Update on my Brumby

Post by **TOONGA** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:54 pm

Keffa wrote:and then we can go salmon fishing on monday! hahaha

That would be a great way to round out the weekend and I could test the new setup on the beach

I would have to bring my 14s' as well because at the moment Im running my 13 inch wheels as they have street legal tread on them as 2 of the 14s' as down to the tred indicators on one side something to do with subarus positive camber

TOONGA

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:06 pm

Keffa wrote:and then we can go salmon fishing on monday! hahaha

TOONGA wrote:That would be a great way to round out the weekend and I could test the new setup on the beach

I would have to bring my 14s' as well because at the moment Im running my 13 inch wheels as they have street legal tread on them as 2 of the 14s' as down to the tred indicators on one side something to do with subarus positive camber

TOONGA

I like the way you think guys

Post by **Alex** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:08 pm

me and dave are going to whitehills monday. so yeah.

alex

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:16 pm

Keffa wrote:me and dave are going to whitehills monday. so yeah.

alex

Well then Sunday you better help at the shop so we can all go

Post by **Alex** » Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:40 pm

RSR 555 wrote:Well then Sunday you better help at the shop so we can all go

okay dad

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 8:52 pm

Ok guys.. We got a lots done today.. Frank has now got Cylinder heads and a Carby/Manifold bolted on..

Then we played with the Electronic Ignition have uploaded this vid..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QpRGO-7c_0

More to follow tomorrow

maxxair · Post by **maxxair** » Sat Apr 24, 2010 9:27 pm

Mwuhahaha Mwuhahaha. Lol. ancient.

Just need some bolts in its neck lol.

Cheers, Rohan.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 5:28 pm

Whoooooooooaaaaa.. It's alive

:mrgreen::mrgreen:

After a lot of mucking around today we got the EJ20 running with the 350 Holley and Fiori Dizzy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN3ZXTRESms

With not many hours left for fitting, we made the executive decision not to put it in this weekend

But stay tuned

Post by **TOONGA** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 2:44 pm

hmmmmm.... 87 repies 2,033 views (lots of watching going on here)

A fun weekend was had at RSR sadly the ancient electronic ignition died along with a coil (no footage as the camera was off) so Frank was run with a points dizzy in that video things went well apart from me leaving parts of the holley under the bonnet of my brumby and driving to Trigg and back without realising they were there.

there is still alot to do, stopping the holley from drowning the engine (did you set that needle and seat ? yes... yes I did...... my mistake) hence the big cloud of fuel on start up. making the tailshaft long enough (L series and liberty put together) and finding a suitable electronic dizzy and much more

once again a big thank you to Paul

TOONGA

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 8:54 am

No probs at all Julian.. It's my pleasure

would have loved to get it in but we'll have to wait till another weekend.

Yes Julian.. It looks like people are interested but are frightened to comment

I was thinking about the float level.. I'm 99% sure it's the fuel pump pushing too much pressure and with that return line we should be all good. After we run Frank the secound time, I'm happy to say that 350 Holley will be fine. We'll need to tune it and I have a Digital Lamba gauge that we can connect to your O2 sensor and set your Air/Fuel perfectly

Post by **Alex** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 10:24 am

sorry i couldnt make it...had some personal things come up over the weekend and didnt feel like doing much.

alex

Post by **TOONGA** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:49 am

not a problem Alex next time (when Im allowed out again) when we put Frank into PJ

Paul Ive done a bit of research on that leaking butterfly shaft and the shaft is stepped inside the the base plate (will try to find a photo) so over time it will gum up but to solve the problem quickly Ive been told it can be packed with hi temp grease (bags not trying to get the butterflys off the shaft)

all in all a fun time ( apart from the melting coil and dying ancient ignition)

TOONGA

clarkey · Post by **clarkey** » Tue Apr 27, 2010 6:05 pm

haha, ill do it, done it on lawn mowers and that is a fraction bigger than one of them haha. and i have never seen so much smoke from a coil hay. far out! and it smelt rank!

Cheers Mike.

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:46 pm

TOONGA wrote:Paul Ive done a bit of research on that leaking butterfly shaft and the shaft is stepped inside the the base plate (will try to find a photo) so over time it will gum up but to solve the problem quickly Ive been told it can be packed with hi temp grease (bags not trying to get the butterflys off the shaft)

Sounds dodgy to me but we can try it. I'd look in the Quokka for a cheap 350 that doesn't have shaft play

clarkey wrote:haha, ill do it, done it on lawn mowers and that is a fraction bigger than one of them haha. and i have never seen so much smoke from a coil hay. far out! and it smelt rank!

Cheers Mike.

Man.. That smell.. I'm sure I can still smell it

Post by **TOONGA** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 9:55 pm

sadly most of the "cheap" holleys have the same problem the picture below (so far the best I can find) shows why the carby leaks so easily

Im sure with a small amount of machining O rings could be put in place to stop the leaks

TOONGA

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:00 pm

TOONGA wrote:Im sure with a small amount of machining O rings could be put in place to stop the leaks

Is this what others have done?

Post by **TOONGA** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:44 pm

no but I do think it would work, it would be fun to refit the shaft but Im sure a bit of grease would hold them in place

TOONGA

D3V1L · Post by **D3V1L** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:47 pm

lol....id just get another carby...but i spose all the fun of building frank is doing all the little things to make it perfect..

id machine it for ya at my work, but im not exactly round the corner...LOL

davo

Post by **TOONGA** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:51 pm

Dave the carby is in Kelmscott it is just me thats in Australind

and sadly funds are that tight at the moment that I cant afford to buy another carby

TOONGA

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:52 pm

I can give you the carby Dave