Barts 1973 LJ Torana VH41 Twin turbo project

[Mettler]

I've got the blanks designed, just haven't got the spare coin at present to have them machined from the bar I got. Contact me on e-mail for more info!

[imackz]

hi Bart, what is your adapter plate made from? & which box did you use,I am thinking of putting a vh41 into a 280zx, by the way ,your update of the classic torana looks great.

[Bart]

Thanks mate16mm mild steelRB25 gbSome guys here have used aluminium but I prefer steel as it’s more durable in the thread area and durable over all

Modified by Bart at 7:06 AM 8/6/2008
Modified by Bart at 11:38 AM 8/6/2008

[PresidentV8Fan]

Beautiful car

[TSL]

Your fabrication is wonderful. This will be an amazing car when it is finished.

How did you go about cleaning all those metal filings out of the fuel tank?

[Bart]

Thanks guysI just flushed out the metal filings through the inspection plates/holes

[540sx]

awesome work.

[iViLe]

Hey,

I was just wondering where you got the parts to make those adjustable upper control arms, as my Chev uses the same old shim setup, so adjustable ones would be 9999x better!

[Bart]

Hey,

I was just wondering where you got the parts to make those adjustable upper control arms, as my Chev uses the same old shim setup, so adjustable ones would be 9999x better!

No worries, this setup was basically an experiment to see if i can use them on an LJ, i got them from the good ol USA, and of course they dont have LJ Torana's there, so this was a mix and match, of off the shelf parts, the company is called SPC Performance, i had to do allot of measuring and heaps of emailing to get it right before i did the actula order. I think for the chevy tey may have them off the shelf ready to go for you. They were appro $400 delivered, but yeah real good quality stuff. They also do allot of setups for the Jap car, 300zx's etc. http://www.spcperformance.com/

[OutToWinPAHC]

No updates, damn. I love this project.

[Bart]

Sorry mate, i kind of promised my self the next post will be of the car or at least the engine running, and i can say its not far off.

[Bart]

ITS ALIVE

[Carl H]

video or shens.

[Kalypso]

simply incredible.

what turbo's are you using, I am amazed by all of this.

[Bart]

The turbo's I'm using are two GT3071R's, not installed yet as I just got it going, the manifolds are bolted onto the motor so its just a matter of bolting the turbo on but I still have to make up the exhaust pipes, the car is still at the mechanics I will pick it up today.There was a bit of drama, typical of this project, we couldn’t get oil pressure, we believe it was because the custom oil pick up was just full of air since the engine never ran with this setup so we pressurized the sump with some air (5psi) through the dip stick tube and filled the oil filter and lines with oil and it worked, we got good pressure. Custom clutch works wellCustom brakes work but the pedal goes down too far so may need more bleeding.The custom fuel tank and pump/line setup works really well also.

[Kalypso]

great news, take photos

[Bart]

I will

[qsiguy]

Stop teasing! Must...Have....Photos and/or videos!!

[Bart]

lol, sorry guys, i will do it on the weekend during the day, i only have a still shot camera with a video feature (with sound) and realy should be done during day light.

[Bart]

[audtatious]

Damn dude, that thing is going to be crazy!!!

[Carl H]

where are the minijetengines?

[Bart]

Its only been a couple of days but yeah they should be bolted on this week end. Unfortunately one of the oil lines are braided rubber hose and is very close to the exhaust manifold, (my fault) so i was advised to change those lines to steel so im fabricating steel lines at the moment.

[Kalypso]

now that you've made the exhaust it seems like you'll be rerouting them back up to the exhaust turbines...

I am anxious to see how the turbo's will play into all this.

[Bart]

The oil lines im talking about go from the two outlets in the block where originally there was the oil filter housing. I removed the oil filter housing and mouted it in the engine bay, you can see in the vid the oil filter is standing up. At the moment i have braided lines going from the block to the filter housing, near the block area the lines are very close to the manifold, this section of line i will replace with steel tube, then attatch the braid on that where it clears the manifold

[squidgymop]

mate you have done a wonderful job glad to see and aussie car with such a conversion i love the torana and love the nissan vh41 made for each other although after all the work you have done you may say otherwise lol. after all this work do you think it is still worth it instead of dropping in a 308 or 350? still an awesome job love to see the car on the front page of street machine mag

[Bart]

Thanks mateI didnt use a 350 as its illegal in a LJ. I wanted a V8 with turbos, so a 308 with turbos is illegal, i could have used a 253 with turbos but i dont like 253 very much so a VH41 with turbos was the choice i had.

[Bart]

Hey guys, just wondering what this outlet in the throttle body is for? Where should i connect this to??

turbo tight squeeze

[tmorgan4]

Nice job squeezing the turbo in there! I had to go back and look through pictures of my build to figure out what that inlet was for. It looks like that valve is part of the EGR system (It's been so long since I've looked at this, I'm a little embarrassed I'm forgetting this stuff already!) so if you aren't keeping the EGR system, plug it. I found a block off plate that fit perfectly on the bottom of my OEM Pathfinder VG33 manifold. Other companies sell the block off plates, or it seems like you've got the means of making your own.

[Bart]

Sounds good to me.