VP SS parts into a VL RB20?

[Ohze]

My 93 VP SS manual was recently rear ended and is too rooted to straighten out. I've got my eyes on an RB20 VL manual and would like to swap as much as i can from my VP over to that. I bought the entire wreck off the insurance company and from the rear pillar forward shes as good as new (diff and driveshaft are still sweet though), I intend to get an actual mechanic to do the hard work (a friend of a friend) but I'd like to atleast know what I'm talking about before I approach him. If anyone could give me an idea of how much of my VP I could salvage and put into the VL (and how economical it would be to do so) I'd appreciate the help.

And if I were to swap the engine over, is there anything my VP doesnt have that I would need for the conversion? Are crossmembers and other parts similar enough throughout the early commodore range that it they could be adapted with a little work?

I'm hopeing brakes rotors and calipers would swap over alright (anyone know if ABS system would swap over sweet as with a bit of tinkering?). I understand that the IRS would be too much of a hassle to change over but is there any way I could swap just the diff itself over? I'd like to keep the LSD!

Cheers for any help you guys can provide.

[STEALTHY™]

The motor and box are easy. Not sure about using the VP K frame, but if not, a VL V8 one wont be hard to find.

The car will already have everything you need, computer etc. Just take the lot out of the VP.
You 'could' go a little extra and put the interior in. Seats are easy as, but you could also do a dash conversion, depends on how much effort you want to put in.

Front brakes are a sure thing, but sure about the rears tho because of the ABS sensors.

Diff is a no go, you could however, find a live axle housing, and put your IRS centre into that (then flog off the IRS housing with the open wheeler centre)

[nasty1]

and dont buy a vl that has an rb20 in im betting your paying half decent $$$$ for the vl?if i was you just find a cheap calais or berlina thats stock with an rb30 and go from there.nothing worse then getting a car with an eng conversion already done and some ******** has choped half the wirring and made there own wirring lol

[GTRwilson]

You can use the VP K frame, motor, gear box(including cross member ect) If you chuck the running gear in its easiest to just put the whole VP front end in. Meaning K frame, struts, front brake Assembly ect. When you use the VP motor, you would just use the standard engine loom and ECU straight out of the VP obviously.

I would get a stock VL and change that over as said above. You will have to change almost the exact same things either way, atleast this way you get a fresh base that hasnt been fiddled with yet. Although if you do this, you will need to get a VL turbo/V8 diff and tailshaft as the n/a V6 items wont work.

[Ohze]

How much work would be involved in swapping over the whole front end? that sounds quite intensive and would it not be possible to use my VP tailshaft if i found a suitable vl diff?

[nasty1]

it would be a good weekends work