So, your grand dad just passed away, and your dad walks
up to you all teary eyed, and says "Ramu, here are the
keys to grandads Amby, its your's now", so what do you
say to your dad, well dont say it because we cant print
it or put it on the web, the webmaster will pass out.
Ok so your about to commit suicide
because Bholanath down the road just got a new Zen , and
he is going to drag you out of the traffic lights every
time, and the Chicks dont go for the slow cars any more
(never did).
If your any thing like me when I
was your age, you will immediatly start thinking of how
to get this Family Chariot to get up and boogie and even
be the fastest bucket of bolts, that the gang has seen,
I can see all you esteem owners smirking, but just wait
till Ramu gets his wepon of terror on the streets.
Ramu its time you met me the master
blaster, of Ambis, the Ambi guru, and Mr Ambassador. Let
me assume you dont have a lot of money, so all these mods
will be relatively cheap, none of that fancy dollars and
Lakhs stuff.
Before you start, remember that
the ambi is the biggest pig that ever roamed the planet
, its slow dosent handle and guzzels petrol, well the third
item we wont worry about , because you cant have grunt and
economy both in the same engine.
Lets start at the very beginning , its a very good place
to start.
There
is a book written by David Vizard, on how to build a mini
engine, its an old book but it has all the masala you need
to start working, if your really serious this book is worth
its weight in gold, (it was a long time ago but i think
this book is called "Boosting the .b."), Take the head off,
this is done easily enough, and clean up the ports, with
a grinding stone on the end of a flexible shaft, you will
be surprised as to how grotty the head is, Im not going
to suggest you get bigger valves because as i said we are
trying to cut costs and all we want to do is kick bholanaths
butt and win the chicks, ok, you can then take the head
to the lathe shop and ask him to lop off a coupela thow,
off this will raise the compression, now take off the rocker
shaft and ask saggu Mistri the lathe operator to put a thick
bush inside, once he has done this then re drill the rocker
arms off center, what this does is allows you more lift
in the valves altough you
havnt changed the camshaft,, the inletand exhaust ports
both have to be wider, , how wide, ..well the carby we are
going to use is taken from a Nissan power wagon, the type
the army uses, look in the choor baazar, and you will pick
them up cheap, you need two, the ports will have to match
these carbys. the manifold and linkage you have to make,
how long ..?? well this is not the time for me to get really
technical, so Ramu
if your really serious i can answer all the questions, at
the moment im just giving you ideas. Lets now attack the
Block, bore it out to 60 over size and go back to the choor
bazar and buy an old set of "Landmaster" Pistons, they are
flat tops, Ramu a Landmaster is the grandfather of the Ambi
now just go and get them. ok so now we lighten and balance
the crank shaft, remember to
do it with the clutch assembly ,flywheel and the crank pulley
all attached, great now we are getting some where, you will
now need the three branch exhaust system, i hope they are
still avaliable, other wise you can make it, again lengths
are important. Ok its now time to check out the chicks at
the local college, how about Malini or whats her name??,
you better get you intro lines ready shes going to love
this love machine.
If
you have got this right, your ambi should be really mooving
by now, did i forget to tell you that you will need 100oct
fuel, how do you get it , you got to know someone whos uncleji
knows someone who works at the airport , that where its
avaliable, dont worry about the costs, its too late Malini
is more important now.
Now that your ambi is The master
blaster, you need to stop it and get it round corners, I
useto put the bigger drums from the trekker, but im sure
the Contessas discs will fit, get an old fiat (padmini)
and pull off the front and rear stabiliser bar and with
a littel ingunity you can fit these, hey how does she feel
now, to cap this off put on some gypsy rims and the old
JK steel belted radials, they were very good for traction
, im not sure if they still make them.
Now
you can blow away bholanath , youve got Malani, as you put
your arm around her for that first kiss.................Remember
the Guru
HASTALLAVISTABABYILLBEBAAK
There
is a book written by David Vizard, on how to build a mini
engine, its an old book but it has all the masala you need
to start working, if your really serious this book is worth
its weight in gold, (it was a long time ago but i think
this book is called "Boosting the .b."), Take the head off,
this is done easily enough, and clean up the ports, with
a grinding stone on the end of a flexible shaft, you will
be surprised as to how grotty the head is, Im not going
to suggest you get bigger valves because as i said we are
trying to cut costs and all we want to do is kick bholanaths
butt and win the chicks, ok, you can then take the head
to the lathe shop and ask him to lop off a coupela thow,
off this will raise the compression, now take off the rocker
shaft and ask saggu Mistri the lathe operator to put a thick
bush inside, once he has done this then re drill the rocker
arms off center, what this does is allows you more lift
in the valves altough 
you
havnt changed the camshaft,, the inletand exhaust ports
both have to be wider, , how wide, ..well the carby we are
going to use is taken from a Nissan power wagon, the type
the army uses, look in the choor baazar, and you will pick
them up cheap, you need two, the ports will have to match
these carbys. the manifold and linkage you have to make,
how long ..?? well this is not the time for me to get really
technical, so 
Ramu
if your really serious i can answer all the questions, at
the moment im just giving you ideas. Lets now attack the
Block, bore it out to 60 over size and go back to the choor
bazar and buy an old set of "Landmaster" Pistons, they are
flat tops, Ramu a Landmaster is the grandfather of the Ambi
now just go and get them. ok so now we lighten and balance
the crank shaft, remember 
to
do it with the clutch assembly ,flywheel and the crank pulley
all attached, great now we are getting some where, you will
now need the three branch exhaust system, i hope they are
still avaliable, other wise you can make it, again lengths
are important. Ok its now time to check out the chicks at
the local college, how about Malini or whats her name??,
you better get you intro lines ready shes going to love
this love machine.
If
you have got this right, your ambi should be really mooving
by now, did i forget to tell you that you will need 100oct
fuel, how do you get it , you got to know someone whos uncleji
knows someone who works at the airport , that where its
avaliable, dont worry about the costs, its too late Malini
is more important now.
