Hi. I have a mate that had the 3.8 Commodore motor with T400R installed in a 4WD L300. A local mechanic in Wollongong did the conversion. It would have been the Marks adaptor. The combo worked really well both on and off road except for one problem. Overheating. The standard radiator wasn’t getting enough airflow and I helped the mate install an additional radiator horizontally further back along the chassis. It needed its own electric fan but solved the overheating. Keep up the good work and ignore the negative comments. Cheers.
cheers mate i did get rid of the standard radiator and bought a 3core alloy one with thermo fan which is bigger than standard ,i'll give this ago and hope there are no heating issues , but also checking in with the engineer on a cab lift to add more airflow around the motor, going to get headers and water pipes ceramic coated to try disperse heat in other directions, much appreciate the comment
@@tassieunleashed hell yeah mate it’s guna be a great toy for getting out bush and camping just subd keen to see it good luck have fun building toys is awesome
What a great project! Not many people go through this amount of effort to create something better. And of the few people that been through an engine swap before not many would have made videos to show how many details are involved. Keep on the good work. And think of how many heads this thing will turn once you got it all sorted and take off.
Thanks Martin , yes i sure do hope it turns a few heads once its finished, I'm just glad i have done this all by myself as the things i have learnt along the way will help in the future while out travelling
Just keep plodding away mate. Every bolt and bracket is a step closer to your big national adventure. Yes, the video is a bit boring but full marks for attempting the conversion and being a RU-vid guru. 😊
@@tassieunleashed No unfortunately project was sold after he passed , also had a 262 chev V6 set up in Willys at one stage , both with auto boxes , was a Jeep / Willy’s fanatic, multiple Wagoneers , J 3000 , gladiators,all with Holden V8s and automatic
Use vr vs power steering pump. Remote res its normally on the radiotor on a ecotec and they bolt onto the buick the same other then that maybe even get a rear hump sump for one save ya modifying the one of your engine people make kits to convert buicks into just about everything even if you rear mount rad under tray some good fans and use some stainless piping to some rubber joiners so many ways to do the whole thing and make it work everything will require some modifications but lucky with the old buicks not many of the computers required vats deleted from ecu so wiring it up is simple alls you need is 12v to ecu and fuel pump wiring and then you can use your standard ignition key run it back to the ecu to the start wire basically and it should go without to much troubles
thanks for the info mate , i'll get onto looking for a rear hump, another reason i chose the s1 motor as it has no bcm , save me a lot of wiring/ecu issues
Not boring once you have a van and start thinking how to upgrade it! Make sure to keep an eye out on this channel. The result will not be boring to anyone
