can I pick your brains

[Pumba83]

gday folks

I have a VT 98 S Pac with 316000kms on the chassis with a fairly new built engine (289BHP) and box with $$$'s spent.
My problem is my car is just falling apart and I need a chassis with less Km's, so I was thinking about pulling motor n box out of it and dumping it in a newer model with low KM's and am liking the VY Calais or S pac's, Ive looked for vx's but most have over 200000Km's on them. Is the 98 engine into a 2003 vy much of a drama and whats involve as the engine and gearbox build owes me too much to just get rid of.

Any help or ideas would be great

Cheers Lads

 

[lout]

is it body work, interior or chasis/suspension
you are probably better off time and financially to fix what is wrong

 

[Pumba83]

All of the above I can swap engines and do all the work myself and I work FIFO so financially no dramas I love the engine I built just hate the car as it reminds me of my ex wife so really I want to burn it on her front lawn as that car as she is, is dead to me.

So engine transplants whats my options sort of want something a bit newer a few mod cons as the old beast never had electric windows or none of that jazz

 

[lout]

well from memory VY will be a fairly easy swap
you will need to change a bit of wiring but should be straight forward

 

[Pumba83]

well from memory VY will be a fairly easy swap
you will need to change a bit of wiring but should be straight forward

From memory it should just be a case of splicing the two harnesses so the vy harness will accept the gbox loom for the 4L60e from vt? Yeah?

 

[SavVYute]

The legality of doing it will be the problem. You're putting an earlier type motor into a later model.
Emission controll standards changed over the years.

 

[Pumba83]

But both run a 3.8 ecotec and vy come out with a supercharged engine in certain models could I not incorporate the vy's emission control

 

[Commo Baba]

As hard as it can be to work out what they're saying you should prob ask your state's car rego people.

 

[dirty hands]

Pumba83 can you toss up pics of your car ?

are you not able find a VT/VX chassis /body

better than yours..... but worse in power train (doesnt have to be super charged you are swapping anyway )

for less than $1200 in your Bunbury area

to swap your good bits into .... to get a great vt supercharged car ?

 

[monkey]

If moneys not much of a concern then just find a nice VY calais it should be an easy enough swap.