superhus!

G'Day, going to tackle the fuel pump in the wagon tomorrow, and have a few q's. Does the fuel take need to be drained? If so how do I go about doing this? Seeing that I'm converting to V8 I have a few e-series pumps here. Is it going to affect the fuel system if I was to add a higher volume pump for the time being? Ta.

That's brillaint stuff guys, exactly the info I was after. The only thing remaining now is heater hoses etc. xd4.1efisc What heater hoses did you use?

Thank you NZXD, that's exactly the info I was after.

Well the reason I thought of an AU1 ECU is so I can use a J3 chip to bypass Smartlock. I did think of block huggers but I'd much rather some tuned length headers.

I know this has probably been covered a thousand times before and I've done plenty of research and have most of my questions answered, but if anyone could point me in the right direction that would be mint. I plan on purchasing an AUII/III 220kw motor and a BTR 4 speed to throw into my XF. From what I understand I can use XE Clevo engine mounts and chassis mounts and it will all be hunky dory. The XF is a wagon and I have an ED XR6 wagon diff to put in, as well as the tailshaft, which from what I understand will all mate together. I will be retaining coilpacks and not converting to dizzy, I have already lined up an auto elec to produce/modify my looms so I can just plug it all in and play, but the ECU concerns me. If I was to grab the running gear out of an AUII/III XR8, more than likely It would have adaptive shift, which I would like to keep for da lulz. Seeing that it is a Smartshield ECU, is there a way to bypass it? Or am I better off not worrying about the adaptive shift and going an AU1 Smartlock ECU? Second of all was the extractors. From my research, The passenger side header will need to be slightly modified to accomodate the starter. I read somewhere CRS do a set of headers to suit, but the charge a f*ckton of money for something that isn't really that good. Has anyone used an off the shelf header that doesn't need to be modified? Another thing I couldn't find anything on was the coolant system and piping. I've seen a lot of people using XG/XH Overflows, if I was to grab an XH hose kit would it all work? Last and not least, the gearbox crossmember. I was thinking maybe an EAII mount or an XG mount may work. Anyone had experiences with this? Thanks Hus.