big cheers to my mate Daron, much appreciated for all the work he did today pritty much all the wiring is done in the bay, just the main power/connections to starter and alternator to go done: headlight cables extended through the guards horn extended through the guards master cylinder switch re-routed though firewall wash jet pump power re-routed though firewall gear box loom re-routed through firewall wiper arm motor cable re-routed where the battery is mounted, with fuse on top left headlight loom poping through headlight panel right headlight loom poping through headlight panel wiper motor loom little messy up there, ill neaten it up though Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

getting there mate. let me know how ya go with the fuse's in the glovebox i have mine just sitting in there and want to make a panel but so fiddly. goodluck

Quote: Originally Posted by vlwagz getting there mate. let me know how ya go with the fuse's in the glovebox i have mine just sitting in there and want to make a panel but so fiddly. goodluck cheers Matt yer ill eventually make a panel for mounting them but it will be a while away, ill tell you once i have a shot at it update: im getting happier and happier, its starting to resemble a vl again:w00t: the stainless steel button allen nuts make it just that little bit neater left headlight wiring. how it come from under, loops up and connects and the right side headlight by far my fav shot of my car in a long time....... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

tonight i did a little bit mounted all the headlight loom up in the left guard area fully bolted the left guard on, all adjusted and the gaps set ran the bonnet release cable throught the right guard, through into the rad support top panel and pops out just before the leaver which is coverd by a plastic panel anyway mounted the headlight loom on the right also but need to get a earth termnal/ring and screw that down before i bolt the guard on cleaned out a few threads with a tap as well would post pictures but cant be botherd too tired

Does the paint fade to white or is that just how the sun makes the paint look but its actually all blue? Trippin me out

haha what the last pic? thats primer, edged up the panels and over spray went part onto it, being taken at night the flash made the primer much whiter looking trippa Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

factory water lines for turbo arrived yesterday so last parts to bolt the turbo on is all good tested the oil feed hole with air and its not drilled enough so gave captian thread a call and he is going to stop by on saturday while on the way back from another job, doing it free of charge just fitted up my left guard, still need to adjust it a little bit so im happy fitted the bonnet and gapped that up asked my boss if could paint my car mid feb in the booth but he said no, because the other painter and apprentice kept abusing there allowance of using the both by making money on my boss doing cashies and using his paint etc so ill have to find a booth to hire out for a day:bang: -tommorow ill finish my power steer system, need to get some barbed adaptors from pirteck -tidy up the wiring under my dash -start figgering out my fuse rail mounting in the glove box -get water return pipe, clamps and copper washers for the turbo depending how i feel sunday (house party at mates sat night) ill bolt the turbo on few little parts today adaptors from pirteck 4 copper washers for banjo bolts clamps more pipe all power steer system is finished now, another thing to check off the list now captain thread came today to drill the oil feed more kept drill and got to 117mm into the block and stopped as he was a bit questioning the distance into the engine he is going to ask a person he knows whom builds high power rb motors for skylines and vls so i went to u pull it and found 5 diffrent s2 vl engines, unbolted the plugs and measured the distance all measured to 175mm, so monday or tuesday night he said he will come back down and drill it further, also tidyed up under the dash quite a bit, was going to put the dash all together but i need to replace the air box actuator as it snapped it when i pushed the fuse box through to the glovebox Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

well today was intresting felt like crap all day as i drank quite a bit last night Mic took me up to u pull it this morning and picked up a air box actuator got home and we put the dash together more so Mic did most of it i was just lossing everything and out of it ran new speaker cabling for the front speakers, fitted all the duct piping and tidyed the cabling a bit more dash is now all bolted on just little parts to do like get a panel to replace one of mine fit the foot well covers etc finished the engine loom, replaced to broken plugs and fitted that into the car, need to extend two cables, the AFM and the little resister on the dissy also was given 4 guages off Mic aswel cheers fag:thumbsup: boost guage oil temp oil presure volts started mucking around with the idea of mounting them so ill get on to soon also been thinking about macking a short shifter spoke with my dad about getting a machine and fitter at his work to machine it down and remove the z bend on a lathe short shifter for a VL hmmm me like the idea dash all in and together guages engine loom in i just made a video of pictures of my car since i first got it and throught the build ruffly will post it once ive hosted it Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looking great mate! Your progress is really fast. I really like what you've done with the power steering reservoir. Something I noticed on the first page: Quote: Originally Posted by legal6 also fitted a new rear end, irs bishes Are you saying you've used IRS bushes?

