<<XLR8>> VP ECOTEC V6, Manual, Group A Kit

[xlr8_87]

Ok, here's my car

ECOTEC VP


Name: Rob
Model: '92 VP
Colour: Red
Bodykit: VN Group A rear bar and spoiler (Group A Sideskirts and VL Walky bonnet scoop to go on, WTB VP SENATOR FRONT BAR)
Engine Type: VT 3.8L Ecotec V6
Engine Mods: Heads ported/polished/shaved 20thou, Crow Valvesprings and retainers, Crow Cams OEM lifters, YT 1.8 ratio 'Stealth' Rockers, Twin 54mm Throttle Manifold
Power: 135rwkw, 427nm
Exhaust: Pacemaker extractors, into custom y-piece, into hi-flow cat, into custom mandrel bent 3" exhaust with muffler and rear resi
Gearbox: T5 (manual 5 speed)
Diff: standard, got 3.9 gears coming
Brakes: stock, want VT upgrade kit
Suspension: pedders low
Wheels/Tyres: VTSS 17's
Interior: Autotechnica bucket seats, sports wheel, autogauge 5" tacho
Other Mods: pod filter, tinted headlights, clear indicators
Stereo: Sony xplod h/u, 4" fronts and 6x9" rears, 12" sub and a Coustic amp
Build Period: '06 - ???
Cost: too much
Future Mods: Getting the bodykit on, wheels, brake upgrade, suspension (bags or coilovers), forced induction in the long run. don't care about the interior for now

this is the car when I bought it:



this is it now:





and these "bits" are to all go in soon:

VT Ecotec Engine (don't worry... auto won't be going in )


Ecotec Heads, ported/polished/shaved 20thou, Crow valvesprings/retainers and Comp Cams OEM lifters


3.9 Diff Gears


Progress of rocker cover painting:



any questions just ask

[holden#1]

Looks like a nice car to start with. agree with choice of 17'' VY SS wheels.
Red is nice...

[1991_Vn2nV]

Looks nice mate, good luck with the Ecotec transplant

[xlr8_87]

thanks guys

holden#1 - red goes faster too

[Stan MR . VP]

nice car man i like the front lights

[HoZy]

Suggestion, WOuldnt of painted rocker covers til motors in & running perfectly. Hope you know if you want to run it via the vt computer you will need to keep the egr & you will need to find a manual vt ecu, and need to get vt extractors modified for a vp body/egr... Or you can run it via the VS gear, NO egr, you can use VS extractors etc etc etc. And vs manual computer. or u can just run it via delco 808 ecu.

Hope you know if you change ECU's you will need to do a bit of work to the motor & changing sensor's / tapping the MAT sensor an all that crap.

Cheers
MaT

[HRT 666]

Looks good i like the rear wing and rear bar, grill gives it some balls but i would colour code the mirrors. will go hard with your engine mods planned and 3.9's yeeha all the best with it.

[lukas pukas]

thats the conversion im about to do to my vp cant wait for my car to be done!!

[CHEETR]

this is my old engine, from my understanding hozy, his using his original remapped ECU.

i sold him engine only and wiring loom.

oh yer dude, i forgot i gota pick up my old auto box this week lol il give you a call during the week

[xlr8_87]

hozy - yeh i know, I'm contemplating getting a manual VT comp, but unsure as yet

hrt 666 - yeh I want to get the mirrors and door handles colour coded when I get the kit on

lukas - sweet get yours done first so I can copy

Cheetr - its ok, I wasn't home much anyway

[HoZy]

Where in melb are you man? if not too far we should organise a weekend i'll come over an give ya a hand on the conversion an wiring an ****.... we'd figure out a price haha prob just some drinks...

[CHEETR]

he lives in richmond

[xlr8_87]

close... hawthorn dude

hozy - yeh sounds like a plan dude, I'll let you know closer to the time

[cracker]

those gears like nice
looks good looking forward to seeing it finsihed

[xlr8_87]

getting twin throttle manifold monday/tuesday

also hoping to get my HM headers then

and also maybe some 1.9ratio rockers

[xlr8_87]

bit of an update...

Got myself the following:

- Twin 54mm throttle manifold
- Yella Terra Stealth 1.7 ratio rockers
- HM Headers
- New engine mounts


still need to find a manual ECU, get a throttle cable and then go into the process of getting the engine in!

[pow3rslave]

i gotta say i think you'll get more than 110rwkw, i'm sitting on 112 with an na buick vp 3.8 with just CAI, k&n panel, pacies, twin cats and a 2 1/2 catback

if you're doing headwork, i'd say you might crack 115.

[HoZy]

Conversion seems like it's taking a while...

[JUDDO13]

all good things take time, wil be good when its done and i think ull get more then 110rwkw with headwork but thats hyst a guess
u gotta get a CAI aswell?

[CHEETR]

well this is my old engine, and we got 112rwkw with a exhaust..

in a lighter car, with head work, roller rockers and those twin throats that benny gave you

you'll be pulling around 140rwkw we did the same setup in my mates vs

[xlr8_87]

yeh, money's an issue at the moment guys
that and a couple of places I rang about getting it put in didn't want to, gonna have to ring around a bit more, unless I take it off the road for a while and do it myself, but I have no clue what I'm doing



edit: here's some pics of what else is going on

[xlr8_87]

ok, since the forum crash lost everything, here's a briefy of what happened:

pre-transplant:



pacies:



auto ecotec to T5 flywheel and dr bob chip:



engine out:



engine dummy fitted:



engine in! (**** pod location)



3" exhaust goodness:



not bad considering the 3" is most likely a restriction!



better pod location:



VZ SS guards to go in:



Ecotec badging:



Pic before C4C4:



C4C4 pic:

[matty88]

What a top job mate, I love the headlights

[xlr8_87]

thanks mate

it's getting to where i want it... VERY slowly haha

getting new rims tomorrow too, VT SS

[xlr8_87]

new rims
will get better pics tomorrow