and some headers you can easily have 3 times that much power. With no restrictions on what you are *allowed* to do, you could have even more than that. The toranas up at the track are allowed to run triple carbys, big cams etc, and are getting around the 300rwhp mark. Don't give up on the old red 6 too soon  My HQ gives my Bedford a run for its money, 202 vs 350
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« on: February 03, 2015, 09:23:28 PM »
Joel told me in the past that is was a spl radial blower from memory, however it simply moves air, so if you're looking for heating or cooling then you need a heater core/air con system to accompany it
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« on: January 23, 2015, 02:10:42 AM »
Yeah it is expensive Clint, but if everyone chips in $20 it's not too bad. Plus Ian would surely appreciate a road trip to him based on being in a similar position to yourself. It's all about the brotherhood of the bugas
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« on: January 20, 2015, 02:07:30 AM »
Looks awesome ladies and gents, I'm thinking next cruise we head out and see Ian. We can either organise to pick up Clint, or chip in to cover the taxi cost.
Hopefully we can find a time everyone is in town
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« on: January 19, 2015, 02:20:02 AM »
37 sounds like bliss it was 46 here today..
Where are the cruise pics?
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