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Has anyone been able to run a 304 efi in a VK calais and have full functionality of the electronic dash, ie trip computer etc? Ive had a bit of a search but couldnt find anything. If it can be done, which wires would go where?

hunt down the factory VK manual if you can, it has the routing of the looms, wiring diagrams etc, so you'll be able to compare the digital and analogue ones.

You'll need the loom that connects to the digital dash as the plugs are different for digital and analogue.

hey mate sorry I only just saw this, I can try and fix it if your in Adelaide and can get it to me, let me know

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The VE battery power cable runs from the battery on the passenger side in the boot through the rear panel behind the back seat and dips down under the seat along the floor under the carpet and then up into the kickpanel area on the passenger side and through the firewall / scuttle panel big...

you answered your question yourself, replace the brake booster vacuum line...

have found a less than obvious answer (to me anyway) a power steering hose out of a VH 6cyl.... the hose can be rotated from the steel line by undoing the join and re-orienting the direction of the line. OR to use the hose half from a VK 5L onto the steel line from the VH 6cyl, will fit into...

cool, not disputing what you've said, when i run into problems I'll change it over, dont have the time or money atm... I have a flaring tool and have done a very good job of fuel lines before, can i cut the flare off the VK high pressure power steering line and use the VK nut on a VS line to go...

I had competition pacemakers on oldschool heads, that combo copped a fair bit of punishment. rack never leaked a drop in 5 years. Pretty sure those pipes passed pretty close to the power steering too.

why? is it just because the line that runs alongside across the rack is too close to the pipes with paceys? can that line be re-routed? just curious, also how much modification does a VN hose need to go onto a VK rack?is the VS series one better or the same?

who are you using for machining? try Chris Milton Engine developments, they're pretty good dont expect any change out of 10k for a 355stroker....

usually 7400+ will cause electrical problems.... ie when piston / rod #1 comes through the side of the block and knocks the alternator off....

bore / hone is usually done to match pistons supplied, on decent engines... have used ACL product a few times without any dramas

It's cool. if you want to be clever with how the fans come on, you can use a tach relay (commonly used in LPG conversions) to trigger the two fan relays so the fans only run while the engine is running. ie when the coil is emitting a pulse. Good that you have it sorted, it is involved, but in...

I read most of your posts Ari and they are pretty well thought out for the most part. I disagree with what you say about the thermos.... a clutch fan is always going to beat a **** instal of a thermo fan. however if you do the electrics properly, not just twisting wires together and a flick of...

sorry but the mondeo fans kill the engine driven fan at idle for air flow. The shroud has to be carefully sealed to the radiator to prevent leans and ensure that all air is drawn through the radiator. Had this setup on a fairly stout 308 in a VK and it's never overheated. not even in slow...

run your earth from thebattery negative to one of the bolts that holds the starter motor into the block.... there's your engine earth neat and out of the way.

peel the carpet back on the divers side floor, the words "fully sick" were chalked on the floor pan at holdens.

the bananas manifold is too restrictive for the power he's chasing. I can tell you that even with the impco 425, you'll need a very big vapouriser to feed a genuine 200rwkw engine. Mine would lean out beyond 5000rpm, that was with headwork, cam, compression and a good exhaust. dont waste your...

bet it's the coil.... seen it a 1000 times before, dodgy coils always feel like a carb / fuel issue under acceleration.

what carb are you running now? an impco 425 is an improvement over the snorkel set up. open up the divider in the intake manifold for LPG. you'd gain nothing more from upping the exhaust to a 3" unless you went a big cam and a lot of headwork. a crane 286 is a decent lively cam in a 308

some people prefer to drive their cars. its a personal choice thing, and an easy way of shaving a little bit of time off at the drags, a must on a strip car, but handy on a street car that sees the dragstrip aswell.

Phil Soderstrom makes the parts required to beef up a trimatic.... they can be a good trans for anything up to 450hp with the right mods, after that you gotta start spending serious money and get various parts hardened / heat treated ect. Tradematics in Geelong built mine years ago and its...

and why did this have to be in the VB-VK Thread??? why couldnt it have been a VN owner?

release the left foot sooner and stomp the right just as you release the left..... all the shiftkit you'll ever need in a T5 and it's free.... until your clutch starts slipping.

OMG, i was just reading through the ricers, funny ****. but seriously I used to work with the chick that owned this, apparently it went alright.

i'm gonna go against the consensus here and say white.... but its a very tough question.

the correct amount of oil, coolant, and fuel in the car should silence it lol.

agreed, but they're using them with 3 speeds, which in my opinion is a waste of time. But Yeah if i ever went a 4 speed I'd contemplate it as a way around adapting a shifter for that box into an early car.

they sound like more trouble than they're worth, ive never had a problem shifting gears with the stock shifter on a manualised trans.

pretty sure they're under the dash.

power supply in the instrument cluster.... OR check the round plug that goes into the back of it, that one has the constant power, ignition power and earth wire in it, make sure the plug goes on nice and tight or else it's probably caput.... pm me and I can probably email you a bunch of pics...

500 is a pig of a carby, a 450 4 barrel would be better, but you need a good head and cam to run it, and a 4 barrel manifold.

^^^^^ wat he said, or tailshaft centre bearing, would def be looking at both of these with the extra power of a stroker. check also to make sure that the exhaust hangers are bent back away from the tailshaft as there is one that can foul on the rear section of the tailshaft if it hasnt been...

^^^^^^ I hear Noltec make a better adjustable strut top

now i never want to see another thermofan post for VB-VK,.....lol

dont use the probe arrangement that sleeves inside the top radiator hose, they're **** and never seal up properly. i cbf'd drawing up teh schematic so i'll give you a quick rundown assuming you know how to wire relays; with this setup you wont need to muck about with a toggle switch...

bypass the trans oil pipes that go into the radiator and unscrew the fittings screwed into the radiator side tank as well, the edge of the fan shroud run right over these holes, this will help make it easier to fit it up. run a remote trans cooler in front of the radiator (later model commys...

the mondeo fans are smaller than AU but they cover a greater area of the radiator than the stock fan does and will pull more air, never had any over heating probs with a mild 308 even on days where it was 40+ and sitting in trafffic . the most important thing is to get the shroud to fit as...