Thor1950
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Cadillac 429 rebuild
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Thor1950
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Did not know you were gifted with a multi axis cnc machine with a big block of aluminum
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We've got three of them at uni.......
But you don't even need that on the 429......its just a series of smooth flows up to the carb seeing as the old inlet manifold is a cast piece of iron
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so how you going to make it
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with stainless steel and ingenuity
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OK this i want to see
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do you doubt him then??
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course he does.....he just loves being smug and hoping that I fail
i'm sure you will prove him wrong then.
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i'm sure you will prove him wrong then.
Just wait and see
need to make up some blanking plates too for the EGR bits as I'm not having no recycled gasses going back into the engine
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Just wait and see
yes i think you can do it,just get it done now.
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yes i think you can do it,just get it done now.
Gotta wait for the new head gaskets to arrive
but they should be here soon enough!
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Gotta wait for the new head gaskets to arrive
ok,well stop dickin aboot and get on with it laddie.
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ok,well stop dickin aboot and get on with it laddie.
I cant do anything til at least wednesday
they wont be posted til monday morning!
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I cant do anything til at least wednesday
bloody excuses,start measuring up etc.
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no point until the heads are in place we've made a start on the exhaust manifolds though
we've made a start on the exhaust manifolds though
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no point until the heads are in place
up to you.pics when they are done though.
no point until the heads are in place
yes there is..you could be making up the inlet flanges..
now..why not while you doing inlet manifold make one to take a super charger??...oe make it to take fuel injection and run megasquirt??sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
much better than a crap old carb...(which you could easy sell)
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ur up as late as me lol
