shizzl Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 different (turbs val) but bloody sweet...that would sound sweet love the grey block too, and also disslike polished coolers...spesh on old school rides Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Mean. How does the bay look with everything else plumbed in? Maaaaan this car is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Will endeavour to provide photographic images of said powerplant when circumstances regarding my personal computer are remedied. Regards, Cletus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrota Posted March 13, 2011 Share Posted March 13, 2011 mmmmmm sexual!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grunta Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 mint conversion man! looks good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 holy fuck!!! awesome job man...fuck that engine bay makes my goolies wriggle with excitement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSM Garage Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Cletus - He doesn't fuck around! Sweet bro. Keen to see this chalk up the tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 my man parts have just been eviscerated by this . my god you do some quick and very stunning looking work mate ! . doaskid i love this so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 This is cool. What trans and diff are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 This is a poifeck turbo V8 and exactly how I would want to do it.. looks so sweet.. what sorta neddies you estimate once its tuned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Fully sick Val Cletus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanfels Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 bet the cert was cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 What trans and diff are you using? still the factory borg warner, with a 4 spider lsd from a commodore, the trans is a 904 $300 special off trademe, that works well so far, shifts good, doesnt slip or leak etc....... long term plan is build a tough 727 and minitubs/9" diff. couldnt afford to do it all at once. what sorta neddies you estimate once its tuned? dunno really had 400-450hp in mind when i started, should be able to make that and still be reliable. will be interesting to see what it does at the drags. thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 [quote name="cletusstill the factory borg warner' date=' with a 4 spider lsd from a commodore, the trans is a 904 $300 special off trademe, that works well so far, shifts good, doesnt slip or leak etc....... long term plan is build a tough 727 and minitubs/9" diff. couldnt afford to do it all at once. [/quote] Cool. I had a mental picture of smoking bits of Borg warner 35 all over the road. Does the diff have 25 spline axles? I want to get my AP5 out now. Good work, I bet you are glad to have it certed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 yep still 25 spline i talked to tony at steelie gears about that,he put the lsd in it, he reckons being turbo and auto it shouldnt be too hard on axles. the trans does shift quite hard so ill keep an eye on them. i put a shift kit in a previous v8 vg i had and i used to pull the axles out now and then to check them and over a year of hard use it did twist the splines a bit, never broke one though. Small tyres will help too its only got 205s on it at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Yeah all true, 205s would bake like mad wouldn't they? I read something somewhere about using a Falcon 28 spline diff with one tube cut and two factory short axles being 10mm wider than standard VG. I think I will try it if my 25 spline dies. Not much help if you are going 9" though. Some of those shift kits are pretty marginal too, they make the trans really bang into gear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 It's actually quite easy to move the leaf springs inboard on these vals, which free's up lots of space for rubber. There was a really sweet blue VG from nelson with a 440 running at the nitro sunday meet at ruapuna which had had this mod. The poxy local content laws that the Aussies had have made life hard (read expensive) for people like us. Don't be too quick to go 9" though. I've heard of guys running 11's with the Type 78 diff running the four spider center and 28 spline axles. And people have run slower after going the the ford diff due to the increased driveline losses. But that said constant breakages suck the sweat off a dead dogs balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxtoy Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Val is looking awesome Clint, Matt K was telling me about his ride in it the other day. He was pretty blown away at how quick it was. Looking forward to seeing Dyno numbers Cheers Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vgv8 Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Awesome looking build Do you have any videos of the car running? Does it still sound like a V8? Sounds a stupid question but, I always wondered whether the turbo would quieten the eight down at idle. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted July 25, 2011 Share Posted July 25, 2011 Having seen/heard it. It's safe to say that yes. It does sound like a V8. A fucking AWESOME one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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