when I need parts here in quebec I must always get the stuff shipped ... there is 4 510 fading away behind a barn near my house but the old man there wont let them go or sell any parts .
would be a nice ride to go to the IPE one day , I'll let you know so we could take a couple pictures .
Man that would be torture, hopefully he changes his mind at some point. And definitely let me know! Mine should definitely be painted and everything by then.
Just got back from picking up my transmition and so far everything looks good! I'm super excited to get it installed just need all my other stuff now, If anyone notices anything off please let me know but fingers are crossed there's nothing
A few small updates, recieved my clutch master cylinder today, have a set of NOS flat top pistons on the way now and we finally got our garage approved so hopefully it'll be up before the winter. I do have one question though, with my plans for the built up l16 with bigger cam and the flat tops on the way what head should I be looking for? The highest octane I have available is 91so I know that'll limit the compression I can run but what would be best for my application?
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Non-US markets got L16SSS which had flat-tops and the peanut head, so compression isn't necessarily an issue. It is in something like the L20B, but you have another 3/4" of stroke over an L16, so lots more to squish.
Lots of compression ratio calculators online, just plug in numbers and see. I'd definitely look for a peanut head, though, even if you have to massage the combustion chamber shape slightly to get the comp ratio where you want it. The old-school books like How To Modify will have tons of information about stuff like this, as will DQ with the cylinder head guide and cylinder head modification articles.
Because when you spend a silly amount of money on a silly, trivial thing that will help you not one jot, you are demonstrating that you have a soul and a heart and that you are the sort of person who has no time for Which? magazine. – Jeremy Clarkson
For an A87, that looks to have had some work done. Intake ports at least have been ported to something like a Weber DCOE intake size. Exhausts even look larger than OE.
Because when you spend a silly amount of money on a silly, trivial thing that will help you not one jot, you are demonstrating that you have a soul and a heart and that you are the sort of person who has no time for Which? magazine. – Jeremy Clarkson
MCMLXXXV wrote:pictures of the head I was talking about
and here is the head marking so you can see it might have been shaved but still have a lot of meat
let me know if you want it
Sorry for the delay was away for work for a week and wasn't able to get on the internet. I'll definitely take it for that price, I'll PM you so we can work out payment and shipping.
Recieved my A87 head the other night (thanks MCMLXXXV) so hopefully I'll get that out to a machine shop soon to see if it needs anything. In other news the flat top pistons I ordered arrived and as I opened them I was greeted with the sight of 4 dished pistons....so they're getting sent back and the hunt for flat tops continues lol. I also have a 5 speed crossmember from Dave on the way so the 5 speed is just waiting on the garage to be finished up so I have somewhere to take it out. The disassembly should be started pretty soon if everything goes to plan.
I'm starting to get quite the collection of parts in my room.
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Well the garage is almost finished so no more sitting in the driveway for the old girl! Garage door and power should be in by the first of next week. In car related news I'm looking at picking up a cam soon, the current one I'm looking at is 540 lift and 300ish duration.
How did you shrink your 510? It looks like 1/2 scale.
Because when you spend a silly amount of money on a silly, trivial thing that will help you not one jot, you are demonstrating that you have a soul and a heart and that you are the sort of person who has no time for Which? magazine. – Jeremy Clarkson
Mine should definitely be painted and everything by then.
