My VSII Manual S Pack

[s-pack_a_punch]

Hey guys.

New to JC, as I just bought my first Commodore a week and a half ago.
It's my baby, my project, my hobby, my stress relief.

I got it off a mate of a mate, and thought I scored pretty well...

It's a 1996 VSII S Pack with:
- 129,00kms - now 136,000kms
- A 5sp manual from a VSIII Ute (Although the cruise is still auto, so I have to remember to be in 5th before I hit it...)
- Paid $5,000
- Roadworthy only cost me $600 and the guy I bought it off gave me half that back
- Makes about 580km/Tank on Freeway (Figure just under 100km/10L)
- VGC - Only a few small scratches
- Rear has been debadged (looks better)

I have so far:
- installed a JVC head unit (missus' choice)
- Installed a pod filter
- Detailed the car

Future mods:
- CAI (with pod)
- 2.5" Straight through exhaust
- Extractors
- Higher ratio rockers (thinking 1.9:1)
- Reduce diff ratio
- (Possibly) CF supercharger with intercooler
- 17"/18" Mags

It's gonna take a while and a pocketful, but hopefully it turns out ok.

Will post some pics up when I take some.

Would love some feedback/ideas on whats good and not.

[matt089]

sounds alrite mate just need the pics
im not expert but i have been told by a few people that a 3" exhaust on a v6 is a bit of an overkill with backpressure but meh

[s-pack_a_punch]

sounds alrite mate just need the pics
im not expert but i have been told by a few people that a 3" exhaust on a v6 is a bit of an overkill with backpressure but meh

Yea you're right. Been told by a couple of my mates. But if I supercharge it, I think a 3" would be suffice. For now though i think I'll go a 2 3/4" just to keep the backpressure.

Cheers

[sweefu]

hey mate, a 2.5inch on an ecotec sounds great, especially if you delete the resinator, my mate had three inch on his ecotec and it wasnt very nice, but each to their own. Good on you for hunting down the manual

[s-pack_a_punch]

Oh NO!!!

My clutch is buggered! Dumped it one too many times I guess... It's gonna cost me a bit to fix.
God damn Getrag gearboxs. $$$$$ Up for $1500+ fitted if I have to replace the flywheel. There's a big hole outta my mod money.
Why can't I have a Borg!?!?!

[s-pack_a_punch]

I can't believe it...

I had my car off the road to rebuild the engine, took a while so missus' car was the daily mover.
Kept payin my rego when it was due, then forgot that I only paid a 6 month rego!
I moved to melb, then when I called up vicroads to pay rego again they said I was 4 days over the limit... NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

I took it for a roadworthy and they gave me like a list of 25 things to fix!!
i'm so bummed... it's gonna cost me so much time and dosh$$ thankgod i've a gregory's.

I'll keep you posted on what ive done so far... also any hints tips and tricks you can give me would go along way to getting a beautiful car back on the streets

List from Roadworthy:-

- R/H number plate light not working ✓
- L/H tail light cracked and boot garnish light not working ✓
- L/H boot garnish reverse light cracked ✓
- Roof lining sagged ✓
- Rear reflectors faded white, not red ✓
- Steering wheel padding loose ✓
- Boot lid struts ✓
- Exhaust mounts ✓
- Muffler holes ✓
- Poddy not legal ✓
- Power steering rack leak ✓
- Power steering pump leak ✓
- 1 Tail shaft bolt missing ✓
- Brake disc rotors ✓
- Fly wheel cover missing ✓ (jeez these are hard to find)
- Clutch hose not secured ✓
- Brake master cylinder leaking (No it's not, YOU just didn't put the reservoir seal in when you checked the levels.... call yourself a mechanic!!!) ✓
- Link pin bushes (F&R) ✓
- Windscreen has light scratches from wiper blades dislodging ✓
- Engine mounts collapsed ✓
- Centre bearing worn ✓
- High pressure steering hose may be leaking?? na its not ✓
- 4 new tyres ✓
- Rubber donut (1st uni joint) starting to wear ✓
- Engine needs clean ✓

..... phew. wow thats a big list.

