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Started by _LS1 Taxi_ , Feb 26 2013 05:15 PM

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#151 Litre8

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Posted 13 August 2013 - 06:58 PM

Getting closer all the time!

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#152 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 15 August 2013 - 08:29 AM

Looking good

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#153 _LS1 Taxi_

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Posted 15 August 2013 - 07:11 PM

I had previously ran the fuel line up the wheel arch and to the front of the motor and I wasn't happy with it. Too messy and a bit close to suspension bits for my liking so I re-ran it up the back of the engine back...much happier with it now.

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I then cleaned up the fuel tank vapour manifold thing and the lines and installed it all with new rubbers. Pretty boring but a milestone to me.

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Here is a shot I took showing the tailshaft and my temporary homemade shed exhaust which works a charm.

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It's funny how sometimes the most time consuming jobs appear to be nothing but anyway, I wired in the fans and finally fitted up the loom to the inner arch and also mounted the remote oil filter plumbing. Really happy with how it came out.

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Geez the Ford fans are powerful. With the added shroud thing I fabbed out of alloy, they really get a good seal to the radiator and you can feel them pulling loads of air in from the front. Very happy with them. I didn't get a chance to run the engine up to temp to ensure the computer switches the fans on/off. Hopefully get to that tomorrow.

I also dummied up the centre console, B&M shifter, gauge pod and it's all going to fit well I think. So despite the car actually looking like nothing much has happened, it was a good day.

Thanks.

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#154 _LS1 Taxi_

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Posted 16 August 2013 - 06:07 PM

OK, fired it up today and let it run for about 30 minutes.

Oil pressure and water temp all good. Fans turned on and off as they should...great news.

Gave it a few big revs throughout and it sounded good and strong.

Brakes felt a bit spongy so gave them another bleed and they are a little better but still feel soft. I guess new pads, rotors etc will do that. Will see if it improves after some driving.

Did some more work on the wiring. Geez it never ends but it is much nicer now although still a lot more to go.

Anyway, I'm taking the weekend off. Need a rest..and a beer!! :spoton:

Oh....and still no word from the trimmer :wtf: :thebird:

I actually just bought some old rooted front seats just so I bolt it in to move the thing about once I get it back on the ground as the milk crate wasn't going to cut it.

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#155 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 17 August 2013 - 01:35 AM

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#156 mika03au

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Posted 17 August 2013 - 10:11 AM

Great work so far, thread is a good read (and inspiration).
Just a tip Daz, if you aren't running any of the lower inner splash guards on the front chassis rails then the first rock the front tyre flicks up will knock that relay off. You might need to protect all that wiring in there.
Cheers.

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#157 _LS1 Taxi_

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Posted 17 August 2013 - 06:00 PM

Hi Michael,

Cheers mate, appreciate the nice words.

You are dead right. I'll need to fab something up to protect that relay - and will.

Cheers for the heads up.

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#158 mika03au

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Posted 18 August 2013 - 07:10 PM

No problem Daz. Would the standard splash guards fit on there?

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#159 _LS2 Hatch_

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Posted 18 August 2013 - 07:56 PM

Looks like its coming along. Hope you enjoyed the weekend off. From what I have noticed over years a trimmer needs pushing to do your work. They never seem to want to do anything when they say they will. Get on the phone and start being the squeaky wheel.
Can't wait to see it up and going

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#160 _LS1 Taxi_

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Posted 19 August 2013 - 06:42 PM

Hi Grant,

Was a great weekend...good to get away from the car.

I know what you're saying about the trimmer. I've been calling every month or so...and have been pretty casual as I was a fair way away from needing them...but it is getting closer. I am still a month or 2 off needing them I think. Got a heap of small fiddly jobs left which will take loads of time.

No problem Daz. Would the standard splash guards fit on there?

Hahahahaha! My splash guards are long gone Michael. Very funny though - read below

So here is the standard shifter hole in the tunnel...

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And I need to get the B&M mounted like this...

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So I made up a piece to fill the hole (out of one of the old splash guards - I've been using these to make random brackets etc for months!)

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Then I welded some bolts onto it to bolt the B&M shifter on.

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Dummied it all up, all good

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Then removed it all for a quick splash of paint.

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Let it dry overnight and hopefully get a crack at it tomorrow.

I plan on using the standard console. I've had to mod it a fair bit and have dummied it on and it should work out nicely.

Thanks.

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#161 _LS1 Taxi_

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Posted 20 August 2013 - 05:13 PM

Bolted in the shifter and all connected up. Tested - works perfectly.
Torqued front end up and gave it a home job wheel alignment.

Bolted wheels on, dropped it down and bolted in my new rubbish drivers seat.

Started it up and drove her out of the shed for the first time with the LS1...all good (except home temp exhaust scrapes bad!).

