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Yes I did, and I have emailed several times as well

Mmm but I getting suss of him as no replys and Im hearing that he has stiffed another member now

Pull your head im Spybo and give me my money back

Spybo

Are you still around?

I paid for these 4 weeks ago, and you promised to send me a tracking No - no parts have arrives, nor have you answered my two latest emails. :o :o

Please get in contact with me asap!!

Ill take it from you.

PM me details for payment

cheers
Faedy

delronbsn@westnet.com.au

They wont let me in WA

The car looks the part now with its different paint etc now - Im gonna leave it old school

I would rather do a ground up build of another body if I was to go the V8 route

I had another thread somewhere from when I first bought the car - here are some pics

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Spoke to Chris Dimoff, and twisted his arm into building me a tough manual valve bodied traumatic. I'm supplying him my core and he will do the rest.
I was lucky enough to pick up a convertor from gumtree that was a special build from Allfast Convertors. Based on the Gemini stall, but custom built from there.
When I picked it up, it was unused, and had texta markings on it - I took a punt and rang them up - the bloke asked for a pic to be text to him ,and rang back informing me that it was a special build for one of his mates and was a lucky find woohoo $90.00 well spent!!

Red 3.3 coming out

I was going to go v8, but I thought I'd go back to the old school way for some fun

Blue 202  block fully checked, prepped and bored
forged slugs, file back rings starfire rods, ARP bolts and studs h/v oil pump etc
12 port head hand ported race job done on it by a WA old timer, after market balancer, SFI Approved Flex plate.

I didn't realize how much one of these little suckers would cost to build strong - could have built a bloody tough ls1 for similar money!!

Already got a traumatic and B&M shifter but want to ensure Im not pulling it out for  long time, hence replace it now with the motor

We have built up a very hot 208 blue motor full of all the good gear, incl a custom 12 port head, and Ive picked up a custom hi stall based on a Gemini convertor

Gotta find a manifold for it now as well

Well the time has come to remove the old 202 motor from my FE and replace it with the hot 208 that I had built

First qu - do I remove bonnet from car to make the job easier?

Do I remove motor and trimatic in one go, or split them

What the best option auto wise -
Im staying traumatic, but do I build a strong 6cyl one, or get a v8 one modified to fit? - this trans will cop a bit of a hiding so needs to be relatively tough.

Ive just finished having a warm blue motor built for my FE sedan

Can anyone point me in the tight direction for a set of extractors, andan intake manifold to suit 350 holley (will one off a red motor fit?)

Cheers
Faedy

Ive seen plenty of drag motors get welded up

This should be an easy fix for anyone experienced at that sort of work.

Shoot - just realised that now that we have worked out the motor is a red one, I am worried the head isnt a 12 port, hence intake manifold and extractors will need changing.

I have a set of VH commodore blue motor extractors and std intake - will the extractors be a close fit, and can intake be modeded to accept holley?

Damn, I thought this would be an easy quick swap - DOHHHHHHHH.

Thank you

That rules it out being a blue motor then :-\

As long as the sump that is on it suits a black motor I am building, and clears the starfire rods I am fine then

Hats off mate - you have done a majic job of the old girl

Time to enjoy the rewards!!

Engine No is QL387844   3.3l on block

Hopefully Ive already got the sump covered then

Now just want to find out if block is red or blue (currentlly 2 pac kermit green)

Can anyone id a block from the engine no etc to help me find out if the motor in my FE is a red or blue motor

I was informed by an engine reconditioner that both red and blue motors cam stamped as 3.3l???

I am currently building up a hot 3.3l black motor with blue motor head for the old girl

The logic behind this is that he also told me that starfire rods wont clear the sump on a red motor, but the blue sumps had clearances ground into them??? I am trying to find out if I need a different sump now or not.

Whats the mix ratio for two pack with reducer and hardener?

Yesiam

I know of a bloke who can do all of the work you require

He is down in Busselton though

He specializes in v8 and v6 conversions

I just had my FE at his workshop for collapsable steering with commodore rack - steering is now awesome!!

Next is a commodore diff and brakes all round, and convert the car to run 15" commdore rims.

You have to accept that non of this comes cheap, so you have to love the car!!

Ring Phil - 0415 745703 - if he doesnt answer first time keep trying as he will eventually!

All the best with it all

Well I just had a VS holden rack front mounted to a fully rebuilt HR front end, along with a 3" shortened and collapsable steering column added to the old girl.

Wow how easy is the steering now

We have had a Qld bloke move over here (Phils diffs and suspension) - he made up the column for me

The next step now is to drop in a commodore diff, and swap all brakes and suspension, and we are well on our way to getting the old pig to handle/steer and stop.

Im going to go the commodore stud pattern as rims are freely available for that style.