little update.... about a month ago i popped the head gasket on the 30, after years of abuse before i owned im surprised its last so long...
i ended up buying a mates vlt to get the running gear out of it... he spent alot of coin building the motor
the new motor is a factory A8 block with acl race series pistons, new rods, arp head studs and arp mains, head has been ported/polished, cometic head gasket.. and it had a 5 speed behind it aswell
motor n box was fitted last weekend and spent a few hours after work each night during the week gettin everything back together.. ended up gettin it running on sat, just need to get the reverse lights working as the loom from the box has the plug cut off it
next i will be upgrading the fuel pumps at some stage and get some boost into it