THE Random Chat Thread - AKA "The RCT" - No shirt or shoes required - Open 24 / 7

[Chilli]

For you rev heads.
We were blowing everyone else out of the water worldwide until GM shut it down. If only they'd let us have a free reign and keep going.

 

[pepperj]

For you rev heads.
We were blowing everyone else out of the water worldwide until GM shut it down. If only they'd let us have a free reign and keep going.

Pricey engines.

Holden 308 HP1 Crate Engine - Port City Engines

Port City Engines builds Holden 308 HP1 performance crate engines. Blueprinted, balanced and dyno tested. Long motor, ready to run, short motor and kits available. Ships Australia wide.

pcengines.com.au

 

[Oregon Viking]

A friend of mines post from his engine building forum. Now he says these were fixed with better heads.... better cam etc. They do soup them up and all problems can be fixed. They came in a cars that are very collectable.

The engine better known as the Plastic Fantastic. Came as a 253ci [4.2] or 308ci 5 litre. Never a great engine as the heads don't produce that much power. Reasonably light and self lightening with cam lobes disappearing, breaking and gumming the pistons and rings, intakes and water pumps corroding and pushing coolant out the front and rear of the heads. Though good coolant resolved the corrosion,, but not the rest.

Followed in 87 with the destroked 304ci for GpA rules and with fuel injection. Fitted to the Batmobile VL Commys.

And then the 'VN engine' with a total revision of the intakes being IE IE IE IE instead of 2 exhaust and 2 intakes together. With better injection and generally a better thing. Though still no ball of fire, a bit more poke than the 302 Ford with efi. And that is another engine that is less than ideal for performance.

By 99 though that engine was dropped in favor of the 5.7 LS complete with undersized oil pickup that killed a lot of them. Because Holden took the worst part of a Falcon design and moved the oil pan well to the front. With [gen 3] the oil pump at the back of the engine. Every Holden dealer had a 5.7 corner

 

[ToddsPoint]

Tonight’s sunset in Central IL.

 

[pepperj]

Had an eyeball find. Cleaning out the ash pan in the evaporator and this came out.
Probably was in a block of wood that got burnt.
At least the chainsaw missed it.

Decided to torture myself and went to a really noisy iron patch. Been hitting it for 12 yrs now.
To get a non-ferrous target is a good play.
Zero discrimination-ouch!
Little D buckle was the reward.

Got my first hole dug, pin pointer was dead.
Now the definition of being daft, is someone claiming they can retrieve a target faster waving dirt in front of the coil.😁

Need to get the other pressure washer out. Cleaning cement floor that has 40 yrs of sap, maple sugar, dirt, soot with a pencil size spray is useless.
Who knew concrete was a lighter color 🤣

Look folks, open water again!

 

[Chilli]

Pricey engines.

Holden 308 HP1 Crate Engine - Port City Engines

Port City Engines builds Holden 308 HP1 performance crate engines. Blueprinted, balanced and dyno tested. Long motor, ready to run, short motor and kits available. Ships Australia wide.

pcengines.com.au

A mate of mine in the early 90s had a 308 completely rebuilt by a race driver that used to drag at Calder Park Victoria. It was a magnificent engine, went like mad but if you didn't push it, it was amazingly fuel efficient.
Brother inlaw had a Torana with a 308 and was stupid enough to swap it out on a bigger engine and throw 10g at it thinking bigger engine more go. Idiot, it went better with the 308 in it and he regretted it. They were a very free revving thing. In my early 20s I had a part time job driving cars for an auto auction to the auction and back and forwards to the holding place. I distinctly remember those with 308s being such a free revving sparky engine compared to others.
I always regret not getting one I drove a HJ sedan, was stock but the engine definitely had some work done on it. I expected a stock engine and went to accelerate and it just leaped forward 😮
I could have had it for under a grand too being a driver. 🫤

 

[pepperj]

A mate of mine in the early 90s had a 308 completely rebuilt by a race driver that used to drag at Calder Park Victoria. It was a magnificent engine, went like mad but if you didn't push it, it was amazingly fuel efficient.
Brother inlaw had a Torana with a 308 and was stupid enough to swap it out on a bigger engine and throw 10g at it thinking bigger engine more go. Idiot, it went better with the 308 in it and he regretted it. They were a very free revving thing. In my early 20s I had a part time job driving cars for an auto auction to the auction and back and forwards to the holding place. I distinctly remember those with 308s being such a free revving sparky engine compared to others.
I always regret not getting one I drove a HJ sedan, was stock but the engine definitely had some work done on it. I expected a stock engine and went to accelerate and it just leaped forward 😮
I could have had it for under a grand too being a driver. 🫤

I had a job at an auto auction as well. 2 week there they offered me the OK Corral 👍
Which ment driving all the classic vehicles through the auction.
The worse car I ever drove was a DeLorean, what a POS of an automobile.
Drove

 

[robertk]

Good morning everyone.

Found what might be a "filled die" error in my pocket change. Not particularly valuable as far as I know, just interesting.

 

[ToddsPoint]

Good morning!☕️

 

[pepperj]

Morning everyone

 

[CreekSide]

Good morning Tnet

 

[CreekSide]

Good morning everyone.

Found what might be a "filled die" error in my pocket change. Not particularly valuable as far as I know, just interesting.

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That’s cool I’ve never seen one before

 

[CreekSide]

Still raining
Going to be good when the water goes down.
Have a good day

 

[fishstick]

Good morning y'all

 

[Gare]

Morning all !!!

 

[ARC]

Good morning TreasureNet Crew.

 

[oldmxrat]

Good morning

 

[Iceman-NYS]

Morning folks, setting here this morning with a cup of coffee, reading your posts with the headphones on taking in some Grandfunk Raliroad cranked!! Speaking of engines, I had a few high HP ones in the past, but the one I wish I never got rid was a LS2 block with cnc ported heads, 364 ci, 610hp and 500 ft lbs of torque in my 2008 Monte Carlo SS, sold them all, but I still have my 34, with a 425 hp small block, to much hp for it, it gets to squirrely, for this ole man to handle, so I just putt around in it to car shows and cruise in's, and take the grandkids for icecream

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[robertk]

I got the little 1890's toy gun I found cleaned up. Here's the before and after. More photos here if you're curious.

 

[Evan in CA]

Good morning everyone

Yesterday hunt and I’m still on a silver streak with two quarters. After I dug the second quarter about 50 feet away I got another high tone, so I called my buddy over to dig this one and he got mercury dime his first silver for the day. He went on to dig another silver dime and a silver bracelet, and I finished the hunt with 3 wheaties.