Quote: Originally Posted by FLY-03L [View Post] im a novice to 5L's and planning on putting a worked one in my VL in 12 months when im on a full licence. my uncles an engine builder so i can get free labour, how much is all that hardware worth off the shelf, less the carb as im gonna be injected? for both of youse. i honestly dont know how much the parts are worth. i got a few parts swapped over from my old motor etc.. on a guess id say all up parts would be around the 3-3.5k mark. plus the 600 to put it together. youd probably have to sus out the parts and get prices but i got mine organised through a mate. with my overall also got new radiator, thermos, clutch etc so i cant give u an exact figure

Will be interesting to see how you go with that combo. I'm currently building a VK with a VT roller motor. I'm using torquepower hi-rise dual plane and 600 Holley initially on a stock engine (low kms) just to see how it goes. Only other mod is MSD ignition. I want to start with a stock engine as its running a T700 and for the moment I don't a high stall so staying with stock cam. Also installed a rebuilt VLT LSD with 3.45s. I understand this combo isn't going to set records but I'm expecting it to make significantly more power than it did injected with that bunch-o-bananas manifold. This way as I upgrade the motor I get to see the realistic gains from each new part as well.

i had a vn calais with a 304 stroked to a 370 stroker with 150 shot of NOS, VS BLOCK,decked,honed,blueprinted and balanced, 40thou SRP PISTONS,FERRERA VALVES, CRANE TWIN SHAFT ROLLER ROCKERS, VN HEADS PORTED POLISHED TO 550HP CRANE DOUBLE VALVE SPRINGS, COMP 10:5:1 HARROP CRANK,SHOT PEENED,POLISHED,BALANCED H beam rods resized CRANE 292 HYD CAM TORQUE POWER MANIFOLD 1000CFM EFI HARDWARE THROTTLE BODY MANIFOLD MACHINED TO SUIT TP cost me around $7000 for the setup then went for a t400 stage 2 kit,3500 dominator stall running 3.9gears didnt get much change out of $15k when i was finished then u have to tune the car on a base tune it made 396rwhp without nos but never got round to fully tuning it ended up sellin it. just stick to ur plan cause i can guarantee u wont stop at 400hp,once u got the bug for building an engine. good luck with the build and your budget lol.