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Postby MFaulks » Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:05 am

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Postby MFaulks » Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:39 am

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Postby clee » Fri Feb 04, 2011 8:32 am

:lol:

Trial run ,over zealous :lol:

Lots of work gone into that thing , which I for one am very grateful .
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Postby andy001 » Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:09 am

amazing work, well done martin. this is the kind of tuning i like to see those rocker covers look great love that colour :lol: when is it going to be on the road. 8)
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Postby MFaulks » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:28 pm

Thanks guys, appreciate your kind words. 8)

Andy, the car has been on the road, but now off with cylinder heads off... but not for long. Had some gasket issues at the rolling road day tail end of last year, pulled the heads, found the weakness and now finishing off a second set of heads with corrections. It's a 2.5ltr bottom end with the later 3ltr heads with mods...
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Postby MFaulks » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:41 pm

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Postby MFaulks » Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:49 pm

clee wrote:Lots of work gone into that thing , which I for one am very grateful .


My pleasure matey, the real satisfaction comes from seeing the results going into something, and really being used, and I know in my bones this is going to be a great year!
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Postby jon_viola » Sat Feb 05, 2011 1:55 am

Brilliant! I love how these things come to pass.

Long may it continue :D :D
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Postby Will » Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:56 am

Amazing! and I for one am reaping the benefits.

Good work Martin!
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Postby BIG_MVS » Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:03 am

Yes stirling work Mr Faulks, plus you are actually publically showing how it's done unlike others :roll:

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Postby PaulyA610 » Sat Feb 05, 2011 7:49 pm

That is some sterling work buddy, really like reading about this project. You know your stuff thats for sure, keep up the good work!
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Postby MFaulks » Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:19 pm

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Postby MFaulks » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:38 pm

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Postby MFaulks » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:37 pm

So finally for this week folks... work in progress, 2nd set of heads for quick rebuild. Plan is to finish them off next weekend and start rebuild of the motor... although the inlet valves may possibly get hijacked for a much more powerful motor in conjuction with :twisted: , took ages reprofiling and repeat testing first time round, and don't fancy doing it again... so may be this motor will have to accept some OE valves.. :wink:

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Postby BIG_MVS » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:50 pm

This looks familiar :wink:

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