HZ 1 Tonner 5.0L

[88GreenVN]

pretty good paint job on it for what i can see, was it resprayed recently? will it be a daily driver?

Yep painted to hide all the rust. So off comes all the paint and bog to clean up the body work. Then re aline all the front panels - they are way out

Front end gets done while the panels are off.

Looking at diff options - disk rear LSD also.

 

[383 hatch]

Looking at diff options - disk rear LSD also.

VN-VS Borg Warner. Only way to go...

 

[88GreenVN]

Motor gets slotted in on Thursday. Then comes the wire it up bit. We have all the HZ wire diagrams - but the original wiring has been butchered up a bit.

 

[88GreenVN]

We have rust and lots of it.

 

[88GreenVN]

Motor is in and the trans x member has been made and fitted. Air box is in and the battery tray moved to the other side.

Photos later today...

 

[383 hatch]

Well?

I like looking at other peoples EFI conversions to see how they go about it....

Although, most of the time it's only the little things that differ as the engine is pretty much a bolt in job on a HQ-WB.

 

[88GreenVN]

He we go some avg shots of the engine and trans in

 

[88GreenVN]

The job is almost done. Motor all in and mounted up.

Things to do:
New floor sheet metal for bucket seats
lengthen the exhaust around the tranny.
Mount gear selector (using VS floor)
Fix accelerator stop
Drill hole for the ECU plug and mount ECU.
Replace fuel tank and connect hoses.
Snip 90mm out of the tail shaft.
Fix the rear brakes.
Purchase a pulse adapter ans speedo cable for the T700
Start engine.

 

[383 hatch]

Good work, certainly getting there. You wiring it up yourself?

Just out of curiosity, what are you using for the fuel system? You're doing a few things different to how i normally do it, but for the most part it's about the same

Worked out what diff to use yet?

 

[88GreenVN]

Good work, certainly getting there. You wiring it up yourself?

Just out of curiosity, what are you using for the fuel system? You're doing a few things different to how i normally do it, but for the most part it's about the same

Worked out what diff to use yet?

Using the original tank with external fuel pump and will add a second tank soon.

My younger brother will finish off the wires n stuff. But that's just about all done.

Diff is going to stay stock for now with rebuilt drum brakes until the floor/seats are sorted.