My Supercharged Monaro build

My Supercharged Monaro build

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gsd2000

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Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Behold81 said:
If you mount the IC lower you will get more flow to the rad. There is plenty of room.
Have you still got the crash bar?

gsd2000

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Saturday 18th January 2014
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a bit of an update.

The gearbox, clutch and bellhousing are all stripped, the engine is pretty much ready to come out which is the job for tomorrow as long as it doesnt rain too hard

old plugs



gearbox out


gsd2000

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Saturday 18th January 2014
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The gearbox was easy to remove. Just time consuming removing everything and getting the car high enough.

The gearbox jack was well worth the money

gsd2000

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Saturday 18th January 2014
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Prop is bust so another part for the shopping list

gsd2000

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damaged prop



Photos of some more parts which arrived

Brian Tooley Racing dual springs with Titanium retainers



Brian Tooley Racing Trunion upgrade



Brian Tooley Racing SLR lifters


gsd2000

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Saturday 18th January 2014
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ringram said:
You are going to need the extra power to keep up on the way to vasteras.
You guys getting all excited for the mile run need to come and do the 1000 mile run.
Let's see intake temps then.
Na ftw..
It's more like 2600 mile round trip from Derby for me

gsd2000

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Sunday 19th January 2014
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gsd2000

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gsd2000

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Sunday 19th January 2014
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Its currently in the tiny garage

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Monday 20th January 2014
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MyM8V8 said:
You dumped the refrigerant???

(I'm on another shopping spree. Just picked up new GM rear wheel bearings at stupid money - Got a brand new VZ brake master cylinder for about half what that Brett wanted for a used one!!!)

Edited by MyM8V8 on Monday 20th January 06:37
Had it bled by local garagw before I started

Out of interest where did you pick up your cheap bits and pieces from?

Edited by gsd2000 on Monday 20th January 09:31

gsd2000

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Tuesday 21st January 2014
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The engine mounted on a stand in the tiny garage ready to be worked on

gsd2000

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Tuesday 4th February 2014
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i got a little more work done, removed all the accessories, crank pulley and took the timing cover off to offer up the timing chain guide



a very poor dark photo



but it looks like my Katech/GM timing chain guide does not fit. I am making the assumption that i have a later ls1 block as the hole centres for the block match up to an ls2 timing chain guide. I know Kmud fitted an adapter to his LS1 to fit an ls2 timing guide, so the blocks seem to differ between the same year of manufacture

This is my timing chain guide that i purchased from Katech



My plan is to try and get some more work done on Friday, and im also debating if i should paint the block. Im thinking either red or chevy orange like the LSX block

gsd2000

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Tuesday 4th February 2014
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MyM8V8 said:
Nice work. Bugger about that Katech timing chain tensioner. Not cheap either. Mind you, what yank stuff is?

My chinese 92mm $100 TB turned up. Not bad for the money. Machining of the billet not as good as it could be but internally it looks good.
i think my throttle body is a cheap chinese throttle body. It doesnt feel very smooth so i might see if i can strip and improve it

But with regards to the timing guide, its a bit of a pain but the bonus is that an ls2 guide is a alot cheaper smile

gsd2000

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Tuesday 4th February 2014
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stick100 said:
Just be care that the oil pump doesn't interfere whith the damper
Should be okay as I wont need an adapter but will keep an eye on it.

Cheers stick smile

gsd2000

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Tuesday 4th February 2014
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SturdyHSV said:
If you paint the block red / orange, I'll be very jealous indeed. Don't let that delay the build though!
Some how I will finish it on time

gsd2000

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Wednesday 5th February 2014
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I looking into putting the welder on hold and buying a set of forged pistons and rods and make the bottom end strong.

I can easily upgrade the top end at a later date

gsd2000

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Wednesday 5th February 2014
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My aim is around 725-750hp with meth which should be the blower maxed out but im aiming for revs and want to rev to 7100-7200 for high speed runs. So forged rods for piece of mind.

Knowing me I will probably change my mind half way through

I would like to experiment with E85 and maybe the effects of adding nitrous to forced induction at a much later date

gsd2000

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Wednesday 5th February 2014
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raving said:
gsd2000 said:
My aim is around 725-750hp with meth which should be the blower maxed out but im aiming for revs and want to rev to 7100-7200 for high speed runs. So forged rods for piece of mind.

Knowing me I will probably change my mind half way through

I would like to experiment with E85 and maybe the effects of adding nitrous to forced induction at a much later date
My V2 ran out at 680 ish , check bearing sizes in the blower gearbox as well to see what you can spin it to there are 2 different sizes
will do, cheers for that, but what ever i can squeeze out of the blower is my aim

gsd2000

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Thursday 6th February 2014
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omalley34male said:
There´s a car i know how are you ?
seems like someone is going to boost a lot this summer i also saw the site about going to Västerås later this year
i stumbled across a couple of used AP racing disc for the gto in England that i ordered and will try to mend with a brembo 4 piston caliper
what charger are you going to use ? the same as Gareth ?
im good.

The supercharger is a centrifugal Vortech V2 supercharger, it wont be any where near as fast as Gareths but hopefully i can keep up this year