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Im having a look at Karls and Captain Bondos builds and they look mad. 300whp out of 10psi. Mike deets on the t6 you have?
Slowbrick;72522 wroteIm having a look at Karls and Captain Bondos builds and they look mad. 300whp out of 10psi. Mike deets on the t6 you have?
Yours
I'll even help you build it and the manifold
Is it an actual t6 engine or is it the 960 engine that has been +Ted?
Slowbrick;72528 wroteIs it an actual t6 engine or is it the 960 engine that has been +Ted?
Actual t6
From a 200x s80
Slowbrick;72530 wroteThat would be the 2.9?
The 3.0 was a 2.9 as well
Bore and stroke the same
From my research that makes it the 83mm motor?
Slowbrick;72534 wroteFrom my research that makes it the 83mm motor?
Need to measure
Either way it looks like 300hp will be a matter of H beams and 10psi :D
I really like this car, the under bonnet work is very nicely executed.

Yep the t6 is gunna happen. Just listen to that thing!
The H beams are really not required for 300WHP, the stock motor on the twin hair driers does 300whp without issue
450whp+ maybe you need to get into having the H beams...
Easier to do it with the motor out.
I think I will do the H beams anyway. I want to build this once. I also wont be running the twin turbos. Id much rather run a single on a custom manifold than mess with the freakshow that would be come of trying to fit those two turbos.
Today this happened. Got the old turbo redblock out as well as the front assembly. The brakes will be recoed and going into the 245.


So do you have the motor yet? I guess the car was already off the road though.
Yeh the car has been off the road since last October. This will be a slow project that will hopefully be finished before the nationals next year. Mike has a motor thats in pieces. Before I even worry about the motor i want to get the suspension done. I also want to get the bay cleaned up and sprayed so it all looks nice for the engineer :D
Everything looks really good except for the pistons
I killed 2 of them by accident
I have lots of spares though

How did they die? I dont want no engine that has blown up before :|
My money is on he was unbolting them from the crank with the motor upside down and they fell out and cracked on the ground.
jamesinc;72705 wroteMy money is on he was unbolting them from the crank with the motor upside down and they fell out and cracked on the ground.
Close

Had them lined up with the rods and 2 fell off the cart
Bores look brand new after a quick polish last night

It was Iirc a c and a d piston so easy to get replacements
Thats ok then! I was thinking more you turned the boost up heaps and asploded it!
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I'd love to see a T6 for sure. If you're going to all that trouble to swap in a white block, might as well have extra displacement so you don't have to beat on it so hard.
Thats the plan. Also I felt a little bad raining on Julians parade being the first one to show interest in doing a T5 swap. If I do a 6 and he does a 5 then we have one of each!
Hahaha
Dont feel bad for me!!
My plan is to pop a few 5cyls, 1x N-Series motor, 1x RN and then maybe a 6 cylinder to mix it up

I never gave the 6 cylinders any thought because it HAD to be a T5 for me, didnt have my R at thr time and Karl was selling his own personal swap kit to recuperate costs
a year later
So fast forward almost more than a year and the T6 is finally sitting in my garage.
Slowbrick;113164 wroteSo fast forward almost more than a year and the T6s are finally sitting in my garage.
Fixed for accuracy
True. I do have two of them sitting in my garage. Should build a V12 out of them!
a month later
Look forward to seeing this progress...
3 years later

Over the past month ive focused on cleaning up the interior. The car has sat closed up in my garage since we moved into our new house in 2017. As you can imagine the interior has gotten musty and gross so I stripped it all out, cleaned, dynamatted and have started reassembling.

Alot of stuff is missing and I didnt realise I didnt even have a dash assembly as it was donated to the 245 2 years ago. Thanks to a helpful young dude not far from me I was able to pull out an entire dash assembly to replace the one missing from my car.

Ive also pulled all the engine bay wiring into the cabin in preparation for feeding it through the front passenger kickpanel to tuck the wiring in the guard. Ive also removed most of the dodgy and added wiring that was jerry rigged over the years. Its a very slow and tedious job but it will be worthwhile I think when im not chasing old problems with the new setup.

If you have any Dynamat left, I found putting a maybe 20x20cm square on the outer skin of the doors, right behind the speakers, does a heap for responsiveness

I do have some left! The next job before putting the door cards back on is to service the power windows as they havent moved in 5 years. Ill remember that and put some matting behind the speakers.

Plugged away some more at the interior. Just putting everything back in its stock location as a base. Going down to Bunnings now to get the nylon washers for the power window regs and might have time to fit the front door cards. That bag of wires are the engine bay wires that will remain inside until after I paint and the engine bay.

Progress pic

I heard chipping away at something is better than plugging away so maybe try that? Haha

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    I heard chipping away at something is better than plugging away so maybe try that? Haha

    Im happy to try both methods. Although ive heard sometimes its better to plug away than chip away and vise versa. Although sometimes I feel like doing neither and would prefer to just run away.

      Good to see a reusable shopping bag being, well, reused!

      Is that a wheel centre cap being used as a window winder hole plug in the rear door trim? Excellent and creative idea! :)

      Looking good! Nice to see this project progressing.

        Did more interior work today. Replaced the broken window reg washers with some nylon ones I got from Bunnings. They are a tad too thick to be used on both sides of the pin and think if I had to I could have sanded them down to fit. I ended up being able to put a new one on each and an old one on each and that looks to work ok.

        The dynamat I ordered looks to be taking a while to arrive so I went ahead and fitted the new door cards I got from Paul ages ago. Then I doused the entire interior in Megs interior clean and got rid of the dirt and mould that had grown on the dash and door cards. Then I soaked everything in Autoglym vinyl and rubber care and let it evaporate over an hour and it looks like magic now.

        I'll revisit the dynamat in the doors when it arrives and after I've picked out some speakers for the front doors so I only have to take them apart one more time. Right now I'm happy to fit everything so I can make sure everything fits well and that I've got all the fasteners I need.

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