HQ monaro mods... where do i start! - Aussie V8 | Holden - Ford

Tiny · 10-01-2006, 08:49 PM

Well.. Basically weve modded everything.. but some of the most trick things weve done include making alloy clamps to hold the fuel and other lines in the engine bay fron scratch, and also fitting up the AU thermo fans.

These we have some pics of!... well finished shots of the clamps but yeah.. Hopefully this qualifies.

Clamps: I purchased some plastic ( not cheap!) clampos here were supposed to suit braided and pushlock fuel lines to neaten up the engine bay. Well they were utter crap so we decided to make our own! Here's how we did it.

I started off with a length of 20x20 aluminium bar which we drilled, counter
sunk and tapped to take the bolts that would end up bolting them together.

We then bored the appropriate sized hole between the bolts to allow the hoses to come through. And then cut the clams to length. We then linished the radius corners on them and the linshed finish on the faces and bead blasted them to finish the job! Sounds easy... but 3x 3hole -8 clams, and 2x 2 hole -10 clamps took us a BIG day's machining and on a 36 degree day.. it wasnt a whole lot of fun! But as you can see in this pic, They came out REALLY well, and i'm over the moon with them. Something you cant buy but we made em!

The clamps are on the left side of the shot holding the fuel lines, as well as on the -10 heater hoses of the far side of the bay!

THe AU fans we trimmed to fit my PWR radiator and then mounted them to the radiator to form a complete unit. We then fitted the whole thing into the car! Viola! Instant cooling

Cheers!

1BADSS · 10-01-2006, 10:17 PM

Where can we put my order in for some of your hose clamps, I would luv a set, good job well done.

wabbit · 10-01-2006, 10:20 PM

those hose clamps look really neat, Tiny

i might have a lash at that myself

LXCHEV · 10-01-2006, 11:18 PM

Awesome stuff Tiny! It's custom mods like these that really make a car standout from the rest. The effort you put into these has most definitely paid off! Well done mate!

VAN454 · 10-01-2006, 11:39 PM

Love the clamps, I have been planning to do a similar thing for my heater hoses(on gas you have heaps of heater hoses. LOL). I did the same thing for my thermo fans but mine are EL and are mounted on the front of my radiater since I don't have any room for them on the engine side.

dr.legal · 11-01-2006, 10:53 AM

He Tiny

Love the clamps. Might do some for my own. I'm on gas too so I've got lots of hoses as well. By the way, where are the convertors hidden?

doc

VAN454 · 11-01-2006, 10:54 AM

Nah Doc, it's me that's on gas, not tiny. LOL. I wish I could hide mine!!

Tiny · 11-01-2006, 08:37 PM

Thanks for the comments guys!

Ive gotto get my finger out and make some more clamps cause ive added a HEAP of new lines in the bay for fuel return and rocker cover breathers, but ive been LAZY!

Ive got the sydney car festival coming up beginning of feb... might have to ask my engine builder if i can make some more snow in his workshop again!

Thanks again for the comments!

4HUNJYHQ · 12-01-2006, 09:25 PM

very nice indeed. What was the approximate cost of materials if you dont mind me asking?

Rat454 · 13-01-2006, 12:48 AM

excellent Tiny. Very tidy engine bay too.

slidera · 13-01-2006, 08:05 AM

thats sure is nice and tidy.

Tiny · 13-01-2006, 07:13 PM

3fitty: All up... <$50... including stainless steel cap screws, the ally bar and some neoprene that put beneath the clamps so that they dont scratch up the paintwork!

Not bad when you consider we made, 3x 3 hole -8 clamps, and 2x 2 hole -10 clamps, and the plastic heaps of garbage i bought cost me $20 for 2x 2 hole -8!.....

Thanks Rat454 and slidera! Ive gotto actually find a closer pic of the engine bay when it was completed.. that is quite an old pic of while we were still working on it!

Cheers... *heads off to find another piccie*

Tiny · 13-01-2006, 07:27 PM

heres a shot from last year's sydney car festival!

