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 humpty
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 07:30 PM |
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Bit more done....
M&H Cheaters and front runners fitted to the ERCO's.... Man these things are light!
New fuel tank is in properly.... Ended up making a proper clamp strap to hold it all in correctly.
And the new turbosmart boost actuator is in and hooked up....
Thinking about pulling the tacho as it's kinda useless... And I reckon there is some weight to be saved around the car.... Things like the lug nuts
and such.... After looking over Chris Boltons car in Sydney, I'm getting a little focused on saving weight.... Fatboy needs all the help he can get!
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 07:56 PM |
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Good stuff Simon, looks & sounds like youve been busy, tyres look good,
Where are you at with this, street or drag,either, anymore photos of the motor?
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 08:10 PM |
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It's totally drag now Barry.... Still a streeter in presentation.... Lights, seatbelts, seats and such, but I doubt it will ever see the street
again.... Hence the thinking about hole saws and cutoff wheels.... 
As for pics of the engine.... Have some on my photobucket account if your interested....
http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c181/Humptydub/POS60T/
Nothing really there more than what I have posted here, but by all means have a gander...
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 08:25 PM |
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Cheers Simon, will take a look, got some draw thru holley questions for you & Stanley, i'll pm you,
Lots of guys seem to get their bugs running strong with lots of original steel on them still, very little cutting,
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 08:50 PM |
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QUOTE ""Thinking about pulling the tacho as it's kinda useless... And I reckon there is some weight to be saved around the car.... Things like
the lug nuts and such.... After looking over Chris Boltons car in Sydney, I'm getting a little focused on saving weight.... Fatboy needs all the help
he can get! ""
Hi simon looking good, the grinder is my friend now it can be yours lol. Dont be scared
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:11 PM |
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Cheers Chris.... The inspirational work of some you guys over there is really spurring me on...
I'm thinking about fitting another breather off the fuel pump block off point.... Currently have the turbo draining there.... Would the be any issue
with both items connecting there?
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:16 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Cheers Simon, will take a look, got some draw thru holley questions for you & Stanley, i'll pm you,
Lots of guys seem to get their bugs running strong with lots of original steel on them still, very little cutting,
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Lookin' great mate.
Don't listen to Barry Simon he's got a gazillion horse power and a chopped roof. Make the holesaw and grinder your friend.....
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:24 PM |
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I'm really looking forward to the 2276 going in this winter Andrew..... Then I'll have a gazzillion horses under the engine cover too! 
But in the meantime.... Matt Keene's awesome car has some very creative holes cut into it.... Not a lot a weight gaining apparently, but it looks
awesome!!!
The doors have plenty in there, and the windows of course weigh a ton.... A couple of mates in Adelaide have fitted a RLR cage in their car..... Looks
brilliant, but do I need to go that far?
This is madness!!!!!
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:28 PM |
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| Quote: | Lookin' great
mate.
Don't listen to Barry Simon he's got a gazillion horse power and a chopped roof. Make the holesaw and grinder your friend.....
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Its a little like a swimmer shaving body hair, do ya think?
feel fast & you'll end up going fast...
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:34 PM |
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of course you need a cage Simon, Peter Page has really nice fg doors on his ride, huge weight savings there!
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:42 PM |
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while were on the subject of fg, cut the front off!!! And the rear guards too!!!!!!!!!!! 
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:51 PM |
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while were on the subject of fg, cut the front off!!! And the rear guards too!!!!!!!!!!!
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Can't imagine the freight cost to get something like a fg frontend over here!!!!??
You guys are bad influences....
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:54 PM |
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Can only say one thing....cut, cut, cut.
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:56 PM |
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It's either that or do like Barry and get the razor out.
I like the the bragging power of all steel, although I just got an of school fg bonnet with scollops in it. Its for a later model but I feel a cut and
shut coming on.
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 09:58 PM |
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I know a few truckies who go over there a fair bit. wouldnt be to hard for them cart it, on the side. not to be a bad influence or anything and i hear bunnings are having a sale on grinder
blades!!!!!
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 10:04 PM |
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Matt Keenes holes only amounted to >1kg or so I read, like the front end treatment on that car,
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| posted on May 8th, 2012 at 11:11 PM |
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Doesn't Brad have a fg frontend mold?..... Hmmmmm...... Aren't you coming over here around Christmas Ben?.... Maybe we can get the can opener
out?
But I kinda like the idea of just trimming out whats there.... I see the Otto Bros. are pretty handy with the tin snips....
