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Re: Hand made Stuff

Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 4:07 pm
by Ken
Holden202T wrote:blue/black varajet manifold cut and shut i assume ? looks pretty cool :)
Yeah, here's the starting pic that was originally posted above..
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Re: Hand made Stuff

Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 4:44 pm
by Holden202T
very cool, did it ever run on the car ?

Re: Hand made Stuff

Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 7:26 pm
by Ken
Not yet, the car is being partial resto'd atm, cancer started popping up, paint got a tad sad so I let the rego expire & am doing work on it bit at a time.
The donk's done a hard 230,000, will be freshened & running the manifold then, Iv'e still got to make the dual gas mixers for it as well..

Re: Hand made Stuff

Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 3:34 pm
by Holden202T
so what was the reason for modifying that manifold, so you can use a blue/black head ?

Re: Hand made Stuff

Posted: Sun May 20, 2018 8:36 pm
by Ken
Holden202T wrote:so what was the reason for modifying that manifold, so you can use a blue/black head ?
Yeah, the motor that I've had in it for the last 18 years has been a VH commo donk with cam, comp & other mods..
After realizing how detrimental to the tune the red manifolds were 24-5 odd years ago, I figured I'd never use a red head or manifold again.

Here it sits collecting dust in the workshop awaiting some tlc.
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Remember that accident my son had in march 2014, I was in Sydney at the time, been there a month, planned to come home in june to start building a house on land I'd bought in 2011, though the accident put all the family off their feet for 2 - 3 months, that put me behind a couple of years, literally...
The week before the accident, I picked up a 120 thou k old blue std 202 to rebuild, & a 173 small chamber head to make a start on the motor that manifold was built for.

I've since built the house which again has (and still is) put me behind, I had to get my whitecard & builders license to help another licensed builder mate build the house..
That's why I've not been here much since I joined..

I had to get this:-
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And this:-
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To turn this:-
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Into this:-
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Re: Hand made Stuff

Posted: Mon May 21, 2018 7:32 am
by Holden202T
nice house man, definitely worth the wait for the motor :)

Re: Hand made Stuff

Posted: Wed May 23, 2018 1:47 am
by Ken
:thumbup: tis, thanks.