hey lads. bought me a car yesterday, its a janurary 0f 1971 HG holden Kingswood Sedan. Everything in this car is factory....nothing has been put in this car that is after market........yet it has a 186 red motor in it with a 3 speed tri matic coloum shift auto... just wondering if any of you guys no of any commons problems they suffer from??? and also of some six cylinder mods that can be done. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

What happened to the HK ? http://calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.php?t=43152

Common problem number 1: Severe lack of power.

you bought a ridgy didge HG and you want to ruin it with "mods for a 6 cyl", the 186 isn't going to exactly move the car along too quickly no matter how many tidbits you throw at it..don't destroy the poor car by slapping on shiny pink rocker covers and a pod filter running from a piece of aggy pipe thats duct taped to your carby! and i'd be throwing that motor out anyway, i wouldn't trust a motor that had the same oil filter for 91,000 miles Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

and for refence, don't do things like this. for the love of god. http://www.boostcruising.com/forums...st=0&p=5129237& (http://www.boostcruising.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64159&st=0&p=5129237&)

LOL fully sik

lol hey that is a good idea!

links not working! post pics so i can see...

There are a few mods you can do to a 186, For example you can stroke that motor out to 234 Cubic inch with the help of a 6 cylinder ford crank, Maybe 3 2inch SU's and a rebuilt gearbox to handle the extra power. You can buy stroker kits for the 186. I saw the same setup in a GTR XU1 that out ran an GT falcon at willowbank, but I cant remember the time it did unfortunately. Its just a suggestion

torana is alot lighter than a HK

What I meant is that the 186 can produce some decent power figures if built with the right parts

Quote: Originally Posted by Epitaph torana is alot lighter than a HK and the GT Falcon was probably stock :P three, oh, eight slash three, fifty, five. (or anything bigger) if you want a fast car, new model turbo or v8, **** making a 186 fast.

woohoo 14 sec torana.. lol

dont bother modding the 186, the most you could get out of $5000 worth of modding would be like 2hp, lol.

no need to spend $5000 to gain 2 hp just pull out the radiator and lie the old briges n straton mower down there and weld the shaft to the crank instant 5 hp + air cooling

hahaha ^^^

Probably the best thing you could do to it would be take out the 186 and find a VK efi 202.

you have something good to say about the efi 202's? always been in my "classed in the same place as bodykitted neon'd excels" section different, but stupid.

yeh id change out the 186 and if u can get 1, get a 202... they are soo easy 2 get...

im not sure if u guys have posted in my other thread 253 supercharged which the new topic is now the engine fro my HK and it is gonna be a fuel injected 355 stroker so no need to worry me with these 6 cylinders