flyingbrick

Coby are great to deal with- give em a call?

Yeah man. Ended up flat out the whole weekend.. I'll txt you now

I don't know the history behind that trd guy above- but I'm bloody sure I have heard that story about 5 times about different blokes. I know nothing but won't the trd development team be a bunch of Asians in Japan not some dude in nz?

Cheers. Not a bad idea really to get going.

And today I got a TIG welder... Now to find a small argon bottle cheap... I made a few templates and did some measuring and marking. I think it would be possible without cutting the firewall to get the front of the ls1 pretty much where the front of the current engine is. Size wise there's heaps of room. Really though it needs to go back a little- so the firewall will get moved back a few inches in the middle. I also got the 4cyl ready for removal. I need a rear sump and I also need to get some compact wilwood master cylinders as they'll fit a shit ton nicer than my standard size ones. Test fit and dream time. Wanted to do more this weekend but life got in the way

Test fit

cards for tire masking is a good idea!

And this is my new daily/ tow pig. Entirely relevant to this thread as it means the gem can now come off the road V8. Goes well for an old car- has extractors and seems to have been very nicely looked after. Now I wonder what I can do to make it faster.......

Not turbo- but a great example is the ls6 manifold vs the ls1 manifold. The only difference that I recall is the shape of the plenum floor ( which dictates plenum volume) ls6 is larger and gains something like 30hp over the ls1 piece. Comparing the two pieces its easy to assume GM deliberately derated the ls1 with that first design. I do wonder how much power these different companies engines could be producing if politics played no part. Often revisions include bigger valves, bigger throttles, higher compression etc etc... They KNOW all this makes more power so why not just engineer it to 100% in the first place? Is it so that their special versions are easier to produce? (Eg hsv) who knows.

I wonder if air swirls down the inlet ports in different directions depending on if in America or nz

Reminds me of this

that loom is sweet- where from? Loving the heaps if photos. Edit. Holy shit that came out lingling

Iv heard that shortest runners possible is good for turbo.

This weekend probably due to my hours. I'll call you!

Cheers

Won't be that bad once motor gets a little rearward lean on?

So Vk327 very kindly gave me a little 60A alternator during a shit talk session last weekend. My engine came without an alternator and since I doubt it's going to fit in the stock location anyway there was no reason to consider using stock parts. Guypie answered a wanted add and have me a random Nissan multi rib pulley (cheers!) however it had within the Center a one way bearing and two ball bearings plus Center boss. The one way bearing lets the alternator spin faster than the engine when rpm's drop rapidly ( gear changes) and can help fuel economy etc- but since it didn't fit my alternator it all had to go. The bearings came out easily which left me with this: I machined a bit of shaft in the lathe to slightly larger than the ID, heated the pulley with a gas set and slid it on. Nearly. Actually got it half way on and it locked up on me- I wanted a large interference fit so that shit wouldn't move on me- I ended up having to load it up in the workshops very shit press and rapidly dump heat into the pulley to get the shaft in the rest of the way. Because I'm paranoid I'll also scotch key the center. Then it was roughed out quickly before I had to get home.

I've got a fatboy set so guess she'll be right! I just have to braze fittings into some aluminum bottles for radiator overflow, oil catch etc. Nige I'll pay ya $25 for a couple of them

Has anyone got experience with this, or brazing? I've done a bit of a search but keen to hear if there have had success

No! You drill once with one of these!! Must be different ones for each end??

Too far never mind

Where in nz are ya Matt?

You can buy special drill bits for making injector seats. I think they'd be necessary if using a drill press. I'd get it put in a mill if it were me though- that way you can be sure that things will get drilled to an equal depth and angle.

Oh nice. So you have 243 heads too? I do wish I'd spent more and got a very late model motor. Oh well!

Yep looks far too high and forward. Chop the firewall! I hear wheelbarrows make good tunnels