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Was this a car that the guy pulled the LS engine in it out to put into his VN race car? (“Thelightyear” username)

Hey mate.

I used 5/8″ Fuel Hose (E85 safe) from Enzed for the tank overflow line. I couldn’t get this from regular auto parts stores. Needed about 600mm of hose length. I also replaced all of the breather tubes, as well as the charcoal canister line to the filler neck. Used 3/16″ hose for this. Also replaced the tank pressure and return hoses…[Read more]

Operation Ghetto Booty is a success. After trying to get the 1/2″ hose onto a 5/8″ fitting for the tank overflow (thanks Autobarn!) I had some delays in getting the tank back in. Managed to get the correct hose from Enzed on Friday so smashed it back in today.

The Walbro 460 is very quiet, better than the stock pump for sure. Now has E85…[Read more]

Operation Ghetto Booty is a success. After trying to get the 1/2″ hose onto a 5/8″ fitting for the tank overflow (thanks Autobarn!) I had some delays in getting the tank back in. Managed to get the correct hose from Enzed on Friday so smashed it back in today.

The Walbro 460 is very quiet, better than the stock pump for sure. Now has E85…[Read more]

What they said.

Easiest and quickest way to learn – dive in and have a go. If you don’t go making wholesale changes in one go then you’re really not going to hurt an N/A engine…

Ordered a set of long shank aluminium carbides to help progress the manifold. Need to source some other items to port the runners themselves.

Started installing the 80L fuel tank into the car yesterday (operation ‘Ghetto Booty’). Faced some issues with being given the wrong size hose for the tank overflow line by the helpful attendant at the…[Read more]

Had a ten minute play last night. Hit the top surface with the flap disc to get rid of the casting flash, then used an aluminium carbide to smooth the entry out. I’ll need to get some long shank cutters though, as well as a hone of some sort around 42mm dia.

Top image is flap disc only, bottom image is initial work. Hard to tell in the pictures…[Read more]

Yeah that car’s a winner.

Alright, let’s start the new year off.

No major progress but I intend on trying to get out to the garage at least an hour a night to slowly chip away at some of the tasks needed. Just after Christmas I went up to the old man’s place and came back with a trailer full of parts off the VQ. I have the engine on the stand in the shed, as well as a…[Read more]

Yep.

VN is now the ‘official’ project.

OK so basically nothing has changed on this since May (wow, 6 months?).

As in the other thread I no longer have the VQ so this now has a full time garage spot. In the interim I’ve managed to spend almost all of our spare cash on finishing the house. I’m now almost done.

And now I want to finally get my bike (MT-07) so it may still be a while for…[Read more]

So in the end I dropped this to my old man’s place on his birthday at the start of November. He then took it on a few organised cruises, now it’s been parked up waiting for me to pull the parts off it I need.

I’ve almost finished a cradle to transport the engine from his place to mine. Then basically that’s the end of the book for me on this…[Read more]

As posted on Inj5L FB Page, a crows foot attachment is the only way.

Suggest for your own sanity that you replace the hard lines with braided items. It means you can drop the trans and undo the lines as they are flexible, rather than fighting for hours with the trans in place.

Nice one!!

Great stuff.

That’s a lot of a$$ crack lol

I wouldn’t think the manifolds should be that hot if you really are just cruising around. It will always look worse at night but it might be worth checking to see the timing isn’t retarded for some reason.

Maybe it’s just early tanks, but mine have always had the return line integral to the tank itself…

So you added the second line to the tank bulkhead? The pump carriers I’ve seen only have one hose connection.