hey guys how long should it take to pull a motor out and fit another one with standard turbo gear. also this will be in a work shop with all the right gear. its just i might be renting a workshop of someone and i wont to know how much i will be up for roughly. i thought 2 days?? and how hard is it to fit a multilayer steel head gasket and are they a good idea im not talking about a decomp plate???? thanks guys

Probably not near the fastest but ILE30T went 12.2 on a NA motor mods were cooler exhaust hi flow autronic pump & injector upgrade Jatco with 3000 rpm convertor

THATS STILL A REASONABLY QUICK TIME NO ONE CAN ARGUE THAT, JUST GOES TO SHOW WHAT A GOOD TUNE CAN DO FOR YA HEY (autronic)

Quote: Originally Posted by VLT 88 about a year and a half then i put the microtech and stuff on it. and its been running 12's for a year now... so yeah about 2.5-3 years. all its ever done is blown the head gasket once. when it still had the na cooling system. also E-Z i dont have a gf anymore lol What do you mean NA cooling system? Isnt it the same for VLT and NA models?

maybe he means upgraded to the 3 core turbo/aircon model job, rather then the crappy 2 core pov vl spec radiator.

^^^ yep

well as the turbo was going, and the was just generally pissed off with my car, we wound the boost up more 21.9 psi was reached, want dam hard, but still engine wouldn't go bang that's 21.9 psi through a totally unopened na engine! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

21.9psi, what turbo? lol nutcase!

gt35/40 .82 rear

man go down the strip!!

best i've got down the strip on 15psi is 12.9 shifting 2nd in 2 over drive didn't have 3rd i won't have the turbo back by the 26th and that's the last drag meet!

well thought i'd update i have managed to borrow a mates gt30/40 .63 rear turbo everything going fine, so drags are tomorrow night, touch wood it doesn't get rained out cause i'll cry engine is still going, totally standard/ unopen will be installing some 3.9 diff gears tonight, hope that will help a little!

Harden up Lars you big girl. Stop being a responsible parent and go and buy a GT42 already. Stop being soft.

mmmm i need a new exhaust manifold for that, would love to but, owells, acutally i'm enjoying the 30/40 with .63, the response is fantastic!

make sure you let us know how you go... keen to see just a lil update...mines still in bits lol. should be ready again at the start of the year... new rocker cover looks killer all polished with the holden logo and the lines down the middle welded up and big fittings! catch can is the same all polished with no welds and big speedflow fittings sit where the airbox used to be. just got all my fuel lines & fittings for the rail the other day, looks killer all braided with speedflow fittings! plenum is still getting done so should look better when that comes back. turbo comes next month, got the 90/10's the other day aswell as a harness. thanks to APCV goin to be running slicks and a transbrake now aswell so should go alot better than the 12.3 on streets Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

nice man, but not really a fan of the RC cover, you can see the cast and weld metal differences. but other then that it looks tuff.

hey guys rather then start a new thread thaught id ask in here. Have had my vl on a highcomp set up for over 6months now and had no trouble using vlt ecu, reg, to3 and vlt injectors also a gktech cooler kit on around 7-8 psi no pinging. I just baught a t3 that has been hiflowed because my current is on its last legs. and am looking to chuck it on and possibly run 7-10psi. should i invest in the niztune gear and some bigger injectors eg: gtr's? And is it asking to much for the engine to handle with out dropping the compression? Ian

ide go with bigger jectors, if u can why not

only way to answer that is to check the air fuel ratios and find out. if your only going to push 7-10psi, the standard setup might be ok, but you will have to check as it will certainly be near its limits. its seems a waste of money to buy all the supporting fuel and engine management gear and then not take full advantage of it because the turbo is not that big or your only going to be running low boost. the engine should take plenty of power, provided it doesn't detonate, the secret to that will be good octane fuel and tuning.

Quote: Originally Posted by qldvl5spd hey guys rather then start a new thread thaught id ask in here. Have had my vl on a highcomp set up for over 6months now and had no trouble using vlt ecu, reg, to3 and vlt injectors also a gktech cooler kit on around 7-8 psi no pinging. I just baught a t3 that has been hiflowed because my current is on its last legs. and am looking to chuck it on and possibly run 7-10psi. should i invest in the niztune gear and some bigger injectors eg: gtr's? And is it asking to much for the engine to handle with out dropping the compression? Ian my mate's running 12psi on his engine with no problems get it dynoed and check the air fuel ration, cheaper than doing anything more at the moment if your looking at getting more power, then invest in the niztune and then get the bigger injectors, gtr ones would probably be a nice cheap upgrade