Humpty Dumpty AKA "Firenzo"
This whole process began at the close of BFI last year. I don't know who remembers, besides Tony, but on the drive out I had overheating issues. This issue were just sign of things to come, more over-heats, and eventually a blown head gasket.
More back story: My older brother is a former X head and before he junked his car back in 87 he stripped it of it's dual carb intake, ported and polished head and header. This all worked to my benefit because he stored the parts for the last 20 years and gave them to me no charge.
So what did I do when life "ah-hem, Firenzo" gave me lemons, well I decided to make lemonade. I put the engine upgrades as priority, and have done without Firenzo while I've been waiting for all the parts to come together.
Now here I am, almost a year later, and it's time to get things back together. Hopefully to drive to BFI again this year.
The stats:
PBS cast aluminum intake
Rebuilt twin DCNF 36s - rebuilt by alfasport
Ported and Polished 1300 head. Welded up the combustion chambers to yield a 9.5:1 compression ratio. Big valves, Vicks high performance springs, and a PBS S2 cam grind - work done by John Edwards at Costa Mesa R&D.
Vicks header - my bro lost the collector for his header so I splurged.
Stainless replacement water tank from Papa Tony - my rusty old steel water tank was the cause of all my headaches.
Now let's see if the wife and work will let me get away enough to put it all together in time for BFI?
This whole process began at the close of BFI last year. I don't know who remembers, besides Tony, but on the drive out I had overheating issues. This issue were just sign of things to come, more over-heats, and eventually a blown head gasket.
More back story: My older brother is a former X head and before he junked his car back in 87 he stripped it of it's dual carb intake, ported and polished head and header. This all worked to my benefit because he stored the parts for the last 20 years and gave them to me no charge.
So what did I do when life "ah-hem, Firenzo" gave me lemons, well I decided to make lemonade. I put the engine upgrades as priority, and have done without Firenzo while I've been waiting for all the parts to come together.
Now here I am, almost a year later, and it's time to get things back together. Hopefully to drive to BFI again this year.
The stats:
PBS cast aluminum intake
Rebuilt twin DCNF 36s - rebuilt by alfasport
Ported and Polished 1300 head. Welded up the combustion chambers to yield a 9.5:1 compression ratio. Big valves, Vicks high performance springs, and a PBS S2 cam grind - work done by John Edwards at Costa Mesa R&D.
Vicks header - my bro lost the collector for his header so I splurged.
Stainless replacement water tank from Papa Tony - my rusty old steel water tank was the cause of all my headaches.
Now let's see if the wife and work will let me get away enough to put it all together in time for BFI?
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