Very good.

Just who the hell has the patience for all that polishing? I'd love to meet them.....

ive done a couple, first one took 10 hours...... 2nd one took about 8 hours.

also did a BBM... about 16 hours total, never again !!!!

looking good ben!!

so if a cams on the list next let me know if you want a hand?

that looks great Ben, do you have a BBM to match on the way?

mmmm. polishy goodness

Yeah- I know you bloody did Mr Montman... Your engine bay photos were what started me on the whole polishing track. Spent three frustrating hours on the rocker cover and another half hour on the BBM. Looked at rocker cover, looked at the BBM, looked at rocker cover, looked at BBM, shook head, threw arms in the air and took the whole lot to the local sand blaster instead!

Love the polished BBM's and all that, just don't think I'll ever own one

The BBM is letting the bling down Benj. A can of that "brushed alloy" paint would fix it!!!

nice, I got me one of those in my EL...



came with the car so I saved myself the agravation of doing it myself...

anyone want to polish my bbm and fuel rail?

You put in an XR6 standard cam?!

I got one for sale which come out of the "TEL" engine... Offered it for $66, no one bought it.... Is it worth selling for $60?

Is there enough of a difference to make it worthwhile for someone to buy?

Thought it would be a seller at $60! Ah well... Sad. Could have done with some cash back!

Had a busy day today.

Was at the airport by 8.30 to send my Wife over to Perth for a week, as her birthday present this year.

Got home by 10.30 and started ripping the front off the car. Installed the A/C Condensor (finally) so I can get the Air Con gassed.

Then HP Hungry arrived to assist with a cam change. We had been planning to install an RPD R6 cam, but HP found out the STD valve springs are not suitable. Instead I decided to install an EL XR6 cam that I have had in the garage for a few months. The cam swap went without a hitch, and there were no rattles at startup.

Seat of the Pants testing tells me there is a subtle increase in the mid to high rev range. The exhaust sounds a bit throatier too.

Now, I would not recommend spending good dollars on and then installing an XR6 cam as a worthwhile performance upgrade on it's own. In my case, I already have the EL Ghia ECU with Tickford maps, the Tickford 300kpa Fuel Pressure Reg, improved inlet, and extractors and exhaust. This was for me a natural progression and culmination of small incremental changes, which when done get the most out of a standard engine.

Other things done today were the XH tensioner removed, and the EL one installed. This necessitated moving the A/C pump from it's Log manifold location and I lifted it up to the BBM location. While I was at it, I cleaned up the EL tensioner with the dremel, and the BBM Vacuum actuator. The power steering pump bracket also got cleaned up while it was off for the cam change. I also installed the EL belt cover, to provide a better balance of colour to the engine bay.

Anyway, enough bable. A couple of pics.




Cheers
BenJ

looking good ben

Coming along nicely I must say.

what sort of mileage are you getting out of the gas now ben?

Thanks Guys!



Well I have only put one tank through since the reconfiguration, and I got 380kms out of it, with mixed heavy foot driving HEHE. And at under $30 a tank of LPG, it makes for an economical daily driver for doodling around town. Switching to Petrol provides an immediate improvement in throttle response and outright grunt, but with the Mixer in the intake it is not as good as it is on stand alone Petrol. But am working on fixing that.

Cheers
BenJ

I am having no issues with mine and mine is lower and the shield may just touch the extractors but like i said no problems !

This is an old photo with the stock so you can picture extractors

By {DESCRIPTION} at 2009-07-02

Didn't know this.. but by law in WA (dunno about over east) if you have extractors on a gas car, you must have a heat shield installed, but it can't touch the exhaust.. the shield must be fixed to the body of the car and be at least 10mm from any part of the gas setup..

I found that out because I had to fabricate one to get my car over the gas inspection.