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The top of my exhaust valves - above the retainer groove, it has EL BM ST FS engraved on the outer diameter. This would be from an early '77...
Sorry to hear this Larry, hopefully it's found quickly and unmarked. We'll keep our eyes open around the GTA for sure.
My car also has a December '76 production date, US GTB Steel #20621
I poured in a little more than 4.5 quarts and based on how much drained out the level setting hole, I'd say it's not far off the 4 liters or 4.23...
Just made the switch this year as well from Redline 85W90 NS to Redline MTL. I went out for the first drive of the season yesterday and I had the...
With everything connected up, we set the ignition timing and then Nuvolari synched the carbs with the airflow meter - same procedure as the...
Its been a while since I updated this thread, in the meantime we completed the service work and the car has been back on the road since May....
Thanks alot Lew! Upon disassembly, it was obvious the car had been well maintained for a long time, no surprises. Time to update this...
Thanks wda24729, We used Carb cleaner and brake clean primarily to clean the aluminum and they were left as is with no other post finishing /...
Very Nice, Congratulations on your find! Enjoy
Congrats! Nothing like freshly polished paint.
Finally time to put the engine back in. We used the same method with the strap, only this time we ran it under the belt cover so it would be...
Hi Bill, Yes thanks, as you and Brian Harper pointed out in post #43, the brass plugs are for the air injection ports, with sampling ports...
Thanks Big red! For this year I will focus on this project. Suspension was redone in 05 and still feels and looks pretty good so I will leave...
Before starting on the engine bay hoses, we gave the front top shelf section of the firewall and the rear firewall a touch up with paint to clean...
Absolutely, I removed my exhaust sampling tubes from the exhaust ports in the heads and then used the plugs (see example image below - mine...
With our parts inhouse and all remaining parts cleaned, it was time to install the heads. One tip for cleaning - Carb cleaner works incredibly...
Upon inspection, the heads were found to be in great shape. Once our engine builder completed his teardown, he recommended I replace the exhaust...
We ended up removing it since I needed to give the system a charge anyway (was not blowing as cold this year) and also to improve overall access...
With the motor out it was time to remove the heads so we could have them inspected and complete the list of items to purchase. Before removing...