Old Truck, Modern Engine

Interesting to read about the different V8’s and there suitability. Spoke to the guy I thought would know where a few are. He said he doesn’t pay any attention to trucks so isnt sure but will start paying attention. I’m not just going to rush into it so time is on my side I guess.

Repco used to supply gas heads for just about anything.........but gas was very hard on truck engines if they worked hard.......I remember seeing heads with valves sunk in 1/4"from gas .Very hot running on pistons too,used to get excessive wear from expansion on the top part of the piston.....but at one time gas running of a 345 IH was way cheaper than a Perkins..........but it used a big tank every day.

Sounds like I should steer clear of anything running gas. Fortunately the amount of k’s it would be doing fuel costs shouldn’t be too much of a concern.

My wifes last car was duak fuel. In the beginning it was economical to buy and use but you do not get the same mileage out of a litre of gas as to petrol it is less. On her car there was no noticeable loss of power so at least that was good. Now that car has been sold and replaced with a smaller car and has no need to fit LPG.
Something that we both have noticed is the cost of LPG is no longer competitive and is rising at a higher rate than petrol plus there is less service stations providing a bowser to fill up. So think it through carefully be fore committing to LPG. A good fuel injected V8 can be a;most as good on fuel as a gas one.

I'm guessing your not interested in a 6 cylinder turbo diesel? Plenty of HP and good fuel economy.

Even the forklifts at work used to use a cylinder of gas every day,which 10 yr ago was $18,and IMHO it would have been cheaper to run them on petrol.................and that doesnt allow for the morons who couldnt wait a few minutes for the vaporizer to heat up on a cold morning and would freeze them,stalling the fork in some inconvenient place...............then Paul Jeffs would start going on coul;dnt I make the forklifts reliable........yes ...by sacking the morons.

Simple fact...fuel is sold by volume ........gas weighs 5/7 of petrol.......petrol weighs 7/8 of diesel...........so therefore you are getting around half the energy value in gas to diesel.........another fact ...alcohol petrol has about 4c /liter woth of energy less than petrol..........therefore if E10 isnt 4c/l less ,you are wasting money......................alcohol has about 1/2 the energy content of hydrocarbon.

roKWiz wrote: Just curious in what's the process of getting something like this through rego or historic rego in the different states.
Looks modified to me, but I don't know what's been done to it.
Maybe the Victorian owners on here ? Vic Historic plates.

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I went to school with the owner of this truck. He is a truck mechanic in Melbourne's Northern Suburbs. It's Screamer powered and Kenworth cab on Kenworth chassis using the gearbox and diff it came with. The turntable replaced with a tray. The trailer behind it would almost be the world's heaviest duty 6x4 mounted on a spare axle with dual wheels as a bit of fun. What makes you think it's modified?

Different clubs have different rules as to how and who does the inspections. Some clubs insist you take it for a regular rego inspection place and other clubs are self regulated and do their own inspections to their level of road worthyness.

Different clubs have different rules as to how and who does the inspections. Some clubs insist you take it for a regular rego inspection place and other clubs are self regulated and do their own inspections to their level of road worthiness.
As for the turn table removed and tray fitted no issues at all and the trailer could easily be registered with a weighbridge ticket and a chassis number stamped or welded into it,

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roKWiz wrote: Just curious in what's the process of getting something like this through rego or historic rego in the different states.
Looks modified to me, but I don't know what's been done to it.
Maybe the Victorian owners on here ? Vic Historic plates.

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What makes you think it's modified?

I don't know about engine mods but the front bar isn't stock, air piping running out besides cab doors isn't stock, tray has been dropped below top of rear wheel mudguards, straight thru stacks, dropped in height, car type mirrors.

Don't get me wrong, I like it, that's why I took the picture.
just wondering what is the requirement that club inspectors look for.
I didn't think a change from bog stock (looking) is allowed on club plates.