this is what im leaving you for

by **Revengelane** » September 6th, 2010, 1:59 pm

Still junk tho

by **OED666** » September 6th, 2010, 2:35 pm

also, if you got an LS with a T56 bolted to it, you can put it straight in. You will need to change the shifter, and fit a LH Starter kit (you will have to fit one of these no matter what transmission you use with an LS motor)...

by **josh_ef** » September 6th, 2010, 2:45 pm

yeah might consider getting a t56 for the power handelling

by **OED666** » September 6th, 2010, 2:47 pm

if you have any questions about that stuff just ask... its a fairly common thing we do at work (not the actual conversion) but supply components for driveline and LH Starter Kits. If your tempted for a T56, stay away from the VE box, as it wont suit what your after!!

by **someLS1** » September 6th, 2010, 3:01 pm

Im gonna go against the trend lol... ive never had a 355 stroker so have little insight but ive seen my fair share they sound fucken nuts and drop an awesome patch im sure youd get some poke out of one with a vortech too... theres plenty of factory 215 HSV on street commos with a vortech running mid to high 12s....

I guess if your only out for bang for buck all out power the ls1 will win.. but meh i love the sound of the old ones and if i had a car of that era that's what id stick to

by **josh_ef** » September 7th, 2010, 10:46 am

SLOLS1 wrote:Im gonna go against the trend lol... ive never had a 355 stroker so have little insight but ive seen my fair share they sound fucken nuts and drop an awesome patch im sure youd get some poke out of one with a vortech too... theres plenty of factory 215 HSV on street commos with a vortech running mid to high 12s....

I guess if your only out for bang for buck all out power the ls1 will win.. but meh i love the sound of the old ones and if i had a car of that era that's what id stick to

WIN

excatly what im trying to say. im not going for bang for my buck. i know an ls1 would be the best engine vs horse vs dollars, i didnt build a 347 cause they were cheap

more then likely going to end up building a 355, well under 10k for a tough one, second hand ones float around for 5kish, i can get my hands on a good set of heads for a grand ported with rollers and good valve springs.

long term project, house is coming first anyway promised the mrs i wont spend any real money on this till i get a decent pay rise. (6 months roughly)

by **xrghiawagon** » September 7th, 2010, 10:49 am

Hey Mate, are those AU thermos fans that you have? Visually, it looks it from what i know but could be wrong

by **EFFalcon** » September 7th, 2010, 10:55 am

It has AU written on it...

by **xrghiawagon** » September 7th, 2010, 10:57 am

Shit, just looked at it again. Stuff that i can't see FTL! Although i only knew it looked like one which it is as i have been working on the AU all weekend :roll:

by **josh_ef** » September 7th, 2010, 11:47 am

by **Steady** » September 7th, 2010, 12:08 pm

carb L98, filter out the bonnet.

355s are great, but not for the budget you are talking about.
you are dreaming if you think sub 10k will build a 250+rwkw 355.

by **bentls** » September 7th, 2010, 4:59 pm

sell the lot and buy mine for 11.. if u make 2k off all the shit u have, cam mine and retune theres your 10k 250rwkw..

v1 straight cut gears + cammed 304 sounds better than 355 with no v1 straight cut gears

by **EBOOST** » September 7th, 2010, 5:40 pm

didnt u pay 9?
what have u done to it to make it worth 2k more?
ill admit i dont no much about the 355's and so on but i no ls1's make easy power but at the end of the day its upto u.
cheers josh.

by **Rollin** » September 7th, 2010, 6:04 pm

Thanks for the input

IIRC bentls bought the car as a busted shitter and has put a lot of effort into reducing the busted shitterness of it (ie, polishing a turd

) which IF the difference was actually 2k, I'm sure would be justified by the repairs and improvements.

by **pHaT`eL** » September 7th, 2010, 6:10 pm

Exactly, car is looking mint and running spot on now

by **LOW_XR** » September 7th, 2010, 6:11 pm

there was alot of things fixed, some wiring redone, and its all been fully retuned. he has spent a bit on it since owning it

by **bentls** » September 7th, 2010, 6:15 pm

And people pay $105 an hour for my labour at work so u do the math

by **bentls** » September 7th, 2010, 6:15 pm

And people pay $105 an hour for my labour at work so u do the math

by **EBOOST** » September 7th, 2010, 6:39 pm

thats cool i didnt think ud done much man i didnt wanna offend anyone and sorry for hijacking the thread josh but maybe ur better off buying bentles vn.
$105 an hour thats cheap 156 at my work lol.
cheers josh.

by **LUXO_8** » September 7th, 2010, 6:41 pm

what makes it any of your business if he had done nothing to it anyway?
last i looked he is allowed to sell it for whatever he wants to

by **EBOOST** » September 7th, 2010, 6:44 pm

mass defence and to think i got flamed for that.....
cheers josh.

by **LOW_XR** » September 7th, 2010, 7:01 pm

$156 pr hour? shit man where you work? thats mad!

by **EBOOST** » September 7th, 2010, 7:28 pm

port melb land rover volvo and jaguar so "prestige workshop".
again i meant no hard feelings and think from the start bentles vn looked pretty good.
cheers josh.

by **josh_ef** » September 7th, 2010, 8:18 pm

i aint buying betls shit box :0 not ready to spend 10 grand, buying a house first

just looking at all my options, i realy want to build a carbied 355 wich i think i will end up going with.

i think 250 at the wheels is acheivable if i get a second hand motor (know what ya know its who ya know)

if not ill put a small block in it

by **josh_ef** » September 7th, 2010, 8:23 pm

http://paceperformance.com/index.asp?Pa ... odID=73193

looking more and more like a chev

by **[D1SCNT]** » September 7th, 2010, 9:25 pm

bentls wrote:And people pay $105 an hour for my labour at work so u do the math

"You" get payed 105 ph??....

by **Rollin** » September 7th, 2010, 9:52 pm

Clearly he said "People pay 105 an hour for my labour at work" and not "I get paid $105 an hour".

