Thread: ENGINE TRANSPLANT???

Originally Posted by superquag

Well, it was hellishly loud indeed and longer duration than the usual hoons in my street...

Engine sounded nice too

Speaking of engines, does/did Holden make a worthwhile 5 litre aluminium v8 that could drop into a Classic with minimum fuss ?

They make a 4.8 and 5.3 in the ls range

Originally Posted by rovercare

They make a 4.8 and 5.3 in the ls range

Were they Chev motors? I thought the Holdens were all iron? No?

Originally Posted by rovercare

They make a 4.8 and 5.3 in the ls range

Originally Posted by Slunnie

Were they Chev motors? I thought the Holdens were all iron? No?

In the states, never seen one in real life, not sure why you'd put a 4.8 in, when it's the same dimensions as a 6l, when doing a conversion

Originally Posted by rovercare

They make a 4.8 and 5.3 in the ls range

Ahhh, sorry. I read that as "is in the range" thinking you meant that they were roughly 5 litre as opposed to what you actually wrote.

I had a strangely enjoyable early afternoon on Saturday. It consisted of speaking with a VASS engineer and surfing the web for goodies.

End result - I have a pretty good outline of the cost and build spec. for a Vortec 350 Chev that I wish to fit to the Disco. I've decided that it'd be easier to build up a long motor rather than purchase one of the turn-key options out there as they are not set up to pass emissions standards that I'll have to meet for engineering and I don't want a 'bling-bling' chrome-fest under the bonnet.

I'm actually quite excited by the prospect so now to save the biccies and build it up!

Take the amount of time you "think" it will take to build up. Multiply by 4. Now take your budget and multiply by new build time.

= final figures.

haha, such a cynic.

It won't be quite that bad as I'm a meticulous planner and have access to some skilled labour to assist (brother is a mechanic). We can't do it all but it'll help keep the overall costs down.

Thats what we thought when I started working on toyo UZ's.

50k later...

And I have TIG/Gas/stick facilities, mill, lathe, sheet rolling, folding/bending, spot welding etc.