scooter Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 well guys... heres my beast before i started rippin er apart... its a little different now... 3 inch blocks in the back and the bars loosened off... its got that mighty L16 in it with a weber.. the biggest downside to it though is its an automatic. Unfortunatly a couple months ago i had to park it because cops are assholes and want it to get a provincial inspection.. Now i dont feel like fixin every little tiny thing on it so i'm lookin for a parts truck with valid papers running or not... anyone else in here from southern bc? Quote Link to comment
Cuts metal like mad Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 ouch, L16 AND auto... that hurts. Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted October 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 the small tires and the low gearing hurt even more... i hooked up a tach to see what it was revvin on the highway... i discovered at my usual cruise speed the poor thing was doin 5000rpm.. its not bad on the highway with the auto but it seems like a slug out of the hole for sure Quote Link to comment
datsun dreamer Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Rear End Swap will do the trick:D! worked for me and Ol Yeller(Ron)! Post some more pictures of her lowered!! Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 '73 with auto means 4.88 gears. If you think it's slow off the line now I would'n change the gears. Oh wait, you're going with a KA24DE? Any standard tranny 620 from '74 through '78 will have 4.375. The KA should be able to handle a 4.11 as well. Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 i think if i went with a ka series motor i'd have to change the rear end.. i dont imagine a ka wouldnt wanna be at 5 grand all the time on the highway Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 ok boys some new pics... shocking lol the windshields just dirty. dirty on the inside too... unripped bench seat!!! dash is cracked though :( Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 allllllright some updates for ya... i was hopin to put a straight 6 in the beast but the motor never showed up.. ANYWAYS i just happened to score a set of SU carbs off a volvo a while back so i decided to fab up an intake for them.. its about half done allready, i just have to weld the flanges on. I also scored myself a "matchbox" distributor so that will be goin in also. the body work is slowly commin along so i hope i have it painted and rockin before the snow flies..... stay tuned for pics. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 12, 2008 Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 Glad the six is nix, better you don't try that. Got pictures of the manifold? (hint hint) I have a couple of old Volvo carbs and the fuel and float bowl is in the bottom... I never liked the external SU ones, they look cluttered. Well this takes care of the carbs now you need some cam for it. Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted November 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2008 well maybe i'll order a cam for it next payday haha... i'll take some pics tomorrow as theyre not exactly in front of me. its an L20 manifold that i cut up and i made flanges.. now i just gotta tig er' all up :) body wise i got about 2 hours tiggin into both fenders, fixed the taillight housings as they were beat to shit.. But i think i'm going to dump the original tail lights and lay some caddy ones in there flat... lol i love working at a scrapyard Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted November 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 look at this shit... theres only a couple issues right now.. one linkage to the carbs gonna be shorter than the other, and the bowl under the front carb is close to exaust manifold. SO i'm going to make some heat shields and wrap up the manifold.. that should keep the heat away.. i was shocked when i pulled off the stock intake manifold to see how awefully mismatched the intake ports were.. the stock intake is about 3/8 inch smaller diameter than the head ports.. which match up really well to my manifold made out of an l20 intake. i have a real good feeling that the carbs are a tad too big for the motor (its an L16) but at least if they work itll run till i put together an L20b... the motor theyre off was a 2 liter volvo... so it should be fairly close... tomorrow i'll take a picture of the inside of the manifolds as i gotta take em all apart again so i can put some actual gaskets in there.. and heat shields.. and do some other shit.. i should have it running tomorrow though :D oh and i have one of those elephant oil caps too :fu: Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 look at this shit... theres only a couple issues right now.. one linkage to the carbs gonna be shorter than the other, and the bowl under the front carb is close to exaust manifold. SO i'm going to make some heat shields and wrap up the manifold.. that should keep the heat away.. i was shocked when i pulled off the stock intake manifold to see how awefully mismatched the intake ports were.. the stock intake is about 3/8 inch smaller diameter than the head ports.. which match up really well to my manifold made out of an l20 intake. i have a real good feeling that the carbs are a tad too big for the motor (its an L16) but at least if they work itll run till i put together an L20b... the motor theyre off was a 2 liter volvo... so it should be fairly close... tomorrow i'll take a picture of the inside of the manifolds as i gotta take em all apart again so i can put some actual gaskets in there.. and heat shields.. and do some other shit.. i should have it running tomorrow though :D oh and i have one of those elephant oil caps too :fu: Nice intakes, will you run a balance tube between them? What about distributor vacuum advance? Those look like the ones I have with float in the bottom, much neater looking, but near the heat. I don't think they are too big but you will likely have to change the needles to tune the mixture. But once you get it dialed in you're good. The SU is a constant velocity carb, this means when you jam the throttle open it's not like a regular carb that will suddenly gulp a huge amount of air and stumble. It has no accelerator pump but instead changes the venturi size in relation to air flow through it. They are the coolest carb to work on. Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted November 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 yeah su's are like bike carbs.. pretty neat pieces of work. i'm going to see how it runs without a balance tube but i'll probibly end up putting one in anyway.... i'll see if i can get the first start up with those carbs today :eek: Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted November 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 fired it up last night... wow it actually works!! idles good and it revs up FAST now...lol i discovered the rear carb is leaking gas but thats about it :D Quote Link to comment
ariascarlos1990 Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 nice carbs. I wish I had a set. Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted November 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 the price was right too :D hey do su's count for a rising sun hood or is it dual webbers only? lol Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted December 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 so its been a bit here as i've been busy as fuck lately... anyways.. i finally got all the linkage together along with everything else under the hood... what great fun that was... After a little tweaking of the carbs the mighty L16 does smokeshows :D:D:D:D i'm happy as the driveability is about the same as the weber, except with no dead spot.. a little more low end torque and it sure comes alive now at higher rpm... Now all i need is a damn 4 speed and a cam!:blink: Quote Link to comment
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