S1 better for working

[38VNIT]

I got told by 2 people the other day, series 1 vn motors are better for heavier working cause they ahve a stronger bottom end..?

[HoZy]

Hmm I think buicks suck.....

I put a conrod straight through the block & ripped off a lobe on my cam...

Cheers
MaT

[PaRaDoX]

Hmm I think buicks suck.....

I put a conrod straight through the block & ripped off a lobe on my cam...

Cheers
MaT

with the exception of you i dont know anyone whose managed to break one of these motors or gearboxes, i know due to the low compression theyre good for boost however getting massive power NA out of these engines isnt easy youd be luck to spend $5000 working it and get 150rwkw??, s1 had a lumpier cam, but the only change to the bottom end i think was the rear main seal design, cranks a little diffrent (s2 can be convertered to manual) and just minor things, its not like were comparing a ecotec vs buick

[HoZy]

I found shitload of cases in the US where people have thrown conrods out the side of the block... SNAP THEM AN BANG! BIG WHOLE/SIEZED MOTOR.

[greenfoam]

If you are going to run a strong NA motor with a cam, start with VR heads on either block.
If you are going to run a strong boosted motor use EV6 (VP) block and heads

[ashzv6]

what year did ev6 start?
would a vn s2 block be ev6?

are the vr heads higher comp?

cheers ashz

[greenfoam]

Yep the series 2 VN is the start of the EV6 block and the VR heads had alot more compression (enough to run a decent cam)

[38VNIT]

well to put my question into concept, i was told basically because i have a series 1, that with certain few mods, that i could have a vn easy running safely at 7800rpm max, instead of 5500 (area)

[MyVPIsFasterThanYourVP]

Hmm I think buicks suck.....

I put a conrod straight through the block & ripped off a lobe on my cam...

Cheers
MaT

Made for spectacular pictures posted elsewhere here on the forums though I see! Sorry mate, it woulda sucked when it happened, at least you were close to home!
Colin

[1vngal]

I got told by 2 people the other day, series 1 vn motors are better for heavier working cause they ahve a stronger bottom end..?

Do mean as compared to the series 2 motor? Or compared to other commodore motors in general?

[greenfoam]

7800 rpm!:P that's alot of revs for a wobbly unbalanced V6 but anythings worth a try, just make sure you wear armour around your feet first

[SweetWagon]

You'll need change the rev limiter aswell, I'm not sure about how to do that? but most VN's would self destruct at anything over 7000 without heavy modification

[VP_commo_driver]

so if i put vr heads on my vp id get what? (im putting a big cam in my car)

[38VNIT]

rev limiter is easy, but its the work envolved in doing it to get thatmuch lol, and compared to series 2, cause like i said this bloke has a vn s1 s and he said he put the s1 in cause an s2 doing that will just blow up lol

[padrickz88]

OUCH! 7800rpm? i aint no mechanic but i agree with greenfoam, in an inline i could see it happening, but in an unrefined, rattly buick v6? sorri m8 i aint calling you a lier, but it seems so hard to believe with something with a redline of 5500rpm, just one of them things id have to see to believe if someone done it haha ..... MAN! get a rotory if u luv revs hahaha btw good luck with that i want to see it when you do it lolz

[Hillerus]

Why would you wanna rev it so high anyway?

[Johnsy]

Why would you wanna rev it so high anyway?

To try and keep up with us

[Hillerus]

Ha ha fair enough