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| posted on May 10th, 2012 at 12:55 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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.... A couple of mates in Adelaide have fitted a RLR cage in their car..... Looks brilliant, but do I need to go that far?
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Really? Haha...
The RLR kit is pretty easy to build, nice kit, there's lots of time in fishmouthing the ends (esp door bars etc that connect on angles) but it is
kind of satisfying to see it come together. And you do get quicker at it as you go.
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| posted on May 10th, 2012 at 06:27 PM |
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And I'm really looking forward to seeing the finished result Greg....
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| posted on May 10th, 2012 at 11:37 PM |
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I'm investigating fitting a kill/inertia switch for the fuel pump and I'm looking my options....
I have bought two EDIS kits off Boost Engineering a few years back.... Both kits came with the FORD inertia switch...
Are these any good?.... Are there better or simpler options?
Lay it on me fellas.... I'm all ears.
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| posted on May 11th, 2012 at 04:12 PM |
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One option that's quick and easy Simon (since you're running a carby), is to ground the fuel pump relay through a basic oil pressure switch. If the
car decides to cross the line on its head (God forbid), the carby floods, kills the motor, no oil pressure kills the pump. It was pretty common before
EFI.
Another option is a "tip switch" off a late model EFI bike from the wreckers, should be cheap enough.
You might like a momentary switch that bypasses the oil pressure switch to prime the bowls.
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| posted on May 11th, 2012 at 09:29 PM |
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That FORD Inertia switch is just like the 'tip switch' that you mentioned.... To run this I won't have to run any extra wiring in the car.....
Might go with that.
Cheers Dave.
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| posted on May 13th, 2012 at 04:18 AM |
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Hey Humpty.
The inertia switch is an impact switch, it is a fuel cutoff switch . In case of an accident it cuts power off to the fuel pump.If you bump it
against anything the ball inside will dislodge and create an open circuit. Over here at the Ford dealership I rarely ever had to replace them. The
connector was available from Ford as a service part. Hope this helps, Mike
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| posted on May 13th, 2012 at 12:37 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Cheers Chris.... The inspirational work of some you guys over there is really spurring me on...
I'm thinking about fitting another breather off the fuel pump block off point.... Currently have the turbo draining there.... Would the be any issue
with both items connecting there?
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Hi mate we made the additional breather hoses/breather box drain into fittings welded on rocker covers and it works fine . on the previous "V" motor
we run it up as you are talking about but it was not enough
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| posted on May 13th, 2012 at 02:55 PM |
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Good to here Mike..... I have started fitting the switch this morning... Along with painting a beam and cleaning the shed..... Just about done with
all that...
As for the breather idea Chris..... I have the breather from the oil filler and the rhs rocker cover going to the tank.... Figure that will be enough
for now.... But when the stroker goes together I'll add another at the top of the crankcase just in front of the shroud, behind the flywheel flange
plate.
Cheers for the advise guys.
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| posted on June 12th, 2012 at 09:16 PM |
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So the new engine will be going together in the few weeks... Gonna do a trans lift at the same time, but one thing that I'm thinking about right now
is fuel...
I know the larger engine should be better suited to the carb, exhaust and turbo, and I can get E85+ locally for about $3 a litre. Have been hearing
that it's a far more stable fuel for a car that sees no road use and will not kill the plugs like I'm currently experiencing.... Chris reckons I
should go Methanol and I know Ian and Rose are using something else that's a little special, but would like to hear from others.
What you gurus suggest?
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| posted on June 12th, 2012 at 11:15 PM |
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Methanol for a air-cooled race anything is a no-brainer, but that's just my biased opinion Simon! You could really run the thing on Unleaded 91 if
you want.
One thing to consider about methanol that may not be mentioned in others opinions possibly, is that it can help keep the air/fuel temps stable
day/night, summer/winter (once you have a handle on tuning to suit it), which means consistency. The more runs you can get, the more shiny Commodes
you can send home........
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| posted on June 13th, 2012 at 01:16 AM |
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I'm over PULP Dave.... That's the reason for the query.... I know the 'E' fuels to be more stable, and I know meth is better for a cool consistent
charge, but the hassle of draining the whole shooting match is something I'm not sure I want to deal with.... Prolly just being lazy.
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| posted on June 13th, 2012 at 05:17 AM |
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E85 will want regular draining and cleaning the tank and parts too.
I think both Aaron and Henry have opinions on E85, perhaps they will share.
If I was not a Methanol man I would be a Premium Unleaded Dude.
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on June 13th, 2012 at 06:00 AM |
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A bit off the topic Dave( Methanol Man ) Do you use any form of additive with the Methanol ?
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