253 Engine swapping

[russ]

Thats right Jason, the 253 is as good on fuel as the 202 but with that bit extra omph!. At the moment there is gas fitted to the old six so when the time comes I will probably do the dual fuel thing. The research Iv'e done suggests not to change the cam too much as it makes the engine flat spot a bit and won't like the change in fuel either. I put sequencial (spelling?) gas injection on my NL Pajero Fuel injected V6 and it is awesome. I lost no power at all but gained a lot more $ in my pocket at the end of each week.
I'm off to my local wreckers tomorrow to try to find a different style of tail light for the van. I don't really have any idea what I'm looking for yet but I suppose I'll know when I find them. Those cordless grinders are just the thing for wrecking yard excursions.
Catch ya all later. Russ

[Marishka]

i bought another bedford van tonight that was a V8 ford conversion, less motor n g/box.
just for parts, has HQ disk brake front n highway diff, custom dash , custom bonnet etc.
the shell is pretty much a  looks like a buckshot duck.
so after i strip her of all the good bits  its beddy heaven im affraid.

[SkippyThBushKangeroo]

awww come on mty.... cant you turn the shell into some elaborate kind of post box at the end of your driveway or something      

[Marishka]

lol, the neighbours think im nuts now,
and if i did that it would confirm their suspitions, lol, 

[Jason 253 CF]

Hey Russ in relation to the cam for gas I got a mild gas cam installed when the engine was rebuilt along with hardened valves, seats and double row valve springs and it runs very good. Good power right through the rev range and it's still only running a two barrel strongburg with top hat mixer. Plan to up grade to a 4 barrel in the future but when it's not stuffed don't stuff with it hey.

I am a big fan of gas now and the systems just getting better. My old man has a vy clubby r8 and that has a gas research liquid gas injection system on it, and because gas tends to run a bit too lean in higher rpm on the ls1 this system flicks back to petrol after 4000 rpm when you are booting it and once you ease off the throttle it flcks back to gas with no pause or power loss at all. The car makes 276 rwkw on the gas so it's a top system but we bought the car with it on it so we didn't have to foot the $5000.00 bill that the previous owner did lol. But I think it's a great system and means you can drive a quick car every day and not burn a massive hole in your pocket.

Good luck on the light search too be sure to let us know what you pick

[russ]

Hi again, Iv'e just been playing in the shed and noticed the 253 I have does not have any engine mounts or block brackets. Can any one inform me which block brackets to buy and which mounts. There are so many combinations out there from HT right the way through to VK, but there has to be a standard combination which will fit a Beddie..  Russ

[Merlin]

HQ to WB make sure you put em on the right sides ( they are left and right sided)  cheers Merlin