My 1989 VN.

[rch-13z]

lovin' the calais garnish and tailights..

[mischa]

Picked up a LSD and 3.45 diff gears, $300.

[grovers_1983]

nice vn man i want to convert my vh to a manual

[Menace38L]

Nice Vn mate love the 5 speeds ther so much fun to drive!!

[mischa]

Repaired the tail lights, dam Holden and not joining the earths properly. Like having tail lights that are not affected when I turn the headlights on .

Got my spare engine moved on sat, sitting on a crate now with wheels I can now say I've got a crate motor! Although it's a stock Buick, For now...

[TVR-190]

nice, i should get around to fixing my dodgy earth, sick of seeing the "you have a light out" warning light on the dash whenever i turn on my headlights

[mischa]

Lol, I don't have one of those lights. Just people every cruise telling me about them over the cb!

[mischa]

Installed trip computer, loving it! So far 10.2l/100km around town.

Still waiting for the diff gears to get here so i can change the diff.

Was looking at buying a rebuilt engine but im not sure like i always am....

[HoldenManDan]

pics smischa pics!

sounds like you knocked over the cluster conversion pretty damn easily man, i'm impressed! everything working like it should? Did you check the fuel flow calibration figures and the others in the cluster to make sure they're right for vn's?

Seeya on saturday!

[mischa]

Diff goes into the shop monday for LSD and 3.45's Also got a spare set of 3.45's now... may sell them...

Installed some auto headlights that i can adjust the amount of time tell they go off after i leave the car, might do a how to if anyones interested?

Trip computer is dead acurate, tested compared to pump and got 7.5L/100km last tank about 75% highway and 25% city. Also i did have it down to 6.4L/100km before i left the freeway

Also two new pics page 1 from last cruise.

[TVR-190]

diff goes into the shop monday for lsd and 3.45's also got a spare set of 3.45's now... May sell them...

Installed some auto headlights that i can adjust the amount of time tell they go off after i leave the car, might do a how to if anyones interested?

Trip computer is dead acurate, tested compared to pump and got 7.5l/100km last tank about 75% highway and 25% city. Also i did have it down to 6.4l/100km before i left the freeway

also two new pics page 1 from last cruise.

i want dif gears

[padrickz88]

I would be pretty interested in a how to?

[stockies]

Repaired the tail lights, dam Holden and not joining the earths properly. Like having tail lights that are not affected when I turn the headlights on .

Hey mate, how exactly did you fix this? I'm having the same problem with my lights at the moment.

...Also, very nice clean VN. Love it!

[mischa]

I would be pretty interested in a how to?

Already up, but wait tell saturday and ill be able to go over it again and add some more details in.

Hey mate, how exactly did you fix this? I'm having the same problem with my lights at the moment.

...Also, very nice clean VN. Love it!

Its not too hard to do, it involves pulling apart the globe holders and soldering the earths proberly, as there just pushed together and as a result make a high resistance joint.

I might do a how to on that to later this weekend or next if you want, im sure heaps of VN owners on here have the same problem.

[mischa]

Got the car back today, now with a LSD and 3.45 gears

All the bearings including wheel bearings where also done.

I can feel it take off a bit better already altho i got a 1500km run in and then get the oil changed cause the LSD got rebuilt, but then ill take it out on a run.

Before gears and LSD, first run i done turned out to be the best:

0-10 km/h: 0.67 sec
0-20 km/h: 1.36 sec
0-30 km/h: 2.02 sec
0-40 km/h: 2.61 sec
0-50 km/h: 3.28 sec
0-60 km/h: 4.36 sec
0-70 km/h: 5.03 sec
0-80 km/h: 5.86 sec
0-90 km/h: 6.73 sec
0-100 km/h: 8.23 sec
0-110 km/h: 9.51 sec
0-120 km/h: 11.09 sec
0-130 km/h: 12.51 sec
0-140 km/h: 14.19 sec
0-150 km/h: 15.95 sec

Elapsed Time

60': 2.96 sec @ 41.9 km/h
330': 7.17 sec @ 90.7 km/h
1/8 mi: 10.60 sec @ 116.7 km/h
1000': 13.54 sec @ 133.2 km/h
1/4 mi: 15.99 sec @ 148.4 km/h

Miscellaneous

Max Speed: 150.1 km/h
Max Acceleration: 0.50 G's
Peak Horsepower: 117 rwkW

Will have another run after the diff is run in.

[TVR-190]

Got the car back today, now with a LSD and 3.45 gears

All the bearings including wheel bearings where also done.

I can feel it take off a bit better already altho i got a 1500km run in and then get the oil changed cause the LSD got rebuilt, but then ill take it out on a run.

Before gears and LSD, first run i done turned out to be the best:

0-10 km/h: 0.67 sec
0-20 km/h: 1.36 sec
0-30 km/h: 2.02 sec
0-40 km/h: 2.61 sec
0-50 km/h: 3.28 sec
0-60 km/h: 4.36 sec
0-70 km/h: 5.03 sec
0-80 km/h: 5.86 sec
0-90 km/h: 6.73 sec
0-100 km/h: 8.23 sec
0-110 km/h: 9.51 sec
0-120 km/h: 11.09 sec
0-130 km/h: 12.51 sec
0-140 km/h: 14.19 sec
0-150 km/h: 15.95 sec

Elapsed Time

60': 2.96 sec @ 41.9 km/h
330': 7.17 sec @ 90.7 km/h
1/8 mi: 10.60 sec @ 116.7 km/h
1000': 13.54 sec @ 133.2 km/h
1/4 mi: 15.99 sec @ 148.4 km/h

Miscellaneous

Max Speed: 150.1 km/h
Max Acceleration: 0.50 G's
Peak Horsepower: 117 rwkW

Will have another run after the diff is run in.

your 0-100 is about par with my 0-60mph of 7.98, would of expected better from a lighter car thats manual

[W84N01]

I own an 1989 VN S pack with a T5 5spd manual, and i totally love it!! I installed a billet shifter in her aswell, shortened the gear shift, and she drives great.

Fully recommend you go the manual, also fully recommend you spend the cash on a billet shifter aswell.

It's fantastic and LOADS fof fun too

[mischa]

Well troy i did have dan me and 2 diffs in the car Also 0-62mph is the same as 0-100km, well out by like 0.3.

W84N01, yeah its already manual, I asume you have only read half of my ride or somthing Wouldnt mind a billit tho...

[Bz Kn33z]

I just did a Gtech run tonight without the charger and sticky remoulds and got a 6.7sec 0-60mph

[HoldenManDan]

Well troy i did have dan me and 2 diffs in the car Also 0-62mph is the same as 0-100km, well out by like 0.3.

No we took the diff gears out of the boot remember? We nearly forgot to put them back in the car next morning? But yeah i was in the car too, and out of the limited runs we got in, there was more to be had from an improved launch, which we didnt get down pat. Plus i dont believe your g tech troy

[rch-13z]

Yeah calling bullshit on your gtech lol

[TVR-190]

[HoldenManDan]

I've seen the pic but that could be off anything, I still call bullshit, carnt. Be true.

[rch-13z]

lol, just did this on the VT.... funny though, was sure I didn't have a G-tech.

[TVR-190]

I've seen the pic but that could be off anything, I still call bullshit, carnt. Be true.

its a screenshot from a video, ill see if its still on my camera and post the vid instead