VC Valiant
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:06 pm
Howdy guys,
Been a member for a few years and have just started to have a browse back on this site for ideas for my '66 VC Valiant. I've just rebuilt a 318 for it and have in the last month or so, fitted it to the car, rebuilt the Holley Carb and got it to a point where it's almost ready for the road.
My plan is to eventually put fuel injection on it, whether it be using a Fitech Unit or a Delco Conversion.
I'm currently running an Edelbrock Dual Plane LD4B and would like to keep it. What would you guys recommend in terms of a sufficient throttle body setup I could use with the manifold? Not to fussed about multi point injection at the moment.
The motor specs are
- 318 +.040"
- xe268 comp cam hydr flat tappet
- kb167 pistons
- block zero decked
- standard rods and crank
- aeroflow alloy heads - 2.02" inlet / 1.6" exhaust valve. Inlet flow is around 251cfm @ .500"
- Comp ratio is about 9.7:1
- 2100rpm stall 904
Ideally I would like to think I could make 1hp/ci?
Anyway here a some pics for you guys from start to now. Enjoy!
Not long after I got her, running a slant 6 Leaning tower of Power. Great motor. Decided after a few months, I wanted to do a V8 conversion, so I setup a work bench and some tools. I had a 318 that was an unknown at my parents house, so I got my hands on it and started stripping it down ready to be rebuilt. Nasty! Motor had been rebuilt, was already .030" over, had to go to .040" to address this issue. Had excessive bore taper as well. Back from the machine shop, ready to be bought back to life
Changed over to adjustable 273 rocker arms, pushrods were too long. Hmmmmm spend $200+ on pushrods or dig around and see what I can find out?? Found a few sets of Toyota 4K ball/cup push rods for $1 each at UpullIt! Exact same size, solid, only shorter. They work great!
Slant begone!
318 in! Many, many hours to get to this point
Knocked up a cheapo exhaust system for now to run the engine in, cam run in was nerve wracking. Replaced the factory ELB with a ready to run ebay special with inbuilt ignition module. Works excellent for the price. Two wire hookup
And obligatory shithouse iphone video. Running AU Falcon thermo fans on a thermatic relay controller
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWabuvCkR2g[/youtube]
Cheers
Andrew
Been a member for a few years and have just started to have a browse back on this site for ideas for my '66 VC Valiant. I've just rebuilt a 318 for it and have in the last month or so, fitted it to the car, rebuilt the Holley Carb and got it to a point where it's almost ready for the road.
My plan is to eventually put fuel injection on it, whether it be using a Fitech Unit or a Delco Conversion.
I'm currently running an Edelbrock Dual Plane LD4B and would like to keep it. What would you guys recommend in terms of a sufficient throttle body setup I could use with the manifold? Not to fussed about multi point injection at the moment.
The motor specs are
- 318 +.040"
- xe268 comp cam hydr flat tappet
- kb167 pistons
- block zero decked
- standard rods and crank
- aeroflow alloy heads - 2.02" inlet / 1.6" exhaust valve. Inlet flow is around 251cfm @ .500"
- Comp ratio is about 9.7:1
- 2100rpm stall 904
Ideally I would like to think I could make 1hp/ci?
Anyway here a some pics for you guys from start to now. Enjoy!
Not long after I got her, running a slant 6 Leaning tower of Power. Great motor. Decided after a few months, I wanted to do a V8 conversion, so I setup a work bench and some tools. I had a 318 that was an unknown at my parents house, so I got my hands on it and started stripping it down ready to be rebuilt. Nasty! Motor had been rebuilt, was already .030" over, had to go to .040" to address this issue. Had excessive bore taper as well. Back from the machine shop, ready to be bought back to life
Changed over to adjustable 273 rocker arms, pushrods were too long. Hmmmmm spend $200+ on pushrods or dig around and see what I can find out?? Found a few sets of Toyota 4K ball/cup push rods for $1 each at UpullIt! Exact same size, solid, only shorter. They work great!
Slant begone!
318 in! Many, many hours to get to this point
Knocked up a cheapo exhaust system for now to run the engine in, cam run in was nerve wracking. Replaced the factory ELB with a ready to run ebay special with inbuilt ignition module. Works excellent for the price. Two wire hookup
And obligatory shithouse iphone video. Running AU Falcon thermo fans on a thermatic relay controller
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWabuvCkR2g[/youtube]
Cheers
Andrew