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[MarkZE]

I am interested to know why you went to a glide?

A few experienced racers I have spoken too who have experimented with both TH400 and Powerglides found they always went back to the three speed box.

I will be interested to see what happens to your 60ft times with the taller first geared glide.

I know Joe Gauci is running a glide and has run 1.32 60ft times but so far I have run 1.34 60ft with my C4 and quite a bit less power.

How long before you head to the track in search of 9's?

[corty74]

hi mark,hows it going mate. my c4 was a great box but had no transbrake in it. I still managed a 1.47 60ft time with it.i got a few prices for getting a transbrake for it and didnt think it was worth it.so my engine builder and i had a talk to freddy(from Pro Trans in sydney) and we decided to go with glide. freddy built joe gauci's glide so we confident he would build me a box that would handle my current and future horsepower.my c4 could handle my current engine horsepower but once i get my new turbo and start pumping some serious boost into the engine i didnt think the c4 would hang around for to long. i cant wait to give the glide a go because last time i raced i was only leaving the line on 9psi and now i should be leaving at 15-25 psi .yeah so only time will tell.fingers crossed lol.

[WILDTC]

hey all i have the nissan fj20 powered tc cortina that was around back in the early 2000s its since been off the road and has had a ground up rebuild,as soon as i work out how ill post some pics up!![/img]

[BigNorm]

hey all i have the nissan fj20 powered tc cortina that was around back in the early 2000s its since been off the road and has had a ground up rebuild,as soon as i work out how ill post some pics up!![/img]

welcome to the forums. is this yours?
http://fordcortina.com.au/gallery/displayimage.php?album=19&pos=21

[WILDTC]

yep thats the one that shot was taken in late 2000 before the fj went in now the car is completely differant with new paint wheels motor and has had a full ground up with everything brand new(except for door glass i cant find none that are mint!)ill keep tryin to post the pics up...

[turboesp]

hey im new around here  

i have a work in progress TF contina factory sunroof
At the moment waiting for the enginebay to get painted short block mostly done
in consists of a stroked ef crank, chev conrods, custom pistons with 8.1 comp, rollor cam shaft, and Ta45 turbo with .74 front and a Qtrim 1.15 rear. And btw im going drawthrough for something different. hopefully ill have photos for you guys soon

[nosman]

what size turbo ?   GARRETT T51R 1.05 exhaust housing

what cam ?           Crow cam

carby,injection,LPG ?  Injected - bosch 363 injectors ( 720 cc )

what inlet and exhaust manifolds ?  Custom plenum, Logann custom   exhaust manifold - ceramic coated

how much power ?   dont know yet

what gearbox ? C4 full manual valve body

what diff ?       9 inch 3.00 gears LSD

whatever else is good about your setup ?

20 autometer gauges, NOS, 18 18inch wheels

[Webby04]

Hey, ummm... well i have a Cortina in the making. Turbo'd ofcourse. I don't know what power it will have but i have a rough estimation on power. Don't know if it is a good estimation but they reckon 25psi 700+rwhp. But as i said, that's just a rough estimation, i don't believe it though.

[WILDTC]

ok im selling my 4 banger and getting a jason ghiller preped 4.0l work should start in jan 09 with a gt42r my power was garenteed in the region of 500rwkw on straight gas which was proved in johns mustang with same spec 4.0l 1tuff65

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kFgNZXo2_A

[MarkZE]

Turbo ESP, I am interested to know what you did with the stroked crank on your engine?  did you increase or decrease the stroke?

Guys like Joe Gauci and Errol Quartermaine were using the 200 cranks in theri engines.  They were doing this so they had more clearance between the rods and the cam so they didn;t have to notch the camshaft for clearance.  They were able to rev the engine a lot harder and make more power than they could with the 250.

Going longer stroke will be interesting.  It will help with spool but will be a torque monster!  Going to need a serious converter to hold behind that with a GT42.

WidlTC.  It will be interesting to see how the 4L goes.  500 rwkw on gas sounds impressive.

What are they doing for camshafts and rocker gear in 4L engines making that sort of power?

I know a guy who does solid billet rockers for them and also does billet pulley sets to slow down the water pump and power steering pumps if you need them.

[WILDTC]

im unsure of the exact specs of the motor as im just gonna leave it all up to jason to do, as for the water pump/power steering pump thats all gonna get the bin as im going to have absolutly no room between front of motor and radiater! im just going to run an electric waterpump mounted under the guard as im running a front mount on the tc/td there is bugger all room to fit everything behind the grill so im going to have to move the engine back about 4 inches for everything to fit so that means massaging the fire wall a fair bit(i have the 4 cyl engine bay) but itll all be worth it to pack that much power i suppose....!

[BigNorm]

i was reading your thing thinking there is plenty of room between the front of the engne and the radiator but then read you're doing it with a 4cyl engine bay. a lot of mucking around but it will be worth it.

i've got john's old twin turbo manifold i'm not gonna use if you're interested.

[WILDTC]

why arent you going to use the twin manifold? wouldve looked tuff seeing a couple of gt30s in the engine bay of a cortina! ive decided to stick with a single turbo as ive already got a gt42r on hold ive actually used pics of your engine bay for an example of how much mucking around i have ahead of me!
ive worked out that the back of the rocker cover will be almost in line with the cowl vent so itll sit back a fair bit, as for the wiper motor it looks like you have rotated yours to clear the rocker cover where as im going to have to move mine under the dash ill just have to start cutting and slam the motor in and fit everything around it...
heres a link of my car on you tube with the FJ20 still in it the FJ20 is for sale with everything to fit into tc/td cortina with everything if anyone is intrested...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi7ak1neMhM

[BigNorm]

yep, i rotated the wiper motor - hardest part of that is making the wipers still park at the bottom of thier stroke. u got alot of mucking around to do starting with a 4cyl firewall. my engine fits neatly between the radiator support and the firewall. maybe you could consider transplanting the centre section/tunnel from a 6?   gonna be a shame either way to chop up your body.

[WILDTC]

yeah it will be ashame to start cutting up the firewall but once its painted again it will be worth it! it will give me a chance to make the engine bay look semetrical on both sides which will be a challenge on its own