bfhoon
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Hi Everyone
Long story short I have a vk with a hq 308 red motor in it. It was an ex turbo blo thru turbo but Ive bought it minus the turbo.
Bit of a background
Red 308 hq motor
red heads pre pollution
750 holley vac secondary
torque power single plane hi rise manifold
straight cut timing gears
gilmer belt driven
Unknown if it has a cam probably
Crane Hi 6 fireball ignition system with lx coil
4 speed m21
4.11 diff gears.
Runs heaps fuelly in my garage it stinks the place out.
I did a compression test and got the below results I did it with the engine warm and all the plugs out
Cylinder
1. 145 psi
2. 125 psi
3. 150 psi
4. 125 psi
5. 115 psi
6. 120 psi
7. 115 psi
8. 125 psi
Ive set te initial timing pretty high about 20 degrees and tuned up the carb the best I can. The best ever vacuum reading I can get is 11-10 hg it bounces around a bit. The motor shakes a tad but nothing heaps serious. Am I wasting my time getting a smaller carb and would my compression results be indicative of a shaly motor. I have a pcv breather catch can and you can see it smoking after the cars been driven and sometimes while idling. I know the compression results arent the best but I didnt think they were all that bad either.
Long story short I have a vk with a hq 308 red motor in it. It was an ex turbo blo thru turbo but Ive bought it minus the turbo.
Bit of a background
Red 308 hq motor
red heads pre pollution
750 holley vac secondary
torque power single plane hi rise manifold
straight cut timing gears
gilmer belt driven
Unknown if it has a cam probably
Crane Hi 6 fireball ignition system with lx coil
4 speed m21
4.11 diff gears.
Runs heaps fuelly in my garage it stinks the place out.
I did a compression test and got the below results I did it with the engine warm and all the plugs out
Cylinder
1. 145 psi
2. 125 psi
3. 150 psi
4. 125 psi
5. 115 psi
6. 120 psi
7. 115 psi
8. 125 psi
Ive set te initial timing pretty high about 20 degrees and tuned up the carb the best I can. The best ever vacuum reading I can get is 11-10 hg it bounces around a bit. The motor shakes a tad but nothing heaps serious. Am I wasting my time getting a smaller carb and would my compression results be indicative of a shaly motor. I have a pcv breather catch can and you can see it smoking after the cars been driven and sometimes while idling. I know the compression results arent the best but I didnt think they were all that bad either.