My Supercharged Monaro build

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I thought this was appropriate for me

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First coat of POR15 Chevy Orange Engine paint applied. It still needs a couple more coats

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should be able to fit a pair of sway bars in the car to bring up

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I live in Derby

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omalley34male said:

Yeah poke the bear ;o)

I have just sent you an email, if you haven't received it check your junk mail folder incase it is in there

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SturdyHSV said:

G's lounge, yesterday

thats my bedroom

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Due to family commitments i haven't done any more on the car and doubt i will touch it for a few more weeks.

I have a few other jobs to sort first which are a higher priority

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Due to family commitments my priorities changed and so the car hasnt had anything done in the last 4 months

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But a few more parts have been ordered/bought including

Used Vortech V7 YSI supercharger
Trickflow as cast heads hand ported by brian tooley with a few other little tricks done to them
Big custom grind cam
Johnson short travel Tie bar lifters

Block needs repainting as the paint didnt stick so that was a waste of time

Confirm a few things with the machine shop and then get back on it

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Cam will be around 227/239 115 lsa so approx 2.5 degrees of overlap

I got a good deal on the heads

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AM7 said:

Any updates on the build?
Interestingly, it so happens that we live on the same road! Every time I go past I see the car sat on your driveway with the front bumper hanging off feeling sorry for itself..
I remember a few years back when the car really was rather loud, straight piped I assume, I'm sure it actually woke me up on some mornings

yep the car had long tube headers and pretty much straight pipes, its why i started to walk to work.

I thought it might start to annoy people starting the car up at 5:30am

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S800VXR said:

fk me at this rate of build it would have been quicker to give it to a tuner who shall remain unnamed, and thats saying something!

I'm back on it, slowly getting jobs done

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Shortblock pretty much built up. Just working on pushrod length checks and ptv checks

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KMud said:

Have you got a fancy kit to check PTV? I've only got an extendable push-rod.

Still on track for TR?

yep hopefully, as long as i havent made any more mistakes or somehow got some dirt or debris on a bearing.

Leaving for sweden on the 27th june so not long

I have a dial indicator and a few other bits along with check springs which i am fitting now to the heads.

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stevieturbo said:

Those are fairly decent valve cutouts, you'd need a pretty extreme cam to have any concerns about PTV I'd think.

the cam is fairly big so i thought id check, plus its piece of mind for me

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Tie bar lifters in

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Heads torqued down

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robbyd said:

where did you get those TrickFlows from G?

Speedinc

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Some more photos, i had a few issues with the sump baffle so wasnt able to make it to Sweden but hopefully will have the car running shortly

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