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Dceivdu's new 5 litre!

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Is it just me or does the red look almost pink on the bumper compared to the bonnet?

Yeah, I agree. But what DCEIVDU has said makes me think it is probably the bumper reflecting forward to the outside sunshine, and the bonnet reflecting to the dark roof.
 

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few more piccies

decided to photo blitz the vn today and got a few good pics where the kit actually looks red haha!

still needs a good clean and polish but one thing at a time lol

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enjoy!
 
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bit of a catch up

So in the last 20 days ive had a fair few good/bad and just things occur. I finished the boot about a week ago. Now its all painted with spoiler attached and deleted boot lock. Also painted the plastic covering for the gear Selector and ashtray etc black to match the stereo surround. Replaced the trans plastic strip and driver's side mirror. Aero rear door moulds are painted and ready to be fitted (have to drill holes into my doors :-'( waa), got the black holden Centre caps to stay in my front wheels (will try the back ones later).

It's likely that I have missed some things about the car but some other good news is I now have my full license. No more p's!

Also I plan to register my beast on Friday so with all going well, some of you might see it cruising around over the weekend :)

Heres some new pictures too:

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Looks sweet as..... awesome job on the cans.... :)
 

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Looks like the beast is coming off the road for a while. :/

Thursday night decided to be the night for the trans to die. Second one now. trans cooler will definitely be implemented this time round. Now that it isnt drivable, i figured why fix just the trans and do the rebuild later? might as well do everything once and then its done, no going back and taking things back off to put the new piece in etc. Today i will be taking...practically EVERYTHING out the car for a rebuild. going to clean, refurbish everything that i dont like the look of and replace anything needed as well as new parts i want to add.

I project the build time to take approx 6-12 months, hopefully less if i spend wisely. I want to redo the bodykit again and make it really shine as well as get the bottom end bearings redone, heads shaved to bring compression to approx 9:5 - 10:1 to suit the 286 cam and lifter combo. will buy valve springs, roller rockers and pushrods as well. i already have the retainers and posi locks. I plan to paint the rocker covers, extractors, block etc and give a bit of a tidy up in the engine bay (might be lazy and leave the bay lol).

Trans will get replaced... for a 3rd time. if i could source one, i would put a manual conversion in but no one has the complete setup for v8. So for now just another t700 but with shift kit, stally and corvette servos will keep it in check i reckon.. plus cooler should help. will probably go black or bright orange for paint on the tranny just to make underneath look more pleasant.

LSD seems to be whining now (had a rough life of towing in the past im assuming), that too will get some loving and a respray, leaving the gearing thats in there as it works plenty well for me :D

Lastly the drop tank will be dropped, cleaned and painted before getting put back in with a bigger fuel pump if cash permits. followed by some cosmetic work to be done on the beast. Windscreen, custom boot, possibly interior change.

Will be photo crazy with this build again and will try to get on here more often to update everyone on progress etc.

Enjoy fellas and will start pulling her apart now
 

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take your time and you will enjoy it mate,good luck with it all and yep def need photos of progress
 

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1st update of the build.. sorry it took so long

Talk about being busy! Literally have been swamped with everything over the last few months but I come back with a progress report.

Pictures speak louder than words I think:

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unfortunately time is not forgiving and I must go before I can upload anymore. Ive done stacks since the last time I was on here. Ive got a 180,000km hsv motor, loom and computer for my cam package to go into and have completely removed the old engine and trans. Will put plenty of pictures up when I have more time to do it.
 
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