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Hey, when you finish the project are you thinking of getting the stig to do a run on top gear? At a price of coarse. That way you could recoupe some costs :)

Sorry for the delay in reply. I've been busy to say the least. The 5ltr is a slightly different setup but does have some requirements you need to consider. To answer your Q: It will bolt up (provided its V8 to V8) but you will have differences to deal with like, memcal recal to fix stalling...

Acrylic is a "water based" paint. metalic is added (or not) to cars that are painted in acrylic. Or in epoxy or in 2Pack. They can all have metalic added and there are different grades or sized flakes of metalic. You would most likely find that your car might be a MICA (which is a super fine...

When you respray start at the top and work down. As in do the roof first. then bonnet& tailgate then the sides. If using acrylic it would give a stronger paint finish if you add a hardener to the paint when your ready to go. That can help it last a bit longer without chips etc. I'm not sure...

Things are VERY SLOWLY progressing. I bought 6 meters worth of 3 inch aluminium pipe to use for the intercooler setup. Instead of buying the pre-bent kits as I get HEAPS more pipe for heaps less cash. $134 for 3 lengths at 2 meters. (though will need to buy a couple of silicone hoses and...

Does your car have a Crank Angle Sensor. It could be that.

OK, it's not much but here's a start to see what the drill bit looks like once you grind and sharpen it to drill out spot welds. Sorry, my car is black but you can see the indent of where this pillar has been spot welded. There's also a pic of the flywheel and counter balance weight I made up...

Won't be for a bit yet :( I am renovating the house aswell so I do work on it sporadically ATM. I need to get stuck into it. The genuine engine is a N/A but I have a spare engine I plan to add forged hypereutectic lower compression pistons and I have a set of new stock intake valves off a...

I've been busy on the house renovations today. Plus the INLAWS are over for a a stay :|. Having them here is normally not to bad but father inlaw has retired now and he's doing my head in with all of his UTLIMATE WISDOM. FAR OUT! he goes on about all the great stuf he made at his work. Then...

You'd want to check if the 1 is for opening vacuum and other for shutting vacuum. I'm not familiar with these though.

If you cut it out like you mensioned here's the best way to do it. (Mind you, good luck finding a wrecker with a good one) Obviously the one you get from the wreckers is easy as. Just cut out what you want. When you prep it on the car, you want to get a drill bit about 7 or 8mm and grind into...

That woz abi hard to reed!! it helps if you do a spell check or at least edit and fix the mistakes. Check your fuel pressure regulator and fuel pump. could be anything really, but you need to go through an elimination process to find the culprit. Could be the O2 sensor is gummed up. If you...

My thoughts were same straight up. EARTH issues. Check the bolts are tight where the earth bolts to the chassis and the engine aswell as the battery terminals.

WOW, Interesting approach in my books, to deck the block for a quick fix from a stuff up on the compression. You have too much confidence in this lot that have been working on your car. 30 yrs experience means nothing if they are doing stuff like this to your engine. (that's assuming that it was...

It seems to me there could be something in what your saying about the exhaust system Did you still have the 10.5:1 compression setup. That's alot of pressure that needs to get out once your revs are up. In regards to the Lambda's, Didn't they have them setup up with the tuning to read you O2...