Ricky's Alpine White VN YAYYYYY!

[padrickz88]

Well here it is people, the new vn… Its pretty damn dirty but hopefully soon i can make it look good enough
As some of you would know I stopped driving my old one because of a dodgy repair before I owned it so i brought this one…
Gave it a quick clean and vacum..
SOOOOOO here is the new vn

Model:
91 VN Commodore. Limited edition (an exec pretty much)

Colour:
Alpine white, WINNNNNNNN!

Engine Type:
245,000 3.8 V6… Lets see what these series 2’s are like…

Engine Mods:
-Foamy Tune
-Extractors
-Highflow cat
-2.5" Exhaust

Transmission:
-Reco Auto
-Corvette Servo
-Trans cooler (400x180x25)

Diff
-Minispool (thanks kniever)
-3.9 gears (out of auto skyline)

Suspension
-Kings Superlows front and rear (used to be ultra's in the rear)
-Pedders comfort shockers Front and Rear (apparently shortened, but they're shit lol)
-Adjustable panhard rod
-Nolathane Strut brace

Wheels/Tyres:
-Ceptors =]
-225/60/15 Highway max's

Stereo:
-Alpine 9884e
-6.5" Tyre R splits
-Response 6” kevlar's
-JL Audio 4x75wrms amp (E4300)
-Cadence Z7000 Mono
-Kicker L7 12"
-2x Kicker 4guage wiring kits.

Interior:
-VR Steering wheel (threw it in tonight, screw using the bus wheel)
-VN Calais seats
-VS Calais door pods
-VN Calais seats

Other mods:
-Gas, YEP! The cheap arse has decided since it came with it, I’ll use it beats paying heaps for a full tank
-Removed badges
-Calais Garnish and lights
-Removed LE sticker's....
-Paint the tank
-Letterbox grille

Build Period:
Last week until now, YAY!

Stuff I have from the old vn to go in
-Twin 3" tip (think its 3?)...
-Level 3 Cluster (I'll put it in when I get a speedo corrector)

Future Mods:
-Paint front bumper
-New rear shockers...... stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuufffed


So here is a pic of before i washed it, will get a better one soon

[MiSs MeOw]

hope all goes well with the transfer over ricki, this one is nice and straight

[padrickz88]

thankssss maree, yeah im hoping i can get all this shit in asap, feels weird not driving a low car (well the ass end) because im not used to a comfortable ride lmao......

and the diff + system, omg..... soon soon! cant stand driving without them lol

[VNexecutive]

hey man. woo for white vn's! haha looks nice and straight

what sorta gas system does it have? and does it run well on it? your theory on gas is the same as mine haha

[Renno]

Nice VN there mate!

I say keep the LE badges, got a mate with a mint one and the stock LE's slammed on some rims looks TUUFFFFF!!!!!

[padrickz88]

VNexec: yeah man its "ok" body wise but alot better then my old vn and i have noooo idea what type of gas system it is but ill post up some pics when i eventually get to clean up the engine bay

Renno: nah mate getting rid of them, there not on the guard/door on the other side and the boot so i either have to buy new one's OR get rid of them, ill take the cheap way baha

Here's a pic i took today... it has potential but atm its not exactly what i would class as sexy

[VNexecutive]

lol alright man. gas isnt really respected by many on this forum ey haha. had any bbq comments yet? lmao

and damm right it has potential! i think black bumpers.

[padrickz88]

Yeah people hate gas but meh! i dont care if i loose a little power, i dont need that power when im driving around like a normal person and besides, double the amount of km's for the same price? id be insane not to use it hahaha...

lmao nah no bbq comments, my old car had lpg and if anyone said anything i just told them to suck a **** lmao, that usually worked AND i dont know what colour im going to paint the bumpers, i thinking black but i always wanted a full white vn slapped on calais rims..... dont know if im going to do it or not....

hard choice's lol

[VN_Luke]

AND i dont know what colour im going to paint the bumpers, i thinking black but i always wanted a full white vn slapped on calais rims..... dont know if im going to do it or not....

hard choice's lol

black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black black



....how else are you going to hide all that rubber spray?

