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xelisty what size turbo is that on the vine manifold ?thankyou for your pic's,i live not far from where mike vines is,maybe i should take a trip there and see whats on offer.

yes thats them,thanks for your time to explain the manifolds,what about the mike vine crossflow intakes there seems to be quite a lot of different ones as well,some for efi and blow threw.

today on e bay i see 2 new types of turbo manifolds for crossys and others hand made in tassie,anyone else seen them ?

yeah i already have my engine still in the car a 82 alloy head 2,im just collecting bits because they are hard to find around here.

yesterday when i was wondering around the wreckers i started looking in old dark places in the shed and i found 2 alloy heads 1 was e1 and the other was different again probly a later type,i will grab these next week ,one of them had the efi rocker cover still on it ,he wont want much for them so i might start collecting bits for future builds,there is plenty of EF falcons there i might try and see if i can get a crankshaft as well to suit the later crossy block.

where can you buy a turbo exhaust manifold for a crossy,and what would be the optimum turbo these days ? the xr 6 garrett ? ,ive done plenty reading on the original AIT set ups,ive also looked at the weiand 144 blower set up,and a 4/71 drive system.

I also remember seeing a crossy with 265 or 245 chrysler rods many years ago,i suppose people were doing this before the acl short piston was available.

i wonder did they have the same length rod as the 200 with just a longer stroke on the crank ? i remember throwing one in a metal recycle skip about 20 years ago lol i thought it was out of an xt falcon.

ok good info,thanks,concerning crank and rod combo's,has anyone ever used the 221 c.i set up ,i have no idea's about rod length on this motor,just thought i would throw that one in for good measure?

so what roller lifters actualy fit ? or do you have to mod the comp cam ones ,is there really a huge difference in power between a big solid and roller cam ?Yeah i read a thread on here about the sump mods ect,,, very interesting,and the ef crank thing.

what about cleveland or windsor ?

ok why big block ? are they longer to sit in the lifter bore ? i just got on the tighe website wow some serious solids and the roller is semi finished to gring whatever your spec is,may i ask how much your cam was ?just had a look at the presecion pistons ,there are heaps of them from 5cc to 30cc,but some have the 1.547 pin and some have 1.478 are these the 200 rod pistons ?

yes wagoon the crossy has the same rockers,i have built several clevelands including this pillow-block thats going into the xe soon.

ok,where do you get this nice roller cam for the engine ? i have read somewhere that big block roller lifters will fit ?

ok so what cc would my stock pistons be ,i think i meant c2 head not e2.

see the thing is i just spent 12 months building a 357 c.i cleveland for my xe and have a fmx as well to go in,i never thought i would get interested in the crossy thats in it,its a low km engine mid 82 alloy head 2 and it goes really well ,so when it comes out i plan to spend some bucks on it to hot it up for drags and fun,if i can find a corty or xd xe xf to play with thats the idea,i have a friend who owns and runs a machine shop,and he is keen to help me do up this crossy,so all the info i can get is really appreciated guys,what flat tops are still available for the 4.1 all i have been able to find is keith black flat-tops,im sure the factory pistons will have some dish in them so i want to bump up the comp,zero deck it,mill the head and try for around 10.5.1. or more. i think i have the e2 head leaded 1982.

so the 6-3-1 extractors,3x1/2 exhaust, should be enough for a wild crossy build,what is the max these engines will put out once sorted,320-350hp ? i have read a lot on here the last few months,seems the go is a big crow or camtech,roller rockers,aussie speed manifold and 4 barrel 600 vac or pumper,and exhaust,i think i read somewhere a full street trim xe or xf runs a 11 sec quarter ? is this true.

ok cheers,has anyone ever tried a dual exhaust on a 6cyl i have seen a few in the old days on xc's and others.

ok what is 6-3-1 ?

ok i didnt no that,cheers,what about if building a more powerful n/a crossy,would you go for the average set of extractors or go straight for a nice set of pacemaker or aussie speed type ,at the moment i have a 2x1/4 o.d with std exhaust manifold,i was thinking of 2x1/2 or 3 inch single,i will be running a 600vac,aussie speed 4 barrel manifold,larger cam ect ect,

Nice shower of rain here before so i headed out to the hill to test the lsd and when i got there a few others had the same idea as me,i was surprised at first as it was gripping hard ,meaning the lsd was working good,then a lot more gas and sideways she goes.

yes in drive ,definatly from the centre,i havent tried putting it in nuetral and coasting but i will tomorrow.

magic penrite 80-140w sounds good,i might give that one a go.

yes 3.27 gears matching,its possible the gears are making the noise ?,or the pinion bearing,but its not that annoying as it was before,only the trained ear would pick it up,i took it for half an hour drive so ? does anyone no where i can buy a magic wond .

well its better ,but still a little noisy,so im giving up at this stage,dont no what else it could be so thats it untill i change gears down the track to maybe 3.9 then i will get it fully sorted.