I8UR4RD

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kickass. i love the monaros, and vxr8's walkinshaw and bathursts.....currently my fav cars. thought about buying one and having it shipped over. would love to learn to shift on the right side. would flip a few people out at the red light no doubt.

TheLS1Lover

Can't believe I have missed this! Nice ride for sure man!

gsd2000

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great build, im planning on doing a bw build on my ls1 m6 monaro and this thread has been very helpful

SirNemesis

Update!

gsd2000

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any more updates

gsd2000

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is this a t4 or t6 turbo?

SirNemesis

It's a T4 turbo. I probably need a T6, but really don't have the room for it.

SirNemesis

Auto cooler has arrived. Should do the job

SirNemesis

More stuff!

Bloodbath

what size converter did you end up going with. who'd you get it through? what converter did you have before the change? be interesting the power figure with the changes, hooked that meth kit up yet'?

SirNemesis

The converter is a 3000rpm and I bought it on eBay. I don't expect the 4L60e to last, so it was just a cheapy converter to get me going. I'm converting from manual to auto, so I didn't have a converter prior to this

And nope, I'm really lazy, meth kit is still in the box...

OTT308

Why change to a 4L60E if you don't think it will last long?

SirNemesis

I traded my T56 for this 4L60e + cash. So far, I've made a profit on the conversion and it might take me months before I can afford to do a 4L80e. Putting this box in and seeing how long it lasts will have to do me for the moment.

SirNemesis

Progress...

SirNemesis

Added some black fuel rails and AN-8 nylon braided line. Also got rid of the nasty quick-connect fittings on the hardline and used some compression fittings instead.

SirNemesis

Well, the transmission cooler fits!

SirNemesis

So, I've been doing some playing with the water/vapour ports in the head. Late model engines had these rear ports blocked off, which for NA engines isn't a problem, but apparently can cause a lot of excessive heat on the rear of the heads when playing with boost. This is something that I want to avoid, and I've heard of a lot of people who play with boost opening them up and venting them to the radiator. The problem is, the early engine has a different manifold with clearance underneath to run the lines. I don't have this clearance, so I needed to get a bit creative.











I would love to hear some opinions from anyone who has researched this before, or feels that my idea will or won't work. Don't be scared, I can handle a bit of criticism.

Johnv

I've done something very similar, but tapped the heads and screwed the tails straight in, have used -4 braided line instead of hard line, same "Tee" piece up front.

SirNemesis

And the finished product. I'm pretty pleased with it, just need to wait for the last t-peice to arrive for the front.

N2OBaby

Dang Ya'll "Down Under" got all the Fun ToyZ,MAD Propz.