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Ah, the old SU.Reminds me of the old Jags.
Quote from: Lakes on April 24, 2013, 12:54:14Hey Dave, everyone can look.They have got the motor from that old FX on a stand at the museum, it's hard to beleave the amount of work the must have had to do making the mold of the head with twin over head cams & the six carbs, says they went from Amil MC carbs to SU's but the motor they have on the stand has six Amil carb's that have had SU float bowls adapted to them, probably to hold more fuel.I got asked to navigate once for a guy who was developing a Fiat 128 with 4 Amil carbs. Despite (or perhaps because of) help from the Fiat dealer, the car never ran properly and it never got to an event. For three months I told them to stop messing around and fit a couple of Webers - to no avail - so I moved on.
Hey Dave, everyone can look.They have got the motor from that old FX on a stand at the museum, it's hard to beleave the amount of work the must have had to do making the mold of the head with twin over head cams & the six carbs, says they went from Amil MC carbs to SU's but the motor they have on the stand has six Amil carb's that have had SU float bowls adapted to them, probably to hold more fuel.
Quote from: Surferdude on April 24, 2013, 12:58:58Quote from: Lakes on April 24, 2013, 12:54:14Hey Dave, everyone can look.They have got the motor from that old FX on a stand at the museum, it's hard to beleave the amount of work the must have had to do making the mold of the head with twin over head cams & the six carbs, says they went from Amil MC carbs to SU's but the motor they have on the stand has six Amil carb's that have had SU float bowls adapted to them, probably to hold more fuel.I got asked to navigate once for a guy who was developing a Fiat 128 with 4 Amil carbs. Despite (or perhaps because of) help from the Fiat dealer, the car never ran properly and it never got to an event. For three months I told them to stop messing around and fit a couple of Webers - to no avail - so I moved on.Yes the Webbers would be a much better choice, i have a friend thats very good at tunning webbers, he has his own Engine Dyno & just builds & tunes what the customer asks. one guy in apendix J got him to develop & old red holden motor for an XU1 it makes over 300HP thats a lot from the 202
Quote from: Lakes on April 24, 2013, 12:32:29Quote from: Dazzler on April 24, 2013, 12:22:34Quote from: Lakes on April 24, 2013, 11:55:51Wow Dazz you must be known by Mr Shiploads i saw that Chickenfeed when i was in Tassie last time. the owner must be American? they dream up catchy names like that. i expect his next business venture will be the Last Resort, tourist rresort LOLI used to love going to Sal Markets in Hobart, do you ever go?Haven't been for a while. More for the tourists, so not many bargains any more. We forgot about it when in Hobart the other day. By the time we saw it, was too late (they were packing up) :-Pwell might have changed since last i was there, But was unequal, hard to describ why i felt that way, but like Eumundi Markets but different i liked Both & i was fortunate enough to go to Paddys Market in it's Hey Day. Sydney has nothing to match that these day but they try, just all the same we have Markets all over Sydney are they all flog the same thing so very borring. Sal Markets & Eumundi Markets where different when i saw them last, could have changed.Eumundi Markets are good, John. But the Yandina Markets are even better IMHO, if somewhat more "countryfide". I think Eumundi has become a victim of its own success and is a bit too commercial these days.I've only been to the Salamanca Markets once but it was a great experience. Hope to get there again sometime in the next few months.Also, I was a bit of a fan of the Parklea Markets when we lived in Sydney.
Quote from: Dazzler on April 24, 2013, 12:22:34Quote from: Lakes on April 24, 2013, 11:55:51Wow Dazz you must be known by Mr Shiploads i saw that Chickenfeed when i was in Tassie last time. the owner must be American? they dream up catchy names like that. i expect his next business venture will be the Last Resort, tourist rresort LOLI used to love going to Sal Markets in Hobart, do you ever go?Haven't been for a while. More for the tourists, so not many bargains any more. We forgot about it when in Hobart the other day. By the time we saw it, was too late (they were packing up) :-Pwell might have changed since last i was there, But was unequal, hard to describ why i felt that way, but like Eumundi Markets but different i liked Both & i was fortunate enough to go to Paddys Market in it's Hey Day. Sydney has nothing to match that these day but they try, just all the same we have Markets all over Sydney are they all flog the same thing so very borring. Sal Markets & Eumundi Markets where different when i saw them last, could have changed.
