My Supercharged Monaro build

[neiljohnson]

stevieturbo said:

Even with those.....it's still far easier to remove box first, then bellhousing.

Will do it that way next time

[gsd2000]

[gsd2000]

[gsd2000]

[ARAF]

Bit of oil on the driveway there. Will you have to paint the rest to match?

Fantastic work.

[ringram]

Now get it in the living room!

[gsd2000]

Its currently in the tiny garage

[jameshsv]

Great stuff gurmeet

[stick100]

Nice work big G

[MyM8V8]

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

[gsd2000]

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

[Monaro5.7]

gsd2000 said:

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

Rear wheel nearing is the same as some BMW 5 series cars

Nice work Delboy keep it up

[MyM8V8]

Monaro5.7 said:

Rear wheel nearing is the same as some BMW 5 series cars

How much are they??

[mikeyb1987]

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

Was that from eBay? I noticed those items last night....

[MyM8V8]

mikeyb1987 said:

Was that from eBay? I noticed those items last night....

Local companies in Queensland, one specialist, one Holden dealer (at trade price). Those bearings on ebay were too dear.

Looking forward to an exchange rate of over $2 to the pound....... hopefully.

[Monaro5.7]

MyM8V8 said:

Monaro5.7 said:

Rear wheel nearing is the same as some BMW 5 series cars

How much are they??

Thats a loaded question for me but i will give you the part number and you can price it up urself

[MyM8V8]

Monaro5.7 said:

Thats a loaded question for me but i will give you the part number and you can price it up urself

I bought some at AU$43 each. I bought dollars at $1.80 to the pound. Any good?

[mikeyb1987]

MyM8V8 said:

Local companies in Queensland, one specialist, one Holden dealer (at trade price). Those bearings on ebay were too dear.

Looking forward to an exchange rate of over $2 to the pound....... hopefully.

Ah, I see

[gsd2000]

The engine mounted on a stand in the tiny garage ready to be worked on

[gsd2000]

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