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17 minutes ago, cletus said:

Bear in mind 351w is wider than 289 or 302 due to taller block  

C4 might suck with a skyline diff ratio...  r200 should be plenty strong enough, just might not be able to get a ratio suitable to get rpm in top gear to a comfortable amount  

 

 

 

 

 

LS1

You'd be right about the ratio actually...  The highest ratios available I think is 4.9 so that will blow big time...

20 minutes ago, Ghostchips said:

DKM fabrication do some serious swaps and can organize a cert' too.  But if you get really 'involved' builds with exotic parts the price can go up steeply.

Thanks - nah, I'm just trying to make a lazy cruiser out of it. Probably R200 diff is already marginal for 351 anyway.

9 minutes ago, Casper said:

Why are you going with a Windsor....more narrow?

Yeah, that's it - did a quick research and seems Windsor is the narrowest by far. Parts availability wise, Windsor seems better than Cleveland, at least ex-USA (don't know about Aussie).

Not sure if sump position will work out but at least it's forward. SBC has rear sump and stupid rear dizzy. Mopar is not as common so bound to be more expensive. 

So that's my reasoning for going with Windsor - oh and there are a few guys at work who have Windsor powered Fords...

1 hour ago, cletus said:

What area are you in and how much do you want to spend? Do you have an engine?

 

 

I'm Hillsborough way but as long as it is within the greater Auckland region I'm not too bothered - the car needs to be transported anyway (probably the trickiest part is to get it out of the garage and and on a truck).

I don't have an engine yet but know a couple of people who are willing to part with - same with the gearbox.

As for the budget, I don't have any figure on my mind but I'm just after something that goes without problems not a race car or anything. So as little as possible but as much as it takes to build a solid and reliable swap. (ok that's not really a proper answer). I'll call up a few places once I get some recommendations, then either I can go ahead or save up some more. The car's been sitting for the past 3 years doing nothing, a little longer won't hurt.

Cheers.

Pulled the engine out of my R32 Skyline earlier in the year and haven't done anything about it. 

I'm thinking of putting in 351W + C4 and I'm not particularly inclined to do the big jobs myself due to limited garage space and amongst other things. (excuses, excuses, eh)

I guess what I'm looking for is an outfit which can physically put together the chassis and the power train and probably take care of the certification side as well. (and maybe the exhaust fabrication). Then I can take the car back and sort out the rest.

Cheers.

whatever it is you are chroming (or any finish), it's gonna look shit if you don't polish to hell, chrome is the easy part. Conversely, if you polish well enough, it'll look like chrome even if it doesn't have anything on (if you have good eyes, you can see the kind of blueish finish, which would be chrome and yellow tinge which comes with nickel) - of course the shine won't last without plating or clear coat finish...

27 minutes ago, EpochNZ said:

Not quite, if I fly Chc-Welly on an Airbus, I get security check.  Do the same trip on an ATR, nothing.

And thats why I always fly regional if I have the choice.

Ha ha yeah only if you got dodgy stuff on though - a lot of hassle hopping along small towns, e.g. AKL-TRG-CHC etc...

Yeah it'll be international so I imagine things would be a bit tighter.

On a side note it's a small miracle there hasn't been any hijacking given there is no security check on regional flights. and now they are scrambling to get that it sorted even though 10+ years have passed since that Somali woman hijacking incident. 

Ok I'll just send them out on a post instead...

The thing hasn't seen fuel in 5 years, probably more - it sure doesn't smell it.

I'll remove the float chamber and dry out some more, I guess.

Cheers.

So I've heard some crazy story that I can't carry carburettor when I'm flying - is there any truth to that?

I don't see why it would be an issue as long as it's dry - I even bought motorcycle gas tank on eBay and shipped over without a problem.

Sweet looking boost gauge - I think you need to buy another one and build redundancy into it 

1 hour ago, ajg193 said:

Those cars are disgustingly ugly. On par with AE82 liftbacks.

 

I remember one about 10 years ago doing drunken burnouts on the road in Aka Aka. Good times.

Ugly only when compared to sedans, yes.

6 minutes ago, locost_bryan said:

I'm biased, my dad bought a new XA wagon painted the same Cosmic blue with ROH Dragmags. Impressed the other boys at intermediate school, even though it was a 200 with 3-on-the-tree.

Lol yeah three on the tree on these wasn't very good. I remember driving my mate's green sedan (I think it was 250) up Queen St 20 years ago...

1 hour ago, Evan said:

this one?

https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/ford/auction-1931682332.htm?rsqid=79a9d3688c1a4d729124dff084a24921

Almost there, this one is missing the dog dish hubcaps.... (yeah I know, I'm picky)

I wonder what colours were offered from factory. Blue is good, yellow is ok but not great. 

the centre cap seems to be in good nick, compared to the rest...

That XA coupe is siiiiiiiiick, even though I'm more of sedan fan (which is why I didn't do the swap for a black Landau 20 years ago... I'm a such a fool... )

Oh it needs 12 slots to look the part IMO, not tridents...

9 hours ago, rotor_dude said:

i dont know hence question mark 

just googled, according to google

yes VH  rectangle headlight

 

would love a VH charger  with a is it 390 hemi

although 4 doors are smart looking too

The ultimate would be 265 Hemi 6 pack (or 340 V8 - did they come with manual?)

What about a 20B VH Charger? 

My pick from Aussie Mopars is VF 2 door hardtop though.

VH isnt it? Rectangle headlamps.

3 hours ago, rotor_dude said:

 

me likey

what model is it ? VJ ?

And how does one obtain this superpower?

6 hours ago, kiwiplymouth said:

Looks like an oz assembled VIP. If only the owner knew how sought after parts off them are.

A noob question - How can you tell? 

3 minutes ago, crash said:

Fiat Dino

NIce but a bit plain Jane compared to Pininfarina Spider... IMHO

This is based on P4 but P5 on the same theme would look meaner, I reckon.

56 minutes ago, manamari said:

Always thought p6s would look good as coupes and they're cheap enough to cut up and if your gonna go to the effort of a 2 door conversion might as well put a decent engine in as well.

Oh damn - P6! In my old age I'm getting things mixed up... I thought you meant P5 coupe, now that's more up my alley... But P6 is also cool.