Bonemaro's '73 Ghia

[helowrench]

Yep --- Mike Lawless with his 'White Knuckle Ride' did a 3" torsion narrow and with a little mini tub work has a 10" slick under his Ghia --

http://lawlessdesigns.com/wkr.htm

Look under the tech section and then under the swing to IRS conversion for what he did --- His car is beautiful and can now run into the 9's

Beautiful work on those minitubs

[Bonemaro]

Yeah... Idunno if these 7.5" wide wheels are going to work. I "modified" an ond 16x7.5 wheel with a 5 7/8" backspace to bolt on. Granted, this is without any spacers, but by the amount it's hitting the suspension, I don't see it clearing the body. Either that or it's just really really really close... almost too close for my liking. And then there's the question about the front.

[Bonemaro]

If need be, I guess I could get the wheels I want and have them narrowed.

[Bonemaro]

Hmm... can anyone give me a tip on the best way to this generator out?

[helowrench]

Hmm... can anyone give me a tip on the best way to this generator out?

engine in the car I assume?

disconnect battery
remove the belt
remove the carb for room to work,
remove the wires from the gen
remove the clamp to the gen stand.
remove the 4 bolts from the backing plate
remove the one screw from each side of the fan shroud

pull the gen out, wiggle the fan shroud as necessary to do so. wiggle as little as possible, as your thermostat and flaps will fight you.
(If the thermostat/flaps is not connected, the fan shroud will come off easy, and now you have another thing to fix

sometimes the gen stand needs to come off (rare)

[Bonemaro]

remove the one screw from each side of the fan shroud

I shall start here, as everything else has either been done or didn't come with the car.

Thanks!

[Bonemaro]

I've been thinking about the engine build as disassembly continues.

At this point, I'm leaning towards a thick walled 92x69... MAYBE a 72mm stroke (1835 vs 1915 still on the fence). This engine will be feed via a 350cfm Holley and a T3 turbo. I need to do some research on stroking and the resulting CR with regards to the turbo. I really like the 2110 engines, but I'm hesitant to turbo a 94mm.

I believe, with supporting hardware, I should be able to hit my 150+hp.

Any thoughts?

[Chris V]

A healthy N/A 1835 will make 110hp flywheel, shouldn't be too hard to churn out another 40 w/turbo - as a mild turbo'd 1679 will also do ~100...150hp is a reasonable goal for many combinations.

[Bonemaro]

Got it. Thanks Mr. Wrench.

[helowrench]

perfect

[Bonemaro]

I think I've gotten about as far as I can go. I'm thinking about pulling the motor just to have a look around.

I also spotted a pair of my grandfather's vise grips.

[helowrench]

On the clutch cable.

[Bonemaro]

Looks like my thermostat is good. That'll save some coin.

[Bonemaro]

Can someone tell me what this is? It was mounted here. I'm assuming voltage regulator.

[Marc]

Yes, that's the original electro-mechanical voltage regulator for a 30A generator. Modern replacements are a smaller, solid-state unit which connects the same way.
Both go by the same 5-digit Bosch number, 30 019.
http://8.19.68.55/images/catalog/full/30019.jpg

There's also a 38A version for the higher-output generators used in some Buses and Things, 30 021...just in case you come across one at a swap meet someday.

If you intend to convert to an alternator, this regulator must be removed and bypassed.