Quote: Originally Posted by 5spdvl Looking great mate! Your progress is really fast. I really like what you've done with the power steering reservoir. Something I noticed on the first page: Are you saying you've used IRS bushes? cheers mate, yer taken so long as i was lazy at the start, i really want it done now so im pushing to get it done lol nah, wheel was just sat on as if i had irs and massive camber was being a nob when i post ment to say bitches Videos video of my build http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=fdPIgurzstY engine running with no manifold shooting flames out http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=8r7zqNY8dtg before i took it of the road http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=JQbUXigIVPk as for the power steer, i decided to do something a little diffrent need something up on that side since the fuse box moved quite happy with it myself as the pipes drop into the recess on the skirt so it looks pritty much factory

Have got a booth orgenised now 2nd or 3rd week into feb the car will be painted still need to buy supplies and some more paint so i deff dont run out half way though painting i think 8ltrs of colour will do lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

spent $160 on supplies today for the car 4 x 2.3L mixing containers fine plastic filler, 3/4" masking tape 2" masking tape 50 sheets pack of 240 sand paper box of tack rags 6" masking paper still got more stuff comming in next friday bonnet gas struts arrived today there fully anodised black, so the shaft of the rod is also black not chrome tommorow i plan to fix 2 dents i found on the car which have randomly appeared and prime them 14th feb is the day the paint gets layed weekend before that the car will be rubbed down and then over the week ill mask it up so its simple as get towed down just blow it off, mask windows and in the booth it goes

sounds good man. hope it all works out cant wait to see it painted

your not the only one Matt as if i would be counting down the days till then, rofl im like a kid counting till christmas well didnt get the dents done today, got way laid with other things and had to service the ute so tommorow ill do the dents, looked the car over and ive found 3 small ones, so nothing major, shouldnt take me to long to fix up today i did on the vl....... fitted the bonnet struts, adjusted the bonnet to fit better with the struts fitted the locating spring pin and got it working pop rived my vin plates back on the firewall fitted my strut brace and painted the strut bolts black enjoy......... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

21st of feb is the date it gets painted now, 3 weeks to go this saturday my mate who is painting it is coming down and were going to start blocking it down that night my last bit of paint turned up today so things are starting to pan out Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

my arms are dead just finished blocking part of my car down as my mate couldnt make it tonight to help me spent 3 hours straight blocking blocked both the quater panels, boot lid and the LH rear door also won a new turbo dash badge on ebay for $16.50 inc postage so that should be here in a few days Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

turbo is bolted on now, oil feed and water feed connected up too just need to run the water drain pipe a neat way to the factory connector and get a 45 degree pipe for the oil drain

14 days to go no LH door LH guard and bonnet blocked with 240 still need to block them with 800 wet though tonight did a little more blocking went over the bonnet and LH guard again just to be double sure nose cone roof LH A and C pilers RH C piler all blocked just the Rh guards and doors to go and then double check everything for wet rubbing teaser.....

car was all blocked last night and was going to be doing the black outs around the tail lights and fix a inside door edge but they have been pushed back to sunday, my turbo dash badge also arrived in the mail yesterday tonight i fixed to little areas i wasnt 100% happy with and reprimed them, went down to the shop where im using the booth and all seem go for next sat orgernised my tow for the saturday morning aswel also bought a fabric car cover to cover the car once its wet rubbed so no fall out lands on it

It's exciting dude! Getting close now! Worst things is, about two months after it's running, you'll want more power. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.