Don't ever agree to do this.....VENTING

[Jackpine]

Originally Posted by soutthpaw

oh just for and here is a couple pics of that engine I mentioned above


this is it all pretty before I windowed it..... cant find the after pic right now

That's a pretty sexy pushrod design, soutthpaw! I imagine you got a bunch of power with it! (How the hell did it not just break?)

- Jack

[soutthpaw]

its an 84 toyota 3AC engine at like 62HP but I ported and polished the heads intake and exhaust... I don't think it can develop enough HP to break a rod. Made a nice window in the block though......

[Power Hungry]

The 3AC was not nearly as sexy as the old 2TC and 3TC engines in the late '70s Corollas. THOSE were screamers with a set of Weber side drafts.


Talk about fun!

My other favorite Jap "box" car, Mazda RX4 with a 13B and a Weber 48 IDA carb. With extend port work, those things were AWESOME! Add a little nitrous and you had a car that would eat a big block for lunch. Heck, who needs Apex Seals anyway?

Of course, no list would be complete without the Opel Manta. Fun, fun, fun no matter how you slice it.

[cleatus12r]

Well, the truck's been gone since Monday morning and I have yet to hear back about it......... Yet.


It's something I don't want to work on again. I guess unless it's ball joints or something not related to the transmission or engine.

[John Anderson]

Finally finished up my customer's Mustang project too. I guess the dyno/tuning at the end of the project has made up for all the grief. We didn't put the smaller pulley on for reliability reasons till it is safely back in Florida. At 8 psi it is laying down 455 hp at the wheels. Test drives working out some part throttle issues have been fun.

[88Racing]

Originally Posted by Power Hungry

The 3AC was not nearly as sexy as the old 2TC and 3TC engines in the late '70s Corollas. THOSE were screamers with a set of Weber side drafts.


Talk about fun!

My other favorite Jap "box" car, Mazda RX4 with a 13B and a Weber 48 IDA carb. With extend port work, those things were AWESOME! Add a little nitrous and you had a car that would eat a big block for lunch. Heck, who needs Apex Seals anyway?

Of course, no list would be complete without the Opel Manta. Fun, fun, fun no matter how you slice it.

Well your are getting close to the car I used to drive in scca. It was a rx3 with 2 13b's bolted together and with a holly 600 dp each. We had to add lead weights in the back to keep the rear from sliding all over. Our mazda's weakest links were the water pump and the altenator. Back in the early 90's no one really designed and made high rpm compenents for this set up. During a race we consistantly were in the 9K-11k rpm area. Those rotary's sure could take it.
LOL's
Lars

[cleatus12r]

Three months it's been gone and I haven't heard back from the guy so I guess he either hasn't driven it at all since he picked it up or he sold it.

[907DAVE]

Or it's been working perfect, though its nice to hear that from a customer since usually all you hear is when it's not.

[BlackSTX]

Originally Posted by cleatus12r

Three months it's been gone and I haven't heard back from the guy so I guess he either hasn't driven it at all since he picked it up or he sold it.

Sometimes that sort of silence is the best!
I know from experience, some people can be the pickiest, finding fault with imaginary problems, and others could have a serious complication and be the most understanding and patient person you could think ever existed.
Hopefully everything is just working fine, and the guy understands that rebuilds are not always just like a brand new factory engine and appreciates/understands that fact.

[Power Hungry]

Lars,

How difficult is it to clock the crankshaft so you have a true 12 cylinder? One of things I always wondered about.