Chester's 88 GQ

[chester]

And it's alive,hit the key last night and first shot she fired into life and ran the camshaft in then it sat there idleing just nicely.

Just need to fit the power steering and finish the wiring.

[Sir Roofy]

and it's alive,hit the key last night and first shot she fired into life and ran the camshaft in then it sat there idleing just nicely.

Just need to fit the power steering and finish the wiring.

excellent mate might get to hear it go past sometime when your up this way again

[chester]

excellent mate might get to hear it go past sometime when your up this way again

I have to run the engine in mate so good excuse i reckon.

[Sir Roofy]

i have to run the engine in mate so good excuse i reckon.

got a couple of coldies let us know when

[chester]

Got her back on the road and man it hammers.So far everything is ok no major issues just yet,one thing for sure you can't beat the sound of a V8.

[chester]

Ok so here it is almost done,just a few small things left to do such as relocate and refitt my 2nd batteries,make a airbox to suit the snorkel and just a genral neat'en up of wire's and hose's etc.I got a 308 block to use as a dummy to positon the engine mounts and weld them in place.
The motor was machined by Powerhouse engine's and rebult by my brother-in-law BD.I fitted the engine myself then trailered it down to my other brother-in-laws workshop.I did the fitting of fuel pumps and the surge tank which was built by a mate of mine Silk.The wiring and fittment of the computer was done by my brother-in-law John"wotto" watson of WOT AUTOMOTIVE in warragul(He is one cluey bloke).So far so good fitted a speed senser to it today so that should help with the fuel usage.The main things i noticed is the power increase i feel like im crusing not driving it like i was,the trans tunnel does not heat up anywhere near what it use to and the low range is now a lot lower then it use to be.

[chester]

The power steering was set up was done by John at wot automotive,we used the same idea as on Forced Offroad's patrol only done it a little different.We used a 3litre pump and mounted it upside down which made it fit into the orginal 5 litre power steering bracket just trimed it up abit.All in all it fitted very neat the only thing is the patrol pulley is wider then the 5litre one so the belt runs down in the pulley.

[healy]

Nice work mate what's the rwk gonna be like?

[chester]

Nice work mate what's the rwk gonna be like?

Sorry mate brain not working real good today,what did you mean??????

[Silver]

not sure, but could be rear wheel kilowatts???