253 question

[knight wombat]

well I got a 253 and auto the other week and im gonna put it in a Humber vogue

and just wanted to know what I should do to tuffen it up a little b4 i drop it in

any advice is appreciated

I don't have any experience with v8's so I don't really know where to start

[bogan_vk]

being a 60s english car id say it would be pretty tough as it is ,i mean chassis wise as they used alot thicker steel in those days. A mate of mine has got a datto 120y coupe (burnout car) that had a 308 auto in it and that wasnt strengthened and didnt break anything even had the 120y diff in it without breaking it.

[knight wombat]

i have no doubt ill blow the diff but yeah there pretty tuff little cars the way they where built
i also got told a hr disc front end will bolt straight in to

[knight wombat]

sorry only just clicked should of said the engine sorry

[ari666]

the usualy stuff, cam, intake manifold, extractors, heads (dont go bigger valve), compression etc.

[knight wombat]

this is the humber and the 253 its in a merc atm

[VR38]

I have alot of stuff, cam, lifters high performance gasket set etc etc from a still birth build if interested.

[ari666]

edit* never mind

[knight wombat]

I have alot of stuff, cam, lifters high performance gasket set etc etc from a still birth build if interested.

how much where you looking at for it all

[bogan_vk]

sorry only just clicked should of said the engine sorry

lol, the way it was worded i read it as you wanted to strengthen the car to cope with the v8.

[VR38]

New old stock St2 heatseeker cam and lifters to suit $150, new unopened High performance ACL gasket set (253 head gasket specific) $150 also have a very good clean non assembled red pollution heads $100, what else do you need?

[knight wombat]

New old stock St2 heatseeker cam and lifters to suit $150, new unopened High performance ACL gasket set (253 head gasket specific) $150 also have a very good clean non assembled red pollution heads $100, what else do you need?

what else do you have?? also if you got some more stuff what do you wont for the lot??
and where bouts are you located??

[soop]

Just go buy a 308 and be infront from the get go?

Do 253 fans drink lead laced water or something?

[knight wombat]

i dont mind the odd cup of lead
and soop if you dont have something useful to contribute to the thread
go jam you head back up your arse and dont waste your time posting

[soop]

Well you asked how to make the 253 better.
Drop it in the drink and stick a 308 in.

You wont make a 253 go as hard as a stock 308 would for the same money. All you'll do is rip the top of a piston.

[VR38]

Well you asked how to make the 253 better.
Drop it in the drink and stick a 308 in.

You wont make a 253 go as hard as a stock 308 would for the same money. All you'll do is rip the top of a piston.

Hahahaha ha... arhahahahahaha, oh oh he he arhahhhahahahahaha oha hahahaha.
Wanna bet soop????

Well said knight wombat.

[ari666]

got any pre pollution heads VR38?

*1 center bolt, no egr port

[VR38]

Yeah but not selling them sorry.

[ari666]

what good are ya then

[Jonno]

lol. soop u can make a tough 253. it just costs a shit load of money. my dad had a mint 1 in a hq wags

ari what year was the pre poultion heads on? like hq/hj/hz etc
cos i got some motors lying around man, (not the one that was sitting in the rain, haha)

[Blown V6 Hatch]

lol. soop u can make a tough 253. it just costs a shit load of money. my dad had a mint 1 in a hq wags

ari what year was the pre poultion heads on? like hq/hj/hz etc
cos i got some motors lying around man, (not the one that was sitting in the rain, haha)

LOL, that pretty much applies to any small engine really...

[VR38]

I can't seem to justify all this talk that it costs more, both 253 and 308, aside from pistons and rings and head gaskets, use ALL THE SAME PARTS.

FFS we are talking 55CID not 155...

Anyway not here to thread steel and argue who's got the bigger dick.