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    basically my wags is going tubo by christmas time. But want i want to do is build another enginne outside the car and drop it in. Well anyway, i can get an entire vn series 1 sedan for $500. What would be involved in chucking that engine into my vp. Or would i be better off to keep looking for a cheap series 2 engine.


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    Im looking at getting the oil pick up and dump lines made very soon, But i have no idea where the oil pickup line would go. Does the buick engine have somewhere i can just connect it up or will i have to get a new one tapped in. If so were would i do this.


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    Quote Originally Posted by commy92
    basically my wags is going tubo by christmas time. But want i want to do is build another enginne outside the car and drop it in. Well anyway, i can get an entire vn series 1 sedan for $500. What would be involved in chucking that engine into my vp. Or would i be better off to keep looking for a cheap series 2 engine.


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    Im looking at getting the oil pick up and dump lines made very soon, But i have no idea where the oil pickup line would go. Does the buick engine have somewhere i can just connect it up or will i have to get a new one tapped in. If so were would i do this.


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    get an alloy tec if u got $ or a ECOTEC 152kw vx engine, loom swap and ecu not that much involved,go the vt break conversion also
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    havent got that much dosh dosh to though around.. lol althought an alloytec engine would be an awsome swap.. You got me thinking now. Off to ebay

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    The alloytecs are going for around $1200 on ebay i think...
    I would say go the series 2 engine. It doesnt have the teething problems of the series 1 engine.

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    if you do decided to put a series 1 motor in there is no problem at all. i did that. just gotta cut one wire and extend another wire. that is all i did. don't try and use a series 1 loom as they don't plug in. one spot you can get oil from is the oil gauge sender, tap into that. and to dump the oil ya just have to tap into your sump. but make sure it is well above your oil level otherwise you won't get your oil out of the turbo quick enough

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    clean up the vn sell it to some poor sucker then buy series 2 vr motor for vn car will go 1000& why go back to tired vn motor they haveall done a million miles just bought a series 2 vr motor with 143000 kms for 650

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    Quote Originally Posted by kezvn View Post
    clean up the vn sell it to some poor sucker then buy series 2 vr motor for vn car will go 1000& why go back to tired vn motor they haveall done a million miles just bought a series 2 vr motor with 143000 kms for 650
    VP engine is a better option as the VR engine had a few issues.

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