Can see how neat the bay USED to be

Cheers!

Rat454 · 13-01-2006, 09:20 PM

ahaha love it mate

chevs were just made for holdens werent they

Tiny · 13-01-2006, 09:50 PM

Like a finger in a glove mate! Its funny.. since that pic, ive added a fuel pressure reg with return line, so theres now an extra line for that, as well as new rocker covers and a breather/catch can... so lines for that.... This bay is getting full! LOL

Lucky i didnt have a bigblock!

Cheers

10-01-2006, 08:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tiny Part of the furniture Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Ride: 400 Chev HQ Monaro Posts: 850	HQ monaro mods... where do i start! Well.. Basically weve modded everything.. but some of the most trick things weve done include making alloy clamps to hold the fuel and other lines in the engine bay fron scratch, and also fitting up the AU thermo fans. These we have some pics of!... well finished shots of the clamps but yeah.. Hopefully this qualifies. Clamps: I purchased some plastic ( not cheap!) clampos here were supposed to suit braided and pushlock fuel lines to neaten up the engine bay. Well they were utter crap so we decided to make our own! Here's how we did it. I started off with a length of 20x20 aluminium bar which we drilled, counter sunk and tapped to take the bolts that would end up bolting them together. We then bored the appropriate sized hole between the bolts to allow the hoses to come through. And then cut the clams to length. We then linished the radius corners on them and the linshed finish on the faces and bead blasted them to finish the job! Sounds easy... but 3x 3hole -8 clams, and 2x 2 hole -10 clamps took us a BIG day's machining and on a 36 degree day.. it wasnt a whole lot of fun! But as you can see in this pic, They came out REALLY well, and i'm over the moon with them. Something you cant buy but we made em! The clamps are on the left side of the shot holding the fuel lines, as well as on the -10 heater hoses of the far side of the bay! THe AU fans we trimmed to fit my PWR radiator and then mounted them to the radiator to form a complete unit. We then fitted the whole thing into the car! Viola! Instant cooling Cheers! __________________ Tiny's 400 Cube HQ Australia... LOVE IT OR LEAVE. Proud Aussie.

10-01-2006, 10:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
1BADSS IN CUBES WE TRUST Trade Rating: (2) Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Melbourne Ride: LX SS Torana & VE SS V Commonwhore Posts: 3,621	Where can we put my order in for some of your hose clamps, I would luv a set, good job well done. __________________ That is a sweet noise you got there man, I had you picked clear across the valley............ 'headbang'

10-01-2006, 10:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
wabbit smell something burning? Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Rockhampton Ride: VK Commy slugmobile, Kia Rio, LH Torry Posts: 6,079	those hose clamps look really neat, Tiny i might have a lash at that myself __________________ Nothing to see, here Move along, please . Last edited by wabbit; 10-01-2006 at 10:20 PM. Reason: space bar, stupid

10-01-2006, 11:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
VAN454 Hoff Jnr Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: sth east melb Ride: '88 Trans Am GTA Posts: 1,510	Love the clamps, I have been planning to do a similar thing for my heater hoses(on gas you have heaps of heater hoses. LOL). I did the same thing for my thermo fans but mine are EL and are mounted on the front of my radiater since I don't have any room for them on the engine side. __________________ THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CUBIC INCHES........EXCEPT FOR RACE POWER!!

11-01-2006, 10:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
dr.legal Part of the furniture Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Eltham, Victoria Ride: VX Commy Posts: 1,468	He Tiny Love the clamps. Might do some for my own. I'm on gas too so I've got lots of hoses as well. By the way, where are the convertors hidden? doc __________________ No matter where you go, there you are.

10-01-2006, 11:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
LXCHEV casual poster Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Melbourne, Eastern Suburbs Ride: '76 LX Torana, 383 Chev Posts: 209	Awesome stuff Tiny! It's custom mods like these that really make a car standout from the rest. The effort you put into these has most definitely paid off! Well done mate!

