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[bullitA9X]

hey guys just installed this 350 vortec crate motor into my mates hj gts monaro coupe after having spent $11,000 on his 308 to get stroked to 383 it turned into a disaster for him long story short my mate couldnt wait for me as i was building 2 motors at the time they fkucked his motor so he got this crate engine for me to put in....sorry only took phone pics guys.....



priming the oil pump....





new pacemaker extractors

[Neils LX]

Sweet motor, got anymore pics of the coupe?

[bullitA9X]

thanks guys will get some for you's i had the car at my place for 2 weeks and never took any pics of the car complete lol

[bullitA9X]

A Monaro is not complete without a chev! hope the Vortech engine works out better for him.

yeah he loves the vortec he is very happy now m8....

was it a hard swap from 308 to 350?
ie was it just mounts/sump/harness etc
or was it a little bit more?

was a pretty straight forward swap m8 motor came with the sump had to buy engine mounts and adapters got the radiator tanks swapped unrapped the wiring harness and redone it for the chev starter on the opposite side new pacemaker extractors changed the alternator bracket and modified the power steering pump bracket....

[unclefestal34s]

in my opinion HJ GTS MONARO COUPE is the best looking of all the monaro's of it's time and the best to drive...then again i'm biased to this model having owned 3 hj gts coupes...its a real shame they didn't make many hj coupes as particular model should have been factory fitted with a 350 chev...

[bullitA9X]

in my opinion HJ GTS MONARO COUPE is the best looking of all the monaro's of it's time and the best to drive...then again i'm biased to this model having owned 3 hj gts coupes...its a real shame they didn't make many hj coupes as particular model should have been factory fitted with a 350 chev...

yeah the hj coupe is a pretty rare car festa and his colour is cyclamin which is a beautiful colour aswell and spot on holden should have made them factory 350.....

[bullitA9X]

any pics of the engine with the alternator and pwr steer pump?

could you have mounted the pwr str pump down lo on the left, where the factory had it? im guessing you mounted it off the drivers side cyl head? would love a pic of the end result. cheers

yeah m8 the pump is on the right just like the 308 was will grab some pice this weekend as we have a combined torana monaro cruise sunday....

[yel327]

in my opinion HJ GTS MONARO COUPE is the best looking of all the monaro's of it's time and the best to drive...then again i'm biased to this model having owned 3 hj gts coupes...its a real shame they didn't make many hj coupes as particular model should have been factory fitted with a 350 chev...

That's not quite true. HJ was meant to have a 400 standard in Caprice and optional where the 350 was in HQ. So GTS sedan and coupe and LS coupe plus lesser lux level Statesmans. So a Hj GTS coupe with 400 and TH400, i'd like that! This one is a beauty, shame it has had the quad headlight front fitted. Makes it look like and even rarer HJ LS coupe.
Daryl, does Ben have the info off this car?

[bullitA9X]

That's not quite true. HJ was meant to have a 400 standard in Caprice and optional where the 350 was in HQ. So GTS sedan and coupe and LS coupe plus lesser lux level Statesmans. So a Hj GTS coupe with 400 and TH400, i'd like that! This one is a beauty, shame it has had the quad headlight front fitted. Makes it look like and even rarer HJ LS coupe.
Daryl, does Ben have the info off this car?

not sure byron will ask my m8.....

Nice, what box is he going to run ?

its running a turbo 400 m8

Edited by bullitljv8, 10 January 2013 - 11:06 PM.