Wreck to Race.

[GoLfMan]

thats awesome Pete, will have to come around and have a looksee

whats jet's and stuff are you running? Also what fuel pump are you running?

[Peter Jones]

Delortos.. Aye?


Very clean, Pete. Nice and tidy. Should have a bit more top end oomph now! And sound.. Well.. Infinately better..

Yep Dellorto DHLA 40mm. Freshly remanufactured by the Carby Shop. They were well beyond just "putting a kit" through them.

Yeah I figure these will go faster than K-Jet!

Still got to install the mech advance distributor too, which will mean losing the electronic ignition for the moment.


Pete

[Peter Jones]

Time to go have a look at the fuel pump for a bit.

Pete

[Preen59]

Oh if you're still wanting that dizzy, Tony is on the job looking for it. They moved some stuff around and put it and my ignition module somewhere and can't find it..

[GoLfMan]

Yep Dellorto DHLA 40mm. Freshly remanufactured by the Carby Shop. They were well beyond just "putting a kit" through them.

Yeah I figure these will go faster than K-Jet!

Still got to install the mech advance distributor too, which will mean losing the electronic ignition for the moment.


Pete

where's the Carby Shop and how much did they charge you Pete?

the mech advance dizzy, is that out of an earlier model motor?

[Jarred]

OH PETE!

sneaky sneaky! Should sounds and go very very good now!

[gtimk5]

Geez Pete, that looks great mate, I will have to headover there sometime soon just to hear that induction!!!
Great job mate,
Andrew

[Preen59]

OH PETE!

sneaky sneaky! Should sounds and go very very good now!

Haha, You know "Sneaky Pete" is a small single fogger nitrous system...

Sorry for the thread hijack..

[Peter Jones]

Oh if you're still wanting that dizzy, Tony is on the job looking for it. They moved some stuff around and put it and my ignition module somewhere and can't find it..

Oops. I'd like to use all the MK2 Ignition stuff if I can, I re-did all the wiring and can't really be sodded pulling it all out.

Still keen to see your dizzy, I'm sure I'll find a car to put it in.


Pete

[Peter Jones]

where's the Carby Shop and how much did they charge you Pete?

the mech advance dizzy, is that out of an earlier model motor?

Carby Shop has been mentioned a few times by waterboy, it's in Wantirna, Sherwood Ave, just off Lewis road. It's around the corner from Knox shopping centre.

The rebuild wasn't cheap - $220 each - but they were far gone I have no doubt that hours of labour involved jusify the price. Just the kit for these is $50.

The carbs were jetted for a 1600 Here's the settings, I might need to drop the mains to 120's but I'll drive it first and see how it runs.





Pump's in , just a little facet style monoblock pump, picked one that delivers just the right pressure. Wiring tomorrow, I'll hook it up to the cut off relay as before with the K-Jet to keep it track legal.

Made up brackets to hang it off the K-Jet pump rubber mounts.





Only a couple of little projects to finish off during the week, wiring and throttle cable then I should be able to make some noise.

Pete

[GoLfMan]

yeh i've done the gasket kit on my Weber, was pretty easy.

that looks like the fuel pump that i have, however i might go and buy anotherone with the specs that i want so i know i have the fuel supply there and dont have the same problem of an empty float bowl at high RPMs.

looking forward to hearing the noises in person

[Peter Jones]

yeh i've done the gasket kit on my Weber, was pretty easy.

Yeah that was my original plan but the carbs were too far gone. I think they'd passed through a few hands with out being fitted to a car. They were full of crystalised jelly like goo and water. A lot of the moving internals were siezed up with corrosion. I pulled the tops off the float chambers, had a little cry, then took them to the carby shop.

There was sand blasting and acid bathing required to bring these back from the dead.

Lesson to be learned here about cleaning and drying carbs before they're put into storage.


Pete

[DubSteve]

Nice work Pete as usual top effort mate

[Peter Jones]

that looks like the fuel pump that i have, however i might go and buy anotherone with the specs that i want so i know i have the fuel supply there and dont have the same problem of an empty float bowl at high RPMs.

I'm surprised that you're running out of fuel with one of these pumps, they'll usually flow litres per minute. I used one on my 1835 beetle feeding twin 40 DCNs and it had no problems, even with some pretty massive fual comsumption under race conditions. (About 5 + litres / lap of the old Morwell Hillcimb track)

Pete

[Peter Jones]

the mech advance dizzy, is that out of an earlier model motor?

It's a modified 1600 one. Basically you pull the vacuum advance plate and can out and have the dizzy recurved. From memory I think it's 30° all in by about 3500rpm similar to the aircooled 009s. I'll have to check those figures.

Pete