Quote from: Lakes on April 24, 2013, 11:55:51Wow Dazz you must be known by Mr Shiploads i saw that Chickenfeed when i was in Tassie last time. the owner must be American? they dream up catchy names like that. i expect his next business venture will be the Last Resort, tourist rresort LOLI used to love going to Sal Markets in Hobart, do you ever go?Haven't been for a while. More for the tourists, so not many bargains any more. We forgot about it when in Hobart the other day. By the time we saw it, was too late (they were packing up) :-P
Wow Dazz you must be known by Mr Shiploads i saw that Chickenfeed when i was in Tassie last time. the owner must be American? they dream up catchy names like that. i expect his next business venture will be the Last Resort, tourist rresort LOLI used to love going to Sal Markets in Hobart, do you ever go?
Ah, Webers.Remember the Charger six pack?Are we off topic?
Quote from: Lakes on April 24, 2013, 13:05:39Quote from: Surferdude on April 24, 2013, 12:58:58Quote from: Lakes on April 24, 2013, 12:54:14Hey Dave, everyone can look.They have got the motor from that old FX on a stand at the museum, it's hard to beleave the amount of work the must have had to do making the mold of the head with twin over head cams & the six carbs, says they went from Amil MC carbs to SU's but the motor they have on the stand has six Amil carb's that have had SU float bowls adapted to them, probably to hold more fuel.I got asked to navigate once for a guy who was developing a Fiat 128 with 4 Amil carbs. Despite (or perhaps because of) help from the Fiat dealer, the car never ran properly and it never got to an event. For three months I told them to stop messing around and fit a couple of Webers - to no avail - so I moved on.Yes the Webbers would be a much better choice, i have a friend thats very good at tunning webbers, he has his own Engine Dyno & just builds & tunes what the customer asks. one guy in apendix J got him to develop & old red holden motor for an XU1 it makes over 300HP thats a lot from the 202Pretty easy to tune them. Just change jets. No minute adjustments required. My old father in law was a wizard with them too. He was race mechanic for the late Glynn Scott and would tune by ear. Later you could go put the car on a dyno but never need to change anything.
Like the LED cap:http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_30173.htm
Quote from: db08 on April 24, 2013, 13:10:25Ah, Webers.Remember the Charger six pack?Are we off topic? remember them.....I knew a guy who had the 265 R/T and he changed the cam so that it would rev out to about 7800rpm.......on the drag strip , he hurt everyone and I mean everyone (think logical here)
Quote from: eye30 on April 17, 2013, 14:49:16Like the LED cap:http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_30173.htmWas in Aldi and they had a few caps left.Glad I didn't buy one as a dead match would give out more light........
$6 for a kg of cheese is good too....The way the kids go through it, you need it that cheap........
We have a similar invitation for a Coles outlet opening this Sunday at a new housing estate. I try to avoid the big two but this one is giving stuff away and it's right on our work-home route.
Did you attack their shelves Dazz
I only spent $24 something ... Trish spent about $16 I think.
Not for this little black duck.I hate shopping at the best of times. There's no way I'm going to queue up for the privilege.
Quote from: db08 on April 25, 2013, 08:49:58Not for this little black duck.I hate shopping at the best of times. There's no way I'm going to queue up for the privilege.Thought they might have had some good opening specials but nothing we hadn't seen before. Want 10 x 60cm wagon wheels but none at the moment.
Quote from: Dazzler on April 25, 2013, 08:57:52Quote from: db08 on April 25, 2013, 08:49:58Not for this little black duck.I hate shopping at the best of times. There's no way I'm going to queue up for the privilege.Thought they might have had some good opening specials but nothing we hadn't seen before. Want 10 x 60cm wagon wheels but none at the moment. I prefer "Weston's Wagon Wheels" myself. They used to be 5c each and 4 inches across. Oh, the pain, the pain.
Quote from: Phil. on April 25, 2013, 07:51:43Did you attack their shelves Dazz I only spent $24 something including a new leather handbag for Trish. Trish spent about $16 I think. We spotted a few other things we liked but when we saw the length of the checkout queue we decided to wait until things settle down in a few weeks.
