Thread: EFN 202; path to glory!

did you have to straighten the control arms much? the utes ones always get dints, never know what the boys hit in the kingswood before i got it lol, what are the twin carb manifolds worth, ive got one hanging off the shed roof lol

Myles, check ebay. Couple of hundred i imagine! There are plenty of aftermarket ones. If it's genuine it may fetch a touch more. Didn't have to do too much as the car was in great condition. I just linished out the big grazes. It's far from perfect but for a streeter more than fine.

j.e.d; to get a 202 past 6 grand consistently is a fairly full on build. Seems to me you just want a nice streeter. If it's a high-comp head it'll go with your 202 but could do with bigger valves and a little work to unshroud them. To see if it's a YT ideally you have to view the ports to see the work done and if original the valves will have YT stamped on the faces. But often they've been renewed.

I think the YT's used certain casting numbers.

Basically any old Red head with port work was done in the YT style; casting around head bolt bosses removed, think steel tubes in place, little porting work and a plunge-cut around the back of the throat/valve stem. Google some images, you'll see.

Link me to them?

not sure what brand mine is, S something, not holden tho, seem to be worth 50-100, not too bad, my control arms had the front face bent in a bit but it come out easy enough, i think ill sandblast and powder coat all my suspension and chasssie next time round, ill get my sedan subframe done when i start on it

Speco?

nope stevens maybe? ill have to have a look tommorow

No problems!

Looks like a genuine manifold/stock setup. Nice. As for the head though YT's used the pedestal rockers which are adjustable. That head has bridged pairs which are non adjustable. Looks like it's all a stock deal but at that current price it's a good deal!

This'll help

Six Cylinder Heads - Holdenpaedia

wrong letter lol, its a Thomas, i knew it was a blokes name :P

The Home Page of Speco Thomas

lol thats pretty funny, never knew they were the same thing

As mine was originally a column manual it still had the ugly shift rods on the end of the column as well as the redundant shift tube.

Pulled that all out which involved a bit of careful grinding as i did it all with the column still in. Originally i was just going to make a spacer to fill the void but as the bottom bearing was totally flogged i did this instead. Nylon with a bronze insert which locates using the original retainers.

Fark yeah, back yard brains hard at work. Love it.

Plugging awaaaaaaaaaaaay. Everyone's progressing in leaps and bounds with their projects and i'm stuck doing millions of little bits at a time.

Stripped/cleaned and re-assembled one of the HZ calipers. Excellent condition inside. Pistons/seals are mint. Someone's played with these before. Also spent time on my back under the car getting the hard to reach areas of the chassis but now i think i'll just drop the chassis. Like i always should have.