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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5745 on: March 21, 2020, 10:40:03 AM »
Stainless and JohnBoy doing fine....

they told the imigration that they will follow a self isolation as they has rent something like an small RV and they are now on a tour...the last, they done the coast line in the south...

I'm in permanent contact with them via email and what's up.....

Pork Pie

Anybody heard from Stainless or Johnboy? Just wondering if they are still touring Australia in a motorhome. Sent a couple of text messages but no word back. There was some talk that the US government sent out a message that all US citizens return home from foreign countries or hunker down for the duration. That could be months.

John
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5746 on: March 21, 2020, 11:09:06 AM »
Good news and thank you, PorkPie.

John

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5747 on: March 21, 2020, 12:24:56 PM »
Stainless, posted an update on the "Lake Gairdner" forum.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5748 on: March 31, 2020, 07:14:47 AM »
No worries Mate... after 5 or 6 flight cancellations and changes we are due to be April Fools in the states.  It has been an adventure worthy of Grandchildren stories for our prodigy... at one point we were coming back maybe in May.  We have been self isolating on the Great Ocean Road, from south of Melbourne to Adelaide and then ran to the Victoria border when they announced they would close... and then back on the GOR to way east... stopped before we got too close the NSW and headed to Doc G.   I don't usually drink IPA, but Dr G makes one that seemed to stay down.... We hung out in his shed to not screw up his isolation and distancing requirements. 
Hey, it was an adventure, and we got to see a lot of Australia that we would not have seen if we had actually gone racing... 1700 pics later and ready to go home to isolate there.  I have plenty of car work to do so staying home will be easy.  Oh, did I mention Linda has a list started that includes paint the house if I run out of things to do....
Y'all stay healthy and safe, we are OK so far....
Stainless
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5749 on: August 10, 2020, 05:20:04 AM »
Oh, did I mention Linda has a list started that includes paint the house if I run out of things to do....
Y'all stay healthy and safe, we are OK so far....

She must know Corinne.
I've got the same list
G
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5750 on: August 25, 2020, 02:53:32 AM »
Happy 170th James!    :cheers:

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5751 on: August 25, 2020, 09:53:13 AM »
Long Birthday Celebration planned.... Ya got another 15 hours left here....
Happy Birthday Jimmy...  :cheers:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5752 on: July 10, 2021, 05:10:58 AM »
Not much going on here tonight

I need some bits if anyone can help
I'm looking for  a Pioneer front mount magneto drive for a chev
I found one on ebay in Michigan, but after my recent experiences with UPS, I'm reluctant
And an odd fire distributor for anything, jeep, buick, chev peugeot, renault, volvo
I'm going to put a distributor on the front of the v6 to eliminate one of the problems with the EFI
I've managed to blow the exhaust stack off Ian's dyno twice now, which has made me less than popular there.
G

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5753 on: July 10, 2021, 10:35:43 PM »
Next you'll be looking for a carb...

mmmmmm, carbs.
Few understand what I'm trying to do but they vastly outnumber those who understand why...................

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5754 on: July 11, 2021, 02:33:31 AM »
Not much going on here tonight

I need some bits if anyone can help
I'm looking for  a Pioneer front mount magneto drive for a chev
I found one on ebay in Michigan, but after my recent experiences with UPS, I'm reluctant
And an odd fire distributor for anything, jeep, buick, chev peugeot, renault, volvo
I'm going to put a distributor on the front of the v6 to eliminate one of the problems with the EFI
I've managed to blow the exhaust stack off Ian's dyno twice now, which has made me less than popular there.
G


I don't know how E-bay shipping works in Australia but the shipping from the UK to the US has been cheaper than I can ship items locally, delivery time is a whole different story but so far I have always received my items.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5755 on: July 11, 2021, 02:35:30 AM »
Next you'll be looking for a carb...

mmmmmm, carbs.


I suspect the only carbs you're interested in are the ones in your beer.   :cheers:

 Don

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5756 on: July 11, 2021, 10:30:53 AM »
I hate to bring this up, but don't y'all live in the country that makes the most/best aftermarket ECUs for racing engines?  I understand it is not an easy change, from distributers and carbs to EFI, but ... I was able to do it.... that means anyone can!
Your motor started life with EFI...
Drag your asses kicking and screaming into the current century  :cheers:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5757 on: July 11, 2021, 10:46:50 PM »
Drag your asses kicking and screaming into the current century  :cheers:

I'm not trying to beat you up, but I agree with Stainless, and I really think you're too far down the path to backpedal.

I get it, guys. When we started these damned projects, they were never ever to have gotten this complex, out-of-hand, out-of-bounds . . . or out-of-pocket.

But I really think the time, money, engineering and effort involved in moving to a magneto would be better spent on a different ECU.








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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5758 on: July 11, 2021, 11:22:53 PM »
So it has Motec ECU fitted to it with a Motec 14003 digital ignition. Ref and sync sensor fitted. Works great on the bench, not so good on the dyno.
So twelve coils and two ecu's later.....
I've been looking for a way to run it with a distributor so I can eliminate the ignition as the problem.
The front drive unit would allow me to run the MSD HEI thats in my workshop , because it doesn't fit down the back of the engine
 I hadn't planned to fit a carby as I really like the Hilbourn
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #5759 on: July 13, 2021, 06:14:48 AM »
12 coils, 2 ECUs and an unmentionable amount of the folding stuff...

The Albatross.
Few understand what I'm trying to do but they vastly outnumber those who understand why...................

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THE LUCKIEST MAN IN SLOW BUSINESS.