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Converter speed is 3800-4000, which should be fun.

On a good note, managed to increase the budget by a couple of grand which will help immensely with all the little things that will need doing.

Diff should be a 10 bolt Salisbury with LSD and 3.55 gears, not sure how that will go, hopefully do ok for the time being. Just gotta get under it to see…[Read more]

TH400 rated to 1000hp, converter suited for NA motor, 4K stall speed from memory, bar and plate trans cooler with thermo fan, lines and wiring. Fair bit to spend but I know I won’t have to worry about it breaking. An extra 1200 would upgrade it to handle 1500hp. Trans brake was another grand

Box was 3750, converter was 950, cooler was 295.…[Read more]

TH400 rated to 1000hp, converter suited for NA motor, 4K stall speed from memory, bar and plate trans cooler with thermo fan, lines and wiring. Fair bit to spend but I know I won’t have to worry about it breaking. An extra 1200 would upgrade it to handle 1500hp. Trans brake was another grand

Final price on the box, converter and trans cooler is 5k. That’ll get underway tomorrow.

Superpro stuff has arrived

Didn’t get any more work done on the VK over the last few days. Had to replace the back door to my garage as it had become warped and was hard to open. Who knew replacing a door would be such a prick of a job.

Just ordered a heap of stuff from CAE for the conversion. Got the Pacemaker headers, mounts, starter relocation kit, flex plate, oil and…[Read more]

Friday was the most productive day. Yesterday I removed the booster (what a cnut of a job) and the front brake lines and a few other bits and pieces. Today I had to get a new back door for the garage cause the old one was warped so I spent the whole day painting and getting it ready to hang tomorrow morning. My mate whose painting the bay is…[Read more]

Powerglides and TH400s are tried and true, especially when you’re going for a drag/street setup. 4 speeds can be built for it but the originals are basically bulletproof cause they’ve been around for years. That’s why I’m going the TH400 route. There’s enough electronics with LS engines as there is.

Finally got to turn a spanner on it today. Gave it a wash, came up pretty good for just a quick once over. Will probably look good with a decent cut and polish. Pulled the front end apart, got the brakes, suspension, k frame etc. all out. Have to take the k frame to a mates work to get some nuts undone as I couldn’t get them to budge. Anyhow,…[Read more]

Finally got to turn a spanner on it today. Gave it a wash, came up pretty good for just a quick once over. Will probably look good with a decent cut and polish. Pulled the front end apart, got the brakes, suspension, k frame etc. all out. Have to take the k frame to a mates work to get some nuts undone as I couldn’t get them to budge. Anyhow,…[Read more]

Finally got to turn a spanner on it today. Gave it a wash, came up pretty good for just a quick once over. Will probably look good with a decent cut and polish. Pulled the front end apart, got the brakes, suspension, k frame etc. all out. Have to take the k frame to a mates work to get some nuts undone as I couldn’t get them to budge. Anyhow,…[Read more]

Finally got to turn a spanner on it today. Gave it a wash, came up pretty good for just a quick once over. Will probably look good with a decent cut and polish. Pulled the front end apart, got the brakes, suspension, k frame etc. all out. Have to take the k frame to a mates work to get some nuts undone as I couldn’t get them to budge. Anyhow,…[Read more]

Cant cam it straight away as it wont pass engineering. Getting the converter built to suit a cam, the guy said it’ll still run fine but it wont quite get up to the planned stall speed on the stock motor, but wont be far off.

Plans for the long weekend are to clear the engine bay of everything to start prepping for paint and to strip the front end suspension and k frame. Hopefully hear back about the converter tomorrow so I can get that and the gearbox ordered.

Thanks mate. I’m doing a similar conversion, LS3 and TH400 into a VK, although with a stock motor, and seeing a similar combo helps sort out a few things.

No probs Cav.

Price?

Indeed you could. Have they been used before or just test fitted on yours?

Just bought the Super Pro kit off eBay. Pretty sure that puts me over budget once I add the motor, trans, CAE kit, and all the other stuff. But all that should put me in a pretty good position for the conversion, the only other thing that could cost a fair bit will be the diff, but I wont know what it’s like until I start on that end