VH Race Car - Roll cage now in

[Bilbs]

Hey all, this used to be my road car believe it or not lol, but here are the stats on it

1982 VH Commodore
253cuI V8
M21 4 Spd Box
10 Bolt LSD with the springs compressed to turn it into a single spinner
VSC Roll cage with Nascar style side intrusion bars
Soon to be built is fuel cell protection bars
Kingsprings Superlows in the front
Sports wheel
Stripped interior
Hidden wiring in engine bay
Regrooved Tires
Removed Dash
Doors Stripped
Hell, i may as well say, EVERYTHING STRIPPED LOL
This is gonna be a speedway car, in the standard saloon class, hence the lsd turned into a single (coz im too stingy to fork out for a standard diff for it lol)

Her are some pics off my phone of the build progress

[DANNY8]

Why do u want to use a single spinner?

[Bilbs]

Because the governing body of the calss has decided in their wisdom that Locked, Shimmed, or Limited Slip Diffs are not allowed, and if you get caught, first offence will be sent home and no racing for the night, and second time will be 12 month suspension, and i dont want that

[DANNY8]

Ah ok that sucks. We have dirt circuit racing here, and I think just about every single car has a locked diff.

[Bilbs]

This thing is finaly finished, and goes well, ill get a pic up soon, but i must say that for a stock 253, it no problem keeping up with, and passing WORKED 302's and 308s on a DRY track, i think what it may have been is the fact that when they were running out of revs, i still had my boot in, im only guessing as i got no tach yet, but maybee 6,500 rpm, with a 2.78 diff in 2nd gear, so i mighta been doin about 120 or so down the end of the straights

[Pav]

That looks like a heap of fun, get some videos !!! lol

[Bilbs]

This thing is now written off. Another car i was passing on the inside, decided to tag my outside rear quater panel, and all that ever does is snap you at full noise (bout 90 - 100kph) head on into the wall, and the damage - not repairable, it even snapped the bolt that holds the alternator bracket to the RH Head, BUT.... The motor started up and idled perfect, so no engine damage at least, RH front wheel has been pushed back 100mm, rail bent at firewall, column pushed up, firewall kinked, trans tunnel has a lil kink near the drivers seat, even the LH rear quaterpanel is rippled, but this is all damage you can expect from hitting a wall at 100kph i guess lol, other things, is radiator is stuffed, the engine fan is not reconisable lol, we had to cut the rh guard off to get it back on the trailer coz it was lokin up the rhf wheel, but the tyre didnt go down, and none of my suspension is damaged, so all i need is another VH rolling shell, and im off racing again, i was coming 4th at the time with one lap to go, and it was the first race of the night. As for injuries to me - - - - - - - - A bit of pain in the jewel factory from the 5 point race harness (i think i might invest in a 6 point, that way there is no belt that runs over my balls lol) which only lasted for about 2 or 3 mins, so ill have to get some pics up for you all to look at

[Pav]

Unlucky mate, thats racing for ya I guess, definitely get some pics up aye. Pity your not in WA I have a nice VK shell sitting in my backyard.

[Bilbs]

Before

After

[lil_oneblue]

Hello.

Mate i dont like to steal peoples posts. BUT your not responding to any emails or PM's. We done a deal for a diff centre back about 6 months ago. I was quick to do my end of the deal but you end of the deal still has not been made. Just wondering when you will be sending my centre as i NEED IT ASAP!

thankyou
Jason

[Bilbs]

lil_oneblue ill will try an get away from work on thurs to post it to ya, sorry about not replying to you. That outta the way, anyone interested in how this is going, well i got a new shell, i have the roll cage in now (funny thats how the car was when i stzarted this thread) and i got the motor in too now, and it started after the second push of the button, so im relieved about that, anyone that wants to hear it, its YouTube - Holden V8 with no exhaust after rebuild on youtube, and ill try and get a hold of the vid of me crashing it and post that up as well

[Astranomical]

What happened mate?

[Jo3_Blo]

Wow, love that note of the V8 mate.

Carby needs a bit of work? Sounded good under throttle tho.

Lookin forward to some pics mate.

[lil_oneblue]

lil_oneblue ill will try an get away from work on thurs to post it to ya, sorry about not replying to you. That outta the way, anyone interested in how this is going, well i got a new shell, i have the roll cage in now (funny thats how the car was when i stzarted this thread) and i got the motor in too now, and it started after the second push of the button, so im relieved about that, anyone that wants to hear it, its YouTube - Holden V8 with no exhaust after rebuild on youtube, and ill try and get a hold of the vid of me crashing it and post that up as well

Been another 2 weeks mate and you still have not filled your end of our deal we made 6 months ago! Deal is a Deal. I helped you out by posting my end of the deal quickly before you posted yours just so you could get your car on the road again. you have not bothered in 6 months to post the diff cent back to me as per the swap.

Please get onto it as you are now holding up my build.

thankyou
Jason

[Meerkatmichael]

nice, all the work yourself?

[lil_oneblue]

ben yet another 2 weeks and you still have not replied. I need to know if you are going to finish you end of the deal or not? as your holding up my build.

[lil_oneblue]

still no reply. looks like your quite happy to rip me of??????????

deal is a deal mate how aussie are you?

[Bilbs]

wow, car has changed heaps, it got rebuilt, then stacked,then box went bang, so now has a V8 3 spd box, then writen off again, then rebuilt, then won a race in it then crashed, then fixed, then more races and a heap of seconds and thirds, and a couple more wins, then last time i raced it i had 2 thirds and a second for the night, was comin 4th in a 25 lap final with 4 laps to go when the faithfull 253 spun 3 bearings
BUT that was the motivation needed for a 308
Engine Specs:
.040" Over small bowl pistons
Deck height zeroed
arp rod bolts
rollmaster timing set
HUGE cam
blue heads with about .060" removed
+.100" valve springs and +.050 retainers
10.5:1 Comp
inlet plenum opened up
retuned quaddie

it should hammer, still waiting for machine shop to get back from holidays so i can pick up inlet, but i am looking forward to getting it running
So car over all
VC/H/K commodore body
Full Roll Cage
5 point harness
Plastic race seat
Stripped Interior
Race style start button and switches
25L fuel cell
5"Tacho with oil press, oil temp and water temp digital display built in
Worked 308
lightened fywheel
twin 2 1/4" exhaust straight through with a 15" hotdog on each pipe finishing in front of diff
3 Spd box with floor shift
modified VH tailshaft running to VL 3.23 diff
15x7 VL calais rims
regrooved radials
VK Grp A bilstein front shock with VR FE2 springs
Wilkinson performance slide adjustable strut mounts with solid mounted top bearing
pedders gas ride shocks in rear with lovels ultra low springs

Will get some pics up when i can find them and a new vid once motor is in and running, and maybe a vid of me running it in at my cousins farm