I had a spot inspection done on my shop recently and these DOT blokes said that nothing has changed yet. Goes to show how pathetic this govenment is that approved inspection stations arent informed of rule changes, yet we are the ones who need to abide by them.
Ridiculous.
Long story short - better get my ass in gear and get my LJ mod plated before April it seems.
fitted a 253 to lj torana
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Posted 29 January 2013 - 09:05 PM
Now i want to know, does the sump need to be changed?
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 05:19 PM
I had to change my sump as the 308 in my car was out of a vk commodore and the sump was at the front on it. There maybe another 308 car that has a sump that might fit eg. Hq etc. The hi volume sump that I ended up getting was a tight fit with only around 10-15mm clearence from the crossmember , so not sure if there would be a standard one that would fit.
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 05:42 PM
Pretty sure there's no factory sump that fits. Can buy aftermarket ones.
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 08:12 PM
Doing this conversion at the moment.
The easiest way to go is use HQ engine mounts and a HQ sump the sump it will come close to the back of the X member so trim if you need to. (i took off about 8mm left plenty of room) I've ended up using a ASR comp pan suits my needs
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Have some Hurricane extractors that fit well. FOR SALE TOO
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Steering , I used a LH inner steering shaft using that will put the 1st knuckle past the block and you won't need to push the base of the steering column over as far . Always work in progress i ended up putting the bottom knuckle as far down as possible and scalloping out the X member.
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If you don't go too full on with your combo its pretty straight forward conversion. And this is my way others may disagree.
The easiest way to go is use HQ engine mounts and a HQ sump the sump it will come close to the back of the X member so trim if you need to. (i took off about 8mm left plenty of room) I've ended up using a ASR comp pan suits my needs
XMEMBER2.jpg 76.81K
2 downloadsHave some Hurricane extractors that fit well. FOR SALE TOO
extractors.jpg 93.1K
2 downloadsSteering , I used a LH inner steering shaft using that will put the 1st knuckle past the block and you won't need to push the base of the steering column over as far . Always work in progress i ended up putting the bottom knuckle as far down as possible and scalloping out the X member.
steering.jpg 98.23K
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xmember.jpg 48.86K
4 downloadsIf you don't go too full on with your combo its pretty straight forward conversion. And this is my way others may disagree.
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 08:43 PM
How did you find the HQ mounts in regards to engine height? Ive heard HK mounts lower the engine more
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Posted 31 January 2013 - 09:24 AM
Im probably wrong. Someone can confirm, cheers.
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Posted 31 January 2013 - 12:44 PM
They YT heads?
I want a set of heads like them.
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