Quote: Originally Posted by VKCALAISV [View Post] Man that looks tight! It is tight, but probably not as tight as it looks in that photo, there's at least 20mm clearence everywhere.

i remember seeing this car pull out of a servo in frankston a few years ago. had internationals on it and looked like just another neat vl.. until it started frying tyres at 80 k's. tough car mate

crossover pipe lookes good. is that 2" or 2.5"?

Quote: Originally Posted by misk [View Post] crossover pipe lookes good. is that 2" or 2.5"? 50mm ID (2") out of both sides, then single 65mm ID to the turbo. That second bend on the passenger side actually merges from 50mm to 65mm. All bends and piping have 5mm walls

yeah mate that helps ... a little, lol. but i still cant picture how its gets to turbo.. and then how do it get to the back...is there anythin visable in the bay? sorry for all the questions.. this is one of the coolest things ive every seen.. me and a mate have been talking about this for a while and still cannot work it out, very cool

Well where the two pipes merge to the left of the picture, it flows forward to the turbo.

ive said it before and ill say it again.. *** awesome car, the more i look at it, the more i love it.. just our of curiosity, at the back were you got the starter, do you ever have issues with it not working after driving? reason being because ive seen some not work as they get too hot, and i'd imagine that would generate some heat Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by PSI-EFI [View Post] just our of curiosity, at the back were you got the starter, do you ever have issues with it not working after driving? Nah, not even much at the photoshoot lol Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Tuff car, a proper vl turbo haha....can't beat the sound of a turbo v8! cheers darren

Thanks guys, PSI-EFI, yeah the starter does get a bit slow if i've been giving it a hard time or driven it for a while it generally starts, but has caught me out a couple of times where i need to give it 10 mins rest heat wrap or coated pipes has been on the agenda since it was built but i just CBF jayb, nothing is visible from the bay. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol fair enough.. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by aZ` [View Post] Thanks guys, PSI-EFI, yeah the starter does get a bit slow if i've been giving it a hard time or driven it for a while it generally starts, but has caught me out a couple of times where i need to give it 10 mins rest heat wrap or coated pipes has been on the agenda since it was built but i just CBF jayb, nothing is visible from the bay. ahhh, was wondering about that to, as all my mates with there solid strokers in early commordores all have the same prob's, spent many a time waiting for them in a carpark till the starter cools, to go for a cruise. Probally a worse prob again with there big comp motors i would have thought though. cheers darren Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

This is 1 piece of workman ship m8,Its got the looks,power and time slips what more could u want..Well done aZ credit to you Its inspired me to finish off my 383 single turbo build for my vl calais,So i might be asking u a few questions about manifold design an turbo size if you dont mind Cheers

Nicee car mate Is there any efficiency/performance difference between the bosch 'green giant' 42lb injector you are running to the older 'green top' style? Is it worth buying the later style for the extra couple $$.. thanks

Quote: Originally Posted by VLPSI355 [View Post] This is 1 piece of workman ship m8,Its got the looks,power and time slips what more could u want..Well done aZ credit to you Its inspired me to finish off my 383 single turbo build for my vl calais,So i might be asking u a few questions about manifold design an turbo size if you dont mind Cheers VLPSI355, thanks, more than happy to share my experiences with turbo sizing etc, ask away. Quote: Originally Posted by Marzella [View Post] Nicee car mate Is there any efficiency/performance difference between the bosch 'green giant' 42lb injector you are running to the older 'green top' style? Is it worth buying the later style for the extra couple $$.. thanks Marzella, in theory, the Bosch EV6 injector has better atomisation and at a wider range of rail pressures, ie they're quite happy to operate at 30psi upto about 150psi, where as the EV1 style injector is designed to run at a certain pressure and works best at that pressure, having said that in the real world as long as you run the EV1 at a pressure somewhere near where it was designed for, there really is less than a bee's dik in it.

Quote: Originally Posted by aZ` [View Post] VLPSI355, thanks, more than happy to share my experiences with turbo sizing etc, ask away. Marzella, in theory, the Bosch EV6 injector has better atomisation and at a wider range of rail pressures, ie they're quite happy to operate at 30psi upto about 150psi, where as the EV1 style injector is designed to run at a certain pressure and works best at that pressure, having said that in the real world as long as you run the EV1 at a pressure somewhere near where it was designed for, there really is less than a bee's dik in it. Do EV6 have a different plug to a EV1? Can i run an EV6 on the delco?? Cheers Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Yeah mate, same plug, im still running delco.

What did u do to the th400 to get it to cope??

Quote: Originally Posted by vl_gigalo [View Post] What did u do to the th400 to get it to cope?? Went and saw Paul from Keas autos back when he was fresh out of the game and he gave me all the info i needed to build it, its basically a freshen with a heap of oil supply and valvebody mods.

So basically a stock rebuild with valve body mods?