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Hi Don,

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Thanks for the words of encouragement. Still a long way to go before it is drivable, certainly looking forward to that moment.

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From your comments it certainly looks like you have a 8000-9000 rpm engine, and yes, more wear will take place as the engine speed increases. It sounds like you are happy to leave it as is and race another year. Makes sense to me. What you can do is keep an eye on the engine vent/catch tank. As the rings start to go it will pressurize the engine, thereby blowing more oil out the vent hose.

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The 'stock' twin cam is similar here in NZ. Not many run on OE parts. A lot now run datsun steel cranks. There is a real assortment of engine specifications. A mixture of later 1600 stroke cranks, 1600 Ford blocks. And some that run the L block with the longer stroke crank, twin cam rod, and forged pistons. The most reliable engines seem to be the ones with 83.5mm bore, and cams in the 6000 to 7500 range. Oh, and driver. One friend has manged to go through three engines in one car for various reasons.

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I will post some pictures. At the moment I'm busy making the swirl pot and trying to work out how they were mounted. Every car I see photos of looks different in the detail. I am also trying to see the detail of the tube work up by the pedals on the radiator side. I think a few tubes are missing. I have already removed the front alloy panel to lower the pedals so have the golden oppertunity to add the tubes if neccessary. I am also trying to work out how the fuel tank located behind the seats was mounted. I have decided to double panel the?cockpit sides (to increase chassis stiffness). Before I do this I want to get all the brackets there. I also can not work out how the fuel pump and filter were bracketed in the lower left of the engine bay.

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Thanks,

Martin.?

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