Sam's VN Lexxxcen LS1 T56

[greenfoam]

But did you know if your car was optioned with the high mount brake light you were only supposed to have two rears working ? pretty sure that's how it was

[wrx884]

But did you know if your car was optioned with the high mount brake light you were only supposed to have two rears working ? pretty sure that's how it was

i actually wondered bout this i seen a couple VPs with both brake and tail lights (all 4) workin i always thought it was a mod they did 2 the looms 2 get it like that looks better i rekon

[greenfoam]

Yeah mines like that because the road worth man wanted to know why mine didnt all work So I wired it up to make him happy. Now I have 4 brake lights + a high mount + the spolier brake light = lotsa lights

[1991_Vn2nV]

Yeah mines like that because the road worth man wanted to know why mine didnt all work So I wired it up to make him happy. Now I have 4 brake lights + a high mount + the spolier brake light = lotsa lights

I thought the high mount light legally had to be disconnected if the car was fitted with a spoiler brake light?

Sam, perhaps the globe sockets are a little rusted. I have the 4 tail lights and 5 brake lights also and I used to have to jiggle one of my globes to get it to work sometimes but it turned out the socket/terminals had partly rusted. WD40 helped it a bit but i just ended up putting a new globe socket on and haven't had any issues since.

[savage1987]

But did you know if your car was optioned with the high mount brake light you were only supposed to have two rears working ? pretty sure that's how it was

I don't think mine was originally optioned with the high-mount brake light... I think I remember Dad getting it put in when I was young and he owned the car.. I like it like this though, every VN/VP I ever own will be wired up like this

I thought the high mount light legally had to be disconnected if the car was fitted with a spoiler brake light?

Sam, perhaps the globe sockets are a little rusted. I have the 4 tail lights and 5 brake lights also and I used to have to jiggle one of my globes to get it to work sometimes but it turned out the socket/terminals had partly rusted. WD40 helped it a bit but i just ended up putting a new globe socket on and haven't had any issues since.

My globe sockets sure are a little rusted I'll pick up some new bits and pieces one day if I can't be bothered finding a way of soldering them

Sam

[savage1987]

The bodykit is up for sale, $1000 ono with all offers considered. I've decided on a change of face.

My VR BT1 is for sale as well.

For those in Perth, this Saturday night (May 31st) there is a cruise from Midland to Fremantle. We're looking set to have quite a lot of cars show up and it should be a great night. Some quality Commodores will be on show, but by no means is it a Commodore- or even Holden-specific event. Performance and modified street cars are the name of the game, if you have one then feel free to come and see what we're about, even bring your mates and their cars for the night. It promises to be a great turnout, with numbers fast climbing as the date approaches. For more information, here's the link: http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...-may-08-a.html

Sam

[savage1987]

Memcal is in the mail to greenfoam, hopefully in 3 weeks when I'm back in Australia again it'll be a bit better on fuel

Also have another VP Calais parcel shelf in the shed, instead of chopping holes in this one for the 6x9s I'll be using the factory VP rear speaker locations for some Alpine 6" coaxials and leaving the factory speaker grilles in the shelf. I think it'll look a lot better that way.

[savage1987]

New parcel shelf is in! 6" Alpine coaxials now sit neatly under the factory grilles. Did a bit of rust treatment while I was there too. Parcel shelf is up to scratch finally!









Also here's a pic of the roof before the rust treatment, it was a nasty surprise when I dropped the lining a few months ago and got a lot worse over the last 3 weeks of just sitting in the rain all damp from the boot leak... I'll give that the proper treatment tomorrow and post up a pic or 2 of the finished product. That silver part at the top of the pic is where I've already treated.



Sam

[greenfoam]

Wow that's a fail holden unpainted roof. Are they all like that?. In a positive light, your car is lighter now

[savage1987]

haha yeah true that, hang on a tic I'll fix my links up so it's not the same picture 5 times... don't know how that happened... lol

that top bit in the roof pic that looks silver is the bit I tested the rust converter on. It works brilliantly. I'll paint the whole roof in it tomorrow, let it do its thing and then spray some white over the top. Blanket time!! lol I'll lay down a couple to stop fallout on the interior and windows I think...

Yes the car's lighter, but only until I can put it all together again I like a complete interior, or a stripped out race one done properly, nothing in between.
Sam

[greenfoam]

Hannnng on a second, why is there no body deadner on the parcel shelf? must be a VP onwards trick. I ment you car will be lighter thanks the the rust

[savage1987]

haha yeah true
no idea about body deadener but doesn't bother me It could have been removed before, we had rust done there once a few years ago... can't imagine that though, there'd be traces of it surely.

Sam

[wrx884]

lookin good sam how have u gone finding a calais ne luck yet?

[savage1987]

Nup. Not really looking that hard yet to be honest, just taking it slow for now.

[Bz Kn33z]

There is no deader on VNs back parcel shelf and there is no foam underlay crap under the back seat either, but the 2-3mm think deadner that comes out with a chissel lol, no deadner in the boot either.

[savage1987]

VN for the win!! No wonder they're awesome

[savage1987]

Well the rain's been putting off work so here's what we have so far...

Before


After sanding and rust treatment


Freshly painted and ready for sealant

[Nevyn]

bellmouth, The reason they were designed in the first place was to stop 2 of the cylinders from leaning out and another 2 from running rich ...

Sam

I always thought the reason they put the bellmouth in the S2 engines was to cut power because people were complaining they would spin the wheels when taking off

[Bz Kn33z]

Also correct, some old people complaining about spinning out around round abouts in the wet or taking off at the lights lol, but Savage is also correct, its put in there to stop rear cylinders from leaning out, cause the air goes straight into the manifold at high revs and straigh into the rear cylinders, so they put it in there so also help idle and not make it so round on idle.

[greenfoam]

It's not there to cut power at all, only to help the air to to all cylinders at idle. On my old VN I cut the manifold out around the flange a bit to try and get more ait into the first two cylinders at full throttle

[savage1987]

haha that would have been a fair bit of work hey, was it worth it?? Or just one of those things you don't know but you think it worked

Sam

[Bz Kn33z]

I dont know if i read it on redbook but, the VN S1 came out with a lil bit more N/M and low end torque and old people complained about wheel spin at the lights, such and such.

[savage1987]

Yep but this car's just a cruiser with almost 500,000km now so I'm not worried in the slightest about losing some tiny bit of power or torque. Engine's running better, that's all that matters.

Sam

[savage1987]

A few little things I'll be doing in the near future:

cruise control
bonnet struts
power windows
maybe extractors if I can find some cheap second hand

[savage1987]

I plugged in a memcal from greenfoam today that's made a pretty good difference to the feel.. hopefully it'll improve my fuel economy, as that's all I got it for.

Also, disregard the list above, I'm seriously considering just buying a VP Calais and moving all the good stuff (suspension etc) over to that car. A VP Calais seems to be a better place to start than a Lexcen

Sam