mws vn ss

[mws]

Colour: atlas gret
Odometer: 208,000
Engine Type: holden 5L
Exhaust: some form of tri y extractors, twin 3" exhaust
Gearbox: auto
Diff: 3.08 LSD (dead)

I got this a while back i swapped my ute and $1500 for it. The previous owner trashed it pretty much mechanically and tried to tell me it was a 333ci and had big injectors and stuff , um well i told him he was full of it in a nice way and we worked out a deal. I've been slowly gettin it to how i want it/fixing his screw ups.

So far i've done;
upper trailing arms with boxed nolathane ones, adjustable strut tops, usual front end bushes, oil, filter, fuel filter, 4 tyres, alpine headunit, 4"alpine speakers in front, rewired abortion of original headunits wiring before i fitted the alpine one. got all lights working again, god rid of most of the puke inducing blue and gold engine bay theme the car had. painted manifold wrinkle black and overflow the same. replaced window switches, igniton module.

Future plans:
- replace stupid twin 3" with single 3" exhaust
- replace diff (have spare standard diff i may put mini spool in)
- replace aerial
- fit decent 18's or 19's
- paint rocker covers
- fit new dizzy i scored (old one has some play in shaft)
- get amp for sub i scored
- manual conversion

One day mods:
-t56 conversion like stealthy's international
-high comp, cammed motor

let me know what you all think. I'm trying to load up pics now

[mws]

hope it worked

[Cobez]

Sounds like you have put some work into it, good work! Definantly do something about those engine and rocker covers though lol. And get some exhaust tips It's pretty damn clean though.

[mws]

yeah i'm hearing ya bout the engine bay stuff lol. I've put a bit into already but there is only gonna be more it aint going anywhere anytime soon. Just need more $$$$. Wouldnt mind a greenfoam tune too but he is a hard guy to get a hold of

[VNexecutive]

twin 3 inch exhaust? how friggin loud is it?! hahaha

looks pretty straight though. no dints or anything? i love vn ss's man, wish i had another one

[mws]

it's loud, quite raspy mid revs lol. few tiny dents a tiny scratches nothing to much at all.

[mws]

the stupid exhaust aint there by choice lol. its done real dodgy hopefully it wont be on there for ever

[Gregvnss]

Very nice mate there a nice car.

[mws]

thanx mate. there will be more to show once im working again not fiddlin with it is killin me, I know hoe to do everything so it sucks

[Gregvnss]

Are you going to put the ss decals back on?

[mws]

maybe, i want to but i dont lol. i will buy a set of stickers but wether they go on i havent decided

[[JUDGE]]

twin 3" over kill much.... lol sounds like this guy really bogan'd it up. least your fixing her up properly (y)

[LUMPY 8]

sweet another vn ss on the forum. Looks great man. Prefer white tho wat steering wheel is that.


PS comment my vn ss

[mws]

yeah the guy before me done some tosser stuff to it, and that steering wheel all i know is its momo and originally the boss kit was on sideways lol

[mws]

Alright i got a small update, stripped all the old brakes and ABS stuff off my spare stock diff, also picked up a minispool to fit. Got it all apart just need to fit minispool to centre then switch diffs, ran outa light today as i was trying to sort out a potential job. Should be good fun it wont take me too long to get her all in, was thinkin of giving under the backend a quick cleanup and just a bit of rattle can splender to cover up stone chips and stuff while im there.

[mws]

Also realised my spare diff had brand new rear pads so thats a neat lil score i wasnt far off needing to get some of those

[callum_88]

totally know what your on about with fixing her up to normal from peoples **** ups, my ss needs a fair bit of work physically

[mws]

mine is physically ok, bar my shite rims and the paint scheme in engine bay, its everything else he touched that went downhill, It gets pretty anoying everytime you go to upgrade or repair something and then find it to be worse than it looks once you get into the job...

[LUMPY 8]

thoes rims aint that bad also is that a calias badge on the bonnet?

[stocky]

yeah the guy before me done some tosser stuff to it, and that steering wheel all i know is its momo and originally the boss kit was on sideways lol

my car was exactly the same. found a heap of stupid shit done to it. its a good feeling though, fixing it up and bringing a car back up to its former glory

[mws]

i agree with the feeling stocky it is good to see her getting back to what an ss is sposed to be and yesbuddaboy1990 sadly another retard moment it has a calais badge on bonnet, but with the rest of the work the guy done im scared it'll take the paint with it if i take it off lol. what do you guys reckon? I dont have the cash to get it touched up if it f**** it.....

[vncruzr]

mate well done. its so nice when you hear about someone rescuing a classic and restoring it to former glory. good luck with it and yeah, keep us posted..

[mws]

Got my diff all sorted ready to bolt in today. Stripped out all the spider gears and stuff and fitted mini spool. Had mad dramas getting long pin to line up, i'm usually good at that so i got a bit pissed lol. The diff looked almost new, all the bearings have 2% bugger signs of even use, the gears are the same was so stoked when i saw how good it was inside. Got worst or the crappy paint and dirt off and gave it a quick lick of black paint doesnt look to bad. Ran outa daylight again applying for another job so tomorrow it's back to the old mans place again strip my brakes off my original diff yank that out and slip in the now shiny spooled one. Plus possibly bolt up a set of stockies and test drive, on private property well away from anyone of course;

[mws]

grr rain and i dont have undercover place to work cant fit my diff

[mws]

diff is in now, but brakes have started dragging....wtf? i dunno exactly whats going on yet only done it twice when i went backwards, handbrake comes up average amount so i dont think i went too overboard on that, maybe i bent the brake line on diff or sumthin stupid maybe a siezed caliper slide what you guys reckon? should have time to sus that tomorrow anyway.