Snapped a few happy shots and feeling pretty chuffed :rockon:

I can wait to be driving this thing properly.... :spoton:

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Thanks.

Edited by LS1rana, 20 August 2013 - 05:15 PM.

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#162 _LS2 Hatch_

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Posted 20 August 2013 - 08:13 PM

Well done Daz! That's a great milestone
The colour looks awesome outside. If mine wasn't orange it was going to be a similar colour. This is going to look brilliant finished.
Well done so far keep it up. I love it

By the way, what are those divets in the doors for? Look like some sort of recess to open the door with!!??!! Ha ha :0

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#163 _FERGnz_

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Posted 20 August 2013 - 09:49 PM

so sick

the small cooler out front looks funny, needs to be bigger (probly just me)

thanks for showing the shifter to, im just about to put in mine.

what kind of shifter was it??

thinking i should have gone LS now....

keep going!! your very fast

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#164 Stinga

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Posted 20 August 2013 - 10:26 PM

looks Greyt.. :clappin:

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#165 _SmartE_

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Posted 20 August 2013 - 11:14 PM

bloody hell this build is moving fast, should be cruising around in the next couple of weeks hey?

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#166 _LXSS350_

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Posted 20 August 2013 - 11:27 PM

Started it up and drove her out of the shed for the first time with the LS1.

I can wait to be driving this thing properly....

Gets too tempting once its drivable. Hell if that was me I would have went around a block or two. Brocky drove around the mountain flat chat with no windscreen and no back window. Good enough for Brock even though it was a dunnydore.

Colour looks clean and classy. :spoton:

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#167 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 21 August 2013 - 12:35 AM

Great stuff ! :spoton:

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#168 _LS1 Taxi_

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Posted 21 August 2013 - 09:01 AM

Thanks guys - I'm really happy with it but nowhere done yet.

The shifter is a B&M job, street something? Got it from Summit, simple to install and adaptable to work with torana console (at least I think it is at this stage!)

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#169 _Matvex_

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Posted 21 August 2013 - 10:25 PM

Awesome! Youll need a front screen for rego though.

Superfast build!

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#170 _LS1 Taxi_

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Posted 22 August 2013 - 06:38 PM

Tail lights in.

Grill and head lights in.

Indicators in.

Bar irons wire wheeled and POR15 painted.

Moving along...

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#171 _LS1 Taxi_

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Posted 25 August 2013 - 03:24 PM

Got the front and rear bars on. Front bar still needs a little adjustment.

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Damned CAE starter is playing games these past few days.

Sometimes it cranks, then it won't crank for a minute or so, then it'll crank again and then it'll be fine for the next 20 cranks and so on.

Also, occasionally the starter rubs on the flex plate. I'm going to try and shim the starter to move it away from the flexplate but I actually think the starter may be rooted which is causing the no crank problem and also it's not retracting fully sometimes causing the noisy rubbing. $400+ starter. LOL

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#172 eyepeeler

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Posted 25 August 2013 - 04:30 PM

Just read the whole thread, nice work!! The car and the work you've done is a credit to you.
It's going to be fun to drive when you're finished. Won't be to far down the track either considering the work rate you've gone at so far.

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#173 _LS1 Hatch_

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Posted 26 August 2013 - 01:40 AM

How come you didn't just stick with the factory starter out of curiosity ?

Good enough for a few hundred thousand miles and I couldn't see why going with something else off hand...(since they are pretty compact as well that is compared to the ones in the 'olde' days..lol)

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#174 ls2lxhatch

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Posted 26 August 2013 - 11:16 AM

I had previously ran the fuel line up the wheel arch and to the front of the motor and I wasn't happy with it. Too messy and a bit close to suspension bits for my liking so I re-ran it up the back of the engine back...much happier with it now.

It would be worth checking that the fuel line won't rub on anything when the motor rocks. The braided stainless lines will make short work of paint and alloy if they chafe.

You could try putting a bit of electrical heat shrink over the fuel line to protect the paint on the chassis rail if it is as close to the chassis rail as it appears in the photo.

How come you didn't just stick with the factory starter out of curiosity ?

The CAE headers do not fit with the factory starter.

See this post.
http://www.gmh-toran...oject/?p=737526

Edited by ls2lxhatch, 26 August 2013 - 11:18 AM.

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#175 _LS1 Taxi_

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Posted 27 August 2013 - 03:52 PM

Hi Andy,
Yep I'll need to do something about the fuel line. It doesn't move much as its secured under the rail but still needs something. You're right about the factory starter and CAE pipes. The factory starter was so close to fitting. In hindsight, I probably could have modded the pipes and used the factory starter. The CAE starter aside from being expensive doesn't make me feel good about needing shimming etc. I'll see how it goes with the shimming and move on from there.

If I ever need to pull the engine after its on the road, I plan to mod the pipes then and go back to the factory starter.