[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

pir4te wrote:

Yesterday I saw a Delorean coming the other way along the Bracken Ridge Wetlands area… a most unlikely and welcome sight and freaky because today is the day Marty, Doc and Jennifer arrive #BacktotheFuture So yeah #science, iPhone, NetFlix, VVT and shit but time’s up where the fuck is my hoverboard? #BacktotheFuture

Lol yes!

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Update:

 

Happy to say the headers are in. A couple of small modifications to the engine mounts and they miss everything! Not much room in there now though. Clearances are pretty tight so a little heat reflective tape here and there may be in order. But all in all I’m very pleased with the result. Now to build the rest of the system…

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Love this idea. Great job guys!!!

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Werd…

There is an abundance of room around the gearbox now. Now to make a new gearbox mount.

Shifter in its new home on a bed of fresh metal…

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

So inside all but done other than the replacement section for the B&M shifter to mount onto, the old setup was a hacked up setup that was not very sealed and certainly not the most rigid. We are fairly confident that will no longer be an issue with the new section we’ve started to weld in but I hadn’t taken a photo of.

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Update:

Turns out we had all sorts of trouble fitting the new engine in. The 4L60e if quite a bit fatter than the T700 so out it all came and took to the tunnel with a grinder…

After much discussion we decided instead of fabricating in a VR Commodore tunnel my mate had spare, we should try and modify the orinal tunnel and see what happens. The gearbox mounts were the main concern if we cut out the old, so we bolted up the cross member back in place for support and to maintain its position while the modifications the the original occured.

Original tunnel

Cutting

As a result, we sliced down the middle of the tunnel and in a few places across the front to make it wider and taller. There is also more room now for the intake manifold and coolant pipe…

Welding back up

Then I ran out of gas :( so I’m off now into town to get a bigger cylinder.

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Broken or lost clips that hold the rubber exhaust hangers on? Replace with appropriate size hose clamp to stop the hanger from sliding off the bar…

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Kroozer wrote:

I got some Arcan i thInk it is called given to me as a present, it’s a really good jack looks something like this but blue.

I also have this jack but red. Its an awesome bit of gear. Twin pistons means 5 full pumps from lowest to highest. And at 2 hunge its great value. However I’m also in the market for a hoist…

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VRSenator065 wrote:

And so are we , this is one of the coolest/most interesting Commodore build going I reckon!

This!!^^

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Yes I’ve been looking at that. If the need arises or I have some spare money I’ll upgrade to -8.

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Anonymous wrote:

Can you explain your fuel layout Bug? (nice and neat)

The pump at the top of the picture is the lift pump (gravity fed) from the stock Gemini fuel tank to surge tank. The pump at the bottom of the picture is the feed pump, to check valve, to line pressure gauge, to filter, to hardline. Braided hose far left is the return line to surge tank. Braided line from very top of surge tank goes back to the main fuel tank.

All AN fittings are Speedflow , braided lines are -6, the pumps are Bosch 044, gauge is Aeroflow, filter is Z373, and the surge tank I got from ebay.

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Progress:

With help from a friend the motor is in the engine bay, just not fully attached. Engine mounts are giving us grief but will be sorted soon. Custom sump was re-modified to suit L67, some meat taken off the engine block and bell housing.

Wiring loom stripped of ancillary shit we don’t need. From this:

To this:

Surge tank and fuel pumps in…

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Last night shift… 

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Welcome…

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Anonymous wrote:

(thanks for the reply, I was starting to wonder if anyone was following all this)

I reckon there are plenty of us that check in on this thread almost every day! Keep up the good work and please keep posting your progress…

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Hate working weekends. .. 

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Hodges be wanker…

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[firebugParticipant Newcastle NSWL67 Gemini & Pathfinder Ti 550 View build HERE Member since: May 7, 2015 Posts: 89]

Back to work… :disappointed:

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Anonymous wrote:

LOL not fuel lines, they’re Coolant hoses for the intercooler, Fuel lines are Aluminium hardlines under the car. Fast shipping on the ties?

Ahh ok, my bad.

 

No, paid for them early last week and still havent seen them. But I’m in no hurry for them yet so it’s all good…

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My computer led me here…

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