ricky.chuckles
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Hey guys and gals i need some advice.
I have just acquired a TK Bedford truck. Yeah ok its not a commodore but it has a 308 in it.
Having driven it, the engine is fairly healthy, makes alot of noise but doesn't have a lot of power/torque
The old girl weighs about 3 ton empty and its never going to carry much more than a car.
The engine has to come out so i can restore the old girl, so a rebuild is in store.
As far as i can find out off the previous owner, the engine is a virgin bore turbo pattern block.
So where do i go with this engine? 355 stroker? Turbo? Blown?
I will be building it myself. i want good torque from approx 2000rpm and it wont be revved much higher than 5000rpm.
I was thinking along the lines of either a standard stroke engine or a 355 with good rods and pistons, vn heads, ebay TO4 turbo running 6psi through a blow through carby.
I'm even open to going straight lpg because space for tanks isnt a problem.
Any advice would be great thanks
I have just acquired a TK Bedford truck. Yeah ok its not a commodore but it has a 308 in it.
Having driven it, the engine is fairly healthy, makes alot of noise but doesn't have a lot of power/torque
The old girl weighs about 3 ton empty and its never going to carry much more than a car.
The engine has to come out so i can restore the old girl, so a rebuild is in store.
As far as i can find out off the previous owner, the engine is a virgin bore turbo pattern block.
So where do i go with this engine? 355 stroker? Turbo? Blown?
I will be building it myself. i want good torque from approx 2000rpm and it wont be revved much higher than 5000rpm.
I was thinking along the lines of either a standard stroke engine or a 355 with good rods and pistons, vn heads, ebay TO4 turbo running 6psi through a blow through carby.
I'm even open to going straight lpg because space for tanks isnt a problem.
Any advice would be great thanks