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    hey guys. i got myself a vk berlina with the 3.3lt injected 202 and trimatic. this is gonna be a project of mine and the first thing i wanna do is drop in a new donk. so far my options are drop in a 308 with auto or manual, v6 conversion, or injected v8. im kinda leaning towards the 3.8 lt v6 cause i already have a whole VN donar car and a T5 manual kit to suit. should i go this way, get a charger on top, and get it engineered. what sorta times and power would a 3.8 lt manual supercharged in a vk do? i'm gonna put in a vn diff with a lsd centre as well

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    A V6 conversion would be cheap as u already have a donor car......but if it was my choice, chuck a V8 in it.....either EFI or carby.....they sound waaay better then any V6.

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    that is a good point too.....would the v8 k frame and all that bolt str8 into the vk? along with the front brakes?

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    if you've already got the donor car go V6, it has everything you need to do the conversion. the V6's in the early girls go really well even without supercharging

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    yea think that will be the way i go. i reckon it'd be awesome fun with the 5 speed behind it. will a vn diff bolt right into the vk? i have heard it does just wanna make sure. cause im close to buying one lol

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