11-01-2006, 10:54 AM	#7 (permalink)
VAN454 Hoff Jnr Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: sth east melb Ride: '88 Trans Am GTA Posts: 1,510	Nah Doc, it's me that's on gas, not tiny. LOL. I wish I could hide mine!! __________________ THERE'S NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CUBIC INCHES........EXCEPT FOR RACE POWER!!

11-01-2006, 08:37 PM	#8 (permalink)
Tiny Part of the furniture Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Ride: 400 Chev HQ Monaro Posts: 850	Thanks for the comments guys! Ive gotto get my finger out and make some more clamps cause ive added a HEAP of new lines in the bay for fuel return and rocker cover breathers, but ive been LAZY! Ive got the sydney car festival coming up beginning of feb... might have to ask my engine builder if i can make some more snow in his workshop again! Thanks again for the comments! __________________ Tiny's 400 Cube HQ Australia... LOVE IT OR LEAVE. Proud Aussie.

12-01-2006, 09:25 PM	#9 (permalink)
4HUNJYHQ was 3fitty, now 4hunjy Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: toowoomba Ride: xf sinbin/ xh falcon ute/ hq premier/ ktm lc4 640 Posts: 440	very nice indeed. What was the approximate cost of materials if you dont mind me asking?

13-01-2006, 12:48 AM	#10 (permalink)
Rat454 Chev 388ci Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Australia Ride: HZ Tonner / VE SS-V Commodore Posts: 557	excellent Tiny. Very tidy engine bay too. __________________ In the world I see -- you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You will wear leather clothes that last you the rest of your life. You will climb the wrist-think kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. You will see tiny figures pounding corn and laying-strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of the ruins of a superhighway.

13-01-2006, 08:05 AM	#11 (permalink)
slidera Newbie Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South Australia Ride: XJ900 previously HZ-253 Posts: 4	thats sure is nice and tidy.

13-01-2006, 07:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
Tiny Part of the furniture Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Ride: 400 Chev HQ Monaro Posts: 850	3fitty: All up... <$50... including stainless steel cap screws, the ally bar and some neoprene that put beneath the clamps so that they dont scratch up the paintwork! Not bad when you consider we made, 3x 3 hole -8 clamps, and 2x 2 hole -10 clamps, and the plastic heaps of garbage i bought cost me $20 for 2x 2 hole -8!..... Thanks Rat454 and slidera! Ive gotto actually find a closer pic of the engine bay when it was completed.. that is quite an old pic of while we were still working on it! Cheers... heads off to find another piccie __________________ Tiny's 400 Cube HQ Australia... LOVE IT OR LEAVE. Proud Aussie.

13-01-2006, 07:27 PM	#13 (permalink)
Tiny Part of the furniture Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Ride: 400 Chev HQ Monaro Posts: 850	heres a shot from last year's sydney car festival! Can see how neat the bay USED to be Cheers! __________________ Tiny's 400 Cube HQ Australia... LOVE IT OR LEAVE. Proud Aussie.

13-01-2006, 09:20 PM	#14 (permalink)
Rat454 Chev 388ci Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Australia Ride: HZ Tonner / VE SS-V Commodore Posts: 557	ahaha love it mate chevs were just made for holdens werent they __________________ In the world I see -- you're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You will wear leather clothes that last you the rest of your life. You will climb the wrist-think kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. You will see tiny figures pounding corn and laying-strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of the ruins of a superhighway.

13-01-2006, 09:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
Tiny Part of the furniture Trade Rating: (0) Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sydney Ride: 400 Chev HQ Monaro Posts: 850	Like a finger in a glove mate! Its funny.. since that pic, ive added a fuel pressure reg with return line, so theres now an extra line for that, as well as new rocker covers and a breather/catch can... so lines for that.... This bay is getting full! LOL Lucky i didnt have a bigblock! Cheers __________________ Tiny's 400 Cube HQ Australia... LOVE IT OR LEAVE. Proud Aussie.

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