...as I said any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm doing most of the work myself.

Wish me luck!

[Excale]

Bummer on the roadworthy, seems like they picked you up on mostly every little thing, maybe get another quote some where else? Good luck, need some pics!

[VL_5SPEED]

Deffo take it somewhere else thats a joke. Scratches on tge windscreen

[Krilnik]

Roof lining sagging? Boot lid struts?? High pressure steering hose may be leaking??? Well is it leaking or not????

Cmon! What a bullshit list!!

The cops mustve been having a REALLY bad day when they pulled you over....

[HamaTime™]

Is this a post of your car, or just a general statement regarding the Road worthy state of it?

[s-pack_a_punch]

Is this a post of your car, or just a general statement regarding the Road worthy state of it?

Yea this is a thread on my car... and all the things that happen with it, including (to my dissappointment) roadworthy status...

[s-pack_a_punch]

Bummer on the roadworthy, seems like they picked you up on mostly every little thing, maybe get another quote some where else? Good luck, need some pics!

You reckon I should get a roadworthy somewhere else? Do you know anyone who may "not notice" the small stuff that doesnt matter?

[s-pack_a_punch]

I know i'm a lazy bastard, but I finally took some pics of my baby.... she's such a poser lol... anyways, here we go.

By the way, the P- Plate belongs to my missus.

[HamaTime™]

Don't think it would pass with an open POD in the engine bay.

bit of TLC and cleaning up and she'll be right.

[dylanstone]

yeh mate nice car, shes in desperate need of some TLC for sure though

[VS dream]

definitely take it somewhere else for the roadworthy thats total BS!
people try and charge anything thesedays and just rip people off and most arent mechanically savvy so they just got right ahead and pay $1000 for a $200 fix

[s-pack_a_punch]

can anyone recommend a roadworthy guy near eastern suburbs of Melb that wont be so harsh?

[s-pack_a_punch]

definitely take it somewhere else for the roadworthy thats total BS!
people try and charge anything thesedays and just rip people off and most arent mechanically savvy so they just got right ahead and pay $1000 for a $200 fix

They said I'd be lucky to get any change from $3,000 to get it there... i didnt understand as it was roadworthied last year.

[s-pack_a_punch]

i just overhauled my power steering rack...

NOTE TO ALL: Pay the extra $100 for a reco rack as DIY with power steering is a B*TCH!

P.S. My landlord's gonna kill me for the p/s oil stain on the driveway.

[s-pack_a_punch]

$20 quick fix for scratches in windscreen...

At first i tried to cut and polish the scratches out, but it didnt work too well... dont get me wrong, it did remove the scratches but it took forever.
I then was reccommended by a mate to use toothpaste?!?! It worked... alot better than the cut and polish.
I then got in contact with a few glaziers and they pointed me in the way of Cerium Oxide (aka Opticians Rouge)... WOW what a miracle worker!!! NOT A SCRATCH!
this stuff is amazing and I reccommend it to all people who have annoying light scratches on the windscreen (although if you can feel the scratch when you rub your hand along it, it probably needs to be ground down first).

[s-pack_a_punch]

while taking off my link pins to replace the bushes, I somehow managed to stuff up the thread on the pin.... BUGGER!

oh well... down to centre road to get another one I guess.

[s-pack_a_punch]

yay! fitted the rear links with nolathane bushes (they didn't have any rubber ones at pedders) and the steering already feels so much better... sticks to the road goin 65kph through roundabouts really happy... just got the fromts to do now.

[s-pack_a_punch]

fronts done. exhaust welded. i'm almost there!

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all lights fixed!

[elmaso]

now you've fixed it all, time to have some fun in it mate, lol nice ride