luke and kimmy's ek special - colour done, onto reassembly

matches · Post by **matches** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:13 pm

i've got to run the radiator in front of the front panel as it barely fits without the engine even moving, but putting the radiator in front leaves enough room for a slimline thermo behind it.

fxfjholden.com · Post by **fxfjholden.com** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:21 pm

Looking good Luke,

First thing I was going to ask was about the radiator, but I see you have addressed that.

Good to see it stopped raining for you to get some work done.

Jason

matches · Post by **matches** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:32 pm

thanks jason, yep i was sitting in the garage for the last 2 days waiting, and as soon as the humidity dropped below 50%.......... out came the gun

luke.

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 4:33 pm

Thats a sweet looking motor man, Trev

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EK JAY · Post by **EK JAY** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:34 pm

looks good Luke
love the sound of the gilmer belt drive

EKK001 · Post by **EKK001** » Mon Nov 09, 2009 5:43 pm

niiice.... yeah the gilmer looks hot, its something I wanted to do....
sounds tuff...

matches · Post by **matches** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:12 am

i had one on my hz 308 tonner and loved the sound of it that much i had to put one on this car

luke.

(AUST)Mod · Post by **(AUST)Mod** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:18 am

That is one cool looking red motor

What size is the aircleaner? I think it looks like the perfect size for a red

Andrew

matches · Post by **matches** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:33 am

3" high, 6 1/2" diameter

V8EK4us · Post by **V8EK4us** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:09 pm

Great work Luke, the motor looks sweet against the smoothed off engine bay

matches · Post by **matches** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 2:29 pm

thanks for the comments and encouragement (i need it sometimes

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i'd just like to say a big thanks to billy for the door and dropping it off for me, it's just what i needed. really nice to meet another forum member and check out how different people are doing their cars.
cheers, luke.

TAYZ 58 · Post by **TAYZ 58** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:59 pm

Luke,
As you have installed the gilmer belt drive and are going to put the radiator on the outside, how are you going to propose to close the bonnet? Reason I ask is I also want to put a gilmer belt drive on a HP block but have been racking my brains on how to install the radiator and close the bonnet, I must say I got excited when I saw that you have attempted it!! I will be doing this in the next few months

NoMAD · Post by **NoMAD** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:34 pm

Sweet as man, look awesome with the smoothed out bay, i would have gone a bigger air cleaner...got a good hieght on it though.

the gilmer should confuse a few people, better you cant wait to fire it up and step on the pedal for real!

Cheers
NoMAD

matches · Post by **matches** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:56 pm

tayz, i'm either going with a vb commonwhore radiator as it "should" fit inside as the tanks are on the ends rather than top and bottom, but if that doesn't work or i'm not happy with how it looks i'll be getting a custom tank with a forward offset filler (like vl commodores and rx3's have) to clear the bonnet catch plate.
NoMAD, thanks, it took a fair bit of work but i'm happy with the result.
the belt will keep a few people thinking, i was going to run a 9" x 5" K&N but funds don't allow at the moment so i'll go with this for now.

you bet i can't wait to fire it up

i hope the neighbours aren't asleep when i do cause they won't be for long, just waiting on my extractors and hooker aero chamber muffler

and she'll be fired

J · Post by J » Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:26 pm

start it without extractors and a muffler. thatl wake the whole neighborhood up