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Note the different curves to the rear of the car.. also I shop'd the second one for a reference to what a 2 door conversion would look like Not as bad as I was thinking but that could just be the angle and the fact it started as a nice example already. Its still fairly obvious though that something ...

Please don't.. Unless you're making it into a sports sedan race car and replacing the back seats with a roll cage, its just not worth it. As well as the obvious differences the 2 doors have a different overall shape, including the raised section towards the rear of the sides similar to the old schoo...

I found that a 2.6L actually used less fuel than the 2.0 at highway speeds.. but for one specific reason, gear ratios. The 2.6 can comfortably cruise around at 2,000rpm.. which is quite efficient if you're light on the throttle, and especially so on the highway at 2,700rpm When I swapped to a 2.0L I...

If you were going to mix something with yellow it should probably be a colour either side of it on the spectrum. ie. orange or green

I reckon Orange/yellow would look pretty cool with a black two tone.


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April 18th eh?
Thats the same day I'm going out here:
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Group bike ride with Netrider.net.au


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Is it the same alternator that the car originally came with?

I had the same issue that Stealth suggested when I went from my 2.6 to a 2.0L L200 engine. Put my old alternator back onto the new engine and all was fixed.


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Nicely done mate, and welcome back to the club


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If I were you I'd be replacing the head with a non-jet valve version. The extra jet valve weakens the integrity of the head itself, and quite often they crack in those areas.. There are some 'elimination kits' which just screw a plug into each one basically, but you'd be far better off with a standa...

why is it only me who has a stupidly un reliable car as a daily? lol. you all are too smart lol one day i'll probably get a reliable sensible daily car. . but by that stage, i'll probably be too old to drive hahahahah You didnt read the part about how i spun 2 big ends, discintegrated a clutch disk...

From previous experience.. if your engine is capable of running safely and consistently on 91oct, it will probably produce LESS power using 98oct or higher However, if you raise the compression, or add boost, advance the timing etc.. something that may cause detonation and instability, the higher oc...

Since theres no rego issue why not take the easy way out with the plennum clearance and just cut a hole in the bonnet, then stick a little reverse scoop over it

And then chuck another one on the driver's side just to make it symmetical


Saves trying to modify the plennum at least..

With regards to an LSD being required, its more about your style of driving and car control whether or not you'd benefit over a locked diff, but the standard ones just won't cut it I've tried handbraking my scorp around a corner just for the fun of it, got to about a 45 degree angle and smacked my h...

The car was my daily... in between little upgrades and changes every now and then. (despite how unroadworthy some of them were :P) But then after 2 big ends, a mainshaft and a dicintegrated clutch I decided I need something else. Always wanted a bike, and am now legally able to get one, so since Jun...

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If it sounds anything like this.. you've got a problem

Thats a recording of what my engine sounded like after spinning a bearing.. and within a week of shattering and siezing said bearing

American starions... 2.6L g54bt They had a special black 'turbo crank', 'turbo pistons' and had blow through Throttle Body Injection.. I think some may have been factory intercooled and oil cooled But I know its common for owners to install huge f*ck off style intercoolers to them, and the hardcore ...

Perhaps due to the layout of the FWD water jackets/pump location etc?

Tis all I can think of really, never heard of any other 2.6's doing that, even the narrowblock RWD autos


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From what I've found.. L200 utes and Scorpions (at least GJ onwards, dont know about earlier ones) need the gear stick positioned further back in the car, hence the extension I had both a wide and narrow jap box with the extensions, one from my GJ scorp, one from an L200.. but the 2 other boxes I've...

From what I've heard.. a once piece tailshaft should be stronger than a 2 piece, and having less parts in it.. its got less to break But the reason behind the 2 piece is they have less vibration and dont rely as heavily on the 2 yokes being phased (aligned) in order to keep the driving speed constan...

the rear yoke between sigmas and scorps is different, the only difference is the central locatiing circle which centres it in inthe diff centre,one is slighty bigger than the other, pretty sure they are the same length as well, ive had them side by side before. Yeah sorry, I was thinking the front ...

You should be able to find a tailshaft with the same yoke on it I thought

I've used a scorpion jap box and 2 different sigma borg warners with the same scorpion yoke
The only time I found one that didn't match was an L200 narrow Jap box

I mentioned a while ago I used 25mm bolt on spacers to fit bigger wheels But before putting the bigger wheels on I tried the spacers with the factory wheels.. pushing the wheel out by that much gave it more bite when first turning, and held better mid corner (whereas without spacers would start to u...

I'm in Warwick, SE QLD.. about 10 hours up the highway from where you are

I think I heard something about the starion struts in the past, but musta forgotton
Will look into it to see how easily they do "bolt in"

So I've recently discovered that after sitting around for a while, my front right strut has decided to give out. Still has some oil left in it, but its nearly empty and soft/bouncy as all shit. Anyways, I'm just wondering if I should grab a new (if there are new ones) set of struts for it, or if its...

that thing is going to get massive amounts of heat soak with the blower over the headers I was hoping to incorporate some sort of heat shield into the mounting bracket to keep the radiating exhaust temp away. Also the fuel flowing through the charger I've heard acts as cooling too, especially compa...

I see your point, and the less there is to break the better I guess

Also correct me if I'm wrong, but is 4140 the 'chromoly' material used in rollcages?
Because if thats true I can DEFINITELY see why its better than aluminium

Its an Eaton M90 supercharger.. ~1.4L/rev Since I plan to mount a 45DCOE weber directly on the back (facing the firewall) it will need to be positioned over the exhaust headers, going to support it on a bracket attached to the exhaust studs, and power steering mounts. They should be strong enough to...

Very nice.. I was going to ask how it compared in weight to the Fidanza racing flywheel in the US, but then I noticed you already weighed it :$ http://www.3sx.com/store/catalog/flywheel-fidanza-sq-04-200.jpg Their's measures up at 12lb Have you considered having a removeable/replaceable friction sur...

If I had my car here I could possibly have a look at it, but for the moment I only have random pieces of my old engine Also conveniently I dont have my old laptop either which has the sapporo service manual. Basically I just wanted to have an 8-rib belt pulley as close to the front of the car as pos...

I had all these issues with the standard radiator and water pump. I changed it to a pwr radiator electric pump 80l/min and a spal 16in fan and still had some issues. Then I put a fitting into the back of the intake manifold and now I struggle to get it to temp. These motors have a flow issue if the...

Just to let you know, the 2.6 version from sigma's and even magnas should work fine.
I've done it before, had a 2.6L magna dizzy on a 2.0L motor and it made no difference

Not entirely sure what you mean by vertical distributor though, maybe someone else can help out there


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