Australian Belly Tank

[Reverend Hedgash]

To the point of damage of the rocker itself not the engine I believe.

I just received a message from the Colonel who is at day two of the dyno now,  "Getting there."

Not one to be accused of word excess is our Graham, but a sign of hope.

Dik

[Tman]

Hoping for the best.....................and freakin video!?

[Dr Goggles]

meanwhile back at base camp the hilarity continues....................... getting a car with 1inch ride height onto a beaver tail truck is a curly one, I am now making a second roller to allow the car to roll over the point where the deck angle changes..... I'm sure there's other stuff to do....

[Reverend Hedgash]

Can't we use ramps to the beaver?

d

Nice Beaver!
Frank Drebin R.I.P.

[Stainless1]

do you have a lift point on one end or the other?  A good floor jack might be the easy mover.  Will it load backward easier?  Ya know it is hard to kibitz from 15 hours (time zones) away....

[Reverend Hedgash]

Latest news on our forum from our webmaster:

Just got off the phone to Cled (DLRA President) they have done a lake inspection with the Native Title representatives this morning and unfortunately news is not good.

The film crew that was using the lake last week did not use our platforms as was previously reported.
They have caused considerable damage surface just off the edge of the ramp.
Also the surface from the edge of the lake is very sandy out for about 100 metres.

There has been about 25 mm of rain over the last couple of days and the forecast is for more rain in the coming days. It is currently overcast at the lake.

There will be another track inspection on Thursday morning.

I will be staying in contact with Cled each day to provide further updates.

Now its not my stomach... it's my heart that is sinking...

[Dr Goggles]

A good floor jack might be the easy mover.

I dropped it off the hi-lift jack yesterday, the damage is minimal but I need to put a few screws into the tail as it ripped the mounts for the chute bucket....Who'd have thought it would be so hard to get ANYTHING onto a tow-truck...... I didn't run through it but figure the fix is to get the car on the ramps and then pick it up with the A frame, then fix the ramps to the A frame legs with a cross piece and pull it on from there....

Yesterdays injury came courtesy of a frayed wire on the winch cable,now I dunno where the previous owner had had that cable but gee it got infected fast...

10pm a text came through from the Colonel , 284.3 hp@ 5500.

That's enough  for the 200...............there's just a few small issues in the mean time.

[Milwaukee Midget]

Okay - running the new cam or the old one?  Are the rockers Grummy had squirreled away adjustables, and are those the ones he used?

284@5500.  I know you don't want to use it up on the dyno, but with those heads, I'm thinking there's more upstairs.

Let not the "R" word be spoken.

Thanks for the update.

[Dr Goggles]

 new cam , he put in rocker studs so he could set the rockers..... yeah, there's more "up stairs" I would have thought....

[Dr Goggles]

It's still on the dyno. The Colonel said they've seen 300hp, and 6600rpm......we need 6700-800 for the 200. The injectors I'd bought were , in the Colonel's words "rubbish"..............

It broke a stud yesterday.

It now has posi-locks guide plates and cast rockers which are a worry, I'll need to locate some spares.


Back to the shed , currently burning the powder coat off the jack base which bent yesterday so I can weld it to reinforce it.......

[Dr Goggles]

Just got a sheet ,

311.2hp@6300,  274.5 ft/lb@5300

....and it's still in one piece

[Reverend Hedgash]

To put that in perspective the engine stock is specified to be 168HP.... I think we have an improvement on the old girl!

d

[Milwaukee Midget]

[Dr Goggles]

[Tman]

311 is impressive guys, good luck!