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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]

VRSenator065, I heard a lot of mixed reviews with the PWR rad/thermo setup, but after reading your build and how well it had worked with a 454, I couldn’t really see a 6.0L having cooling issues with it.

Haha no one is instilling any confidence in me with these headers, But I have actually spoken to a couple of guys on a FB page that got them to…[Read more]

Gday Dave, I’m actually trying to figure out how exactly to go about my exhaust. I had a long chat with one of the blokes from sureflo exhaust during the week about going with a single 3 1/2 ” system, But I’m still tossing up between that and a twin 2 1/2″. How exactly did you go with your single 3 1/2″? What mufflers did you use? How was it for…[Read more]

UPDATE.

Progress has been a little slow lately due to work commitments and waiting on engine parts.

The motor is just about all back together and the car is off the rotisserie ready for engine fitment. While waiting for parts, I made up an engine/gearbox stand out of some scrap and an old damaged K-frame I had laying around. This helped me…[Read more]

Cava454, I’ve spoke to the engineer and hes happy as long I have some type of pollution gear fitted. I was actually going to do the exact same as VRSenator065. Any chance you could tell me how you went about it? Fitting it all up? Or where it is covered in your build thread? Cheers.

Thanks mate, Yeah I’ve had a few discussions with him about it. He says, if I run standard cats from that motor, then I don’t need to go for emissions testing and if I adapt standard air box, I don’t need to do drive-by noise testing. Only brakes test and noise testing. Again, I’m not overly concerned about having a loud exhaust.  I’ve done a…[Read more]

Yeah mate, going for full engineers. Will maybe be looking at modifying original cats to fit as well, to avoid emissions testing.

I’m starting to think about Exhaust system for my build now and looking for advice on which is the best way to go about it. Now, it is going to be a sleeper and don’t want to attract to much attention. I actually want it to be as quiet as possible (just let it sing a little under WOT), but not restrict it too much. I don’t know if they go hand in…[Read more]

Yeah, I have bought a few things from precision international before and I do highly recommend them when buying locally. Everything I bought from summit racing I compared costs to buy here for every item and I ended up saving almost $600 on my last purchase. However, There were a few things that didn’t work out cheaper. I just spent another $700 o…[Read more]

Hey mate, it’s the US Summit Racing. I didn’t even know there was an Aussie one. I have bought most of my gear from there. Even with the postage cost and currency conversion, I’ve found most of the gear is still a heap cheaper than here.

<p style=”text-align: left;”>Thanks mate, a lot of the members on here have help me out a heap already. This is why I started a build thread so hopefully I can do the same for the next bloke.</p>
<p style=”text-align: left;”>Anyway, a bit of an update. The aftermath of trying to remove the broken Exhaust bolt ended in 4 broken easy-outs and then I…[Read more]

Thanks VBRED, Was sort of thinking something along the lines of that approach. But having the K-frame out as well will free up more room to play with. VRSenator065, you’re spon on about that and I was sort of expecting to make modifications to get them to fit which doesn’t bother too much. I will just have see how it goes with the test fit and…[Read more]

This is real neat. I like how all the factory gear works together.

Thanks for the info Judge1, I think I will do something very similar to what you have. I’ll get a PWR Radiator and mod some AU’s.

VRSenator065, Now that is some food for thought. I knew it was tight around there, but not quite that bad. I guess I will just have to wait and see how I go with the test fitment. Thanks for the heads up though.

I did…[Read more]

VBRED thanks for the advice. I might just do that. I was originally relying on all the info on the net and wing it with the fitment. But I have done quite a few things differently with my setup, so test fit might be the go. How much massaging did the tunnel need for the reverse lockout solenoid? And what did you use to power it?

Judge1 that looks…[Read more]

Yeah, I was looking at PWR and Aussie Desert Coolers with either AU or VT thermos, unsure at the moment.

The rotisserie works awesome, only thing I messed up was the balance, a little top heavy. I just used the old front discs and bought a pair of trailer axles from supercheap for $50 and about $200 in RHS and knocked it together in a weekend.…[Read more]

This is the current state of the car, new rear end, smoothed engine bay a little. Got rid of battery tray and fuse box and filled in a heap of holes.

This is the current state of the car, new rear end, smoothed engine bay a little. Got rid of battery tray and fuse box and filled in a heap of holes.