Dezza's T5 Conversion Day

[efgiar]

photos? and yes they were done tight and locktighted aswell

[Damo]

good stuff guys, Dezza it's not a power differance at all it's a gearing differance. 5 speed >4 speed, it will put the power to the ground much better though.

Now try 5 speed + 3.7's + decent power. :P I'll let you have a go one day if you ask nicely.

Again congrats on the conversion, I couldn't get over my EA when it was converted it transforms the car.

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Damo

good stuff guys, Dezza it's not a power differance at all it's a gearing differance. 5 speed >4 speed, it will put the power to the ground much better though.

Now try 5 speed + 3.7's + decent power. :P I'll let you have a go one day if you ask nicely.

Again congrats on the conversion, I couldn't get over my EA when it was converted it transforms the car.

Yeah, I understand that the car doesn't put out any more power. I should have said that the acceleration is such an improvement. It's so much better.

Pics should be up soon

[ORSMEB]

Originally Posted by Damo

Steves car won't cause he is a crap driver and his IRS weighs too much.

Lol...are you sure you want to play this game?

[Damo]

i know what ya meant mate, but it sure does feel like a power increase. Don't go trying to race LS2's now though. :P

[Damo]

Originally Posted by XR-6000

Lol...are you sure you want to play this game?

i had my IRS lightened at a factory in Footscray, I can give you there number if you'd like..?

[ORSMEB]

Yeah...if it's going to increase my 1/4 mile time...pass it over!

[Dezza]

Here are pics. I didn't take all that many

Bits and pieces


Dash coming out



The old auto is out


Manual in foreground, auto in background


Josh putting in the clutch


Clutch and bellhousing going in


Steve sorting out the pedal box


Dash going back in (the door stay doesn't work, so I came up with a solution)


Letting it down off the stands

[efgiar]

see how much better it goes! does monos! :P sick moit!

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by efgiar

see how much better it goes! does monos! :P sick moit!

LOL. A bit of axel tramp!

[EA2BA]

Good to see it all in 1 piece and going well.

Sounds like the BEM got unplugged and not plugged back in by the way. Easy fix let me know if you want me to drop by after work for a quick look to fix your electrical issues.

[Gubas]

Yeah, was a great day.

Hope your happy with it Dez.

5 minutes into the first drive with the T5, Dezza was already chirping it into second :P

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Gubas

Yeah, was a great day.

Hope your happy with it Dez.

5 minutes into the first drive with the T5, Dezza was already chirping it into second :P

I'm very happy with it. Thanks for the help. I've just got to solve my climate control issue and try to tighten my gearknob. About the climate control, Jason is going to come over tomorrow and try swapping climate control units over to see if that is the problem. That adjustable gearknob, it's got too allen headed screws on the side of it. I tried to tighten them up and just rounded off the head. I tried a number of allen keys, but I just can't get it tight. If I can't get it tight, I'll have to get another gearknob. Today I actually got around to putting the remaining bits of interior back together.

[Dezza]

Couple more picture. The interior does need a bit of a clean

[Gubas]

Yeah, that gearknob probably has metric screws, but your allen keys are A/F
Use superglue:P

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Gubas

Yeah, that gearknob probably has metric screws, but your allen keys are A/F
Use superglue:P

I bought a set of metric allen keys, but they're no good for it either. I probably will have to try superglue

[Damo]

i used superglue on my EB.

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by Damo

i used superglue on my EB.

Cool. I'll try to do it after work tomorrow

[mark_TD]

Dezza not only does it look like mine on the outside but u have the same head dek as me too

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by mark_TD

Dezza not only does it look like mine on the outside but u have the same head dek as me too

Cool. The Clarion head unit is pretty good for the price. It looks absolutely filthy in those photos though. I have to say I was impressed with the premium sound in your LTD. For a factory sound system it was awesome.

[eb91xr6]

cut the gear stick down on it then re thred to a metric

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by eb91xr6

cut the gear stick down on it then re thred to a metric

The problem isn't where the gear stick screws onto the shifter, the problem is where the leather top screws to the steel part of the shifter

[EA2BA]

Originally Posted by ea_silver_ghia

The problem isn't where the gear stick screws onto the shifter, the problem is where the leather top screws to the steel part of the shifter

Don't get to drastic till after this afternoon, will see what I can come up with for you.

[Dezza]

Originally Posted by EA2BA

Don't get to drastic till after this afternoon, will see what I can come up with for you.

Good thing I got on here when I did. I was just about to get the glue onto it.

[Gubas]

A couple of photos to add





At the after mod day mini meet a Pier 35

[Dezza]

They were good pictures Gubas. Of course I'm missing from the action in all the photos! The car's obviously there, but you can't see me

[ORSMEB]

Why didn't you take pictures when I was at Pier 35 Gubas!?

[Gubas]

Sorry mate. A left a couple out. The only good ones with your car are these. Not many turned out while you were there :( After you left, Josh figured out my camera and we got some better ones.

We nearly called Alex out for some help!

[ORSMEB]

Lol! Thanks Gubas. They are bad!