1983 VH Commodore V8 Conversion

[vk.jonno]

sounds good as.

 

[Sabbath']

Had a productive afternoon today.

Engine Crane all set to go

Motor out, notice the amount of space that's cleared by not having the LPG or Aircon hoses running everywhere (and the lack of motor helps)

Motor and box on the floor. Will tear the thing down in the week to see what damage i did to it.

Will probably order my fuel pump this week, then need to go to the wreckers and sort out a tailshaft and diff.

Stay tuned for more!!

 

[Dirbatua]

Aaaaaand then???

 

[ari666]

... and then and then and then... he gave me his torker manifold.

 

[Jo3_Blo]

Very neat looking VH. Should go good with the 308!!! :thumbsup:

 

[Sabbath']

Havent worked on the car since the weekend. Just trying to decide a few things.

1. Engine bay. Thinking of respraying it the same green after i smooth it out a bit, but think silver would contrast with the motor alot nicer. BUT, having a different colour bay looks like it's had a half baked respray. Thoughts?

2. Motor, Should i paint the block black, and the headers in a silver colour to contrast to the motor. This wouldnt be applicable if i went for silver bay respray?

 

[NVMYVT]

definately dont use a different colour for the engine bay mate, it never works out like people imagine it, keep with the green
as for the motor, what you have suggested though sounds good

can't wait to see this thing

damn i regret selling my vh sle

 

[Panama]

that interior is nice as mate!

black block and heads, silver intake and alternator and stuff looks good.

make sure you use vht engine enamel or the paint can burn off or bubble from the heat. if you want to paint the extractors there is a high temp exhaust paint that you can buy from repco that does nicely. 1200 degrees F i think its called.

keep up the good work mate this will be a good project i reckon.

 

[nemesis_adrasteia]

Havent worked on the car since the weekend. Just trying to decide a few things.

1. Engine bay. Thinking of respraying it the same green after i smooth it out a bit, but think silver would contrast with the motor alot nicer. BUT, having a different colour bay looks like it's had a half baked respray. Thoughts?

2. Motor, Should i paint the block black, and the headers in a silver colour to contrast to the motor. This wouldnt be applicable if i went for silver bay respray?

nah stick with a single colour different coloured engine bays make cars look cheap IMO. black block and silver heads looks good, chrome rocker covers

 

[VKCOMMO]

Looking nice...