V2 Monaro

[VS 5.0Participant Perth WAVE SSV Z Series M6 View build HERE Member since: March 31, 2015 Posts: 118]

Awesome !

I feel another altezza discussion coming on…..

 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

cava454 wrote:

What the fuck are those tail lights…… Gary can I ban people yet?

Lol, I actually like the tail lights

Car looks stunning Pete, seriously just beautiful.

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Hahaha I knew that was coming

 

there is actually good reason though cava, the ones I have a red and be fucked of I’m putting red ones on it

 

genuin black GTO tail lights are like $600 second hand and this is budget build

 

and like Gary said I actually really like them, they suit the car nicely

 

thanks people it looks stunning in person, really happy with the out come, got to do some more window tinting and getting someone to do back window as I stuffed it when I tryed lol

[jlssParticipant tasvr ss View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 155]

Nice manta. Looks sweet.

[HDN05LParticipant Canberra ACTVS Olympic Edt 383 stroker Ute View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 289]

Looks killer, with all those speakers it will def pump.

[NickVRParticipant AdelaideVR V8 Exec, VR SS, VF Redline Reserve View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 264]

That paint looks awesome. Great colour too.

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Thanks everyone

 

a lot work envolved to do a decent paint job but definetly worth it in the end

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

I think I am paying you to drive the Manta down, camp at my place for a few days and help me when its time to paint the Kombi

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

great idea but I feel like I’m goin to run out of fuel in the middle of no where in it

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Maybe I could tow the manta with the manaro lol

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Now you’re talking.

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[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Got the exhaust built in a whopping 7 hours today, welds look they where done by a baboon and that baboon was me 

 

from parts I had lying around and a few bends it was very very cheap for me

 

fitted the difillipno 1 7/8 extractors yesterday

 

sounds nice as

 

just st need to do some tips and caster camber bushes

 

 

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Not sure I have ever seen a baboon weld but I guess in Qld anything is possible :)  Looks bloody good to me, so the center mufflers are very close together is there mush clearance to the prop shaft?  But I guess being irs it doesn’t move at all anyway.  Happiness is a hoist for exhausts I reckon too.

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

they are old mufflers I got when first did manta exhaust before the difillipno mufflers

 

problem is they are centre in/out not side in/out so I have to keep them close together to get the pipes Into them

 

Mufflers and shaft have about 20mm maybe 30mm

 

the tight spot is the big rubber mount on shaft, that is about 15mm or so to drivers side pipe as it comes out the muffler

 

All up though the car is low as and has plenty of ground clearance so happy with that

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yea right now I see how they are center in/out, looks neat mate, I am sure you will sort if there are any issues anyway, at the end of the days its only metal, nothing some massaging wont fix if you need too.  So whats next, your bloody powering along.

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Caster camber kit

tips on exhaust

Put wheel of manta onto it

wheel alignment

Then I drive it until I catch up with leppy possibly this weekend and we put the OTR on and slap a tune into it and do quick bit of driving and touch up any spots then I drive it till it breaks down

 

after I get wheel sorted on manta and get bored of gen3 I will look for a 6L or maybe a 6.2 if one pops up and put a decent cam into it and either for a 24 bit or what size it is reluctor wheel into it to work with ls1 PCM and might try doin some home handy man port work on heads and couple little things to make a decent cheap motor

 

in the mean time got some interia part to wrap in suede like door trims and stuff to clean it up

 

paint under body one day so it’s black and clean looking

 

all the usually things but nothing major like paint job after this for it lol

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

That texture coat spray stuff is awesome, cant remember if you used that on the Manta?  Makes the underside look schmick, easy to touch up etc.  Nice daily, since you are a fi kinda guy, why don’t you do an ebay special turbo kit, they seem to make stupid numbers pretty cheaply with them.

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

You know u want cam and heads. Mine went awesome with it and had no issues driving it daily.

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Nar not a chance I’m doin a eBay turbo kit on this

 

to many horror story’s

 

cava is onto it, head work and cam is as far as I will go on this one

 

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

Yes I did the moto spray under body stuff on manta, looks good as to

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