OAU 747 au ute

well lets start of with some pictures and ill try fill in the blanks  

well some info on the ute.. so far it has coil over suspension microtech lt8 ecu with a garett gt3582r turbo with 3inch exhaust I was told it has a forged motor cam ect ect but im yet to see this as im pulling the motor down as we speak it has lost compression in 2 and 6 so ...that's were im at at this point

ohh thats a shame, did you do a compression test?? myne was gone in #6, all fixed now Good luck with it all mate, I love the pics what an awesome car

well thought I would update all my followers lol got some more striped out of the ute today it is starting to look very bare lol but it had to be done. the more I look into this ute the more shoty work I find ... I pulled out a small bin/bucket worth of 'top quality' lol wires for the big sterio that was in the ute .. I will throw some photos up later on

the photo doesn't do it any justice there was a lot of liquid nails holding it all in place :/

OMG, I bet that was fun.... How are you going with it all???????

well wont get much more done until the weekend. plan to have the doors and body kit off then ... maybe start on the dash will have to wait and see

well wont get much more done until the weekend. plan to have the doors and body kit off then ... maybe start on the dash will have to wait and see

awesome, sounds like its coming along nicely... Hows the wiring going??

Look like you have your hands full with this build bud! Good luck and can't wait to see some progress pics.

well its going to be slow going until its back in one piece lol but here is some pics of todays spanner spining










I even slapped the the turbo on the old motor for a giggle   I have a stocl motor coming this week to put in its place mostly so I can test everything as im sus on everything in this ute so many short cuts so ill put this motor in and see what happens. (don't worry it wont see any real boost ) a lot of work I know but once its all done I can then work on cleaning every thing up

Alot of work ahead of you by the sounds of that. You will get back together in 1 piece and it will be perfect when its done

Did the replacement engine arrive mate, cant wait to see you putting the ute back together, I am certain that when you put it back together it will be as good as new, because you will be aware of what your doing, the ex owner had no clue by the look of the pics.

the engine didn't arrive today no hurry and as for the previous owner this ute has changed many hands. zo many ppl with no idea have made for a fun process here. but as for me knowing what im doing your very wrong lol I have never played with a boosted car before this is all new to me but im taking a slow approach to everything and consulting with some people who have done this before

good on ya mate, i am learning myself... gotta start some where

well not much happening here for the next few week with the fat man coming has time and money tied up but hoping to get the head of the old motor to see if the bottem end is any good   but haven't had much luck my self running out of ideas to get it of as im stripping the bolts while using a single hex socket    .

ohh dear good luck, someone tighten the head bolts too much???????

yea probably a combination of things as I believe the motor was over boosted as streaching the bolts im about 80% the motor isn't much good but until I pull it down I cant be sure im going to smash a smaller size socket onto it and see if I can get them out after that im not to sure what to do . I was told it is a fully built motor.. forged pistons port head cam ect ect but from looking at it the head looks stock so .... oh well see what happens over the weekend I might get some spanner time if im lucky

Ohhh dear mate, good luck with it I hope its what they say it is. I also hope its not stuffed.
Is this the engine that is came with or is the spare you brought???
Dosnt sound good by what you wrote here

I had to smash a smaller socket on mine when I pulled the head off, as someone played around with it once before and had stripped a couple of bolts! I now bought a set of "metrinch" sockets that seem good for getting rounded bolts out.

Ohhh bugger, thats a damn pitty... I never had much of a prob with my head.

well it was as I suspected the motor was factory spec lol but all is not lost. I will strip it down and take all the little bits and pieces of it that I can use for spares I have another stock motor sitting here just putting off using it atm. im hoping after xmas if all goes to plan ( xr8 sells ) ill then rebuild the motor with forged goodies. see what happens wont count my chocks just yet lol

Thats a shame mate, I am glad you got some goods from it though Cant wait too see progress on this too, its an awesome ute even if it needs work and it wasnt a waist of money, I think it was a well worth money spent project

well not a lot been going on here of late due to xmas and also a back injury. but as they say the show must go on lol . ok as the ute sits atm I have the dash out and the ecu ready to be put into were the original one sat as it looks better the were they had it placed. I also have put a standard motor back into it and put it all together but still not running yet .. I think its the fuel pump so going to swap it out shortly and then I hope I can start to play and figure out how I want to go about the set up