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raygreenwood Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2008 Posts: 21474 Location: Oklahoma City
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:51 am Post subject: |
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saif_hazem1942 wrote: |
Actually its automatic transmission |
Wow! I would have bet there are not too many type 4's in North Africa that were ordered with automatic trans.
That should make driving with the type 1 based engine a little smoother in traffic. One thing that could also help it if you want to keep the type 1 based motor is to go to a torque converter from a bus with a higher stall point so the engine revs higher off the line. Ray |
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raygreenwood Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2008 Posts: 21474 Location: Oklahoma City
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:57 am Post subject: |
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Mike Fisher wrote: |
Get the stock engine running now! Have you even put a battery in it and tried it? If it won't turn over than you have to take it out & fix it. You can find another Type 1 engine to build into a 1776cc+ later, when you have the money. |
Yes...exactly what mike noted. Although the torque band will still be different than the original type 4 engine...you can get it pretty close.
If you can get the one you have running just to know what kind of condition it is....meaning so you now its not locked up.....and if you dont need to drive it immediately, you could tear down the engine you have and if the heads have no cracks you can rebuild those with cylinders and pistons for a 1776. Find a better cam that will keep a good vacuum signature...maybe the stock one will be close.
Keep the stock smaller valves and keep everything else the same. Think a mild 1776. I say this because you want to be able to keep the intake as it is so it continues to produce a vacuum signature that the automatic can use for the modulator valve. A mild 1776 that is choked down a little by cam and thee intakes you have would probably get you 70hp....which is better than the type 3 cars ran with the same transmission. Ray |
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saif_hazem1942 Samba Member
Joined: April 14, 2015 Posts: 23 Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Yes we started it , but till now we didn't move the car , the problem is that the suspension or the brakes might be very damaged after not moving the car for over 10 years , but what is good that we used to put a battery and start the engine every few months and the last time we tried to start the engine it started |
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raygreenwood Samba Member
Joined: November 24, 2008 Posts: 21474 Location: Oklahoma City
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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saif_hazem1942 wrote: |
Yes we started it , but till now we didn't move the car , the problem is that the suspension or the brakes might be very damaged after not moving the car for over 10 years , but what is good that we used to put a battery and start the engine every few months and the last time we tried to start the engine it started |
Good work! Typically the rear brakes will be frozen and can be separated by turning thr adjuster screws in and tapping on the brake drum with a hammer.
In worst cases if the handbrake was on all that time the cables may be stuck. Ray |
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saif_hazem1942 Samba Member
Joined: April 14, 2015 Posts: 23 Location: Cairo, Egypt
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2015 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Actually the handbrakes was on all that time but thanks for the help ray , I will keep those in mind |
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