It's funny that, IIRC the labour rate at my work is between 110 and 130 an hour, but yet people have a teary if you ask half that for a cash job at home :/

by **bentls** » September 7th, 2010, 11:51 pm

lol internets once again delivers the lols..

All good no offense taken, I know id have the same view point as josh(EBOOST) if I knew what he knew, I don't post up every little thing I do to this car but I can tell you, how it is now, compared to when I first got it, it's a fair bit better... lots of shit was "that should cover it I reckon" but heaps of that has been re-done, while it might not be drastically changed, it has improved in quality etc

by **oneredED** » September 9th, 2010, 6:02 pm

josh_ef wrote:http://paceperformance.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=73193

looking more and more like a chev

Go chevrolet.
My step brother had a seriously built 355 in a VP SS aero (close to $20k in two builds) and it only pulled a tad over 300rwkw. He then added a Vortech, but didn't have much luck with the blower. Sounded fucking tough, went fairly hard, but his common sense got the better of him and sold the lot for ~$10k IIRC and went the LS2 route. Not sure where that build is up to at the moment though, haven't seen him or his car in ages.

by **josh_ef** » September 12th, 2010, 1:48 pm

383 chev seems the goods

by **burnt turtle** » September 12th, 2010, 7:39 pm

[D1SCNT] wrote:
bentls wrote:And people pay $105 an hour for my labour at work so u do the math

"You" get payed 105 ph??....

lol his work charges that, mine charges $107.5ph i wish if i got payed that

by **Sunboost** » September 16th, 2010, 10:15 am

No offence, but I can see this being the next in a long line of failed undelivering projects from BLCKED.

by **NickosEL** » September 16th, 2010, 10:34 am

LOL!So the question remains, Are you BLCKED or not??

by **[D1SCNT]** » September 16th, 2010, 10:36 am

Rollin wrote:Clearly he said "People pay 105 an hour for my labour at work" and not "I get paid $105 an hour".

so clearly it burns :cry:

Rollin wrote:It's funny that, IIRC the labour rate at my work is between 110 and 130 an hour, but yet people have a teary if you ask half that for a cash job at home :/

well you boys are in the wrong buisness then hahaha and thats why i don't work on other people's car's....

come labour for me il pay ya's $20ph and if things don't fit/work you can usually cut it with a saw/grinder or smash it with a hammer.

your probably on the money there sunny

by **Sunboost** » September 16th, 2010, 12:20 pm

[D1SCNT] wrote:your probably on the money there sunny

Yeah man, $105 an hour :cool:

Hey we should do Hallam Industrials again.. it's been 4 years almost

by **[D1SCNT]** » September 16th, 2010, 9:48 pm

Sundeep wrote:
[D1SCNT] wrote:your probably on the money there sunny

Yeah man, $105 an hour

Hey we should do Hallam Industrials again.. it's been 4 years almost

lol theres good reason for that, if my diff holds up might have to make a night of it.
u supply tire's

by **josh_ef** » September 19th, 2010, 6:57 pm

pretty much sunny, long term project anyhow

house is my new project really. might of sold it alerady for a good offer lol

by **OMY-747** » October 17th, 2010, 1:46 am

mate of mine spent a shitload building a tuff 355 stroker in his vk. then bought a 5.7 vt2 got a mafless tune and it went harder then the vk and the whole car including the tune cost him less then just the engine in the vk lol. so he said he'll never play with a 355 again and just go straight to an ls next time.

by **bentls** » October 17th, 2010, 7:42 am

wpn_el wrote:mate of mine spent a shitload building a tuff 355 stroker in his vk. then bought a 5.7 vt2 got a mafless tune and it went harder then the vk and the whole car including the tune cost him less then just the engine in the vk lol. so he said he'll never play with a 355 again and just go straight to an ls next time.

must have been a shit 355 or something then, cos my vn beats mackies vt with ease (i had passenger and 2 subs etc) and mackie was on his own in a t56 vt clubsport with pipes and otr and tune etc
and vk's weight ~150-200kg less than vn's

mines 3.08 diff too...(not close to good match for my car)

mines got 238@ wheels, people hit around 200 with a 304 with high comp, cam etc etc, so a 355 which costs more than a vt 5.7 would surely be able to have more power than me at the least....

by **OMY-747** » October 17th, 2010, 9:01 am

no idea on what his power is. i would personally of thought that if he had spent like 15-20 on a 355 it would be pretty damn crazy. the vk he uses mostly for burnout comps. maybe he thinks the vt just feels quicker. i dont talk to him. one of my other mates was telling me about it a while ago.

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