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I’ve got the 100 series black braid. Here’s how the fitting ended up, going to redo it on the weekend:

Got the radiator in and the thermo mounted. Went through the hose bins at Supercheap and found a VS V6 hose and an Astra hose with the right shape, cut them in half and they fit fine Top hose is spot on, the bottom may be a little narrow, it stretched over the lower outlets alright, i’ll see how it goes when its running. Also mounted the trans…[Read more]

Yep I agree, there’s a lot of pro’s and con’s. I’ve seen high profile radiator specialists advertising pics of radiators they;ve sent to customers and some haven’t had shrouds. I’ll stick with what i have and whack the fan on to the radiator and see how it goes

New radiator fits (so it fking should haha), but it wont fit with the thermo and shroud that came with the alloy radiator i originally bought. The shroud makes it sit back a bit too much and the bottom of the fan surround hits the radiator support. i was thinking of trimming the plastic a bit but the fan blades would sit too close to the support.…[Read more]

Picked up the radiator yesterday. It’s in perfect condition. Came out of a VK with 76k kms, the fins on it are perfect, not one has been bent. Ran a hose through it and no hint of rust in the water at all. Going to put it in on the weekend and start mounting the thermo i have to see how it fits, plus start hunting for hoses. Still need to get an…[Read more]

I got my Borg Warner from Geelong Diferentials. They do 9 inch as well

Thanks for the offer Gary, appreciate the thought.

on a side note, I bought a second hand radiator for a hundred bucks. It’s in great condition, I’ll give it a clean out when I pick it up on the weekend.

Spoke to the guy at Gibson Driveshafts who built the driveshaft, he said to use M10 bolts with a fine thread, I guess I wasn’t trying hard enough to get one of my M10 bolts in. Another excuse to pop up to Supercheap on the weekend haha

Picked up the driveshaft on Friday and installed it Saturday morning. Fits perfectly (I was a little worried cause I supplied the measurements), although I need to check if I used the right bolts. M10 bolts are too big, M8’s fit but there is a tiny bit of slack, it’s fine when they’re done up but I don’t know if they’ll slip a little once it’s on…[Read more]

Thats what I’m looking at. The place I spoke to said the cores on the 6 cylinder and the 8 cylinder are the same so cooling wise they’ll both be the same. The 6 has the inlet/outlet in the best spot for the motor.

Will probably get a quality one built down the track, but I’ll see how I go with the standard copper/brass one for the time being.

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I’ve seen guys running $1000 plus big name radiators and still having issues with overheating, and I’ve seen guys running standard ones without issues. I know every car is different and there are a million variables, but the budget doesnt stretch to a custom one at the moment. South Coast Radiators do some quality…[Read more]

Having second thoughts about my radiator. The one i bought a while back was supposed to be for a VK 6 cylinder. Didnt check how it fits in the car for ages after i bought it cause i wasnt at that stage yet. Eventually worked out that the pins on the bottom and sides were in the wrong spots, and to get it to fit i’d have to get them cut off and…[Read more]

Not sure to be honest, that was on the motor when I got it. Could be a vent or something similar.

Where do you mean?

Tail shaft won’t be ready until next week. Supercheap had a sale on, picked up some ratchet spanners and p clamps, trying to convince the missus to let me get a new air compressor tomorrow cause mine won’t run a die grinder for longer than 2 minutes and I need to get all the crap off my brake calipers

I’m running CAE mounts and a VS K frame, have at least a finger of clearance around a VX sump on my LS3, fit great the first time in. CAE 1 3/4 tri y headers, needed a little massaging to make sure there’s enough clearance. VL manual rack.

What cubes are you going for? Power level? Awesome base to build from

Make sure you have the correct o-ring for the oil pickup

NZ may be different, but most engineers in Aus, especially the one I’ve been speaking with, prefer using factory parts where possible, cuts down on the amount of testing involved with certification.

Cheers mate.