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replaced the crapped out rear engine mount & popped a Fenix heavy duty radiator into it

Yeah I thought so too. Seems fair and responded quickly. Will definitely meet with them.

That sounds like someone who wants the job and will do it for a fair price. You can't really go wrong with that.

Manual trans swaps seem to fetch $5k for trans, clutch, pedals etc. I imagine you could negotiate a 1:1 swap with someone, but wading through the dreamers will be tough. Lots of people seem to be opting for the ZF 8 speed swap these days. That's an expensive swap... The only other thing to factor is that it's a fair risk buying a used ZF. In principle, if you could find one from a wreck with low km maybe it'd be ok, but lots of worn out ones out there. And most people that get them reconditioned seem to have issues. I think your idea is sound. In Melb you could have a chat with Max Performance to give you a ballpark. They might even recommend someone else.

definitely an improvement

from this https://imgur.com/a/mx4EDyC to this https://imgur.com/a/G5yMgtF

Fark me, somehow trans lines became detached from the radiator. Was fine on the dyno, was fine on the street, was fine picking the kids up and was fine stalling it up in the driveway. Go out for a final check tonight and the trans has siphoned itself onto the driveway. Trans lines, plural, are literally detached from the radiator. Nothing on the cameras... I don't know how the fark this sh*t happens, it wasn't touched and shouldn't be a thing. Roll racing tomorrow at 11am, 2 hour drive to get there and now have this sh*t to fix, as well as fit and balance 4 tyres and wash the rig before I go. Wtf man 😐

Ironically due to the large fuel changes, it was lean when stalling it up. I fixed it up in the driveway by stomping the throttle while it was in drive...can confirm it does turn a tyre. That's the best way to get that part of the map dialled. Shed has had 3 weeks of concrete curing and needs one more. I'm going to epoxy the floor so when the concrete is dry I'll do that, then it'll take another week for that to dry. I got sunburnt as a bastard yesterday working on the car...I looked at the shed but yerp, just gotta wait.

There will be some stuff in Vic, I just looked in my area.

Haha old mate will go to the grave with his $3200 trans lol. Here's the $700 ono trans You could also just use a na trans up to 300rwkw or so, provided it was tuned.

Finished up tuning for now, not really much point chasing the rest as it's just small fuel trim amounts, makes no difference to anything. Ended up with 324.7rwkw, up from about 305rwkw.

The gearbox is at least $2000 to much but I could live with the rest of the stuff. You could get a flex plate of market place for $20 though.

Swap flywheel for flexplate, swap box and add trans mount, swap/add trans loom, swap tailshaft, add trans cooler, add shifter and shifter wiring, flash pcm and tcm, send it. Should only take a couple of days Start advertising and someone will do it for you.

Best to try and isolate where the sound is coming from by either a stethoscope or a long flathead screwdriver touching different parts of the engine and the other end with your ear against it.