Just came across this thread, awesome build mate, I went through all the trials and tribulations with a ground up resto on my dear old XA a few years back, it's like Xmas when you can start bolting everything back on and there it stays (mostly), keep up the good work, it's guna be a nice piece of kit when all done and sound amazing! Can't beat a healthy V8 for sound effects in my opinion!

Hi all, just a small update this time. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to spend any time on the car. I'm still waiting on the custom headers and exhaust to be manufactured. the engine will drop in soon after...

 

We had to do some mods to the blower intake, As the blower intake was designed for a cable throttle body, it was angled down to the right. when I installed the LS3 flange adapter the the angle of the DBW motor made it protrude around 2 inched higher that the blower height. To fix this we  remove the flange and weld in a DBW flange. We smoothed the welds and used a needle gun to duplicate the texture of the intake and then painted it in the same semi gloss paint. Overall, I think  that I turned out quite nice. 

 

I will post some more updates soon...

 

I got the seats back. New old stock material used to re-cover them. I had a spare set of seats, so I decided to get both done at the same time and save on cost. I am really happy with the outcome...

 

 

 

 

Edited May 7, 20251 yr by k31th
fixed the pics for the OP

4 hours ago, HI PSI said:

Hi all, just a small update this time. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to spend any time on the car. I'm still waiting on the custom headers and exhaust to be manufactured. the engine will drop in soon after... 

 

We had to do some mods to the blower intake, As the blower intake was designed for a cable throttle body, it was angled down to the right. when I installed the LS3 flange adapter the the angle of the DBW motor made it protrude around 2 inched higher that the blower height. To fix this we  remove the flange and weld in a DBW flange. We smoothed the welds and used a needle gun to duplicate the texture of the intake and then painted it in the same semi gloss paint. Overall, I think  that I turned out quite nice. 

 

I will post some more updates soon...

 

ooo shiny  looking fantastic. Good work to work around the blower-height-thingo. 

I have finally got some fuel tanks sorted.  It came down to right place, right time. Two tanks will arrive in 2 weeks. YAY!!

 

Some more pics of the car...

 

 

 

 

finally making some progress  good stuff bro

 

 

Some progress pics..

 

Custom 1 7/8', 4-1 pipes.  Dual 3' into single 4'...

 

 

 

that's a beautiful exhaust  

It came out really nice.  Old mate that fabricated it to five months to complete it. I don't think that he like me anymore, as it was a mongrel job .. I pity him, as he needs to make me another set. I am going to blend the welds next week and send them for Cerakote.

 

After all of the work put into the standard tank refurb, I realised that I needed an additional pump. New alloy tank has been fabricated and polished. I will post some more pictures after it has been clear coated...