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Been a little quiet on here the last few months, been getting absolutely raped at work.

Anyway, there has been a slight change in direction with the build. The original plan of doing the conversion and cleaning it up a little has now turned into a full bare metal resto. The car has just been through Imperial Blasting at Cardiff and is now down on…[Read more]

Mate I love this car. Makes me just want to finish mine already. Not really good about the PWR Radiator, Hope I don’t get any issues with mine. How did you end up going with the exhaust/brake line issue?

That exhaust looks nice mate. Pretty much exactly what I am going to do. What mufflers dos you use? Straight through?

gtrboyy,

yeah it’s just a chopped down VN axle and looks like it had been turned down. I bought the diff like that, I can’t really say how they hold up, but from what I’ve heard/read cut down and resplined  axles are never going to be as strong as original. In the end I just went with the safest option and went 31 spline.

Thanks Vhman, I didn’t even think of checking it against the drawings that came with the radiator. Too late now though, rad support already modified. I was originally going to run twin system, but it was just going to be too tight and was going to cost me more for the pipe.

Dave, that’s just my fuel reg and filter mounted up there. I am just…[Read more]

Been a little while since last update, I’ve been a little slack.

Managed to knock over a lot of the little things I have been avoiding as well. Headers came back from modification and now fit nicely, I may need to modify the 3″ collector though as it is now at a different angle. I thought I would throw the CRS 1 7/8″ back in and see how they sit…[Read more]

I am interested in just how close your rear brake line is to the exhaust, I have routed my new brake hard line in the original position. I think I have a little more than a fingers width, but I haven’t spoken to the engineer about it yet either. I’m assuming your clearance issue is under the car inside the chassis rail where your header collector is?

Yeah pipes should be fine once they’re modified. I’m running an E38 ECU and going to make up a bracket for it and weld it behind the firewall somewhere, should be plenty of room for access since the A/C unit is now gone. Fuse box will be in the glovebox or on the firewall next to the ECU if there’s enough room and I’ll find somewhere for the OBD2…[Read more]

Nah mate, ripped all the aircon out. I did think about keeping it, but then realised that I never use it anyway (even in my daily). Windows down aircon is fine with me. Haha yea im hearing you on that, im so happy I took the time to label all the plugs and connectors when I ripped it out. Once I got my around the circuitry it was pretty easy.

I…[Read more]

Thats a mint looking VK mate, love to see more pics.

Finally found some time to post an update.

OK, so back to my header issues. Gary (VRSenator065) sorted me out with his old pacemakers he had on his 454, thanks mate. Bonus with these headers was that he had modified them to exit with a 3″ collector which suited me perfectly. Now, these headers did free a stack of room up around the steering shaft…[Read more]

Mate, looking real nice. I’ve also gone with an ultimate Street Shifter, I cant say much on it as my build is far from a road test. Interested to know what you think about 3.9 gears, im running 4.11. Love the build though, that sleeper look is mint. Let us know how you go with engineering.

Thanks Judge1, after looking at that I might look at doing that or just fabricating one up. It does look a lot neater than just cutting a section out like I have already done.

Haha it’s ok, jokes on me. I’m hearing you mate, I actually spent most of the day with the oxy torch and managed to free up a heap of room on the drivers side. I ended up separating the pipes and also managed to drop the motor down a little more. At the end of day, I got the pipes to fit with clearance, but there is just not enough and I can’t see…[Read more]

Yeah mate, its a joke. CRS need a serious look at there quality control. I have seen these headers fit a few cars, but even if I drop the motor to sit on the K-frame, the collectors would still hit the floor.

Does anyone have some pacemaker conversion headers for sale??

That’s how good my day has been with fitting these CRS headers. I knew there would be some modifying to be had, but not to the extent I’m going to need to do to get these headers to fit. I wish I had listened to everyone and just gone with the paceys. Just to get these headers up into…[Read more]

Yes indeed, it was good to see the motor in bay, the build starting make some real traction.

Back to the headers though, I have fitted headers and to my surprise there is plenty of clearance from the rails. Only real issue is the collectors hitting the floor, stopping the gearbox fitting right up into the tunnel. The pipes will need to be heated…[Read more]