picking my saff up from harvey gibbs this week
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:14 PM
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picking my saff up from harvey gibbs this week
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:17 PM
sure it,ll be sweet mate, what have you had done?
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:19 PM
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what have you had done ? nice bhp engine ? as i know he had a few engines to go on the dyno this week
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:22 PM
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should be around 400 .fingers crossed had a full engine build left it to harvey to work its magic .
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:34 PM
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Nov 27, 2005 | 12:36 PM
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he said its my week this week . should be dynod on monday or tuesday and back in the car for thursday .
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:41 PM
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Nov 27, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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yeah he said he would ring me when every thing ready to go im only five minutes down the road
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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Nov 27, 2005 | 12:45 PM
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best of luck dude,
probbaly gonna be a scary moment, watching it on the dyno
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:46 PM
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i wasnt scared.... I hadnt paid for it yet
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:51 PM
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you must see it jump about on the dyno
it great fun o and the noise
Nov 27, 2005 | 12:53 PM
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funniest is if a boost pipe pops off... everthing goes quiet in the room for a second, then a sigh of relief
Nov 27, 2005 | 01:37 PM
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should be abit more interesting this time . will have to come to some track day with you next year if i dont brake it before then
Nov 27, 2005 | 01:39 PM
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400hp in this weather!
take it easy pal!
best of luck with everything going to plan on dyno day!
Nov 27, 2005 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by r5jame5
should be abit more interesting this time . will have to come to some track day with you next year if i dont brake it before then
Err wasn't the last time interesting ?
< that's Andy 'ya fooker boy'
Nov 27, 2005 | 02:26 PM
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406bhp? per chance
Nov 27, 2005 | 02:38 PM
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406bhp? per chance
sorry mate dont get what you mean
Nov 27, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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did you have one of his 400bhp engines?
Nov 27, 2005 | 03:40 PM
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does HG have a web site at all?
Nov 27, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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the engine hasnt been dynoed yet . monday or tuesday . so will know more then . harvey said it should see 400-410 .
Nov 27, 2005 | 03:50 PM
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406bhp? per chance
is that a dig at harveys engines? dont quite understand but hey!
ps.mine was 418bhp 409b/ft
enjoy it mate,harveys engines are mental!
whats the rough spec?
Nov 27, 2005 | 03:56 PM
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im not that great with tecnical stuff
i just told him what i had to spend on it .and he told me what power figures he can do me . just left it to the man that knows
Nov 27, 2005 | 03:58 PM
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fair enough,get some pics up when its done,and ask harvey the spec! then we can geek it up looking at it!
Nov 27, 2005 | 04:00 PM
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link? is there one?
Nov 27, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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will do heres some off the things i remember him say .long studed 200block wrc hg ,modified t34, greys ,scs spec cams,dont know the cr . you know what harveys like he speaks so fast
Nov 27, 2005 | 04:06 PM
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CR 7.6:1 I reckon
Brand new Block was it??
cheers damo
Nov 27, 2005 | 04:10 PM
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i reckon on 7.56:1
Nov 27, 2005 | 04:11 PM
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yeah it was still running the 205 when i took it in it was 330 bhp
Nov 27, 2005 | 04:13 PM
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dont forget,mike rainbird taught harvey all he knows or was it the other way round
lol
Nov 27, 2005 | 04:32 PM
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funniest is if a boost pipe pops off... everthing goes quiet in the room for a second, then a sigh of relief
I know! scary!!!
Nov 27, 2005 | 04:34 PM
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will do heres some off the things i remember him say .long studed 200block wrc hg ,modified t34, greys ,scs spec cams,dont know the cr . you know what harveys like he speaks so fast
Andy rings me up and tries to explain what Harvey said , always ends in...
"I dunno boy, he speaks so fast" WHAAAAAA?
Nov 27, 2005 | 04:34 PM
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I stayed nice n calm though
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picking my saff up from harvey gibbs this week
it great fun o and the noise 
