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Post by bobbyd on Jan 24, 2011 10:21:29 GMT 2
Does anyone have a manifold to suit a twincam? This is for a friends Niva his engine comes from a 131. They look the same as the one in the pic Attachments:
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Post by Ari Bezuidenhout on Jan 24, 2011 10:35:47 GMT 2
No sorry Bob, those motors are really rare in SA now although the 131's were fairly common a long time ago.
Ari
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Post by Charles on Jan 24, 2011 13:02:17 GMT 2
Hi Bobby
Is that for the one Trevor is building?
Charles
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Post by bobbyd on Jan 24, 2011 13:08:52 GMT 2
Yeah its for Trev. T/Cs must be more rare there than here
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Post by marius on Jan 24, 2011 13:50:37 GMT 2
Bobby do you have any idea if the 131 water pump would fit on the Niva without a major mod? Slightly off topic but the 131 was mentioned
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Post by Charles on Jan 24, 2011 17:53:05 GMT 2
Bobby T/c fiat is something you only hear about here. Other option for him is to build a custom manifold. Im sure you can help him with that.
Charles
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Post by bobbyd on Jan 24, 2011 22:21:27 GMT 2
I have sorted Trev out with 30 Fiat specialists last night so I hope he has some luck ringing round today. Marius, the Niva engine is based on and very similar to the engine in a fiat 124, some part fit from there but only a few, I just had a look at a photo of a 131 water pump and they look completely different to the Nivas
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Post by Charles on Jan 25, 2011 10:12:35 GMT 2
Just had a look at his update. Bloody hell it looks nice. Looks like he found a manifold.
Charles
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Post by bobbyd on Jan 27, 2011 11:19:23 GMT 2
There are two Trevs, Dad and son. Son Trev has the red Niva and dad Trev has the yellow one
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Post by Charles on Jan 27, 2011 13:03:19 GMT 2
Hi Bobby
When I started reading on the Oz forum the two Trev had me confused. The I realised its Big Trev and The little one. Looks like mose of the Nivas in oz is !600's?
Charles
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Post by danie on Jan 27, 2011 19:23:03 GMT 2
Hi Bobby
I will try to get hold of the Pro who did the local Supercharger modification tomorrow.
They specialized on the earlier Fiat and Alfa Romeo car models a couple of years ago, and I do know that they still have some components available.
Will let you know.
Danie
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Post by bobbyd on Jan 28, 2011 4:20:19 GMT 2
Yeah mostly 1600s here
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Post by danie on Jan 29, 2011 11:24:00 GMT 2
Hi Bobby
I have contacted the Pro - they do not have any manifolds in stock - but he gave me a cell no of one of his clients.
The client (named Harold) has restored a 131 Twin cam, but the back of the car has been smashed in a road accident afterwards. He then started stripping the car and started selling spares - so he might still have whatever you are looking for.
Due to a lack of time I won't be able to assist you any further, but I have forwarded the owners cell no to you by PM.
If you do contact him and ask for a price, it might be better not to tell him that you are from Australia initially. If you do tell him that, he might charge you a higher than normal price ...
Danie
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Post by bobbyd on Jan 31, 2011 13:03:04 GMT 2
Found one locally. Thanks Danie
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