Recent content by blownhemi

So I took the ute on a massive roadtrip recently to Queensland. It was 1800km each way and the 318 ran beautifully, except when the voltage regulator failed and fed 18v in the system frying the distributor. It also fried a bunch of wiring under the dash, I managed to find a distributor and new...

Only 9.20 on the 1/8, it picks up the pace after that.

Just a little update. The little 318 is still going strong, but the car needs a converter and gears to take full advantage of the cam. I took it for a run last weekend and the 60-foot could have been timed with a sundial, but ultimately it went 13.98 at 102.8mph with a 2.42 60-foot. I reckon a...

That's what she said....

Yeah, wow! That would wake you up.

Is your drill broken? :)

As long as you know that the right way is the wrong way on a big block. As in the pump turns anti-clockwise on a big block.

I looked at doing it that way but it seemed high risk (dropping the plug) and very difficult. For me it was literally easier to pull the intake and I got the whole think back together in a few hours.

Well I'd already run the engine for 20mins so it was all in the sump. I did wack some more lube on the cam before I dropped the intake back on though.

Update - Put the gallery plug in as suggested, got the manifold back on and everything together and she's got all the oil pressure in the world (funny that). Now for some tuning and dyno time. Hopefully we'll see 300rwhp+

Thanks for the tip mate, love the hex socket and wrench combo How did you discover that you forgotten it? I found out after I fired the engine up. It had oil pressure but lower than I'd like. Bedded cam in and engine oil got warm and oil pressure suddenly dropped to nothing so I shut it down...

It's in the vehicle, I've already pulled the intake and I'm confident I'll get it done without pulling the engine. Just having a lunch break first. My back is killing me from bending over the fenders all morning.

Thanks everyone. Now to see if I can install plug without having to take intake off

Holy ****! I didn't even see that plug! And yep with have a winner! On first glance it looked like oil was coming up through the shaft, but I just checked and it's actually coming through that hole.

Definitely going right way. I know the plug you're talking about and I don't think it has an exit near the oil pump drive hole, it runs parallel to it up to the oil gauge sender hole