jacks 1989 vn

[vn1989]

I have been on this site for a little while annoying every 1 with my useless posts and i realized i haven't shown you guys my car

cars name : mang mang
model: 1989 VN Commodore Executive
colour: white
body kit: black painted bumpers.. need new right front gaurd
km's: 220xxx
engine: 3.8ltr v6
mods: vp taco cluster, removed gas, altezza tail lights
power: not enough
exhaust: rooted.. lukey soon
gear box: stock auto
diff: stock
brakes: stock
springs: stock
inside: stock
other mods: gauges,new drivers seat,subs,vs door pods, removed trolly strip.
future mods: full debadge, new steering wheel, super 6 cai, lsd, calais interior, shaved boot lock and antenna, better sound system, lower on ultra low rear and super low front, get tyres for my 18s



I picked it up from bendigo vic cost me $200 had two owners. fairly dirty when i got it was gunna use it as a paddok bomb but dad talked me into keeping it.. and slowly stated to fall in love with it


first got it
interior before shampoo new drivers seat
before i removed gas
now
vp cluster
with 18s
black bumper and garnish new tail lights
bumpers black
door pods
gauges
as it sits now

[Jackpole94]

Wanna race?

[Jxw]

jack, rip those rocker covers off and give them a coat of vht satin black, will suit your engine bay nicely
should have plenty left over to do the water pump & pwr steering pulley also and still have 3/4 of a can to do something with....

and what it should look like for an idea...

good to see someone showing one of these old girls some tlc

[vn1989]

jack, rip those rocker covers off and give them a coat of vht satin black, will suit your engine bay nicely
should have plenty left over to do the water pump & pwr steering pulley also and still have 3/4 of a can to do something with....

and what it should look like for an idea...

good to see someone showing one of these old girls some tlc

i might have to do that when i have some spare time i gotta get it running right first.. and i was gunna get some billet aluminium covers .... and i wasnt going to give it any tlc for a start just thrash the f*#k out of it

[Jxw]

</sarcasm>
yeah i got my 1st vn as a run around, orig engine shat itself cause the previous owners must've put kmart oil through it and maybe changed it every 20,000 km judging by the state it was in, gave it some good penrite oil being a high km engine, spun a bearing moving it before it was even on the road, i was pissed i didn't even rev it.... close to 1" of sludge sitting in the heads and valley, apparently when the oil is thick and cold you have a 2nd sump on top of the engine...

2 ebay special $100-200 engines that both died meeting the same demise (never trust anyone that says it's a low k motor and was a great runner before they removed it, always listen to it in a car and rev it to at least 3000 rpm on a cold start, if they had it warmed up before you start it, walk away)

i've learnt to atleast strip a buick v6 down and check its bearing's/oil pump for wear/grooves and spend a couple of hundred bucks on gaskets & other minor bits before you fit it... i didn't even get to thrash mine will make up for it now though 3 years later................

[vn1989]

</sarcasm>
yeah i got my 1st vn as a run around, orig engine shat itself cause the previous owners must've put kmart oil through it and maybe changed it every 20,000 km judging by the state it was in, gave it some good penrite oil being a high km engine, spun a bearing moving it before it was even on the road, i was pissed i didn't even rev it.... close to 1" of sludge sitting in the heads and valley, apparently when the oil is thick and cold you have a 2nd sump on top of the engine...

2 ebay special $100-200 engines that both died meeting the same demise (never trust anyone that says it's a low k motor and was a great runner before they removed it, always listen to it in a car and rev it to at least 3000 rpm on a cold start, if they had it warmed up before you start it, walk away)

i've learnt to atleast strip a buick v6 down and check its bearing's/oil pump for wear/grooves and spend a couple of hundred bucks on gaskets & other minor bits before you fit it... i didn't even get to thrash mine will make up for it now though 3 years later................

thanks for the advice i was gunna rebuild the motor when i got it on the road and put a manual in it insted of the gaybo auto. might cam it aswell when i rebuild it

[Aussie Revhead]

hey mate love the stockies

[vn1989]

hey mate love the stockies

haha im gunna get some hub caps and leave them on there till there bald

[vn1989]

update!!!!! haha u guys a probly over this thread and my shitty vn but i brought some rear pedders ultra low springs off a mate for $20 and put them in. i recon it sits good just need 2 lower the front now and get shortened shocks and ajustabe panhard for the rear.. pics coming soon

[vn1989]

http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...2&d=1322891906
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...1&d=1322891905
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...0&d=1322891904
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...9&d=1322891574 thats with no springs but the ultra lows sit just above the rim most of the tyre is in the gaurd

[rk has a vn]

Nice!!!!

[pjdm1980]

Leave it all original and a bit dirty then go nuts with all the engine mods, be a good little sleeper!
For $200 you can't complain.

[Phoenix454]

If your lucky . . Some VN come out with Alloy Rocker Cover on them. When i removed mine, which i thought were just the plastic ones, realised that they were actually cast alloy, just painted the same colour as the plastic type. Stipped off the paint, put them on the buff so i've ended up with the factory look in a mirror version . . Couldn't be happier

[vn1989]

i looked at my rocket covers 2 day some of the paint has peeled of them and there alloy or some sort of metal any way haha so i might strip off the paint and polish them does this also mean i could have the forged internals iv heard some of the early buicks with metal rocket covers have

[F l a k]

Nice VN man, also I'll swap you my rocker covers plus cash for yours

[Jxw]

s1 rocker covers were alloy with the breather pipe to the tb going into one, s2 onwards plastic and solid except for the filler cap as the breather went to the intake manifold.
the cam in the s1 has higher lift and longer duration than s2/vp/vr, one of the reasons a s1 goes harder it's not all about not having that plastic bellmouth in it

[vn1989]

i also read some were on this forum that some of the early buicks have forged internals because they were supercharged when put in to the buicks and holden imported them and didnt change any thing

[vn1989]

Nice VN man, also I'll swap you my rocker covers plus cash for yours

na sorry im gunna keep my aloy rocket covers way better than plastic if ur local wreakers is any think like mine there would be heaps of buicks there.. go see if there is a series 1 and boom u have alloy covers

[GRPABT1]

*ROCKER covers, there's no rockets in your engine bay. Specially if it's a V6 :P

[vn1989]

my bad haha

[Jxw]

*ROCKER covers, there's no rockets in your engine bay. Specially if it's a V6 :P

are you sure? i've seen some vn's getting around that the driver thinks they've got a rocket under there

as for the parts used in the v6, this is a decent write up about the history, changes and what parts were used in the different revisions, no major changes for forced induction till the later ev-6 (vr era) http://www.enginebuildermag.com/Arti...ck_engine.aspx and even then it's just a difference in the casting mark on the conrod and a lower compression piston, the early v6 only ran 8.5:1 compression ratio so forcing some air down it's throat would be fine, vr they stepped up to 9:1 in the na version

[bj42turbo]

I like the white VN's but I may be a bit biased

Dazz

[vn1989]

whats biased mean never heard that word before lol

[vn1989]

i also got some stock taillights agian haha i am not use 2 the look of them yet.. i might by some nightshade and tint my clear 1s and see how they look

[ParkwayDrv]

whats biased mean never heard that word before lol