Vh sle 5.0l

[mr j-man]

just had the engine bay cleaned up ... battery tray out and all holes welded up...then sprayed with several layers of black pearl...the pearl isnt as noticable in the bay as what it is on the exterior. not to concerned really. I just dropped in the motor to see how it will sit..Will pull it out again to do more work underneath it ie: electrical, pwr steer, speedo and all the usual bits and pieces.

[CORNY4]

Wicked looking car dude! Now I've seen how shiny your rocker covers are, am defiantly going to sand mine back again for another polish! Looks tuff

[180sc]

Nice man got any more pics of the outside?

[doms1]

NICE AS ,love the vh sles

[mr j-man]

Wicked looking car dude! Now I've seen how shiny your rocker covers are, am defiantly going to sand mine back again for another polish! Looks tuff

cheers mate...im pretty happy with covers...i just hit em with paint stripper, then the air sander on 400grit then 1000p wet an dry then 6hrs worth of polishing on the bench grinder with a soft stitch wheel.

[mr j-man]

Nice man got any more pics of the outside?

thanks...nah not as yet... i need some tho! as soon as i roll it outa the garage i will!

[mr j-man]

still a lil way to go yet before its runnin! cant wait to turn that key!

[Darren_L]

looking good mate, yeah can't wait to see some more photos when you get it out of the shed.
I reckon you'll love the exhaust note when you start her up. Nothing like the exhaust note of a healthy Aussie 304

[mr j-man]

looking good mate, yeah can't wait to see some more photos when you get it out of the shed.
I reckon you'll love the exhaust note when you start her up. Nothing like the exhaust note of a healthy Aussie 304

i have been contemplating on a twin system or a single 3". still not sure!

[mr j-man]

update.....car now in the workshop getn assembeld....aint goin to be cheap with all the extra parts i couldnt get a hold of! only 1 week or 2 to go!

[mr j-man]

all mechanicals are assembled and is now being wired up...engine bay looks like a big bowl of spaghetti at the moment. all they have to do is wire up the ignition system and hook up the fuel delivery....should be ready to fire up mid week of next!

[Jonno]

did this used to have photos?
whered they go :S

[mr j-man]

yeah but i dunno what happened or remember how to get em back up!
any suggestions

[mr j-man]

just a few pics

[Jonno]

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[Jonno]

wowow beautiful car!!!!
need more piks of the car tho :P

[mr j-man]

wowow beautiful car!!!!
need more piks of the car tho :P

yeah i kno! car in the shop at the mo and it looks trashed! soon as i get it home ill be taking more...its been gone for almost 2mths... hopefully some stage nxt wk ill get it back

[180sc]

very nice man i like it alot.

[mr j-man]

very nice man i like it alot.

thanks...as u can see it had a 308 stickin outa the bonnet prior to the 5.0L so i have had to get a SS/grp A bonnet scoop to hide the big hole. i didnt really wana do it because i like the look of the bodys with out any bolt on body work...im not a big fan of body kits on any car except for the VK GRP A...only exception. however! i couldnt find a good clean bonnet in bris so i had to go the scoop. It looks pretty good on darrens red SS, thats pretty much what sold it for me!

[ari666]

very nice you need to give the painter/body repairer a big pat on the back

[mr j-man]

very nice you need to give the painter/body repairer a big pat on the back

it looks great untill u get within a foot of it! it was painted like 5yrs ago. couple of humidity bubbles here and there only on the roof tho! it could do with another respray as im pretty picky when it comes to paint jobs but that wont be happening for a long time as its not really a major issue...still looks good!

[mr j-man]

just all the wiring done and fired up today!. until there was a knocking sound from the flexplate which was outa balance so now the gearbox is back out and now ready to change out the flex plate with a new....goddamit!

[machone]

looks great mate your doing a great job

[mr j-man]

had a few little extras added along the way! killswitch wired into the ecu, manual overide switch for the thermos, got the tailshaft rebuilt, custom kickdown cable, they supply/fitted a supposedly recod pwrstr pump but when it came time to drive it off the hoist the pump was goin ballistic, so now it definately has been recod and all parts and labour cost have been canned due to the inconvenience. only thing left to do ist to hook up a new exhaust....that of which im still unsure about

[mr j-man]