kiwi roadtrip

[kiwitony]

Hi guys I had a great run south to pick up my new 284 motor. It was a 405 mile trip each way. I left home at midday on tuesday and got to Brians at 11am wednesday. The weather was bad so I didn't stop for many photos sorry old Henry. The only mishap is my wiper blade blew off in the gale force winds. We [Brian and I] had the old engine out by 1pm and the new one in place by 5pm. We had to swap sump,oil pump,clutch,dissy and front pullys over. We then had a well deserved beer or two. Next day radiator in and she fired up first push of the button,a couple of hours fitting grill and bonnet[hood] and tidying up wiring etc and test run time.I was stoked man she goes,great acceleration and very smooth.I was grinning from ear to ear. A few more beers to finish a great day. The next day we loaded my old engine on the back and tied it down, chucked the rest of my junk in and I set off about 9am. I had a great trip back, there was no hill that bothered the old truck, just put your foot down a bit more and your doing 80 at the top. It was bitterly cold and the wind was pooring in my door gaps so I got the insulation tape out and taped the outside of my door up and climbed in the passenger side. Thats my next job is to address the air leaks. I arrived home at 7pm, the last hour and a half stuck in peak hour traffic. I had my gps in the truck for the first time and was interested to see that the speed on the speedo and gps were the same but the odometer was ten miles in a hundred low compared to the gps. I got 17.5 mpg going down and 18.6 coming back with a spare engine on the back so the 284 should be pretty economical.All in all a great trip,time was an issue as I needed to get back to work but I can't wait to fire the 284 up and head off again. Thanks again for your hospitality Brian and your little 221 sure goes good. Cheers Tony.

[Cecil/WV]

Nice!!

[Bluebell]

All looks great! Pictures from Vinegar hill, Taihape, QE2 museum. We have family in Feilding and home is in Tauranga, so have done the run through Vinegar hill quite a few times. I love your truck!
Tell us a bit about the bike.
Thanks for posting.

[Vic Piano]

A nice trip with excellent photos too. Thanks for posting them.

[mfagan]

Thanks for sharing a successful trip. Congratulations on the engine swap!

[bk53]

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Sounds like a fine trip. Enjoy that new motor!

[Royal Ryser]

Great photos. What year is the Harley?

PS: Is it a right hand drive?
Royal

[Old Henry]

Great story and pics. Your red truck looks great against the NZ green.
Thanks for sharing.

[Brian]

Nice one Tony. Good to see you had time for a coupla photo stops. That stroker motor should return good fuel economy as well as a bit more useable torque. Tony runs a 5 speed Toyota transmission in that little pickup, and the engine, apart from the bigger bore and stroke [and BIG inlet valves], just runs a stock cam and an 1 1/16" venturie [sp] Holley carb that was kindly furnished by charlieny, a fellow contributor here on the 'barn.
I think Tony will shortly be looking at changing the existing 4.11 diff for something a bit taller, this should improve his little truck even more. For interest, we gave the 284 a compression test before he headed off; all cylinders were in the region of 170 lb, so it goes quite well. Heads are those Canadian aluminum C7RA jobs, which [I think] are rated around 8:1 on a stock mill.
As Tony was leaving my hometown, I thought I'd 'escort' him out in my 35. I was cruising along the road at 75, much too slow for Tony, who put his foot down and sailed past me doing 90!

The Harley, to answer others questions is my 1946 WL that I'm doing a bit of work on. Ultimately, it too will get a bored and stroked engine. The reason it is tied up to the roof trusses, is because I was working on it a few weeks back, and it started moving away from me; earthquake!! I held onto it for grim death until the shaking stopped. Since then, I've had it tied up, don't want it falling over when the earth moves. Brian

[FlatheadTed]

Nice job Brian .I will be looking forward Tony to see it on a run here ,

[Bassman/NZ]

What Brian doesn't know about flatheads is hardly worth knowing.

[37coop]

Originally Posted by Brian

Nice one Tony. Good to see you had time for a coupla photo stops. That stroker motor should return good fuel economy as well as a bit more useable torque. Tony runs a 5 speed Toyota transmission in that little pickup, and the engine, apart from the bigger bore and stroke [and BIG inlet valves], just runs a stock cam and an 1 1/16" venturie [sp] Holley carb that was kindly furnished by charlieny, a fellow contributor here on the 'barn.
I think Tony will shortly be looking at changing the existing 4.11 diff for something a bit taller, this should improve his little truck even more. For interest, we gave the 284 a compression test before he headed off; all cylinders were in the region of 170 lb, so it goes quite well. Heads are those Canadian aluminum C7RA jobs, which [I think] are rated around 8:1 on a stock mill.
As Tony was leaving my hometown, I thought I'd 'escort' him out in my 35. I was cruising along the road at 75, much too slow for Tony, who put his foot down and sailed past me doing 90!

The Harley, to answer others questions is my 1946 WL that I'm doing a bit of work on. Ultimately, it too will get a bored and stroked engine. The reason it is tied up to the roof trusses, is because I was working on it a few weeks back, and it started moving away from me; earthquake!! I held onto it for grim death until the shaking stopped. Since then, I've had it tied up, don't want it falling over when the earth moves. Brian

I too have a 45...mine is a 42 wla ,and have several old English had it for 26 years and as with my v8s luv it ...loads of fun but riding through London with the suicide shift needs serious concentration drifting off thinking about other things is a big no no , cheers jim.

[4tford]

Very nice Tony, now I know where all the aluminum heads went to,

[Talkwrench]

Good to hear everthing went well in the land of the long white cloud..

[kiwitony]

Thanks for the comments guys, this was the abridged version of the trip as I accidentaly deleted my big long text trying to add photos, probabily is better as I tend to waffle on a bit. Anyone in fordbarn land have a carb for Brians Harley, he sent his to the states for a rebuild and it's lost in the mail. Ted I'm concidering doing the v8 run to Twizel next year,now that would be a real road trip. Cheers Tony.

[FlatheadTed]

Yes Bassman I agree

Originally Posted by Bassman/NZ

What Brian doesn't know about flatheads is hardly worth knowing.

[Mike in AZ]

nice engine, Brian and thanks for all the info about the engine, trans, etc....and thanks for posting, Tony....beautiful truck in a beautiful setting....enjoy....Mike