[VNexecutive]

good point. it would look nice all white on calais rims. well the photoshop in my head said so anyways.
oh and i think even dual fuel systems are decent. im getting a vapour injection system on my car. my gf's dad (mechanic) has the setup on his ls1 and is making the same reasonable power on petrol as gas. so its more power, cheaper. haha.

[VN_Luke]

good point. it would look nice all white on calais rims. well the photoshop in my head said so anyways.
oh and i think even dual fuel systems are decent. im getting a vapour injection system on my car. my gf's dad (mechanic) has the setup on his ls1 and is making the same reasonable power on petrol as gas. so its more power, cheaper. haha.

I reckon with the right tuning, there's no reason you shouldn't be making MORE power on LPG with a vapour setup, than on pump gas!

it's got a higher octane rating and would take a fair bit more timing I reckon!

[VNexecutive]

yeah, probably why straight gas is a better setup than dual fuel? wonder if foamy could do gas favoured tunes.. haha

[padrickz88]

LMAO @ rubber spray. how the hell am i going to hide the bald tyre's but? bahaha
its a hard one
and yeah straight is better then dual..... AND the foam master can do gas tunes, if i remember right he done one for levymetal with his old vn?

ill decide soon on what colour bumpers im going to do but i might change over to calais rims for a bit atm (the rear interceptors look alright but the fronts look like shit and need a respray lol)

[Bz Kn33z]

looks good mate, slam it clean pain up and dark tinted windows with black bumpers and rims or silver chasers will look tough as nails, letter box grill would look good, LE stickers have to go

[kniever]

well done ricky, been waiting to see this thing, its nice and clean and straight man, well done

just hurry up and get the spool and everything in

[padrickz88]

thanks boys

hahaha ben, might be going in this weekend along with my exhaust and suspension.... WIN!

so weird driving a car that isn't low and spooled :S

ASLO put in a reco steering rack to pass a rwc, so thats one less thing to replace

[MAC-VN]

nice and clean
frist thing is bumpers go black black black
its ur style ah
second put a pic of ut calais wheels up cos i hear about them but i dnt no wat ones u tlking about or wat they look like ah cheers brudda

[padrickz88]

haha believe it or not, i love black bumpers.... but im going white (old man has the paint and im unemployed atm so have to take what i can lol)

and have you seen a picture of my old vn? the cream one? they are vn calais rims hazza-vn has a picture of pretty much how i expect the car to look

[greenfoam]

Awesome, leave the side strips on it'll look rubbish without them. I like it just the way it is. Only proper execs have the right to run unpainted bumpers and a black sill panel

[padrickz88]

thanks jason yeah, think im going to leave the side strip on..... took off paint when i took it off the cream vn

[padrickz88]

UPDATEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

big weekend for changing shit......
the car now has
-Another tailshaft
-New Exhaust (2 mufflers, getting the middle one taken out when ruddy's money comes in )
-spooled and geared diff is in
-Ultra's in the arse with my shortened shockers (shockers are close to stuffed, so some new one's aswell when i can afford them)
OH! and the foam tune......

Car goes fantastic, i missed the gears and spool more then anything hahaha

found out my uni's were dead (well close) so i changed my whole tailshaft because i had one there

I'll upload pics later when i take some


EDIT: also put the calais rims on looks good....

[kniever]

pics pics pics man, c'mon you know you want to

[padrickz88]

just because you demanded so nicely (crappy pic but you get the idea)


i also put an adjustable panhard rod in aswell cost me like $88 or something brand new so meh!

hopefully tomorrow the ugly LE sticker's are coming off

[MikesCalais]

Lookin good ricky!!
just admit it, the only reason you switched is so you could say you have a limited edition... hahah jus kiddin!!
I'm liking what im seein at the moment! I reckon keep the bumpers white, but either way would look good anyway
have you put the calais seats in yet? Coz then you can say its got 'calais blood' and as everyone knows, Calais drivers are just awesome awesome people

[padrickz88]

LMAO @ MIKE!

no calais seats yet interior and system is this week i hope, when the outside looks acceptable

and everyone knows calais drivers are lazy mofo's.... the guys with calais options in exec's are the winnars! (bored)

and thanks for the words man