The suspension will look beautiful with all the painted parts.
One tip for the engine bay, preparation, preparation and preparation. You better spend an hour or two extra, sanding the engine bay and cleaning, the difference will be outstanding!
I like a car thath looks normal but can really knock you off your socks!
The suspension will look beautiful with all the painted parts.
One tip for the engine bay, preparation, preparation and preparation. You better spend an hour or two extra, sanding the engine bay and cleaning, the difference will be outstanding!
I like a car thath looks normal but can really knock you off your socks!
I hope it will all look good when it is back together and don't worry, I've got plenty of wet and dry paper for getting the engine bay looking good!
Hi Jason, looking really good I'm sure BJU will look fantastic when finished, ps don't know if you've noticed but I think the cylinder head has fallen off!!! Regards
Oh hells bells! I am genuinely sorry and disappointed to hear that, I assumed you were fitting a head gasket or something, I didn�t realise things were that bad or I wouldn�t have joked about it, you seemed to be going so well and I was hoping you would have it on the road soon. You know Kim Wilkinson so maybe he can help I don�t know precisely what but he has a truckload of spares, I suppose Coltec can help too but you can guarantee it wont be cheap , there�s always a problem eh?, I�ll keep my fingers crossed for you and hope the spare is OK Best Regards
Don't worry David, I've always known the head would be an issue. I'm sure the spare one I've got will be ok, if not I've got several standard heads to choose from until such time I can afford/find another holbay.
And don't forget the engine and gearbox all need to come out so I can paint the bay.
Hi, I have a bit to do under the bonnet myself but I was just going to mask the engine off with some plastic sheeting. Would a standard head be such a disaster? I know you would have to change the manifold etc. I suppose originality is important and although I think the H120 looks and sounds much better than a standard car but, is it that much faster really or is it what my Dad would have called � all wind and p*ss� ( I have a feeling I have just lost a few friends!) Best Regards
Well performance between the standard and H120 is fairly close but the differences extend beyond just the head. You are right though David, the H12o does sound good, the growl of those carbs!
I have met people with standard heads on a holbay engine complete with webers so it must be possible. I'll start a new post, I expect one of the more technically minded readers will soon put us straight!!
Hi Jason. Gosh it's all looking pretty damned nice. You wouldn't want to drive it in the rain after doing all that work . On the subject of heads, i did it the other way round some years ago. I fitted a holbay head and webbers onto a standard 1725 block(using the holbay pushrods)in my brothers Hunter. The performance seemed to be on a par with my standard Holbay i was running at the time, only it was smoother (i guess with the standard cam making the difference) I would love to try it again just to see if my memory of it is correct. Looking forward to seeing you and BJU in the very near future.
Bringing BJU back to life - FINISHED :)
Posted - 22 Oct 2010 : 14:46:24
. On the subject of heads, i did it the other way round some years ago. I fitted a holbay head and webbers onto a standard 1725 block(using the holbay pushrods)in my brothers Hunter. The performance seemed to be on a par with my standard Holbay i was running at the time, only it was smoother (i guess with the standard cam making the difference) I would love to try it again just to see if my memory of it is correct. Looking forward to seeing you and BJU in the very near future.
