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How about QLD next time?

you know you want to

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Chris

Wouldn't that shorten the overall length of the rods and lower the compression slightly?

$750 for the extractors + 2 1/4" with straight through muffler, welded and fitted by Midas Tingalpa (brisbane) early-mid last year Of course now I would DIY fit it saving about $300 from that price, but it sounds good. Not that loud really since it still a muffled 4cyl. Only downside of it bein...

I dont know how wide a scorpion diff is compared to a sigma (presumably the same if not very similar) but its definitely the way to go for strength and ease of fitting. The next step up from a scorpion diff is cutom fitting a huge 4wd diff or Ford 9" from a V8. (though I hear an old 2nd hand 9&...

They suited fine for the NA motor, but under boost I'd want the pistons to survive.
Going to start with low boost but noone can honestly say that will always be enough

I'm planning on doing a relatively basic rebuild on my old expired motor, before it sees some boost. It wont see an excess of 6,000rpm and I'll be trying my best to obtain peak power at or just below that. Balance shaft bearing (or something in there) is believed to have shattered and it now barely ...

As far as I know, all 2.6L cranks are the same across the sigmas, scorps, tritons, pajeros etc.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong

Cheers,
Chris

How much of a difference can you get with factory struts?


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Chris

So I decided to get a soft hammer out and see what would happen..

barely even tapped it and it came off

surfaces of the valves and pistons have seen better days thats for sure


Cheers,
Chris

slight problem.. the head wont lift over it

the distributor gear which is attached to the cam gear has nowhere to go
do they seperate or am i just a master at failing simple tasks?


Chris

i didnt think it would be that easy.. will try that in the morning

Cheers

well i have everything out of the head including camshaft, but the sprocket wont come out.
i figured loosening the chain would get it off faster

also the sprocket doesnt go down enough for the chain to come off

Forgive me for making a new topic about this but my laptop (along with service manual) is gone.

I'm just trying to remove the head from my dead 2.6 and got stuck with the timing chain. Where do i find the tensioner and how do i loosen it?


Cheers,
Chris

I replaced the rear drivers window in my GJ when the weather strip part rusted out and snapped in half removed the winder handle, the arm rest and then bottom of the back seat to get to the bolts for the side of the back of the back seat (last bit probably not necessary in a GH) pretty much thats al...

At tafe we have a 3.5L rover V8 rearmounted in a suzuki mightyboy with a subaru AWD automatic transaxle gearbox hangin off the back directly linked to the rear wheels So.. I'm just gonna go out on a limb and say yeah its possible :lol: along with anything else if you can make it work many ways it ca...

hell no i wouldnt touch a holden v8 if you paid me! ford,chev,and mopar/HEMI cheers stealth 8-) Chev make all the V8's for holdens now don't they? or are you just referring to the older ones? Is it just me or is that a completely different motor with a turbo :? The 2 most common forced induction up...

RE: cardomain thinga

Why would anyone upgrade a 2.3 diesel... to a 2.5 diesel

Its still a diesel dammit

I can vouch for ratios in saying that wideblock jap's, narrowblock japs, and the narrow 4spd borgy are all the same. Only different with the borgy (in terms of ratios..) is that its missing a gear :mrgreen: What mitsubishi did to compensate for different engine power and towing capacity etc was diff...

How is there just no vent though? it must have been removed then glassed or bogged over and smoothed out before the awesome orange paint job went over

You're a lucky man with a machine like that

also the M6 onwards had a slightly downward pointing inlet face, right? I'm fairly sure someone (I think Stealth, but my memory sucks) said they always use M4 heads with turbo and get equal if not better results than the later M7, but M7 is preferred for N/A setups. I noticed a while back you can bu...

Must be a 2L scorp/sigma if you want a narrow, or its gonna be wideblock box

So mr aussiblue, what do you suggest for something more extreme? rolled or not, the centre of my tyre hits the front bottom corner of the wheel arch, the back will hit the mudguard with a little more lock too, and the tyre outside edge sits flush with the outside of the arch when pointing straight. ...

Easier option is trying to obtain fibreglass quarter panels/boot.. will still save a lot of weight but not as much as doors I imagine. Just the way doors are made would be difficult to replicate in fibreglass (unless only the outter shell was steel, and removable.. but I assume not) Fibreglass bonne...

No we don't have the gear, I got Dean to make me the cam in Wacol where he has the machinery..

At tafe we only have basic things, hence making crankshafts on a lathe

Ok so he is Ivan.. my bad :? But yeah, his son Dean teaches over half my classes at tafe here, travels down from Wacol (where the Cams business is) almost everyday. When I got him to make me a cam was when he said they've only ever made a few sigma ones, no more than a couple in the past 10 years Ca...

And it seems my Tafe teacher made that camshaft for him

I think before me he said they've only ever supplied cams to 2 or 3 other sigmas ever, and each time Dean was the one who made them, his father Ian (who is Ivan in that article ) didn't actually make any astron cams.

I understand the pulley changes the boost pressure, but roots blowers are positive displacement (no backpressure to slow them down) and higher rpm + closing the throttle would still cause a sudden pressure rise wouldn't it? ..And now I realise that only affects blow through as the butterflies are on...

For anyone wishing to try the bogan method: -Wipe oil and grease off rocker cover with an old dirty rag -Masking tape around the edge to avoid (obvious) overspray -Hurry up and paint with aerosol engine enamel while the weather is dry before it starts raining again -Take note it HASNT started rainin...

An alternate/cheap route to achieving that setup... Sigma Turbo crossover inlet manifold charger mounted above the exhaust headers (should be enough room.. just) Then a nice phat weber hangin off the back, or for the ultimate wankfactor - hangin through the bonnet with bright red butterfly valves on...

larger diametre wheels overall + lowering springs to compensate will definitely bring the tyre closer to hitting the guards. The offset of the rim plays a large role too, even on thin ones.. the offset can cause the wheel to either come in and hit the shocks, or poke out and hit the guard I personal...