The Bogan

Yes you can Yes you should Keep the single cam for "historical" reasons (twin cam heads go foe drug money) There is a bazillion things for sale on the interwebs to help you do it Talk to the person who is building the engine for what you need Finding a transmission that will survive could be a costly hit to your budget (anything RB is going for drug money) Thread needs pics

The car is a great place to be in cruising along, inside the cabin you can barely hear the growl of the engine

Hwy fuel economy, basically cruise control set at 100- 110kph for 99% of the trip Holsworthy - Goulburn - Canberra- Goulburn- Holsworthy = Averaged out at 9.5L/100 Km No drags last night because of rain In orher news: My thermal spacers and blanket arrived yesterday and my lowered tuff mounts arrived today 😀

I hope so, LOL 😆

Lowered engine mounts are on their way So with the bonnet frame clearanced and the lowered mounts (13mm lower than stock) but with a 5mm spacer so the headers clear the K Frame, I'll have heaps of room under the bonnet for the thermal spacers and underbonnet insulation without have speed holes in the bonnet In other news I recovered my Harley seat with some marine grade vinyl after thinking that tying on a steel tool box to it to take some tools over to a mates house was a good idea, it wasn't and the seat ended up with a big tear It wouldn't win any prizes but at least it doesn't have a hole anymore

If it wasn't for all the non-skyline, non-rb flavoured stuff there wouldn't be alot to read here Still love a good GTR or GTS-T though Don't see many used in anger anymore though, I would be refraining from bending or breaking them myself I keep hearing the stories of people hunting for blocks or heads and either unable to find one within a budget, or the parts they get are rubbish Meh, I'll buy a R32 GTR when I win lotto, until then, I'll not read about then hitting the dyno

Thread needs more LS1's 🤪

Hows the transmission? In my experience, once your rolling over 500hp and have all of the torques hitting the transmission on sticky rubber, the transmission can becomes a consumable item on anything but street tyres

Get your transmission tuned to suit Transmissions are like engines, when you mess with them they may/will require a tune to run problem Disclaimer: I'm new to playing with transmissions and the transmission I have is a 4l60e I get my transmission tuned at Craigs Automatics whenever I change power or gearing

Booked it on for a new front windscreen After 20 years of little and medium chips it was time O'Brien's are charging $350 installed

It's noticable when cruising, I haven't launched or laid 11's yet though The car is going in to get the trans shift points played with to suit the new gears next Monday Monday afternoon will possibly have a launch and skid involved.....or 2......for scientific research purposes of course I'm going on a 600km Hwy run on Thursday, I'm curious if there will be a noticable difference in L/ 100 km, not that it's important, but currently it's around 11L=100 km on the Hwy ATM Hopefully hit WSID on 02 Feb, seeing if it helps the 60' a bit is the big one I'm looking at

Took the long way back from the diff joint for some break in, did to the trip to the Gong thru the Nasho Anyone need some 3.9 gears for a M80???? Cheap

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I wish they made a bonnet for mine like the vented one I had on the 33, that worked a treat As for the the cowl sucking in air, yeah I new it wound do it, but I didn't think it would effect the IAT and coolant temp so much, with only the 5x 100mm ○ holes it wasn't noticeable, but after the chop chop, well, it's farked After a drive today, the IAT got up to 70°, that is a 20° increase to what it was 2 days ago doing the same run, and the coolant never went lower than 97°c I checked the WTA intercooler pump, and the thermo fans because I thought that I may have invertantly unplugged something, but no, it was all because of stupid Luckly the car is going into the paint shop next week to unfarkithe bonnet #Duncan the "wool tuft" was actually fluoro pink string line, it was magnificent 👌

Yeah.......it's going soon It's not the first time that my good idea has turned to stupid And it won't be the last

Funny story The above added ventilation has increased my IAT by 5°c and my coolant, which typically sits at about 90°c, was at 97°c After doing some hasty wool tuft testing, it seems kow when at speeds over 40kph the reverse cowl works very well at sucking in air, pressurising the engine compartment, and reducing the efficiency of radiator stack quite well I assume my trans temps would have raised as well as the air to oil trans coolers efficiency would have been effected as well So, lucky I have the spare bonnet that will be getting the frame modified to give me some clearance Marks bad idea #943: Fitting a reverse cowl scoop LOL 🤯

Been there done that, got the oil stains to prove it In other news Spacers and a thermal blanket have been ordered, Issue: not enough clearance So fark it....chop chop time So, as I have a spare bonnet anyway, which will be receiving some professional love next month, not Mark love with a power tool, I decided to get the grinder with a cutting disc out and on it to make some clearance myself...LOL Power tools are fun Lucky OEM bonnets are cheap 30 minutes later......... I'll grab some pinchweld to tidy up the edges tomorrow

Apparently the roof of my car was a great spot for a couple of crows to hang out, their hopping and bobbing left a heap of light scratches in the clear on the roof So, some Meguiars ultimate compound and my Ryobi dual action cordless polisher made light work of it after a good wash, all scratches are removed Then I spent the next 600 hours polishing off by hand the Meguiar's Gold Class Carnauba plus Paste Wax for a wicked deep shine I usually use liquid wax because it is quick and easy, but I had a day to kill so it got the boss treatment And yes, walking back to the car and seeing 2 big black crows jumping around on the roof made Mark mad Stupid nature 🤨 🤣

When was the lsdt time your bonnet was at 200°c I put some under my bonnet and it good to go I actually used a naked flame to seal the edges after trimming

https://www.carbuilders.com.au/premium-under-bonnet

If I was to do it again I would most likely go turbo, so much easier to pick and chose how much power you want where you want it, add or remove boost, limit boost yadda yadda yadda Me, in the end the PD is great fun on the street and I love driving it around and giving a hard time as much as I can

And the only way for me to do that is: Fitting spacers, so I need to keep the reverse cowl and chop chop the hood for clearance And then install a interchiller This is the only way I believe that I may get close to not pulling timing at the strip And the strip is the only place where I notice it I can be cruising around the streets at 50°c and if I give it a big hit I don't notice any loss of power, even after a nice long hit which gets me to ludicrous speed, it just keeps pulling and changing gears On the strip it has just heatsoaked to the point of no return As a street car I cannot fault it, playing drag racer.....well it's breaking my balls

It would need to be done and dusted prior to staging Dropping any water on the track is a no no

This is why I wanted to go back to the OEM bonnet Plus there was really no change to coolant or IAT with the reverse cowl when the car is moving Maybe I just don't take the car to the drags, it goes great everywhere else, it just hates life at half track after sitting in a queue, doing a burnout and then staging I believe mine starts pulling timing faily hard from 70°c, I was staging at 70°c So do I drop alot of coin so I can occasionally go drag racing at WSID???? I want to, but.... Maybe I should wait till I've sorted my rear end and see how that goes Maybe I shouldn't do back to back runs at the drags and let the car cool down and stage at a lower temp Maybe I should stop treating my street cars like want to be race cars

The blits FRP vented bonnet I had my 33 was pretty good The vent was just after the radiator Bonnet wasn't light though Like dis...>