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[Dave69]

[Nosebolt]

nothing special, engine is way out of tune but it runs

amc v8

[Bulldog67]

ohh man  shuper shexy  jammy bugger!

[Nosebolt]

if its dry for a few hours tomorrow might try to set the ignition timing, my manual only covers the 304 and not sure what to set it at, I'm guessing from what I trawled on the net its going to be about 8*BTDC. can anyone confirm or correct this?

also there seems different settings for manuals and autos, engine was built as an auto but is now a manual, I guess that is for the kick down or should I still set as if an auto?

only details I have for the donor car is it was a 1979/80 FSJ auto.

[Bubba]

10 rings a bell set as if it was for manual  most setting for auto are on the carb kickdown and higher tickover stuff

[Nosebolt]

ta

[Bulldog67]

its cheese again

[Nosebolt]

hit a small problem, its run out of petrol, sort of stops you doing the timing

cant be arsed to walk to petrol station and Tans taken the trundle bus for a day at her m8s house so in my usuale way I created half a dozen unnecessary jobs  like clock the dizzy so vacuum don't his water pipe while tuning, removed and cleaned thermostat housing (that did need doing as was a small leak on that) and generally tided and rerouted stuff under the bonnet.

[Nosebolt]

done the timing and it sounds SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET

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even got some flamage, btw the camera moving is the vibrations from the engine as camera was sat on a wheely bin

[Dave69]

you got a chav tripod then 

[Nosebolt]

you got a chav tripod then 

thought that was a pile of special brew cans

[Panic mechanic!]

Sounding good......

[Dave69]

you got a chav tripod then 

thought that was a pile of special brew cans

that's when they're in the shopping trolley.


Nice sound, what are you doing with the silencers ?  straight through or a partial silencer

[Nosebolt]

Nice sound, what are you doing with the silencers ?  straight through or a partial silencer

next after the rad on my shoping list are these until then Bubba has lent me a set of the same

[Nosebolt]

collected the rebuilt radiator this morning, rad alone holds allmost 10lts

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all fitted now and so far only one leaky hose that has now been fixed

got m8s workshop tomorrow so should be able to get the rest of the odds and sods fitted ready for a MOT next week

[JamesH]

Nice work

[Bulldog67]

Bastard 

[Bubba]

gonna start tinkering on mine soon

[Nosebolt]

Bastard 

if you ask nice I might let you have a go at Breakout so you know what a V8 is like to drive seeing as yours might be a while

gonna start tinkering on mine soon

about bloody time

[Panic mechanic!]

Bastard 

if you ask nice I might let you have a go at Breakout so you know what a V8 is like to drive seeing as yours might be a while

gonna start tinkering on mine soon

about bloody time

exactly which ones or are we talking all of them???

[Bulldog67]

and u big T: Bastard 

[Nosebolt]

got a bit done today, fitted fenderwells, bleed power steering, sorted indicators and fitted new rear lights (bulbs kept falling out of old lights), mounted the centre consol and fitted one wing. did have one problem, off side header gasket has blown probably because I ran the engine with 2 bolts missing

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have had an idea for a side mounted receiver which will double as a step to get in, and before the jokes start yea I know I got short legs

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[isle of man]

Side exhaust is ace!!!

[Bubba]

that or stacks up the back of the cab

[Nosebolt]

stacks could be in the picture for the welsh one