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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2011, 07:16:18 AM »
buy camdens. exactly what your after

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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2011, 04:20:10 PM »
buy camdens. exactly what your after

 ???  sorry mate you lost me...is that brand of performance gear or what?

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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2011, 04:37:11 PM »
camden is a bloke on this site. he said in a previuos post the other day he will be selling his 173 gas head when he gets his 12 port back..

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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2011, 12:10:21 AM »
Is that Rothu ? From Melbourne?

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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2011, 07:34:32 AM »
Sorry Worby but rather than start mucking around with what you've got you should do one of 2 things with your money.

1.) Get your current motor running well and live with it.

2.) If you want to start spending money then look at putting at least a V6 or a small 8 into it.

Don't start chucking money around trying to get more power out of what you currently have because any power gains you get are going to be almost unnoticeable considering the weight of the vehicle you are trying to move. You want something that is going to give you sufficient torque to get that vehicle moving and a bigger engine is it. You'll probably find you even start saving on gas because you won't have to wring the crap out of it all the time.

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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #15 on: June 03, 2011, 07:05:03 AM »
$2000 will get you a front cut of a V8 Lexus gear box motor looms computer 3.5 l go like the clappers and very compact that or go to the auctions by a write off late model falcon or commodore for about the same coin and get every thing you need this is the way i would go if i dint have a shed full of small blocks
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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #16 on: June 03, 2011, 03:29:25 PM »
how late model falcon??? I was gonna get rid of my panel which is pretty much sitting around...but if its gonna come in handy once i get a bedford...lol
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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2011, 12:22:09 AM »
$2000 will get you a front cut of a V8 Lexus gear box motor looms computer 3.5 l go like the clappers and very compact that or go to the auctions by a write off late model falcon or commodore for about the same coin and get every thing you need this is the way i would go if i dint have a shed full of small blocks

Cords

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought the Lexus where "wide", possibly to wide to fit in a beddy.

How do they compare to a 308 or 350 ?

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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #18 on: June 04, 2011, 07:15:05 AM »
the lexus v8 is a very wide engine, i brought a body shell off a guy who put one in a bedford, the floor was cut out to both rails and huge section cut out of firewall widening the hole, was ok job but passenger had no leg room, couldn't run heater and I think the steering had to be moved over a bit.
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Re: Yella terra, red motors and a new head for grandfathers axe
« Reply #19 on: June 04, 2011, 08:24:00 AM »
Yeah I had a brief look at a Lexus V8 that I had to suggested to me when I was thinking about options for repowering. It was a very brief look when I saw how big it actually is. Those overhead quad cams put a bit of size on them.

 

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