Rob70 Silver Donating Members 82 Member For: 4y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Wellington, NZ Posted 13/11/23 01:10 AM Share Posted 13/11/23 01:10 AM Just came across this thread, awesome build mate, I went through all the trials and tribulations with a ground up resto on my dear old XA a few years back, it's like Xmas when you can start bolting everything back on and there it stays (mostly), keep up the good work, it's guna be a nice piece of kit when all done and sound amazing! Can't beat a healthy V8 for sound effects in my opinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 11/05/24 02:06 AM Author Share Posted 11/05/24 02:06 AM Hi all, just a small update this time. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to spend any time on the car. I'm still waiting on the custom headers and exhaust to be manufactured. the engine will drop in soon after... We had to do some mods to the blower intake, As the blower intake was designed for a cable throttle body, it was angled down to the right. when I installed the LS3 flange adapter the the angle of the DBW motor made it protrude around 2 inched higher that the blower height. To fix this we remove the flange and weld in a DBW flange. We smoothed the welds and used a needle gun to duplicate the texture of the intake and then painted it in the same semi gloss paint. Overall, I think that I turned out quite nice. I will post some more updates soon... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 11/05/24 02:49 AM Author Share Posted 11/05/24 02:49 AM (edited) I got the seats back. New old stock material used to re-cover them. I had a spare set of seats, so I decided to get both done at the same time and save on cost. I am really happy with the outcome... Edited 11/05/24 02:50 AM by HI PSI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,991 Member For: 16y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 11/05/24 06:11 AM Share Posted 11/05/24 06:11 AM 4 hours ago, HI PSI said: Hi all, just a small update this time. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to spend any time on the car. I'm still waiting on the custom headers and exhaust to be manufactured. the engine will drop in soon after... We had to do some mods to the blower intake, As the blower intake was designed for a cable throttle body, it was angled down to the right. when I installed the LS3 flange adapter the the angle of the DBW motor made it protrude around 2 inched higher that the blower height. To fix this we remove the flange and weld in a DBW flange. We smoothed the welds and used a needle gun to duplicate the texture of the intake and then painted it in the same semi gloss paint. Overall, I think that I turned out quite nice. I will post some more updates soon... ooo shiny looking fantastic. Good work to work around the blower-height-thingo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 24/08/24 03:59 AM Author Share Posted 24/08/24 03:59 AM I have finally got some fuel tanks sorted. It came down to right place, right time. Two tanks will arrive in 2 weeks. YAY!! Some more pics of the car... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,991 Member For: 16y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 24/08/24 04:42 AM Share Posted 24/08/24 04:42 AM finally making some progress good stuff bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 24/08/24 09:21 AM Author Share Posted 24/08/24 09:21 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 23/10/24 10:48 PM Author Share Posted 23/10/24 10:48 PM Some progress pics.. Custom 1 7/8', 4-1 pipes. Dual 3' into single 4'... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,991 Member For: 16y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 23/10/24 10:52 PM Share Posted 23/10/24 10:52 PM that's a beautiful exhaust 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI PSI Member 1,586 Member For: 18y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: Central Queensland Posted 23/10/24 11:01 PM Author Share Posted 23/10/24 11:01 PM It came out really nice. Old mate that fabricated it to five months to complete it. I don't think that he like me anymore, as it was a mongrel job .. I pity him, as he needs to make me another set. I am going to blend the welds next week and send them for Cerakote. After all of the work put into the standard tank refurb, I realised that I needed an additional pump. New alloy tank has been fabricated and polished. I will post some more pictures after it has been clear coated... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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