The V8 Owners Forum -

Hi, A friend of mine used to own up until recently a Humber Hawk with a Big Block Chevy and a 700R4 behind it, if you are interested I can try to find out more info.

Hi James, the Holley "red top" is a good pump and will keep up with the demands of a 3.9 with ease, it is a noisy pump though even when sitting on rubber mounts, its around the £100 mark if my memory serves me correct, I hope this helps.

I can second that... PDM know there onoins !!
Koopsterman

Back in the day.... the Eliminator coupe must have been doing a tour of some Ford dealerships as it was advertised in our local paper at the time so I went along to Perrys in Southend on sea and not only got to see the car up close and personal but a kind salesman who saw my obvious interest in the ...

As Dave said above !!

Just had a look on ebay and there is a blue one and a white one on there from the same place at 20 and 25 quid - but alas no green one !
Regards
Ian

Thanks Tony, as I am not using a cat I would think the green one would be the one to go for ?
Its all a bit of mystery though as I cant grasp how a resistor fuels the engine under various load conditions !
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Ian

Thanks for the replies guys - now I have some direction !
Koopsterman

Thanks again Kiwicar - advice taken on board and appreciated, I have re-jetted the carb allready - follwed the advice from Sidecar in his article on down jetting the Eddy for smaller engines than five litres.
Regards
Koopsterman

Thanks for the reply kiwicar, the engine is a 3.9 Rover with a Huricane cam, Edelbrock inlet and carb, 1.5" headers and EDIS. When the truck is done it will be a frequent driven hotrod with maybe the odd trip to North Weald airfield. From the info you gave me I`m still a little unsure what is what. ...

Can anyone shine any light on the pros and cons of phenolic carb spacers ? Assuming there is enough room would two inch be better than one inch ? Is an open plenum better or worse than four holes ? I know it all probably depends on the type of use the engine will see and what other bits it has insid...

Can anyone tell me if there is an alluminium sump from another (later) RV8 that will fit my 3.5 P6 ?
And if so, where would I get one from ? does anyone have one ?

Koopsterman

Can anyone give me advice on the correct engine oil for my 350 small block ?, it has the full Edelbrock Performer RPM treatment, and makes around 400bhp, could I use synthetic ? such as Mobil 1 or similar ?
Koopsterman

Thanks guys, thats just what I wanted to hear, I will push on with that idea now,by the way,it will be going in a Devon pick-up.
Koopsterman

I have seen a car with the brake servo under the front seat, and would like to go that route myself, can anyone shed any light on the maximum distance it can be from the manifold,pipe diameter etc.
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koopsterman