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Pulled the sump off on Sunday, main bearings are rooted, like 3mm of play in the crank. And that "dent" in the piston, is actually a hole all the way through.
Bye-Bye 176.
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Got a couple of light coats on the engine bay today. Will get it finished next weekend, then can start putting things back together in the engine bay. Then put the dash back together and drive the sucker.
Still aiming for mid August. Having it ready for my Birthday would be a bonus.
:):):)
Coming along sweet
Looks good
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Should be good when i get the painting finished. Still need to work out what im going to do about washer bottle and overflow. Got rid of the factory mounts, so now need to figure out an alternative. Again.Coming along sweet
Looks good
FML.
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Bay painted bar the DS chassis rail.
Going to paint the brake booster and brackets tomorrow and then get them ready to fit. Found a tailshaft, so all going well, the motor will go in next weekend and then will sort out the wiring and fuel system
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you've replaced the front suspension to handle the heavier V8 and box right?
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Going to. Got stuff sitting here and im going to drive it to work and put them in one saturday morning. CBF doing it on the ground.
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As promised. Engine bay photo's. 99% of the green done. Few points that need a recoat.
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Got my tailshaft tonight, thanks to Boozer, a forum member. So now the final piece of the driveline puzzle is complete. I now have a job for the coming weekends. Carefully lifting the motor and trans into place as to not damage the last couple of months work on the bay paint.
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lol get a heatgun to cure the paint, it'll only take you 2-3 days of sitting in the bay to set it right
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Week should do it fine. Then going to lay guard covers down over all the panels so that even if it does get loose it wont do much, if any damage. 27th of August is the turn key day for this project. Has to be going before then.lol get a heatgun to cure the paint
Time to go SHOPPING!!!
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Moved the car today for the first time in a couple of months. Gave me a chance to give the floor a clean:
Gave the trans a really REALLY quick coat of fiddly bits because i was bored after painting the booster
Then i got REALLY bored, and decided it was time:
Cleaned most of the mucky water off the motor, will give it a proper wash once i get the car running because cbf using a toothbrush on the whole thing like i was.
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hey mate chuck some kerosene on it should bring it up nice and it doesn't stuff up paint,wires and stuff
My VL Walkinshaw replica project
captain halfajob
YEAAAAAHHH1!!!11!!!ONE!!!!
thats what im talkin' bout! you must be gettin excited now! what more does it need to start?
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Hell yeah im getting excited. Need to buy my shifter and fuel pump, then it's just a matter of installing them, hiding the wiring and doing a few last things like putting the dash back together, getting the rear calipers overhauled and installed/bled up, putting the tailshaft in and wiring the battery to the boot.
Oh yeah, scored a battery box for FREEEEE from work, plus a brand new battery aswell. *dances*
SSM11K
Nice effort!!
Bay looks good with the new motor in there, soo clean and fresh
Let us know how you go about the wiring for the battery in the boot, I want to attempt something along the lines, in my VH, if I ever get to that point
Its definately coming along, been watching the progress from back here in the shadows..!
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Cheers man, yeah, that's the next thing to tackle, will most likely run a single power wire to the engine bay and then run a junction or something off there where the positive lead can connect to. Will do a bit more research into it, but that's how i see it going in my head atm.Nice effort!!
Bay looks good with the new motor in there, soo clean and fresh
Let us know how you go about the wiring for the battery in the boot, I want to attempt something along the lines, in my VH, if I ever get to that point
Its definately coming along, been watching the progress from back here in the shadows..!
Too many projects.....
You only need 1 Big power wire straight from the battery to the starter motor. But, you will also need 2 earths, 1 from the battery to the body and 1 from the engine to the body. Then you just run your charge wire from the starter to the back of the alternator.
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Excellent, thanks for that.
One more question, in regards to the fuel pump and fuel pressure, what PSI of fuel pressure should i be running? The Holley fuel pumps need a pressure regulator, but the carter pumps run at a certain PSI of pressure, guy at work has a carter pump sitting at home in a box, but im not sure what PSI i need to be running and whether it's going to be adequate or not?
captain halfajob
carter blacks run at 15 psi. what you have at your carb will depend on what needle and seat you use but generic should be about 6.5-7psi.
i got a cheap arse rebuild kit for my quadrajet and was having troubles with fuel slosh at 7 so had to go 6.5 but some can handle 8 or above.
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Yeh, about 7 PSI is what you want with a Holley. Anything that pumps over 7 PSI is going to need a regulator, regardless of the make/brand. Get a Holley red, they pump 7 PSI out of the box, no regulator needed.
What size fuel line are you going to run?
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I was speaking to one of the instructors at tradeschool and he seemed to think that the standard fuel line would give the required flow rate?
Too many projects.....
5/16 will be pushing it to keep up with a fairly decent 308, I'd be upgrading to 3/8 myself.
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What guage of wire would you be running? 0??
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yea 0 gauge is the best way to go.
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