cant wait chrisso! sure youll make it a menace ! get the australind one =D

So u find one and the problem is the distance to pick it up, yet uv looked for how long and found nothing..... Pick the phone up, make an offer and take the 90min drive there and pick the motor up! It aint actually that far.

lol Mo, I'd hope that you would know that I'm not one to mess around. I'll get one as soon as it's the one i want - what's to say this one wasn't stolen? if i'm going to pay 7.5k for a motor i'll buy it from someone whom i trust given the current affairs? Sure it won't be too long before this all blows over and i can scoop one up from holmart/holden/etc and i'll finally have my games room ornament.

Santa rolled in a bit early for me this year, time to get this show on the road! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Santa FTW!

box pallet ftw!

**** in a box?

nice project mate , ive been doin a vl ls up 4 a while using cae kit , ive had nothing but drama thou Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

**** yes chris as said above, kits are a waste of time, had a heads up on that before i even began the torana build and still had problems **** knows why people waste their time with rb's anymore still

because conversion kits are expensive and they take alot of work. thats my excuse for now Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

get the right person to do the job jack!

Quote: Originally Posted by Xibit0r [View Post] **** yes chris as said above, kits are a waste of time, had a heads up on that before i even began the torana build and still had problems **** knows why people waste their time with rb's anymore still Lol cause there are plenty of street driven rbs that can easily make more power than ls's

if i had the money i would be going an ls3 aswel but as long as im a broke arse uni student il stick to rb's

Pulled the dirty 30 out tonight to make way for the possibly dirtier 8 Craned it out under candlelit ambiance - how romantic Couple of clues as to why it may have stopped making power will be tearing the head off tomorrow for a looksee - last time i drove this car was at powercruise 2010 i think by the end of the weekend it was filling up catch cans every 15 mins and well down on power at high rpm's will be interesting to see what caused it. Not sure what I'm going to do with this motor yet. Exh port #5 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

kek

tough crowd lol For those playing at home here are the results of the tear down. The O-Ringed block looks to have damaged the gasket and caused a coolant leak over time. It's interesting to note that the o-ring on the #5 cyl also appears to be damaged in this area. 2 of the valves are corroded as a result. I wasn't expecting to find this, we tore it down mainly to find the reason for the excessive blow-by and power loss. Some of the pistons seem to be excessively loose and the bores are a bit glazed. It's looking like excessive fuel could be the culprit potentially burning out the rings. Not sure of the future of the block at this stage. If it returns as anything it will certainly have a 26 head on it and some high compression duties. That's enough about RB's for a while though! Picking up a T56 this afternoon. I've also ordered mounts for the engine and gearbox. Sorting out an LS1 Holden sump with trap door baffling really just need to decide on starter conversion and I'm in business. Cyl #5 Coolant leak-in. Corroded valves O-ring damage visible here Glazed bores and slappy pistons! Time for another rebuild one day Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

you dont mess around mate ! ls3 should be good. will it see much road duties?

that sucks mate, what made you want to go to an ls motor?

Caibs - Cheers mate, yep will see majority street duties so will stay fairly stock. Grunter - I wanted a motor that was simple and easy to make hp without pushing too many boundaries. Hoping to spend a bit of cash now and look after it like a "normal" car later rather than all the stress when it was 25/30. Too much custom stuff and trial and error meant less time actually enjoying it.

ur rb block looked like my last one chris! keen to see progress of this