Slowxr6t

Very noice, I forgot to mention to you before you built it, that sheds are never big enough, so make it big. Looks great though, wish I could come round for a dyno run in my barra.

Do you aussies lay the concrete after shed is built? Otherway round over here pretty sure. Might be something to do with the scorching temps you get there and concrete setting too quickly and cracking?

@Puffwagonmove to NZ, maxxing out here at 30 on a real hot day otherwise 24-26ish degrees.

Iv heard its all in the tune.

Turbosmart gave me a brand new replacement 50mm progate to replace my leaky one. Took 2 weeks but they came to the party, cheers ts. Iv put 19psi of springs in it and checked it with air compressor, reg and guage, its cracking open at 21psi. Im gonna try it and go to dyno, I want engine to boost 18-19 psi and hold till redline ish, it will be interesting to see how it goes, whether exhaust gasses start pushing valve off its seat early in rpms or not cos I still have stock 3 inch exhaust after the 4 inch dump but with screamer pipe now to relieve back pressure when full boost hits. I will update after dyno visit and boost control remap.

On the up side you wont blow anything up.

Feels like im posting to myself sometimes. Cheers keith for putting my post in here.

Today I got fgx back together after mechanic mate and I supported engine, dropped sub frame, removed sump, cleaned it all up, new half moon seals, used loctite 518 as the goo of choice this time instead of threebond 1215. Removed a snapped sump bolt out of block, tapped a 8mm thread in block, cut all new 8.8 tensile bolts with 10mm heads to length and re-installed the sump. We made 2 studs to screw into bolt holes, one on each side in middle of sump to line the sump up correctly. Iv started car on hoist and had a good look around and so far no leaks, I hope it stays that way!!! Also my new turbosmart 50mm gate doesnt seal shut, at idle exhaust gasses come out screamer pipe, and yes its installed properly, iv taken it off car, and assembled with v band shell and clamp and you can see a small bit of light thru valve, I took it to shop I bought it from and he checked it all out and said we will have to send it back to ts to do a warranty claim. Pretty annoying cos I wanted to go to drags this wknd. Before I did sump I drove it with screamer and to start with its really obnoxious but the noise it makes grows on you and is really quite entertaining but still obnoxious haha, it puts a smile on ya dial every time gate opens.

@Puffwagon merry christmas, im taking sump off fgx to reseal it hopefully properly this time, I dont want to do it again. So im gonna support motor from the top with my frame I made and drop the front subframe. Question is can I successfully remove and re-seal the sump back on with the zf still bolted to motor? Is Threebond 1215 grey still the go-to sealant or should I use hondabond or something else? Should I replace the halfmoon seal on the front of sump, I cant recall if theres a half moon seal at the back?? Im gonna make some threaded studs to thread into block to make the sump re-install way easier this time. Thanks

Hopefullly your cp bullets are still ok except maybe 1 and you can re-use all your other high end expensive valve train, hope the head is still good, new rings and swap it all into one of your other good sonic tested blocks. With any luck another 2k barra. Sweet as mate, turn her down a few notches and it should last more than 10 minutes lol.

Time to build another 2k barra

sh*t is that 2 vertical cracks with rusyy coolant coming thru? Rather terminal. May want to run less boost I reckon, be content with 600ish kws. But then we wont get many bad storys from terrotorys adventures. Will that need a new block or can the cracks be repaired and put in a sleeve?

Hahaha so highly practical family wagon.

Have you taken the wife out in it, or would she be not impressed at all by the insanity of it?? Lol

Great work. Its hard to imagine how that many killawasps would feel like on the road!! Whats the weak link in the driveline? The tires? All the best for the next Roll racing. I hope nothing lunches itself on the terry.