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| vk6zgo:
--- Quote from: tautech on July 12, 2022, 10:50:15 am --- --- Quote from: AVGresponding on July 12, 2022, 10:27:35 am --- --- Quote from: tautech on July 11, 2022, 10:36:26 pm ---Oh that V4 dog, yep :-- It was a 2/3rds version of the 3l V6 which many also thought were a puss bucket but they went good with the std twin throat Webber and the 3l Capri is still a sought after model as they were quite a rocket ship in their day. Pop had a Mk4 Zepher with the 3l innit and probably the first set of wheels I did the ton in way the fuck back in the 70’s. :o --- End quote --- From what you're saying, you guys got the Essex V4s and V6s. They're a bit different in design from the Taunus/Cologne units, not just in displacement, mostly in the timing gear and some other ancillaries (literally a gear on the Essex). --- End quote --- AFAIK the V4's we got in NZ were 2 and 3L and same bore/stoke etc. Early Mk4 Zephers had a 2.5L V6 and the Zodiac version the 3L and twin throat Weber but the last of them were all 3L and twin throats like the one Pop had. The V4's were in the Mk1 Transhit vans too but they were dumped when the Mk2 was released and the little better 2L OHC fitted but with a single throat carbie. :horse: A buddy after suffering 100k miles with the 2L OHC in his Transhit Mk2 hauled it and all its running gear out and fitted a new 302W crate motor and IIRC C4 BW auto and customed Ford 9" running on LPG and the darn thing lasted him another 20 yrs with the 302W just ticking away with no idea it was ever working. Although he never flogged it, it earned its keep and pulled like a 4th former....I know as I did several 6hr each way trips away with him on hunting and fishing trips. IIRC he sold it soon after it's only major repair....a steering box at half a million KM. :o Funny as hell actually, a Transit was his first work hack and now some 40 yrs on a modern TD Transit is his new work hack with only Hiace vans of one model or another filling the in between years. --- End quote --- The old Transit vans were godawful things. Our work Hi Ace was in for a major service, at our own "in house" auto section, & we were loaned a Transit with the Falcon inline six. Unfortunately, Ford Australia, in their wisdom, neglected to change the rear axle ratio, & at anything over about 80kmh, the poor old six was screaming. It had stupendous torque at lower speeds, though --probably good for pulling stumps! This was not long after Telecom Aust & Australia Post had separated into two different entities, so it was more likely bought for suburban bulk letter/parcel delivery. For our use, which was fast service runs to country sites, it was a slug! HiAces, even though a bit underpowered, were overall, the best fit for the job. Falcon Vans, although well suited for the road trips were hard to load, & had lousy rear visibility. Holden station wagons solved the visibility problem but still had access problems, & less capacity. |
| AVGresponding:
Just had to take the first steps towards a return on a bench grinder from an ebay liquidation reseller. Warped wheels, bent shaft, you can bet your arse I ain't running it up to 3krpm to see what happens! |
| mnementh:
--- Quote from: tautech on July 11, 2022, 10:58:35 pm --- --- Quote from: mnementh on July 11, 2022, 10:50:11 pm ---Yeah; guy who bought it when I got sick of it wanted the motor and trans for some little French shoebox that looked like a Opel Manta. Cologne V6 was a fucking bullet-proof mule of a motor though; on the Spitfire I machined ~40mm of the divider in the stock intake out and made a plate to fit the Ford 500 2bbl... little bastard ran like hell! Would do wheelstands in 1st & 2nd, no lie! :-DD mnem :blah: --- End quote --- :-+ Yours have the Hex rod dizzy and oil pump drive ? --- End quote --- Yup, and sheared off at the pump like they did. Got the motor & 5-speed out of one of the Capri-body Mustangs for $100; as soon as I saw the distributor not turning I knew what was wrong widdit. >:D --- Quote from: AVGresponding on July 12, 2022, 10:27:35 am ---Considering the shoehorning that Triumph had to do to fit the 2.0 litre straight six into the Spitfire chassis to make the GT6, it's no surprise that only someone of supreme pig-headed stubbornness would attempt to do it with a V6 lump. :popcorn: --- End quote --- Guilty as charged. >:D Made tube headers for that one as well; shoehorning the motor/trans was a fair bit of surgery though. About 2 feet of the front Y in the frame... where the rolled steel overlaps to form ~a 2" lip... I had to cut the lip flush and lap weld 1" flat stock to make room for the Mustang tranny. Also had to replace the stock old-school Ford starter with a custom gear-reduction model from a later model (escort or somesuch) with a custom machined mounting flange tig-welded to it. About 10 years later, I saw aftermarket starters being offered in SUMMIT Racing to do the same thing for T-Bucket builds. :-// But it was worth the assache; everything fit under the stock hood with a nice low-profile 14" air cleaner. Also, the swap actually shaved over 100 lbs off the build; iron-everything 4-cyl & trans vs aluminum heads/intake & aluminum bell/trans with the V6. I also made the rear half of the exhaust so everything tucked up inside the body correctly like the classic Corvettes of the day, rather than the fucking hideous shite abortion "Monza exhaust" that everybody seemed to think was so awesome because "straight pipes huh-hurrrr..." I did try to get by with "cherry bomb" glass-packs cuz quick and easy and tidy; but I knew at the time I was bending the pipes I'd probably have to refit with shorty canister mufflers and I was right. The exhaust note just crackled and popped, while the shorty canister mufflers had a delicious burble at idle that turned into a nice throaty rumble under load that never popped or blatted. I was quite pleased with myself on that job. mnem *toddles off to do something productive for a change* |
| bd139:
--- Quote from: AVGresponding on July 12, 2022, 03:15:32 pm ---Just had to take the first steps towards a return on a bench grinder from an ebay liquidation reseller. Warped wheels, bent shaft, you can bet your arse I ain't running it up to 3krpm to see what happens! --- End quote --- Hopefully they will test it before shipping again :-DD May have bought another bloody Z mount lens :scared: |
| TERRA Operative:
--- Quote from: mnementh on July 12, 2022, 03:21:19 pm ---I did try to get by with "cherry bomb" glass-packs cuz quick and easy and tidy; but I knew at the time I was bending the pipes I'd probably have to refit with shorty canister mufflers and I was right. The exhaust note just crackled and popped, while the shorty canister mufflers had a delicious burble at idle that turned into a nice throaty rumble under load that never popped or blatted. I was quite pleased with myself on that job. mnem *toddles off to do something productive for a change* --- End quote --- I do like a smooth exhaust note, and hate the buzz and crackle. But, nothing beats the sound of a supercharger. :D I do still miss that car.. (fkn boosted 4-cyl rice burners!) |
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