Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Lynn Eades]

Hi Tony, Good to see you back.
No doubt this stuff will be giving you a certain amount of relief.
I see your wallet has been relieved as well.
The rumour mill suggests you might want to put a spare coil in your truck to back up the Macs coil. Another suggestion from the Fordbarn, is a New (not NOS) condensor from Napa rather than Macs. No personal experience or bitch, just my perception of the general feeling, on those two items.

[Little Jo]

Hi Tony

Good to see you back on deck again. I have missed following you posts. Keeping busy is the bust therapy and I am sure that is what your family would want you to do. Welcome back.

Cheers

Tony

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Another suggestion from the Fordbarn, is a New (not NOS) condensor from Napa rather than Macs. No personal experience or bitch, just my perception of the general feeling, on those two items.

Lynn,
Tony will not need a condenser with electronic ignition

Tony,
Good to see you back. I enjoy reading your restoration progress.

regards, Richard

[Lynn Eades]

Richard, Thankyou. Some of us have kept up, and some of us have been left behind.

[Private_collector]

Hello gentlemen. Good to be back. My late Brother always had an afinity for the muscle cars of the 60s and 70s. He had, amongst other cars, a Monaro of the first body shape, a HQ Monaro LS, and a Valiant Hemi Pacer. Those vehicles are now worth tens of thousands of $$$, even in average condition. When my Brother had em, they were just your average second hand cars. Why am I telling you this? Simple. The truck I am building in Dads honour, the engine is gonna get a little bit of a tweak, just like Darryl would have done.

The information supplied with the electronic ingition identifies that the module is compatable with "resisted style coils", and says that 8 cylinder engines require a minimum of 0.6 ohms of resistance. Using an ohmmeter, you attach the leads to both pos. and neg. terminals to test if reading is over 0.6 ohms. If so, thats fine. If not, then I need another coil..........apparently. There is a recommendation for a specific coil, if it comes to that point, but a ballast resistor would work also. It would be a lot bloody cheaper too! I will do that test tomorrow morning.

All that technology stuff goes over my head mostly, but I look forward to working it out. With help.

I had an unexpected visit this afternoon, from a member of the Gympie historic vehicle club. He arrived in his 1930 Ford. He is coming back tomorrow to take some photos to show the other club members. I have been encouraged to join. He also gave me contact details for a guy he knows that has six or seven Flathead crankshafts for sale. That info is about 4 weeks too late unfortunately! Mine must be just about here by now. Difference being, mine will be in better condition, I guarantee. Damn site dearer I expect too.

[hrpearce]

4 barrel holley, Tony you sound like my collage mates from WA. They would spend all morning adjusting the carbys then drive into Orange and put their cars on a dyno to see who had tweaked theirs the best

[Ganmain Tony]

Glad to hear youre into it again Tony,

A question, the supplier of your new water pumps is???

If its not too rude a question... how much did they cost?

[Private_collector]

Hey Tony,

The supplier was FlatAttack Racing Products, in South Australia. Here: http://www.flatattackracing.com/
They cost $390 for the pair, including shipping in Australia.
Contact is Mike Davidson. Good guy to deal with!

You might buy cheaper, but they won't be better.

And by the way, Robert, i'm nothing like those guys you spoke about. I have never been to Orange!