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Current day I’m halfway through the rust repairs, and then I’ll be moving onto cutting out the firewall and sheeting it off with a nice bead rolled pattern to add a bit of strength and liven it up a little.

The ill be focusing on striping the entire inside down to bare metal, coating it, sound deadening and then hopefully my order from the states…[Read more]

Christmas came early

Unfortunately ran into more rust with this thing after deciding to investigate what was hiding underneath these horrible patch panels.

I was hoping it was just rusted out where they had covered up, but unfortunately it goes a little deeper into the sill than that.

Yet to find out what behind this patch below the door hinge…[Read more]

Motor is finally out and gone!

Also received my fuel system parts from Summit today.

Aeromotive phantom 340 in tank fuel system to suit the carby style ricks tank. And a corvette regulator / fuel filter combo with – 6 fittings on each end.

Super impressed with the quality and finish of the pump system and it is quite a nice…[Read more]

Hey guys long time no speak, this is all copy pasted from other forums so excuse me if some things don’t make sense. Happy to clarify anything if need be.

So much to a few peoples disappointment I’ve decided to ditch the BBC / T400. Whilst the Big block was a lot of fun ultimately it wasn’t really what I was looking for and so I’ve decided to…[Read more]

Hey Gary, i have a VZ cradle at home and VS control arms which bolt together perfectly, both cradles are almost identical in shape, the VS is just a little narrower. 

Hey Gary, i have a VZ cradle at home and VS contorl arms which bolt together perfeclty, both cradles are almost identical in shape, the VS is just a little narrower. 

Everything is now trimmed, couple of edges I’m not ecstatic about but not bad for a first attempt.

I just need some foam to then finish covering the fuel filler nozzle with the vinyl.

Started filling out the boot with some false walls to tidy it up a bit.

All the panels will have these sunken panels, which will be covered in suede and vinyl.

Battery will eventually go behind one, and a small tool box will be mounted on the other side, the panels easily pull out and are held in with…

Nooooo never! You’ll have to wait until i pick it up in a few weeks. I consider it quite an upgrade.

Well, things have taken a bit of a turn and this thing is now for sale. I’ve impulse bought a new car that i just could not pass up for the price, deposit is down and i pick it up next time I’m home as the seller is also a FIFO worker and goes back to work today.

Let my workshop know i wont be bringing the car in today to have the diff installed…[Read more]

CAD designer and now with 3D printing! I may have to put in a few more orders ;)

Dana gears and Truetrac ordered.

I fly home on the 5th and then to Thailand for the first week of my time off on the 6th.

Hoping the parts arrive so I can drop them and a spare VZ SV6 LSD diff off to get rebuilt with the new parts ready for my second week off at home.

Then once my new driveshaft are made its time for some 275 ets and see how…[Read more]

What brand is genuine Michael? Few places over your side of the country do Eaton truetracs and motive gears for around $1100.

No problem Gary.

Gearbox has been repaired and reinstalled ready for pickup on the weekend. Unfortunately with working away and on nightshift it’s hard to keep in contact with what’s going on with the car. It’s just been repaired as standard I believe, when I dropped the car off I told him I didn’t want a shift kit or anything installed as I want…[Read more]

Wow thanks for that link Ij, really helpful!

Line pressures were hardly increased if at all on my car, it still drives like standard, he just spent a lot of time getting the shifts points right etc, it completely changed the way the car drove before the cam / stall. It was definitely my driving that killed the box not the way it was tuned. I have…[Read more]

Yeah mate gearbox has been tuned, tuner spent a whole day getting it right apparently.

Would the box still shift between 3/4 okay if the clutch packs were worn? It sifts fine between 1-2 + 3-4 just doesn’t automatically shift anymore.

Nope, just taking off from a stand still gave it stick to hold it in first. We in drive but was still in 1st gear the whole time.

Oh shit really? I’ve knit heard of the CV joints tearing themselves up.

Have encountered a problem, gave it a bit of stick last night and gearbox was not happy with me doing so.

As it went to change into second it smashed the limiter and acted as if it was in neutral. Wouldn’t take off in 3rd or 4th. It moves fine in 1st or 2nd of the line…[Read more]