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 westi
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| posted on February 12th, 2013 at 08:31 PM |
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Yeh heaps off time.
As soon as my shit turns up from the states. The sleepless nights will begin. And if that enough of a headache.
Power has been going on and of for about 2 weeks now. So if the aus grid people get there act together I can stop working by f-- ckin candle light.
Tig don't work with out power and you can only Tak shit together with a battery for so long. Lol.
But we'll be right.
When I finish the junka . There may be a little roundy roundy car to build before the nationals.
So if I thought I was broke and tired now. I think it's only just begun.
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| posted on February 13th, 2013 at 08:32 AM |
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Yeah mate, I'm still waiting for parts.....Funny how I live in the bush and we've had no power outages, but during the recent floods, people in Bris
were without for day's. Maybe you could hook your pink pushie up to a generator and get Stocko to pedal off some Macca's....he dose have nice
boobies tho.
As for your roundy roundy car....go for it. Sports sedan under 2 litre my 2c
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| posted on February 13th, 2013 at 10:05 PM |
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Some quick-pic updates
Seats both mounted
Chambers nearly finished, !st pic out-of-the-box (bar the seat job from Swift Engines)
LH head closeest only had seat job, RH my 1st stage of chamber clean-up
Parts from Pierside arrived today.....finally everythings here. 
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| posted on February 14th, 2013 at 06:57 AM |
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You'll have it running for the show on Sunday then 
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| posted on February 14th, 2013 at 08:27 AM |
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We'll have to see about that....a few customer cars snuck in....slowing progress and I'm not rushing it, yet 
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| posted on February 14th, 2013 at 12:31 PM |
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Looking good Matt!! And always thinking outside the box and not following the sheep of the mainstream VW society!! Look forward to seeing Bleuy run
with his new heart!!
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| posted on February 14th, 2013 at 01:23 PM |
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Thanks Brenndan, I'm happy to try new stuff, that's for sure, especially if it means more power and longevety....
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| posted on February 14th, 2013 at 01:40 PM |
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show on sunday is looking mighty good.
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| posted on February 15th, 2013 at 08:57 AM |
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^^ I wish Westi...customer cars bummed that plan yesterday, but here's some pics of the old dunga engine, to show how an old shitbox can still go
with a few extra's, and how it could have been so much better.
This engine, once I fixed a few oil leaks, replaced exhaust and carbs, and gave it some fresh rockers swiel feet and what not.....she ran 10 flat on
the eighth and low 16's on the quarter, all without blowing up.
Probably the biggest surprise, and the reason for posting, who has seen 311 twin-port heads with 3/4" reach plugs without welding??? So far, without
cleaning, there is no sign of welding around the plugs......ports are not quite as good as I expected from prior look-see, but have 40 x 35mm valves
and certainly went ok. Displacement was also a surprise, 92 x 69....yee-ha 1835 big banger
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| posted on February 15th, 2013 at 09:27 AM |
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Hooley dooly.... She a bitza alright!
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| posted on February 15th, 2013 at 11:16 AM |
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We're calling it 'tunnel ignition', it's the latest development in sparkplug location techmology.
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| posted on February 15th, 2013 at 11:22 AM |
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And it ran okay .... 
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| posted on February 17th, 2013 at 10:39 PM |
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work on your car mate,not many hours left now.
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| posted on February 18th, 2013 at 01:05 AM |
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Ohh yeah Westi, been workin on it.... even today had customers take too many hours......
Heads finished and closed up bottom end. Not happy though so strip again tomorrow. Even with a million trial assembles, cam has gone slightly tight on
final closing ....
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| posted on February 18th, 2013 at 07:02 AM |
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Looks good mate ... tick tock tick tock 
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| posted on February 18th, 2013 at 10:11 PM |
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Tick tock, tick tock, yeah yeah
Found the issue today and closed her up again
The culpret
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| posted on February 19th, 2013 at 12:17 AM |
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lappin paste,it'll be right.it's only a cam bearing.
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| posted on February 19th, 2013 at 12:54 PM |
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Looks great Matt!! Gotta get it done. Shake down run Saturday morning. Hahaha!!
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 01:40 AM |
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Here I was balancing piston assemblies to 0.1 gram. Rotating assembly is quite light with Light tool steel gudgeon pins, Carrillo rods, super light
flywheel and smaller 90.5 pistons.
Finally heads go on with 0.040" deck and 10.2:1 CR, Bugpack head studs, Scat 1.4:1 rockers and the awesome JPM dual taper pushrods......mmmm
Phenix fittings throughout, stainless steel braided for the oil system and cloth for the breather.
Had a few issues with end float that took hours to resolve, finally hand sanded shims and flywheel to achieve 0.003" endfloat
Ready to install
Oil system pressurised and ready for initial start and cam break-in, will get vid of engine start once I extract it from Tone
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 05:54 AM |
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That's looks real nice !
Isaac, we need to tidy up the engine in the DG, we have MORE time now, lets start......how's May 29th ?
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 06:01 AM |
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 nice Matt
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 06:11 AM |
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The Jaycee crank pulley looks nice but don't fit properly for the price. I spent a fair bit of time sanding it with emery paper with pulley mounted
on lathe to achieve the correct clearance. The engine is a little beast and was happy to help Matt finish to get it in bluey.
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 06:56 AM |
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That's some beautiful work Matty !!!
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 08:49 AM |
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Thanks guy's, I'm very happy with both the performance and looks.
As Damo said, the JC pulley needed some work as it was too tight for the crank, even tho the balancers had it on, we needed to get a bit more
clearance.
To get it in the car and running on time (albeit later than planned), I had a lot of help from friends, that I'm extremely grateful for. From Swift
Engines that rushed through the valve job, Competition Coatings for the ceramics and honing, Crankshaft Engineering for the internal work and
balancing, to mates Col, Damo and Tony, without whom I would not have come close to making the date. The last few days were trying to say the least,
two days running we worked over 20 hour days......ouch! Biggest bonus is, we were going to make race day with an engine that is extremely note
worthy.
She performs like a ripper. Beautiful smooth, torquey power delivery that makes great power and revs like a beauty when the throttle blades are
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 09:11 AM |
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Good work Matt, just need better weather now for you to run the 1/4 !
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 10:30 AM |
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Thanks Craig, don't worry, we'll get it to the track......
To add to Damo's Jay Cee comment on the pulley fit, IMO tight is better than loose any day , too loose will hurt cranks, too tight are awkward to work with but at least can be worked to size where as a loose fit
can't.
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 01:55 PM |
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Fantastic work as usual Mr Berry!!
I'm loving the attention to detail and the quality of your build.
I might implement a few of you processes on my next engine build. I love the deburring and smoothing the engine case
Can't wait to hear/see it run 
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 08:29 PM |
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It would be great to see a video of your new engine running Matt. I bet it sounds as light and responsive as you've built it.
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| posted on February 24th, 2013 at 09:36 PM |
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Thanks Smiley and Zac, vid of initial start just needs to be recovered from mate Tony and uploaded. I'm looking forward to doing more miles in it,
also have some JPM IDA upgrades that need fitting and tuning.
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| posted on February 25th, 2013 at 09:54 PM |
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Here's Tony's video. 7 minutes of cam break-in is a little dull, especially in the low light of the workshop at 3am
http://youtu.be/tsa5CMhVXoE
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