304 VN AERO REBUILD (304 stroked to 350ci flat top pistons std 4" bore)

[bjf66]

Thanks mate, yes its lot of work, but no issues taking time.

 

[shane_3800]

Looks great.

 

[bjf66]

Cleaned the intake manifold up and bolted it down onto heads.
Picked up the Penrite breaking in oil on friday

New Shopping list

• twin point distributor
• engine trolley
• Need to put in cam and two rear Welsh plugs.
• battery
• will remove remote oil filter adapter and fit standard oil filter, for run in as had purchased 2 filters when they were on special, as now hooked up the System 1 remote oil filter in car
• few NPT plugs and temperature fittings for water, oil and oil pressure
• rebuild 750 D/P carb

Should be able to pick up trans next week

 

[bjf66]

Auto shifter upgrade
whats a good choice for upgrading the standard VN 4 speed auto shifter to something which is practical with trans upgrade but looks sort of stock/classic looking
Looking for idea's

 

[someguy360]

Auto shifter upgrade
whats a good choice for upgrading the standard VN 4 speed auto shifter to something which is practical with trans upgrade but looks sort of stock/classic looking
Looking for idea's

I run the B&M Megashifter.

It's gated like the stock shifter from park to drive, but ratchets from 1st to drive so it gives you the best of both worlds.

Even on a rarely driven vehicle, I find full ratchet annoying in a street car.

I've had a Pro Ratchet, Aeroflow Bangshift, and TCI fast gate and the megashifter is my favourite so far (I change shifters and camshafts as often as I change my underwear), with pretty much any aftermarket shifter using a shifter dropbox from somewhere like muscle garage you can fit it under the factory console.

 

[someguy360]

I made my own console insert as I wanted it to look a bit cleaner, but plenty have done it under the factory setup, you can use things like a GSS-3000 and a build ninja shift indicator plate to make it look pretty much factory and retain the P, R, N, D locators on the factory console.

This is the build ninja setup that lets you keep it looking stock-ish.

 

[bjf66]

The box is not manual shift, so just need the racket function sometimes
The ninja setup looks nice, needs to pass road worthy so needs the indicators etc

 

[someguy360]

The box is not manual shift, so just need the racket function sometimes
The ninja setup looks nice, needs to pass road worthy so needs the indicators etc

The build ninja setup works well and keeps it legal.

My megashifter has a mechanical indicator (it has a slide style indicator driven off a cable on the shifter), I just prefered the traditional look.

And I agree, ratchet is nice when you want it, but thats not all the time.

Holden Commodore VN-VP-VR-VS Ratchet Style Gear Indicator Mount Plate - Build Ninja

To suit VN-VP-VR-VS, this kit makes the car much nicer when street driven as you always know what gear it's in, and also ADR compliant.

buildninja.com.au

 

[bjf66]

Aussie V8 site:
was playing around today searching for information and floundered across the achieved Aussie V8 site
attached link

Holden

Holden - Technical articles about the mighty lion!

web.archive.org

your welcome

 

[shane_3800]

Aussie V8 site:
was playing around today searching for information and floundered across the achieved Aussie V8 site
attached link

http://[URL]https://web.archive.org/web/20150607014649/http://www.aussiev8.com.au/holden/

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your welcome

hmm bit patchy.
I wanted to see what this article about torana alignment had to say, I'm pretty ace in that field.
https://web.archive.org/web/2015060...articles/17053-wheel-alignment-lh-torana.html