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February 25, 2020 at 7:42 pm #31480
Judge1 FrazerParticipant- new zealand
- 1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed
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Posts: 775I’d take Handling over Bonnet every time Frazer, thinking a Bulge like a Falcon might be nicer than a scoop though.
the falcon bulge is what I always looked at don’t want a scoop so fabricating something or cutting up another bonnet with the bulge like the fg
the whole car and motor looks way nicer without the spacers had to try it so maybe others can steer clear of the idea
February 25, 2020 at 7:45 pm #31481
Judge1 FrazerParticipant- new zealand
- 1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed
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Posts: 775Sell the blower and go turbo. That’ll keep it under the bonnet
Never been a fan of turbos yes more power but not after stupid power,, plus I like blower noise
February 25, 2020 at 9:36 pm #31482Have had both and would never go back to Turbo’s, there’s no comparison.
February 25, 2020 at 10:45 pm #31483doing something yourself hands on is the best way to learn and know for sure, well done frazier, not many would have tried what you did. The suspension looks much better now and you will have good handling and ride. Those big spacers just didn’t make the car feel safe and probably would have driven like an old modified chassis dragster from the old days.
Working under my car I have seen how weak and flimsy the body/chassis of the commodore really is, and after seeing the strength of IJ’s build, if I had your fabrication skills, I would really make and strengthen all the suspension parts and chassis like you did with the motor/gearbox mounts considering the car was not made for the power you are putting into it considering it only weighs about 1300kg
And yes I would have your instant super charger over a turbo any day of the week and keep the car with the more factory comfort feel and blower noise.
February 25, 2020 at 10:48 pm #31484I dodged the naughty corner @gary
February 26, 2020 at 7:28 pm #31497
Judge1 FrazerParticipant- new zealand
- 1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed
View build HERE
Posts: 775I dodged the naughty corner @gary
Lol
February 26, 2020 at 7:32 pm #31498
Judge1 FrazerParticipant- new zealand
- 1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed
View build HERE
Posts: 775doing something yourself hands on is the best way to learn and know for sure, well done frazier, not many would have tried what you did. The suspension looks much better now and you will have good handling and ride. Those big spacers just didn’t make the car feel safe and probably would have driven like an old modified chassis dragster from the old days. Working under my car I have seen how weak and flimsy the body/chassis of the commodore really is, and after seeing the strength of IJ’s build, if I had your fabrication skills, I would really make and strengthen all the suspension parts and chassis like you did with the motor/gearbox mounts considering the car was not made for the power you are putting into it considering it only weighs about 1300kg And yes I would have your instant super charger over a turbo any day of the week and keep the car with the more factory comfort feel and blower noise.
Thanks Vin with the power it’s going to have we are going to stich weld what we can and tie the chassis from front to rear lower arms , plenty more fabrication to come
February 26, 2020 at 7:35 pm #31499
Judge1 FrazerParticipant- new zealand
- 1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed
View build HERE
Posts: 775Have had both and would never go back to Turbo’s, there’s no comparison.
Enlighten me Ian I’ve never been down the turbo root ,only driven friends cars but that’s it , all quit different from 4 -6 cylinders
February 26, 2020 at 8:10 pm #31500Turbo cars have their place, it’s a bit like riding a big 2 stroke bike, you need to keep them in their happy place, Blower engines just feel like a much bigger capacity NA engine.
Then there’s the thermal management issues with Turbos, I spent a lot of time effort and money in my Supra and it still cooked just about everything in the engine bay…
February 27, 2020 at 9:32 am #31505
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777I dodged the naughty corner @gary
Well done young man, keep this up and you will get an early minute
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February 27, 2020 at 9:35 am #31507
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777No love for NA anymore
February 27, 2020 at 5:58 pm #31512
Judge1 FrazerParticipant- new zealand
- 1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed
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Posts: 775No love for NA anymore
My work ute is still N/A does that count
February 27, 2020 at 6:14 pm #31513
Heron SSVParticipant- Central Coast NSW
- 2009 Pajero Exceed 84 VK SL LS3
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Posts: 585No love for NA anymore
mine is still NA Gary…. haha
March 2, 2020 at 12:31 pm #31539
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777I do fully appreciate it’s so much “easier” to go the FI route, but the noise of 8 trumpets gulping in air at 6,000rpm on 454 cubes has its good points :) But the LSA is a very neat package also.
March 2, 2020 at 2:11 pm #31543Hey Frazier, these might be helpful to you ? found them in the original holden service manual.
Standard Eyebrow heights taken from the bottom edge of rim (not the centre of rim) to guard lip = 8vx69 sle @ 15″ rim as 593mm front and 555mm rear, the original 14″ was 5mm lower at front and 2mm lower at rear.
March 30, 2020 at 5:35 pm #31766
Judge1 FrazerParticipant- new zealand
- 1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed
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Posts: 775Hey All had a play with car today pulled the gearbox x-member cut it up to redo it also cut the radiator support bar off it’s in the way of my plans for radiator ,a/c condenser , and Inter-chiller ,yesterday dropped the fuel tank as going to make a custom tank , just forgot how much gas was left in it and could not find an electric pump to suck it out but got it out and filled my ute , ride on mower and still had spare
20200330_170209 by Frazer Russell[/url], on Flickr
20200330_170220 by Frazer Russell[/url], on Flickr
20200330_170230 by Frazer Russell[/url], on Flickr
20200330_170408 by Frazer Russell[/url], on Flickr
March 30, 2020 at 7:59 pm #31772
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
View build HERE
Posts: 5 777There sure is some very cool builds going on at the moment.
April 14, 2020 at 3:31 pm #31893
Judge1 FrazerParticipant- new zealand
- 1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed
View build HERE
Posts: 775Hey all Can some one measure something for me,, under the car from front of k frame to front of crank pulley them from crank pully to crank bolt I have added a picture to show what I mean
20200414_171404 by Frazer Russell[/url], on Flickr
April 14, 2020 at 6:13 pm #31901sounds like a job for @Heron , sorry mines on dolly wheels/no kframe and no LS
April 14, 2020 at 7:06 pm #31904
Judge1 FrazerParticipant- new zealand
- 1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed
View build HERE
Posts: 775sounds like a job for @Heron , sorry mines on dolly wheels/no kframe and no LS
That could be a slight issue
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