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Hi guys, I've got a VS ute ecotec with a getrag 'box, and a VS statesman with an L67 and auto 'box, which is written off (sideswiped after owning it for a week), and I'm gonna put the L67 into the ute, but I wanna keep the manual 'box. A couple of questions I have pertaining to this are...

that vibration could also be from the clutch if it hasnt been aligned properly.

it is pretty normal for older cars, not necessarily a good thing, but yea its pretty normal bro. just clean that **** out and it will be fine for ages to come. mate your ute looks tough as on that suspension setup. i'm getting all new suspension gear tomorrow for my VS ute which is i think...

Yep, should be a straight up swap as far as I know. Wagons and utes have a slightly longer wheelbase than the sedan.

If its getting wrecked, try and grab the LSD out of it too, (im presuming you've just got the open wheeler seeing as though it isnt an S-pack)

Yea i'm 90% sure you have to open the box hey..

If ur car still has its badges, then there will be a SeriesII or SeriesIII badge on the tailgate. Otherwise, I think the SeriesIII S's have got like a blue sort of zigzag trim on the seats and doors, whereas SeriesII ones have like a grey/red trim pattern.

Thats a series 3 right? so it'd be a getrag box, and that means that there is usually no cheap way out of it unfortunately =( basically, dual mass flywheel means that it will be smoother, but i see what your sig says, utes arent about comfort haha. also dual mass flywheels tend to be a bit...

damn, thats clean as man.. nice work.

hmmm my series 3 hasnt got a seatbelt warning either though?

yea i put pacemaker 5039's in my series 3 getrag V6, they were an absolute pain to put in, well the drivers side was anyway haha. but they do make a noticeable difference. you need to watch out that your engine mounts aren't worn out too much either otherwise the extractors will be hard up on...

wires were lengthened by a reputable auto-sparky so i hope they are right haha. i sometimes get a engine light too so i will check the code if/when it comes on. will check over everything tomorrow when the sun is out.

Hey guys, I put some pacemakers on my VS ute ecotec not too long ago, and when i did that, i bought some new NTK lambda (oxygen) sensors, extended the wires accordingly and yea. now though, the car runs like Schitt, seems like its getting the wrong fuel/air mixture or something. i think the...

could it be the evap tube?? have had a few cars (alfas of all things) come in at work with the same issue.

anyone who dishonours the holden badge by putting it on one of those should be taken out the back and shot at dawn, and no flowers please.

haha good one =)

looks killer ;)

you'd be lookin around about 50 grand to get that thing roadworthy again.. but then i bet you it would be the most unreliable car you'd ever own =p but i still want one lol

hey, i got pacemaker extractors, high flow cat converter and then its just a single 2.5" sports exhaust from the cats back. its got a nice note but isnt too loud and doesn't drone which is handy.. its a good system for the ecotec IMO, gives it a bit more kick as well ;)

i hear from brendan that you made that power with the aircon on?? wtf man haha

Yea I lived on a farm for 17 years and I can remember being 9, and having to put my dog down with the .22, because it fell off the back of the ute, and got impaled on a stray tree root.. Cried for days after that but it just had to be done, the next week dad got us a new dog for about $200...

I work at a european car dealer, we get squeaky brakes all the time, just yea take ya wheels off, undo the caliper, pull the pads out and well I use a bench grinder with a wirewheel just literally the lightest scrape on that on the face of the pad, bit of antiseize on the contact points and...

Yea I've put some pacies in my VS, but mine were a little bit fiddly to get in a) because I have the getrag 5spd in my car, b) turns out both my engine mounts collapsed and the extractors were hitting on the chassis rail and the steering. Yea most exhaust shops charge about $100/hour, and...

Yea i need to do my mounts on my V6 VS ute too... gotta do my tranny mount too lol all are collapsed atm =(

Just a bit of an update guys, bought a full exhaust (pacemakers, custom Y-pipe, stock cat and single 2.5inch w/ single muffler and twin tip) abd was about to put em on when i noticed my engine mounts have collapsed, andthe pacies wo't fit because of the chassis rail on the left and the steering...

what car did brendans T5 come out of?? i didnt know he had one lol

er the actual box lol u gonna go T5 or getrag?

I have a couple of stories here, once I was walking down the road to the shops near my house, and I pass a set of traffic lights, 2 lanes, with a Mistubishi Evo 8 or something, and a VE Clubby creeping forward, and a TRD Aurion sitting behind the clubby. Light goes green, clubby and Evo smash it...

i notice your in WA, which mechanic was it??

haha this thing sounds sick mate lumpy as for a 6 aye =)

which ones ya new bike the kato or the yami

nice lookin ute buddy =) good to see you ditched the ricer and came over to the dark side =P

so does your gearstick not wobble much? also is yours a S-pack antonio?

yea 1999 is series 3, my gearbox is a bit whiney i have a 1999 VS ute too - i think most getrags are whiney...

yea will have to wait for a bit lol i got a dirty great big split in my windsreen so that needs replacing.... also gave it a service after work today - engine oil & filter, trans oil and LSD oil... you should have seen what came out of the diff it looked like mud haha, and just lubed up all the...

nar haha no ultras for me lol, lows i reckon is what ill go cause i go out to the farm a bit and those roads are uneven as f**k haha superlows *maybe*

just an update, might be gettin a maloo sailplane for it and maloo tailgate/bodykit so should be good if that all goes to plan, and also contemplating either lows all round or superlows all round anyone know roughly how much more i would pay for superlows over lows? cheers, Dave.

she's a damn clean ute mate, grats.

hmm i deal with kendricks a lot through work, they seem to be pretty good.. i've never had a problem with them screwing anything up bujt thats just my experience with them.

yea i wouldnt go throwing 1.98 rockers AND a stage 2 cam in the same motor because too much lift = cheesed engines.