Recent content by lowfat_hg

good point Thanks muzza you raise a good point. i did give the lot a good shake while the fan was on before i mounted it in the car and it seemed fine. when the fan is on the fan and shroud sucks in toward the radiator and hardly moves at all. this, of course, does not mean **** all until drive...

update i am away again with work for a few weeks but some things are still happening. I am getting my alloy welder guy to make me a tank for the water/air reservoir. It'll be about 18l (pretty big i think) but it will also have a 6 metre coil of 1/2 inch alloy pipe inside to run my fuel...

pics Fellas, more work done. i'm pretty much up to stripping back the crap on the engine and blocking the stuff i dont need. waiting on parts to to finalise the turbo install. i rigged up the intercooler rad and cooler, all works well. got a high flow metal cat, needs flanges and install...

thanks thankyou gents, all help appreciated. i'll let you know how it goes

Hi guys, quick one; i have an 90-93 (i think) LS400 engine in my ute, ref build thread: http://lextreme.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9056 My question is, will the standard elec speedo sender drive an autometer speedo? Will it be easier to get a mech drive from another gearbox and run a...

update Hi guys, its been a slow few months for progress on the ute. Only worked on it for a few days all told but made some breakthroughs. the turbo and wastegate is fully mounted and the intercooler is plumbed to the turbo and intake. the dump pipe is fabbed and the wastegate is plumbed in to...

how much flow is enough? I am ordering a new Cat and need to know how big it needs to be. I can get a skyline item that flows 550cfm or a bigger metal core item rated at 880cfm. I was planning to use the original items (1UZ) in parallel but think i will run out of space and for the sake of $200...

ok thanks but what is the actual measurment? thanks lex but i cant my verniers onto a foto. i need the thread size and pitch. thanks again

I'm away for work and am ordering some parts on the net for when i get home. I need to know what size the oil fitting is on the oil filter housing (ie, where the oil pressure sensor fits and where i will plumb the oil supply from). Thanks

turbo install Decided to spend one last day on the ute before i go away for a few weeks. Managed to get the crossover pipe almost complete and mount the turbo. I also included a wastegate pipe in the 2-1 merge just under the turbo flange. it still all needs final smoothing and paint but you...

steering Hey mate where didi you get your steering intermediate shafts from? and also, what type of bearing setup are you going to use in the end of the steering column? cheers

price friend of mine was going to get a twin turbo kit installed on her 350z. drive in drive out price was $17000, so i would not expect change from 20k for an ls package. that included labour though.

traffic no worries, there is no traffic in darwin! only four sets of lights from my place to town centre. and 80km/h pretty much everywhere else. will see how it goes and change it if i need to

update Progress will again be slow, i will be away for work, hopefully nothing will be stolen this time. I have bought some gauges icl, 5in tacho and 2 shift lights, oil and water temp 2 & 5/8in, pyrometer and air/fuel. still waiting to get a speedo for the right ebay price. i have bought some...

Yep, CRS make a kit, i just dont like paying for stuff i can do myself. I had to use front rack to clear the crs sump and then make the mounts. its not hard. I used a rodsracks rack and pinion setup. I sent him a torana rack and he sent it back ready to go. the trans fits well. as far as the...