Twin cam conversion (lots of pics)

avandull · Post by **avandull** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:24 pm

Been busy in my new shed.
I have had no life for months.

Here are some pics

XF falcon throttle body

Adaptor plate made from 8mm steel

Modified coolant piping

balance shafts removed

Custom exhast manifold made from 40mm steam pipe

750cc injectors

in she goes

Cheap ebay turbo. I will let you all know how it goes

Corolla thermostat housing

Intercooler installed. 600x300x100. I moved the intercooler flanges to suit.

groupAralliart · Post by **groupAralliart** » Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:55 pm

a life well wasted! Looks great, I am keen to hear how it goes.

OLD FART · Post by **OLD FART** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:49 am

Nice work mate WELL DONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :beer

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:04 am

That is sweet!

S0LJAH · Post by **S0LJAH** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 10:22 am

looks good mate
i had a corolla thermostat hosuing that i toyed ith using on my twincam conversion but in the end just went with the stock one remounted

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:18 am

Nice!! What'd you do about the CAS to firewall clearance?? BFH (Big f'n Hammer)??

More info on your sweet looking adapter plate!! What grade/strength bolts are those?? And what flywheel did you use??

-Robert

Lunacy · Post by **Lunacy** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 1:36 pm

Hey man nice work. Couple of questions:
What computer are you running?
How did u get the idle sorted on the xf throttle body?
Cheers

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:04 pm

nice one!

been wondering where you'd got to :beer

avandull · Post by **avandull** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 8:59 pm

I am using a Haltech E6K ECU.
I have no idle control at the moment. Does not really need it.

The CAS clears the firewall by less then 1 mm. I did not hammer the firewall but I will next time the motor is out to increase clearance.

The adaptor plate

The bolts are turned up in a mates lathe. They are a 12.9 tensile, however machining them has reduced the tensile strength. This was because a countersunk high tensile bolt is not avalible in a 10mm x 1.25mm. So I mechined this thread in to the shank of a longer bolt.

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 12:48 am

Awesome ride. I LOVE the IC piping and the way its mounted. Should have nice response. :beer

avandull · Post by **avandull** » Sun Aug 17, 2008 8:15 am

Standard starion flywheel.

Intercooler piping 3inch stainless

Komeuppance · Post by **Komeuppance** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 8:07 pm

Damn... custom bolts... that's intense.

It's beautiful!!

MORE pics!!!!

-Robert

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:47 pm

yep thats the most efficient way to run the cooler on a starion, thats how i do my cars. can make it 100% legal too even though you're cutting through the rad support, by having a fixed piece of pipe welded as it passes through the rad support, with a silicone joiner either side to go to the next piece of pipe..

Xentro · Post by **Xentro** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:21 am

Nice work,

How did you make the adapterplate? cad drawing or just measurements.

I was thinking of making the same plate.

Website · Post by **WidebodyWoody** » Tue Aug 19, 2008 7:53 am

Thanks dave, I didn't think about the welding bracket. Yeah I wanted to run my piping that way too. I will definetly keep the bracket in mind.

Yeah car looks sweet. Do you know how it drives yet? Or how much HP?

Austarion

Twin cam conversion (lots of pics)

Twin cam conversion (lots of pics)

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