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mate, a bloody awesome car!! I think you should just leave it. It looks awesome as it is.......thats my 2cents mate, cheers walks

Gave her a rub or two, lol!! I'm in the process of painting my vk. :yahoo:

Gday guys, Its been awhile so i though i show the old girl again. Every thing underneath of the car has been replaced. Now, since the weather getting better I should have the old girl painted. Colour choice is alpine white with gloss black around the windows. :thumbsup: I should have it all...

WOW That's very nice car. Cheers Jason

I like the 2nd photo, NICE!! LOL

Thanks mate will do that, the little bugger keeps on telling me that the vk is his, I don't think so......lol....Little man only 4yrs old. What K-frame & speedo cables are you using? Have you had any hassles with them? I would like to use the Vk K-frame but if have to change it, then i'll do...

sorry for another post! lol my vk colour going to be alpine white with black around windows. So far i've a vp efi fuel tank thats it...lol..but, more to come....

G'day again, lol, thanks for that mate. I have nearly replace everything underneath of the beast. So now the 253 going in my vh, My brother has efi 5.0ltr. He's letting me placed the motor and auto in the vk, So we can see what needs to be done...LOL.. RIP202 Is pretty awesome mate. My little...

cheers for doing that mate, cross-member, how did you go with? Now, everyone telling me to put a efi v8 in the vk. I Have never done it before. I'm a bit like you, I like to play with my cars too, make them go better, lol, I dont think the warm 253 blue, stg 1 trimatic, just isn't going to cut...

Danny, pretty awesome mate...quick question mate was it hard to wired up to a non efi car? Cheers Walks

vbred, thats right i heard that to about they are going to take photos of your car at the Roady joints, now...Best of luck with the roady mate. Cheers Walks

Mate, beast is looking mighty fine, how the new engine going? With your windows issues i think you must have all working. My brother had the same problem with his calais, but he only got the front to work....cheers walks

welcome, bud. have you try ebay, um, you try rare spares as you said, try your local shops like auto barn, repco etc, um yeah, i hope this helps, one of guys porbly be more help you mate cheers walks

EH Holden wagon had one, then i sold it.

try 2 1/4" exhaust that a good size to have with a 253. Dont go any bigger than 2 1/2'. All, I've got is pacemakers extractors, straight threw muffler and dump at the back, its 2 1/4'' right threw. It's sound very similair to ari 1st video. walks

Mate bloody nice!! I'm in love........cheers Walks

blown v6 hatch, WOW, I'm liking what i have seen, mate....pure awesome, my boy giving two thumbs ups too..Cheers Walks.

hey guys these were taken off my car when were to put back? where the circle is they go in there, i must took my off. but i'll hope this helps cheers Jason

they go pilairs between the doors open and close, you dont really need them. just as you close the door sound abit quiet thats all. I've them on my commodore to. I'll try up load a picture for you. I hope this helps

Kane, i just heard that they are, cool!! I'll be putting a V8 with a aussie 4spd in the vh, and using a 6 cylinder pedals. thx for that. Sorry vbred for stealing your thread mate, I'll leave you alone....COOL VK by the way!!!

ARI, hows the vk going? I've been mean to ask you, but I've been a little busy...Cheers

I'LL go with efi 50ltr, its easy than ls1, less headache too.

VBRED, V8 Clutch pedal like 30mm long where the cable hooks on too..You can use a 6 Cylinder one but pressing on it will be hard..I Hope this helps mate..Cheers j

Blown V6 hatch, you can come and fixed my vk for me, if you want mate.....lol.....Nah, its all right, Not if i going to shredd tyres off it. So I'll be happy with the 253, and with the lumpy idle.....Cheers Walks

G'day to all, I was around old folks place helping my old man, clean out his shed thats where my vk is. He has a 253 at .030" oversize, chrome moly rings, with a bit of head work too, and he said," that I can have it!!"....COOL....So i have decide to go with 253 fellas! I know you can get more...

lol lol Warranty Void, thats a pissa!! i know that website......cheers, that's was good to laugh at mate!! Ari, i did the carby mate, All I could smell through the carby was turps and something like wood lacqurer, not happy!!!! We just hope it hasnt gone threw the motor, or else!! We have...

thanks man for your help, will going back to melb on monday to finish of what we started....cheers Jason

Warranty void, I remember that, something like 377hp or something like that! I might have look into that....Cheers

Ari, ok cool thanks for that. Still deciding on what to do? Buy a 308 or do the 253 up?....... ARI, I've got a question for you, My cousins vh brock hasn't been start for about 4.5yrs, the carby is not running probly we are going to put a kit into it, running real rough, and it's blowing out...

not the kingswood!!! lol

Blown v6 hatch, cool mate, I think the 253 is a underdog, theres nothing wrong with them, to me they are a v8. ITS 253 that thing is a beast....Who knows one day I'll buy a 308, while I've a couple 253 laying around I might as well use them. Cheers Walks Have a good one!

ARI, manifold at the moment is a stock 4 barrel one... Later,probly edelbrock performance or torker, Which one dont know! lol the one that works well with the combo...Any suggestions would be great!! Running Quadajet 4bbl, size i dont know.... Spacer, I dont know the brand, cause, I've...

Um i forgot to put in a 1" spacer to, add that to my list as well....lol.....

ARI is that for 253 or 308? the 385hp....If it is cool...This is the first time I've done something like this to my engine. My aim was to get more than 320hp from 253/308...Thanks heaps. If i have more questions i know who to ask, mate thanks again Cheers Walks... have a good one

cool, that attached thing you put up....yep!! lol no idea lol......thanks for telling us about the vn heads set up to early heads.

Yeah they are the cams that I have. bugger!! In the 253 blue cam is 5603 and the other one is 5616 as you know....lol

Ari, the cam i have got is a crow cam 5616 never been used, I was going to used it in the 253 but, Guy at wimmera machine shop told me that, if I used the cam, I'll need to strenght bottom end and run 2800 stally and without it. It will run like a pig. The low bottom end would be crap...My old...

304runner, I'll like to stay with the old style 253/308's mate, I just finish rebuilding blue 253 with mild crow cam, 280-240-110-486 specs on the cam that I've put in. I had it running with NO mufflers, neighbours heard it, and didnt like...lol.. I can do the basic stuff to my cars...Cheers Jason

Munz i would like to stay with carby v8, cause, I have the cam that I put up, mate. :spot on: Ari, so is it worth me buying a 308? Yeah, to new exhaust mate. So what you saying is I'll get 253hp from both engines! yeah! I don't want to spend it all on a 253 and get, say? 280hp from a 253...

G'day guys, I have a small problem...If I was to spend $4k on a 253(red), How much HP, Am I looking at? To compare a 308. Here's what I want to do with my engine..... Head work --ported, valves IN 1.85 EXH 1.54, Double valves springs, --Street Terra Roller Rockers 1.65...