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2.5k for a magazine quality job. It had better be noteworthy at that price. I did a pretty decent job on my own and I have easily $500 in parts and pipe with custom hangers and reflective, SS heat-shielding. I could see spending at lot in labor with ALL the details well thought out and executed.

My 1975 Toyota Corona had a cast iron main case as well. I think most toyotas of that era used that tranny.

So, NESS89 is still wet behind the ears, in so many ways. You hit something NOT! in the middle of the road because you cannot 4uckinh=g drive. Go suck on your mommies boobies some more, then get back to us. I mean really, go home little boy.

The whole thing is fishy. It sure appears that he was street racing, which means he should be blackballed from this site. I don't want those neophyte, piss-ant, little ******* on here at all. If I see ANYONE street racing you are going DOWNTOWN! I will call your **** in INSTANTLY!

People make mistakes, keeping your attention where it should be is key to being a good driver. I train people on and off track to drive, there is no excuse for hitting something in the middle of the road. PERIOD! There is simply NO EXCUSE, as the law reflects this as well.

I have seen some nice rides destroyed on track. I always remember that it can hapen to my ride at any time I push the limits of man and machine on track. But... You hit a car in the middle of the road. I can see why the cops said you were at fault.

The TC24-B1 with chain drive suffered from the harmonic interaction between the cams driven by a single chain, with a single tensioner. A much better way of dealing with timing chain drive is to use a 2-stage chain drive where ONE cam is driven by the main chain, and the OTHER CAM is driven by a shorter(independently tensioned), chain between them. There is just not enough room in the front of the L-engine to allow original component placements in the engine bay with a 2-stage chain drive. Sooooo... The entire IDEA of this aftermarket attempt at cool-factor Zeta garbage is a waste of time. Put a cheap-rebuilt BMW M-50-L6 in there and you get a PROPERLY designed twin-cam engine, not a silly waste of aluminum and money.

I am only counting the interfaces that add up to total SLOP! most of the other engines you have shown have a lot of gears but not a lot of driven interfaces from crank to each cam. The bloody antique Cosworth V-8 needed an external valve-train damper to keep the teeth from breaking off the goofy gears. As I have clearly pointed out and you have confirmed; the wacky, OSG, L-engine, gear-drive is a workaround for form over function. There are good reasons for the gear drive over other possible designs. OIL is key, and easy compact design so that it works with most stock component placements. 1. A belt cannot run in the oil environment of the front cover. It is a harder workaround to "DRY OUT" the front cover for a synthetic, organic belt drive, or to move the drive further forward, outside the front cover. 2. A twin-cam, 2 stage, chain drive requires multiple tensioners usually driven by oil pressure. The hardware and plumbing to tension a wet, twin-cam, chain drive would be a lot bulkier and more external than allowable due to the target market demands. 3. The gear drive is compact, fits within the footprint of the original design, and is a wacky, goofy, trouble-prone, compromise at best.

5 from crank to cam on an antique design. I am describing the number of interfaces that have clearances that add to inaccuracies and can also cause harmonics. If the gear-to-gear tolerances are 4x as accurate as a chain then the design is worse; considering there are 6x as many gear-to-gear interfaces. This could be argued in several ways but I set upon this 4x/6x example to show the uselessness of your assertions without real data or even accurate descriptions of differences between systems. I would assert that a belt is a better way for a lot of reasons.

The Peugeot V8 has only 4 interfaces, and those Chevy V8 setups only have 2. 6 interfaces is excessive and represents a workaround at best.

In most cases, The capacitor attaches to the negative side of the coil. The capacitor(condenser) does more than just noise suppression. It helps to collapse the magnetic field faster and slightly increases spark potential.

Gold is the best heat reflector. Lol... Gold plate the entire underside of the car then buy gold foil and ceramic heat barrier to add even more layers.

There are 6x gear to gear interfaces in the cam drive. How in the hell do they expect to keep that from getting sloppy FAST.

You might need to replace those check valves with a higher quality Ford, or Toyota replacement part. The check valves in the kit are terrible, nothing like the free flow and complete check that the nicer valves have. Those things are often stuck nearly closed and never actually seal in the other direction. A good valve will flow freely in one direction and check completely with little pressure to seat.

The 327 has a forged bottom end from the factory.

I can't wait to see it. Mine is front heavy with the iron heads and iron waterpump.

Wild guess... The splined hub has broken or is installed backwards and is blocking any movement of the diaphram spring.

The front suspension is virtually the same. The BMW uses boomerang shaped front lower control arms instead of the short arms and TC rods the Datsun uses. I think the BMW boomerangs put more lateral twisting forces on the frame-rails.

Well.. You just considerably improved it's value. That's for sure.

I would like to join in again in that project.

I do like that spoiler. Post up some picks of the new F.I. system.....

Everything HS30-H said rings true and are the first impressions with anything like this. I am hoping that the completed car will be fantastic and the parts will work well. I would love to hear all about how it compares, favorably or not. This is a wonderful project and I am glad for the experimentation and interest from this community.

The race car u-joints use a much larger dia. hollow tube-shaft. If you are setting up a race car they take a lot of the "springy" feel out of the steering.

shipping doors or door skins to 27513 USA.???

My 245 wide tires hit the flares at the outer most lip. I need wider flares.