8 hours ago, B52bombardier1 said:

What Series of front drive shaft slip yoke have you decided on? The Series 1350 is bulky but has the most length of spline engagement.

Rick

i will go with what my driveshaft shop mate Brent recomends Rick, but yes we spoke about using a sonnax t35 adaptor and 1350

Edited June 15Jun 15 by 64 kiwi boni

Glad to see you making progress. Keep up the good work bud

1 hour ago, Wrongway said:

Glad to see you making progress. Keep up the good work bud

I didn’t expect the clearance issues with the headers !

But easy to fix !

I really want to get the body down on the frame next weekend and see what I need to chop to get the 6l80 fitting

Edited June 15Jun 15 by 64 kiwi boni

i made a start on the tunnel chop today....

body in on the lift and out with the seats and carpets, the floors are in very good condition , i only found one small spot of rust that i will need to cut out ....

so far so good !

and i found some history of its life in Rotorua !!!!

really close, but i know that a 6l80e is not going to fit in a 63 tunnel !

i got within 45mm of the body mounts ...

and then i chopped !!!

Edited yesterday at 05:25 AM1 day by 64 kiwi boni

I had removed the front doors JustA to make life easier while working on the floor

But I managed to snap a window winder when I unbolted the hinges !!!!

Which gutted me !

63 sedan doors are heavy !!!!

Edited yesterday at 05:32 AM1 day by 64 kiwi boni

Great to see you're progress! You know I've been waiting to watch this build.

Wrongway , do you have any spares i could buy of you ? its the quarter window one !

1 minute ago, Wrongway said:

Great to see you're progress! You know I've been waiting to watch this build.

i struggle to get time mate !! i only started at 11 am this morning after all my other chores the boss had me doing !!

then the tractor wouldnt start !!! pita as its my mover of all these big parts !

but its beer oclock now and i am very happy with todays progress !

this wagons going to be soo cool !

Once i have the tunnel sorted i am going to clean off the fire wall and thats when i want to talk to you about paint ..

i dont want a black engine bay, its going to be red ! so i will be preping and painting this before the body sits on the frame for the last time

i will not be painting yet !!! its way wrongway cold !!!! but i can prep and look towards Spring down under to paint the fire wall

Hello Chris,

I did not realize or remember this was a 6L80E build. What are you going to use for a transmission controller with your Gen 3 LS engine? Probably not the original Gen 3 P59 powertrain control module . . . ??? Maybe an E38 PCM??

Rick

9 hours ago, B52bombardier1 said:

Hello Chris,

I did not realize or remember this was a 6L80E build. What are you going to use for a transmission controller with your Gen 3 LS engine? Probably not the original Gen 3 P59 powertrain control module . . . ??? Maybe an E38 PCM??

Rick

Hi Rick

The Tcm is inside the trans , and the ecm has been custom set to work with the tcm

I had a company unlock the factory ecm and put a tune in it , then the loom was striped and simplified to a 4 wire hook up . Maf delete and added a air temp sensor

Oh and I got them to add a little extra length to the fly by wire gas pedal loom as it was a right hand drive Holden it came out of and of course the 63 is left hook 😎

Edited 22 hours ago22 hr by 64 kiwi boni

I made a template for the first stage of the new tunnel

Then made it in 1.2mm sheet metal.

i am stopping here until i get my custom drive shaft and can see what else i need to cut/modify

i can see that the first floor support cross member is going to be too close !!!

This is where i will need to bring in my certfier to "tell me" what i can and cant do ...

watch this space !!!

The drive shaft its self will be a first for me ! i have never had a 6l80e trans ! all my other drive shafts have been what i think as normal slip yoke shafts, ! this one as you can see needs a telescopic shaft, i have a live axle and a fixed point rear output shaft ... i have had a price and pulled the trigger on it ...lets justa say, its not cheap...

Best i go back to work tomorrow and make some money !

But i am pleased !!! its progress !!! and more boxes ticked...

i have encountered a few cans of worms that i will need to deal with.... like ride height ...in the rear is tooo low... like 100mm too low ! and i will need to think about using a lokar cable trans shifter kit, and a speedo drive unit.

But the girls back on her frame ! thats progress !

oh look !!! its beer o clock !!! cheers guys .

Edited 13 hours ago13 hr by 64 kiwi boni

I used a Dakota Digital speedometer drive unit and a little over a thousand miles later; it is working well. It needs around 3-5 MPH of forward speed before the speedometer needle begins to respond and it is very accurate after that. The needle is also very smooth in its operation.

Rick