ok... Got the VL back tonight (damn rain).. Engine bay looks the goods. Pics up of the 2 front inner guard panels... sorry about the ****ty pics. Was dark - phone doesn't have a flash... Drivers Side (Where the Battery Tray was)... Passenger side redone aswell. Still waiting on engine. So while i'm waiting on that - will be installing fuel system next weekend. Keep tuned for updates on that progress. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

coming along nicely mate Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Thanks Trying to move some things along as I can't wait to get this all together. Won't cut corners though. I didn't do the entire engine bay this time due to budget constraints. What you see above cost me $300. That is drop off, pick up - all labour and materials supplied and paint matched. Down the track, once the car is up and running (and my bank account ballance returns to a bit more of a normal status), i'll pull the motor out again and have the entire bay smoothed over and repainted (weld over all the holes - beat out all the factory dents - etc)... Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

More updates... Installed the fuel cell, surge tank and pumps. All bolted down, just need to do the stainless steel hardlines and wire the pumps in. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

gone abit over board lol nice and neat setup

P.S. sorry about pic size... new phone and haven't set lower res yet. Worth doing, worth doing right lol...

More fittings arrived today. This should round up all the fittings needed for inside the boot. Still need some for under the boot (between fuel cell and lift pump). Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Should be a wep when ur done, but *** pullin it out again to do panel work,so what if it takes another 3wks or so to do they bay man it'll be worth it and u will be a lot happier u did and who knows u might not get ur motor etc for a couple of weeks,trust me man u will be kick'n ur self cause everything else will be how u want it.neways enough bull**** good luck with the rest of the build

More about the cost. Will drop $2-$3k on the engine bay to get it how I really want - just don't have that much spare in the budget this time. Will get it going now. Takes all of 30 mins to take the engine out anyway - easy as.

Yeh true as, I get mine in and out in bout 15 mins now suppose spend the money where it. Counts to get it where u want,u don't c the engine bay when ur driven,I'm just use to mine bein off the road so another 2 wks to me is nothing.

great thread dude. Will be keeping an eye on this one.

Update... Engine will be done next Wednesday. Cam specs will be about the 238/240 mark with mid 500's lift. LSA of 110 to make it nice and lumpy. Heads have been flowed so should go well. Shifter dropbox is done, gotta pick it up on Friday, so will get that installed with the shifter on Saturday. Hopefully from here on in, updates will be a bit more frequent as everything finally comes together.

Mid 500's is nice and gentle on the lift mate, did you take that much off the heads?

Looking good!

Duke - Cam will be mid "590's", not mid "500's"... which will be pretty good. Heads are being shaved 20 thou. Compression will end up about 10.5:1. Some updates. Got the S/S hardline bent up and roughly sized. Still need to get them flared, but broke my flaring tool on a test piece, so will probably get someone with a proffesional flaring tool in to do it for me. 1st overflow pipe. Wasn't happy with it, so ended up redoing it. With Feeds towards Battery. Wasn't happy with them this way, so put them towards the Cell. New overflow & Feeds. Also sorted out the shifter position. Got a dropbox made up to sit the shifter in nicely under the standard console. Hole for Shifter Dropbox Shifter Box and Shifter in. Centre Console on Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

im lovin this build, cant wait to see it finished!

Full cam specs now available. CamTech CT2871-49901 Duration: - Advertised Inlet: 289� - Advertised Ex: 292� - @0.050" Inlet: 238� - @0.050" Ex: 242� Valve lift with 1.7 Rocker - Inlet: 0.603" - Ex : 0.605" LSA : 110� Heads are decked 0.020", which would increase the compression ratio from 10.1:1 to about 10.5:1 to 10.6:1

lol I was going to say, cam sounds nice. It is going to sound nice.. real nice. Fuel stuff looks good as well mate, nice and neat and purposeful. I like it. Quote: Originally Posted by InsaneVL [View Post] Full cam specs now available. CamTech CT2871-49901 Duration: - Advertised Inlet: 289� - Advertised Ex: 292� - @0.050" Inlet: 238� - @0.050" Ex: 242� Valve lift with 1.7 Rocker - Inlet: 0.603" - Ex : 0.605" LSA : 110� Heads are decked 0.020", which would increase the compression ratio from 10.1:1 to about 10.5:1 to 10.6:1

Quote: Originally Posted by Duke57TT [View Post] lol I was going to say, cam sounds nice. It is going to sound nice.. real nice. Fuel stuff looks good as well mate, nice and neat and purposeful. I like it. haha.. yeah.. misheard the engine guy the first time when he quickly rattled off the specs and didn't realise "mid-500's" isn't that big on ls1. Had a chat to him a few days later and got all the specs off him. Engine is almost all together. Just need to put Sump on, and waiting on valve springs for the heads to be all finalised and put on. Don't suppose you have a 90deg -8 Female to -8 barb fitting in black you want to send me?

I believe I do, I'll have a look tomorrow and PM.