Muncie

Hey guys due to my latest project involving my 2 deep seated pines triumph cars and holden running gear I'm looking at ways of grafting holden hubs up front preferably with vt or similar brakes and somehow getting 5x120 stud pattern out back too. Plan is to run corvette rims like I had on my Brock replica vk. Got running gear now and after 17 years have got the wagon shell I wanted too off a mate just the coming together bit To do. hoping one of you may have a bearing swap idea etc that would allow a hub swap to be done. Back is no doubt harder than front.

Be a shame not to have that bumper nickel plated to show off the fact it's steel.

Future reference guys for rust repair in ass end you can use Mk1 saloon for rust cuts from a early one with same boot floor. I know of a Wagon up here in Auckland that may be getting cut up too I'm just unsure whether to beg owner to let me save it.

Please build a stag with 1gzfe V12. I went from a 300zx to a triumph then a 924. Yup triumph back in garage again......

Turbo Is a Garret GT2056V A/R45 Cold side A/R 0.64 Hot side $250 if your keen. no play just a bit of shelf dust.

4 stage auto with a shift kit and a b&m shifter are awesome fun my v6 vk was such a handful you needed both hands on wheel anyway. A turbo starfire though has quirky appeal front mount a toyota blower too and go for a big turbo mounted under the factory radiator shroud could be a real sleeper.

Got a near new turbo sitting on shelf here that may be ideal bought to turbo my 2 litre triumph engine it's from a diesel vw touareg internal wastegate To will keep plumbing simple. Had a few holdens myself a star fire vk and another I dropped a vn v6 into which is another option you could look at too a v6 vk with a big single turbo isn't common yet...... or expensive to build.

I had a Bonneville a while back with very similar rake and frame style. Was twitchy as Fuck at traffic speed and got quite tiring wide bars helped tame it a bit. If your able to pull it back now you will enjoy the bike more. I got fed up with my chopper and swapped it for a 300zx in end As it kept trying to kill me.

Many moons ago I owned a 1100. I was 9 actually my dad thought it was a good way of getting out of the 6pm milk and bread run. With a bit of thought and some correct valves and you could re jig the system. I'd Roll With A Pressure Vessel Full Of Spastic Fluid Small Keg Fire Extinguisher Etc To Drop The Car Dump Pressure From Tank And Open The Valves To Raise Pressurize Tank With Air Then open valves again. At desired height shut valves and dump tank pressure again. 5 valves some creative metal line work and a bit of wiring..... Do it...

I'm going to risk mass ridicule here and say the new wheels look Awesome but reckon the front could come up to match the back I have a thing about the wheels following the guards if they are all up in there shit just looks broken to me.

Next time you change a diff hit me up I know a shortcut. 30 minutes roadside ! My mk1 killed 2 a month for years.

Shit Just Arrived at the observation my Holden v8 conversion has passed the point of no return. all factory mounts are gone holden mounts are reaching out to their now new cast iron missing family members...... oh and i bought a full triumph driveline to get the car running again too a guy off trademe will be here for that at 8pm. sweet garage is looking bare now as the parts are all in the car.

That pic was on the way back out as I had to move my lifting strap. Drivers engine mount will need to be changed for something more compact so I can run the triumph power steering pump maybe one of those poly bush types would work?

Todays my birthday so taken a day off to dick around in garage. For a trial fit I reckon its going well will need a HQ sump which I've sorted and maybe a few pipes shuffled on headers it actually has a heap of room around it and yes the the trans is still on the engine too and bloody fits the tunnel ! I've rolled it around the garage to check the height it'll sit at and it appears 5 or so mm higher than when I had the triumph motor in.

With regards to exhaust I want to run a flowmaster exiting under the drivers door under normal conditions it will be capped and a quiet exhaust will be used running off the back of it. Is this OK? I love a bit of noise and free flow at the track but on the street I'd rather hear the radio. Will be certified for the V8 so don't want to build it then have to chop it off.

Hey just bought myself a 2000 range rover for towing duties as the air suspension is notoriously unreliable I've ditched it for coils. The ride now is not harsh but firm would this be calmed down by a set of new shocks? I'm guessing that airbags run different valving in the shocks. Kinda considering going air shocks in rear too to level it up 2 steps forward 1 back I know but on some level it does make sense.

I tracked down my old 924 recently. ...... just realized I really miss it porsches get into your blood ahem just like triumphs.

My advice is null though cos I've gone hsv in mine

Have done a 1uzfe in mk1 I had many moons ago. Wasn't worth it if anything I'd ditch the heater slip a late 2 liter trumpy into the now vacated heater area and use the space at front of engine for a blower or turbo.

Needs a engine to heat it really a 4k or similar could use exhaust for sweet carbon monoxide bubbles.

Noted but fitting a mechanical fan although being suited better there just isn't room. I'm hoping I can get fans on engine side of radiator but that's quite a tight fit as it is. I do intend to run a shroud so air gets pulled over whole core instead of the area right in front of fans.

Might just get original cleaned and tanks altered to see how it goes. Triumph motor only over heated once from a jammed thermostat. And 2 big electric fans will be going on too whatever I do.

Yup it would half the reason I went for the holden engine is I drove a stag with a dirty old 253 in it years ago. went great handled well but ran an original radiator and it cooked if it wasn't moving. That car probably had a blocked radiator though. Stag and mark 2 are so so similar every bolts in same place just nose is a bit shorter.

Are alloy ones any good? Fenix is just up road from work and do a few that would fit shiny is nice but needs to work too.

After buying the injected holden v8 to drop in my triumph I got the radiator from the donor as well at 750mm wide no way in hell will it fit. Basically the triumph rad is the biggest I can fit between chassis rails.however the original I have is in excellent condition if I get the outlets changed to suit would it cool the v8 with a good shroud and decent fans?