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[Bart]

I was thinking of welding in GTR flutes in my lj S, but im not sure what position they should be in the gaurd.
Could someone let me know?

Thanks guys

[Bart]

Little bit of progress, the inner and outer sills are off, well the inner sills are semi off, and door pillars are off ready for sand blasting, FINALLY. The VL motor and box is out and the HJ Kingswood 253 will go in with dummy turbo

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Bits and Pieces for sand blasting, inner and outer pillar
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Edited by Bart, 19 March 2006 - 04:43 PM.

[Bart]

As stupid as it sounds yes, but temporarily. There is a reason for this madness, and that is to get it regoed/engineered with a 4.2ltr turbo ASAP before the RTA changes the modification rules.
The next step will be to replace the 253T with a 4.1ltr turbo Nissan V8 (coming in a shipping container from Japan as we speak, arrive in April/ May) which will take considerably longer to achieve, because its not a straight forward fit, and by then the RTA rules would have changed but it wouldn�t matter as the Torana will be regoed/engineered with 4.2T before the rule change.
Long story short, trying to dodge the RTA legally. Hopefully.

[Bart]

I used the original pick up, the Holley Blue lifted the fuel, pumped it into the surge tank, i used a VL pump from the surge tank to the engine. I used the original fuel line as the return line, the line going to the engine is stainless steel flexable.

[Bart]

sand blasted

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Inner sill sand blasted, note the front section of the inner sill is cut off as it was too badly rusted, in the previous pics i made up this new front section
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new front section welded in
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new front section before it was sand blasted
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outer door pillar rusted section cut out and new one made and welded in
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outer door pillar is also welded onto the sill as i cut it off before
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sill end rounded off (alot of work to get that right)
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[LC69GTR]

When can you do mines Bart as thats the type of good job i want keep it up looking good

[Bart]

thanks guys appreiciate the compliments.
shit i forgot about the hole in the rounded section, i havnt welded the sill on yet so i can do it a little later.
When the weld thru primer and cavity wax arrives from Wurth i will weld the sill on and complete one side.
Yes alot of late nights but thats ok as that is when my brain works well, sort of , if only i had a workshop out in the sticks with nobody to keep awake i would be in heaven hehehe
hopfully next weekend i will get most of the other sill done fingers crossed.
thanks again guys

[Bart]

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[Bart]

id love to work on a Monaro one day ill buy one like Tinys

[Tiny]

you can come work on mine any day bart

THe work your doing to yours is top notch mate! Ive gotto do some to the monaro sooner rather than later.. and ive got an SLR that needs quite alot done to it too!! hehehe

Cheers mate Your doing a top job!

[Bart]

thanks Tiny, this weekend ill be stuck into it hopfully nothing else comes up

[gtrboyy]

Damn,I haven't even touched my car in a few weeks.How's it going with the engineering hassles,any news?

[Bart]

naa mate havnt got to that stage yet, if you remember a few months back i found out the rules were going to change just when i chopped out the sills and the front end was off, now its a race against time to weld it up and prime it up for rego and engineer with 253 dummy turbo.
last i heard the rules havnt changed yet

[gtrboyy]

I haven't heard anything either,I've finally got some cash saved up to get back into but I'm not sure whether to get what I have passed or to get a full rollcage put in if I want to step up & still race at wsid as well drive the car on the street.Ive always wanted to put a vortech on mine,just not sure about the timeframe,not to mention those damn rule changes.

[Bart]

just get it engineered as is, then if you want, get the roll cage later, otherwise your whole car will be illegal and that would be a damn shame mate

Today im upto the rear lower window sill as it was rusted out and i just welded the new rare spares one in, today im cleaning it up.
then hopfully get other sill started

[gtrboyy]

I'll have a chat to an engineer first.I've just found a 253/m20 kingswood so I might end up going the same route as you but I should have it planned out by end of next week after speaking to an engineer.

[Bart]

Hey PSI thanks mate, "work on your girl" is that a job offer??
Ill have some updates shortly, i just hope to have it regestered soonish before the RTA change engine capacity rules.

[mrlctorana]

Hey Bart, Been watching this thread since day one, and glad to see updates are a pretty regular thing. Your definately into it in a big way and by the way she's coming along she's gunna be one hell of a nice car, Good on ya mate, keep us posted.

Cheers

Les

[Bart]

hey thanks for all your kind words mrlctorana/guys