I like homemade speed parts i've got a couple of pair of modified single port heads but these welded 40 hp heads are pretty cool.they have a 2inch intake port!Any body got any other cool homemade speed parts?(First attempt at posting a photo sorry if it don't work)
coletrickle ·
obviously it didn't work
dangerous ·
The ports we so large they had enough gravity to draw back the reflected light and appear "invisable".
coletrickle ·
again
coletrickle ·
3rd time
coletrickle ·
thanks frosty you have a better grasp of technology than me!
Must have had air cooled power plants on the Titanic !!
polak ·
those heads look awesome!! i love all that sorta stuff too, also iv expanded my collection from random old performance parts to random old tools and equipment too.... great wall trophies for the workshop😀😀
dangerous ·
coletrickle wrote:3rd time
Any better pics Col'?
I need my BINOCULARS for that one!
vw54 ·
yeah they look interesting
some of the guys like Sab n Mackie welded up the 40hp heads n made them twin port back in the 60s before VW did it
coletrickle ·
hey dave sorry about the pic size but you know the heads there the ones from the nerang dump shop!These heads arn't just 4 show i have a plan 4 them,I need to aquire a few more peices for the motor i'm looking for some alloy small journal chevy rods,keep your eyes peeled!
dangerous ·
I think leon has a 6" set.
Stanley ·
Come on DB you should have decent list of homemade speed parts.
polak ·
Stanley wrote:Come on DB you should have decent list of homemade speed parts.
😂😂 list?? probably has a microfiche or a catalog all set up on his computer 🤓😂🤪
dangerous ·
Stanley wrote:Come on DB you should have decent list of homemade speed parts.
OK, I'll show some from the past.
A crank:
Some pushrods:
dangerous ·
Fuel pump drive/oil pump cover:
Some odd parts:
And these:
They're home made:
typethreeking ·
gee dave were have i seen that car before!!!!
nasty ·
Hey Col,
I have those rods of Leons at my house. I'll drop them back to him if you want to have a look.
coletrickle ·
any idea how much u want for them?they look expensive and this is just going to be a shit stiring engine that probally won't last to long its gonna run a pretty heavy load of nitro
vw54 ·
hey butler how much 4 the cup cakes yum yum
Newt ·
Just a thought on the single port heads.
I thought I read somewhere that the inlet manifold was somewhat restricted in size to avoid loss of manifold vacume resulting in the fuel dropping out when the throttle was opened. Is that likely to be the case here?
Newt
vassy66T1 ·
If it is nitro then it will probably be more liquid than air (not really but way higher than usual) and the engine sounds like the beginning of the burnout will be the end of its life ... Hey Col can we take bets on how long it will hold together?
matberry ·
Before I place a bet, who's driving this thing???
polak ·
matberry wrote:Before I place a bet, who's driving this thing???
im always up for something stupid! 🤪😂 it would be a long drive from sydney everyday though🙅
coletrickle ·
if mattys driving everything is at risk!🙂.no burn outs for this cat i've got traction baby!I'll start another thread when i get all the main parts,as for how long it will last we'll see but a well tuned nitro engine is awesome if it don't have a blower(A/FD) the one i crewed on set the world record by .2 sec in the early 90's and all we did was change the plugs adjust the valves and go back out and back it up!In saying that we could blow it up on start up the burn out you name it we did it but in the end it was very reliable and i can ask the brains trust in the states for all the tune up details they will get a good laugh out of it!
nasty ·
Col, ask Leon what he wants for them.(maybe not a lot of $) They came with the crank in his trike but he used steel rods. I put them on Samba ages ago for him but couldn't sell them. Can't remember what journal size.
dangerous ·
They are 2" journal by 6" long.
Houndog ·
Dear Dave...you have won me with those homemade cakes (fancier than your crank )!!.....
Could you make a handful for Warwick so "Rocketman Rod" has some pie altenatives..We
need to get him fat to get a startline advantage over him.If I bring my micro wave could
you make my crew morning tea ?Thanks Ross.
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Ross Dangerous makes the best muffins ever seen at a race track or just about anywhere else for that matter.......
dangerous ·
The crank above was the second crank I made for my Volksy.
Here are some old pics of the first one.