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 Euro_67
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| posted on May 10th, 2009 at 03:08 PM |
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Street motor discussion
Due to the recent loss of a major customer at work, I may be facing redundancy. If my job goes, the company funding of my personal car goes too.
Fortunately there is a period of transition, so there will be some warning if it occurs.
My wife already has a reliable and modern enough car, so I plan to use the '67 as my daily and ditch the Holden ute.
The current 1776 combo is still great, but is now over 15 years old (will keep as spare). I think it is time for a freshen up.
Here are some goals.
1. Must be good in traffic & summer & not run hot
2. broad range of power, not too peaky, what is sensible max RPM ?
3. Re use my existing 45DRLA Dellortos
4. Heaters are not important
5. stroker vs stock open to discussion
6. Build it to last another 15 years like the 1776
7. New case, but which one and why ?
I would like to solicit some opinions on possible combos and why. Please dont turn this into a 1916 VS stroker debate, and I dont want to convert to
Subaru. There are some great VW minds on here, share what you know.
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trickysimon
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| posted on May 10th, 2009 at 03:31 PM |
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IMO, either a mild 1915 or similar size would be perfect.
Small cam like engle 100 or engle 110 and keeping revs to 5-6k rpm.
Pretty much the same as the engine that I am piecing together atm.
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| posted on May 10th, 2009 at 04:01 PM |
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must give u a drive of my Orange Car
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hellbugged
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| posted on May 10th, 2009 at 04:21 PM |
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engle V-26 with 1.4 rockers will keep you with tourque and rpm sensible, being up to 6800rpm !!!!!!!................with excellent valve train
life.
get some good ported heads and you will be laughing.
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| posted on May 11th, 2009 at 01:06 AM |
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posted by hellbugged
engle V-26 with 1.4 rockers will keep you with tourque and rpm sensible, being up to 6800rpm !!!!!!!................with excellent valve train
life.
get some good ported heads and you will be laughing.
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Whats the go with valve train wear / failure ?
I have seen all these new CNC heads with massive valves that I would imagine require massive valve spring pressures. Is lifter bore wear an issue in
the new aluminium cases with these higher spring loads ? what is the potential for failure ?
Cylinder heads open up a whole new debate. How big is enough for adequate power, but not too big to be reliable & long lasting ? Are the CNC 044s
enough ? or are CNC Street eliminators worth the extra ?
Dave, what is powering orange smoothie these days, I know the efi is a recent addition. what lurks beneath ?
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| posted on May 11th, 2009 at 06:48 AM |
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Dave, what is powering orange smoothie these days, I know the efi is a recent addition. what lurks beneath ?
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its 1916 with small cam n rockers runs nice
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