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Post by crazytim on Aug 10, 2010 12:25:14 GMT 12
okey dokey. where do i find such magical gifties? i see some adapters on Tme everytime i hit in gemini. that the sort of thing your talking about? and what is choke cable. and what sort of filter will fit? and thanks Filter will have to match the carb, take it into a shop when you get your carb, normal gem carbs have an electric automatic choke, Weber's have a cable that goes into the car, a choke is what you use to keep car going while warming up on cold mornings, at the moment you may notice when you start the car it rev's kinda high while you warm up and drops down once you start driving... that's the auto choke. With a Weber or similar it is cable operated. You can buy cable kit's from Ripco or similar places or rip a sweet old cable out of an old car, the knob will be better looking than the poopy store bought ones... I'm using the stock Chevette cable on my Twin Weber set up, that is in a Chevette tho so was easier all round. The adaptor, just check it is for the car and carb you want to use and hit buy now. The other rule is don't be afraid to ask dumb questions, they are easier to sort out than dumb mistakes... (just don't ask them on oldschool or you'l be eternally shunned lol)
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Post by kahzahki on Aug 10, 2010 12:29:57 GMT 12
lol yer i got that much, how does it increse performance? worth buying?
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Post by kahzahki on Aug 10, 2010 12:32:51 GMT 12
crazytim, probably gonna be repco. is this something i can do myself or should i get a mechanic to do it? and cable clutch would be manualy adjusted right? Lol @ oldschool comment
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Post by 77vette on Aug 10, 2010 16:14:09 GMT 12
im not sure that clutch would increase performance.... More like it'll be able to take more abuse
It looks real similar to the clutch i bought at repco...and the price is exactly the same(at trade) edit: actualy its cheaper once you convert that price to nzd
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Post by kahzahki on Aug 11, 2010 8:19:05 GMT 12
so back to the rebore Q. do i need to source some g180 pistons?
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Post by crazytim on Aug 11, 2010 21:53:16 GMT 12
lol btw this car is dereg. its been off the road since late 2008. so i cant/wont drive it anywhere and no no insurance yet. but will have probly stick with the 161 for now. have to get the engine out and into the shop for the rebore. canb alwways get another engine to play with later on. question on free flow exhaust. will the exhaust off some other car work? or do i have to get one made/where in oz do i get one. also how does a free flow work Go to an exhaust shop
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Post by zep on Aug 12, 2010 18:44:59 GMT 12
You can get electric chokes for 32/36s that plug into the Gemini wire.
I never ran a choke with my 32/36s, always worked fine.
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Post by kahzahki on Aug 21, 2010 13:23:34 GMT 12
hey another Q my radiator is FULL of rust, washed it out several times but still choca. anyone have one in reasonable cond?
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Post by cul8r on Aug 22, 2010 11:43:29 GMT 12
Put soda washing crystals in it , run it for about 1 month and then pop bottom hose off and flush with a hose, you'll be surprised as all the nuts that comes out..
Failing that take it out and into your local radiator shop, when I had the outlets swapped over I had the cores cleaned while everything was being modified, only cost me $40 ...
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Post by 77vette on Aug 22, 2010 12:00:29 GMT 12
yeh you're unlikely to find a second hand gameini radiator in any better condition. They're geting pretty old now!!
take it to a radiator shop and get their opinion/advice/get them to flush it before you do anything i say
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Post by crazytim on Aug 22, 2010 12:54:18 GMT 12
theres usually an ozzie crowd on trade me selling new alloy radiators for less than the cost of recoring a factory one... $350 from memory incl freight from ozzieland.
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Post by aninja on Aug 22, 2010 13:19:32 GMT 12
vinegar does the job. run it thru till its hot then flush it out, reverse flush always helps. and run coolant because your engine will just rust your water up again even with a mint radiator
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Post by kahzahki on Oct 26, 2010 7:29:21 GMT 12
Okaaaaay. new question the motor has to come out so the engine bay can be sandblasted while its out i was thinkin of getting a new/bigger motor. would it be suitable to find a g200 shortblock and whack all the g161 bits on it?
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Post by misdablack on Oct 26, 2010 8:32:10 GMT 12
yeah thats the usual and easiest power up option for a gemini.
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Post by kahzahki on Oct 31, 2010 11:19:04 GMT 12
okey dokey. 2 questions. anyone have a g200 short block they would be willing to part with. and secondly, i chucked the 32/36 weber on my car yesterday and it runs pretty nice, only thing is when i put my foot on the throttle sharply it gutters and almost died. oh also it spits and hisses alot what to do??
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