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5.0/5.7 lt in gq wagon

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5.0/5.7 lt in gq wagon

Post by skinna »

has anyone put a 5lt or 5.7 crate motor in a qg 92 wagon how much dollars and hows it go with my 5sp box plus im wanting to use the gas i have on my 4.2 efi at the moment what do i need to do the job?????cheers skinna
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Just put a 350sbc in an 89 GQ wiv 5 spd, a few small drama's but nothing major, plenny of grunt now. Cost about $4500 all up.
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Post by skinna »

what do i need as im goin to buy everything in one go and hopefully have it all in in a week there about
carbi or efi??
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Post by cooki_monsta »

we measured up a ford boss 290 engine, and it would fit, alot of custom work tho
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skinna wrote:what do i need as im goin to buy everything in one go and hopefully have it all in in a week there about
carbi or efi??
bell housing, engine mounts, cables, go a carby setup more fun to tune ;) when they work, um, maby input shaft? im sure some one else can help you there, but defo a custom bell housing
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Bellhousing, block huggers, cable from a push bike 2 make throttle cable, extend wires etc. You will have 2 cut off old engine mounts and weld on new ones as well as make brkts for a/c pump and power steering etc.
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cooki_monsta wrote:we measured up a ford boss 290 engine, and it would fit, alot of custom work tho
What is a Boss 290..there were Boss 302 Windsors and then Boss 351 Clevelands and I think Boss 429 BB's...
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Post by nastytroll »

a true boss motor was a windsor bottom end with clevo heads which is why they had a special valley cover as the vee angle between the 2 is different, I'm not sure about the new BOSS 290 but I think is a 290 kw 5.4l
I also had thought of using one of these or a 4.6l supercharged mustang v8 chevs are the easiest conversion n the most common for parts
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Post by jessie928 »

demo2 wrote:Bellhousing, block huggers, cable from a push bike 2 make throttle cable, extend wires etc. You will have 2 cut off old engine mounts and weld on new ones as well as make brkts for a/c pump and power steering etc.
mate your asking for trouble with the bike brake cable for your throttle.

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Post by MitchellBros4x4 »

jessie928 wrote:
demo2 wrote:Bellhousing, block huggers, cable from a push bike 2 make throttle cable, extend wires etc. You will have 2 cut off old engine mounts and weld on new ones as well as make brkts for a/c pump and power steering etc.
mate your asking for trouble with the bike brake cable for your throttle.

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Post by demo2 »

Why is that then? If u get 2mm cable i cant c a problem, i've been using a 2mm bike cable on my other car which has a V8 for 5 yrs with no drama's!
The thicker 2mm don't seem 2 fray at all which i guess normal size would.
Am i missing something?
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Post by Vulcanised »

if you use a genuine holden cable it fits the nissan pedal with a very minor modification. It's what i have running on mine.
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Post by cooki_monsta »

nastytroll wrote:a true boss motor was a windsor bottom end with clevo heads which is why they had a special valley cover as the vee angle between the 2 is different, I'm not sure about the new BOSS 290 but I think is a 290 kw 5.4l
I also had thought of using one of these or a 4.6l supercharged mustang v8 chevs are the easiest conversion n the most common for parts
Best of luck
that is correct, the boss 290 is a windsor bottom with a clevo head, its 290 kw and 5.4l or the boss 260 is 260kw and 5l both are out of b series fords
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Post by demo2 »

Can someone fill me in on this cable issuec, cheers
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Post by philhod »

Hey Skinna it looks like it is doing a mono now. Might really do one with the 350 in it.

Have you got the new springs in it yet?
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Post by jessie928 »

basically the bike cable quality is just that, a push bike, it only has to deal with 1 MP.

however I am sure you can get kits for race cars and the like that are 400% better than the bike stuff that would suit.

if your trusting your throttle on that cable, then more power to you :)

you can use a factory cable of many vehicles with very similar mounts and have peace of mind.

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Post by RN »

nastytroll wrote:a true boss motor was a windsor bottom end with clevo heads which is why they had a special valley cover as the vee angle between the 2 is different, I'm not sure about the new BOSS 290 but I think is a 290 kw 5.4l
I also had thought of using one of these or a 4.6l supercharged mustang v8 chevs are the easiest conversion n the most common for parts
Best of luck
showing my age here as in my day the Boss 302 and Boss 351 etc was the cubic capacity not the power output...
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Post by cloughy »

cooki_monsta wrote:
nastytroll wrote:a true boss motor was a windsor bottom end with clevo heads which is why they had a special valley cover as the vee angle between the 2 is different, I'm not sure about the new BOSS 290 but I think is a 290 kw 5.4l
I also had thought of using one of these or a 4.6l supercharged mustang v8 chevs are the easiest conversion n the most common for parts
Best of luck
that is correct, the boss 290 is a windsor bottom with a clevo head, its 290 kw and 5.4l or the boss 260 is 260kw and 5l both are out of b series fords
So did the quad overhead cams come from the windsor or the cleveland :roll: :rofl:

The 5.4 is a completely different engine, NOTHING to do with either a windsor or clevo.

By the way a NEW boss motor would be a more difficult fit than a chev, have you seen the size of those things across the heads :shock:
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Post by nastytroll »

the original quad cam fords were from the GT40 came in 289, 302, 351 n 427. Some found there way into shelby cobra's as caroll shelby did the development on the GT40 as it was originally a 4 cylinder Lola design bough by Henry jnr for La Manns
Dont know if the new Boss motors are a rework of the old ones
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Post by cooki_monsta »

yea i have seen em, i see them 2 often, problem with living near a ford wrecking yard :D and i wanted to put the boss 290 in due to its ginominal torque :P thats why we measured, in theory it would fit :D
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Post by sswaffie »

mate go the 5.7 gen 3 as this is a easy conversion i have done too of these one into a 75 cruiser and one into a gq shortie engine mounts are easy to fab and marks offroad do the adapter kit. Engine & wiring harness and computer tune through a&r auto spares in melbourne they also supply the reverse sumps aswell these motors are easy and cheap to get good power out of as i put a supercharger on the one in the gq also supplied through a&r auto spares ...good luck mate, go with fuel injection and with 5.7 as the tech is a shit load better than the 5l and you canget half decent fuel econ aswell
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sswaffie wrote:mate go the 5.7 gen 3 as this is a easy conversion i have done too of these one into a 75 cruiser and one into a gq shortie engine mounts are easy to fab and marks offroad do the adapter kit. Engine & wiring harness and computer tune through a&r auto spares in melbourne they also supply the reverse sumps aswell these motors are easy and cheap to get good power out of as i put a supercharger on the one in the gq also supplied through a&r auto spares ...good luck mate, go with fuel injection and with 5.7 as the tech is a shit load better than the 5l and you canget half decent fuel econ aswell
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