Recently purchased a Genuine 5.0 series 2 VL March 88 build date. The car has been set up to run injection. I currently have almost everything to go with it minus the engine. Loom has been wired up for injection etc. All I need is an engine now. Question is I have a trimatic, Standard vl v8 tailshaft and 3.08 diff. What do I need to dump in an injected 5 litre. I have been told the block needs to be redrilled for the trimatic stud pattern. Is this true? Is there any easier ways of doing this? Can i get a different bell housing or something? Will post pics later tonight..

you can get adapters to change the bolt pattern. why not ditch the traumatic and get a turbo box.i had a turbo 350 in my vl and it fitted straight in. the turbo 400/700 will need a tad bit of hammering in the trans tunnel to fit

Cause I already have the box and the guy I bought it off stated that he has the adaptor and that I just need to pick it up. Just wanted confrontation first. Thanks Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Wkd_Vl [View Post] you can get adapters to change the bolt pattern. why not ditch the traumatic and get a turbo box.i had a turbo 350 in my vl and it fitted straight in. the turbo 400/700 will need a tad bit of hammering in the trans tunnel to fit Why not keep the trimatic.

Why not put the cam and injected top end on a trimatic pattern block or buy one with VN heads already and bolt the bunch of bananas etc on? You can buy the heads and above off a vn 5L cheaper than a single plane second hand..