Popular Post Vk304 Posted September 7, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2021 With light from a distance lol 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vk304 Posted December 3, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2021 Despite having some paint flaws, which will never make it a show car, i decided to finally fully cut and polish the rest of the car. The front here was dull and covered in rattle can overspray, pretty happy with linkup products, its a lot brighter really brings the colour out ... more to come, takes a lot of time but will compliment the next phase 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vk304 Posted December 26, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2021 Got a 'ss' stripe kit out of aussy, by first stripes company, hdt ss vk stripe kit, took a while to get here but when it did i wet sanded the quater with high grit sand paper, cut and polished the rest of the passenger side. Pack n saves finest palmolive dishwashing liquid was sprayed on both the car and decals as to line it up (a must otherwise it will stick in the wrong place and never come off) installed it as holden dealer team did back in the day, going off picture of genuine ss cars 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vk304 Posted December 26, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 26, 2021 Looking very nice on this side, unfortunately the other side has a bog crack in the door and im unsure how ill fix, got no paint left and dont really want to end up with a different shade on the door... so may leave it there will have to vinyl wrap the bottom chrome to finish 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 For the whole time ive been driving this ive had overheating problems, its fine to drive in colder weather and highway speeds, but this summer the issue came to light again. Its only overheating to just above 100c but thats still not cool... had a 16inch fan on it with custom shroud, and adjustable fan switch with radiator probe. Turns out this switch works when it feels like it and the fan doesnt have any balls... Punched the centre out of the thermostat to see if that helped... it diddnt So i went to aussy spares again and yea got some ford au falcon fans, these are supposed to flow much better 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted January 29, 2022 Author Share Posted January 29, 2022 Chopped pretty much the whole shroud off because it diddnt fit, moved the top radiator hose and came up with a plan to attach the leftovers to a piece of 2mm aluminum by rivets into plastic, and then attaching the alli onto the radiator, giving the tightest fit possible, they are wider than the radiator but will fit ... used my 3$ metal shears i found at the local dump shop the day before lol, it was meant to be.. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vk304 Posted January 29, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2022 I ended up with a nice oval housing, and had the fans riveted in so that the plastic middle divider between fans was juust about touching the radiator, important because i brought a 2 stage davies craig fan controller, that will activate one fan, then the other when needed, so they arent both going all the time... One fan is sucking through the radiator, not the other fan, thats not going if that makes sense?? some thin alli sheet to attach bottom and miss the cars crossmember, i will be sealing this properly, all around to create a proper vacuum, rivets only go into radiator bracketry not the tanks lol plenty of space yes i welded it onto the radiator, i think itll be fine no need to bolt it on have to modify air box a little bit still getting there, waiting for my fan switch to turn up and install new 82c thermostat, and finish sealing around shroud, pressure test welds.. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 Nice-got everything done, put in my davies craig fan controller tucked away, and put coolant in etc, was well pleased nearly done! Untill it kept dripping on the floor, waited for a while, dried things off tightened hose clamps, waited... still dripping, fuck somethings not right here.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 New radiator time ! Wasnt planning on buying another but must have been a bit reckless in doing my rivets i managed to nick a core and put a hole in it, dont fancy tempory bogging with epoxy so tried in vain to weld it but too much crap on/in it and yea melty mess woops $300 later facebook deal, i got another one same size but made for down flow application, figured it wont matter as id move all the parts around and make it a functional cross-flow. picked it up and as a bonus its a 4 row! Score . Old one was 2 row.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 Then got to putting all the stuff from other one onto new one etc etc, this one i welded tabs on so the fans are removable, what a fuckaround for one rivet, anywho i learnded and put tape on my drill piece to prevent exessive penentrating Pressure tested the whole thing with compressed air in a wheely bin full of water and no leaks ! I wanna keep this build thread thing accurate, not taking out all the misfortunes that evidently come with doing this stuff cheapishly ( with me anyways lol) Live and learn, or something like that 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted March 1, 2022 Author Share Posted March 1, 2022 Anyone got a vk holden radio or ss interior parts (logo etc) ? ? Comment on my discussion link on first page... or a rear quarter plastic driver side exterior window trim... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 Radiators in, its polished so it kind of beams light out of the front but thats okay may paint black, still leaked after test drive, bottom hose had split and was generally sh#t, so brought new one from repco, only $30 and some new hose clips, now it doesnt leak.. Drove it to a mates in the country, was a trip ive done a few times with vk, and evertime i come back to town it would start to overheat to 110, 120'c. . This time it was cool the whole time, and even in stop start traffic.. As an added bonus the temp guage i already had tells me the motor temp (middle gauge), new fan controller i can monitor in my glovebox is connected to radiator, so i can see it come up to operating temp, then when thermostat opens i can see the rad temp suddenly rise- giving me good visual on whats happening at all times.. Also can hear fans kicking in by relays in glove box, so no more guessing if they work or not, pretty stoked, overheating consistently but only just, for years... is pretty annoying, hope to have it sorted now. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted March 21, 2022 Author Share Posted March 21, 2022 Got some colour matched by linkup, sanded the bog crack out of the door and sprayed colour on it, clearcoated quarter and doors, cut and polished the lot and put ss decals on the other side ...its not mint but it looks nice and it got rid of the crack and uneven quarter paint 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vk304 Posted July 26, 2022 Author Share Posted July 26, 2022 And this car also missing under load... and idle sometimes, hot or cold Took plugs out and they all spark strong, plugs are new, ignition modules new, coils new, leads all the right ohms, cap and rotor cleaned, all cylinders have 150psi comp, injectors cleaned and all work, bit at a loss as to what it is Might have to get it to do it again at idle and pull plugs to see if a cylinders cutting out ... Do these look lean? Discussion link is on page one... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 So as i was looking for clues on the missfiring i figured the leads were the problem, id never changed them and maybe one had an intermittent break Found a good set from auz for $160 or so landed from mace engineering, ice brand, also polished the plug insulators because why not... Diddnt fix the problem so the next step was obvious .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Strip the shitty painted wheels !id painted over the original paint previously, using the colour match cans from ripco, and spray can clear... yea dont do that... lesson learned stripped back to bare metal with lots of paint stripper and tedious work, etch primed and fill primed a couple coats each... 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Vk304 Posted August 25, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 25, 2022 Got some hsv silvercooked clear Tidy again, gotta say metallic silver is tricky to spray. But a good result considering im no expert... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vk304 Posted August 25, 2022 Author Share Posted August 25, 2022 Installed some noise reduction (dont buy this one as its shit and isnt the same as original seal) And decided to look at the timing again, maybe the dizzy slipped/rotated and the timing went off? ... yea thats exactly what it was and it is running mint now, better than ever... So the lesson i guess is... fix other stuff untill you think it over... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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