Best Brake / Gearbox Conversion?

[Goon]

Whats the best brake conversion for the vl commodore? I'm doing my safety first before i turbo!!

Best Manual or Auto Gearbox to use 4 diff 3.9 gears?

Cheers

[VL Berlina 5speed]

whats your pocket depth?
set of wilwood 6 spot calipers front and 4 spot rears - prob looking up to the $10k mark


gearbox wouldnt matter so much, more would be wanting to know which one for strength

[jatsvl]

I think most do the vt brake upgrade for about $1000.
turbo vl has the mx7 gearbox, n/a has the mf5 some would recommend skyline gearboxes.

[VL_5SPEED]

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turbo vl has the mx7 gearbox, n/a has the mf5 some would recommend skyline gearboxes.

mf5 and mx7 are skyline boxes lol. From what i hear the r33 det boxes are the go. Stronger and better gear ratios then the mx7.

[nasty1]

vt brake up grade is the go.

well if i had deep pockets id buy the r33 gbox over a vl turbo gear box.you could also try a r32 gbox i have used one of these and they are cheap as to

[VL Berlina 5speed]

ive got a r32 5spd in my vl
got it rebuilt and it started making a little noise just before i projected it. this was only with a NA,
although i have a feeling it might off been the thrust bearing only

personally i wouldnt use it on the turbo application if you have a tendcy to drive with a bit of curry

use the mx7 at least if not the r33turbo


a good start on brakes is
disc rear
vt fronts
1"master
turbo/v8 booster

then you can look into it further if your needing more stopping power

[VL_5SPEED]

the r32 turbo box is the same as the mf5 but the r32 box has double synchros in 1st and 2nd.

[Goon]

Thanks All!

If i had 10k id go those brakes but the VT's sound like the way to go

I had the mx7 box in mind, but ill see what else i can get an r33t or 32 box

I'm going the twin cam head conversion so its gonna be hell sweet

[nasty1]

yeah the price diffrence between vlt box r33 box and r32 is heeps i picked up a good r32 box for 550 with warranty never gave me any trouble abd was very smooth.but id personaly go the 33 box