186 compressed or 202?

[johnb44]

if you can get the 202 to breath properly it will be better than the 186 , we used to put big valve heads and  hm headers on them with a holly 350 they went pretty well

[vintageholden]

don't think 350 holley will fit under the engine cover...

[Strangy21]

Excuse my ignorance- very new to owning a beddy...Haven't actually picked it up yet. Its got a red 202 i believe. So whats the difference between the red & blue motors? What about the 253? Just thinking in terms of upgrade later on...getting excited

[Sammy]

blue motor has a counterweighted crank for better harmonics and apparently more torque, blue also has better conrods, and then it has a 12 port head which requires a different inlet manifold to the red motor, and came stock with electronic ignition.

253 is a holden V8, I can't give much info on it other than if you were going to the trouble I'd go to a 308 instead ?

[wendyh]

202 goes great ! especially if you add a turbo to the combo...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wp184xomS4

this was on her first run ...not even tuned up properly either...goes awesome now...and much cheaper than running a V8 even on Straight LPG...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLGZGjsxTcs

[Sammy]

that's not street racing there is it wendy ??

I can vouch for turbo 202's although mine is not in a Bedford!

[johnxb351]

 Hi Wendyh   what turbo did you use  and how did you set up lpg with turbo. thanks. john

[wendyh]

Hi John sorry for the delay in getting back to you had the internet off for a week...telstra reckons they were doing an up grade....
anyway the Turbo is off a RB25 nissian skyline...goes real good..

nnnahhhhh i never do any street racing  Sammy 

[wendyh]

We used one our older engines to mock up the turbo until it was ready to go into the van...
Ray made both inlet & Exhaust manifolds

well worth the effort...goes awesome now...especially up hills on the freeway to sydney..no slowing down or even changing back to forth...cruisers up hills in fifth gear if no knuckle head in front slows ya down 

[johnxb351]

 thanks Wendyh for taking the time to put up photos for me.  where does the turbo gets  it oil feed from.  what lpg mixer did you use and did you have to change any thing with lpg to suit turbo. thanks john