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So i had to sit the motor in the engine bay

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looks like theres plenty of room in there

if thats the finished height its sitting at there will be heaps of room to build a set of extractors / headers to fit inside the subframe

CHOPPED wrote:if thats the finished height its sitting at there will be heaps of room to build a set of extractors / headers to fit inside the subframe

Cheers Chopped, i am thinking of going with the OEM headers first up as i am hoping to tyrno it once paased by the engineer so don't want to waste money making pipes that will be changed. If i don't turbo it Castlemain rodshop now do headers which fit inside the guards for $900 which i guess is reasonable as its at least a two day job to do a set of pipes.

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mate it took me 2 weeks to do mine
alot more than it looks

CHOPPED wrote:mate it took me 2 weeks to do mine
alot more than it looks

Yeah i have made a few sets before, getting lazy these days though and smarter especially if you buy them already done for under a grand. Its now in its final resting place, need a rear sump oil pan and might have to change the screw drivers over for bolts in the engine mounts

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mate you will never get that regoed with one phillips and one straight screwdriver
need to go the both as phillips

CHOPPED wrote:mate you will never get that regoed with one phillips and one straight screwdriver
need to go the both as phillips

Haha very funny, am tjinking the motor will need to be raiaed as it is very tight fit gor pipes, OEM headers don't even look like fitting.

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Hey mate looks similar to mine. I'm at the same stage as you, about to send it off to get the exhaust and firewall done.

Nice, what front end and column are you running? Yours looks to be back through the firewall a fair way? I ended up cutting my whole firewall out as i was not happy with the way the previous owner had plated over it.

UC torana front end modified and the original column but i think ill need to change it. We only cut the corners of the firewall the middle is still the same just tried to get it as close as possible to the back. Ill try and get a photo for you.

not heaps of room to the back firewall. Its got a kingswood tunnel for the turbo 700 and original floor

Where are you running the alternator and air conditioner pump? I am looking into various options such as top mount etc. I purchased a Holley rear hump sump from the States which arrived yesterday and fits very nicely and am waiting for my gearbox mount to arrive. Am in the process of sourcing a column and intend to start the floors over the weekend as well as measuring up the tailshaft, plenty to do.

Where did you get the sump from? Ill probably need one! Im going to put the alternator up top and probs not going to run the aircon (see how bad a summer is without it first). We made a gearbox mount from 2 VL or VN mounts I think.

will1mc wrote:Where did you get the sump from? Ill probably need one! Im going to put the alternator up top and probs not going to run the aircon (see how bad a summer is without it first). We made a gearbox mount from 2 VL or VN mounts I think.

Jegs online, the Holley pan had the most clearance. The sump is flush with the bottom of the bellhousing, it came with new pick up baffles etc. I am deffinatley going aircon, set it up now why the car is a part. Castlemain do a top mount aircon kit as do others, am also looking at a electric water pump set up as they take up less room.

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