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Another milestone achieved yesterday, floor pan treated for rust and ready for epoxy.

Blacky wrote: Thu Jul 31, 2025 9:28 am Dang, did you keep a track of how many hours there are in building that ?? I am guessing LOTS ......

Well if I paid myself then I would be a rich man

Exhaust finally ready for ceramic coating.

Started the port work of the heads, can’t beat YouTube tutorials.

Block and rods going to the engine shop tomorrow.

Blacky wrote: Thu Jul 17, 2025 9:53 pm they what you are going to leave on there or are these rego rims ?

For rego mate and then look for something else.

To get through engineering I need to get the correct wheel track. Easiest solution are some steel rims, 17” required for the front to clear the brakes.

Cut the centres out, repositioned for the right BS and dialled in with a dial indicator.

Happy days.

Yeah, they flow quite well as stock but a few hours with a die grinder will remove known lumps and bumps etc. Pulled the rods of the junk yard LS and the crank surface and bearings are like new, so will send the block for a bore and hone for the new bigger pistons and have some new cam bearing ...

Finished the brake lines on the diff and sourced some LS1 pistons for the LM7 327 C.I.

So, yes it will become a LS1 but for all intense purposes the block says 5.3 L. Don’t tell the engineer.

Also picked up a nice lumpy cam, double valve springs, rocker upgrade kit which should work well once I ...

Well today was a case of going backwards to go forwards. I have been stuffing around with a section of the floor which had oil canning in it for ages. It was giving me the shits, I shrunk it and then it had highs and lows. Hammer and dollied it then it oil canned again.I was going around in circles ...

So I have a sway bar sitting in the shed for the front suspension. Thanks for the input gents. I just need to fabricate some mounts to set it up.

Engine almost ready to head to the machine shop. Will be looking to increase the engine from 5.3 to 5.7, just do not tell the engineer.

Underside more ...

FireKraka wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:29 am Is there no front sway bar Taz???

Is on my list to look into, shoot me a suggestion if you have one for incorporating one into the front end.

Blacky wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 11:29 pm coming apart for paint mate ????

Yes mate, underside, engine bar and all front and rear suspension etc.

Blacky wrote: Mon Feb 10, 2025 11:29 pm coming apart for paint mate ????

Yes mate, underside, engine bar and all front and rear suspension etc.

Just a few random shots. Only the front suspension to come out but I need to drill
the locating holes for the steering shaft grub screws before I remove it.

LOL, I will drink either brand of beer these days but not enough time for my own jobs.

Finally got the EK on the hoist, time to strip it ready for final tidy up underneath and then painting. Fuel lines completed and brake lines mocked up.