5sp L67 vs ute

[MADDNE33]

Hey guys.
Here is the link to the first part of my build. There alot of useless stuff on there so I thought I would just start on a new thread with the conversion

5sp vs ute!! first car :D

Well anyway iv owned the ute about 2 and half years know and it was my first car. Always loved t since the day I seen it. One day when I was cruising around I over took a car and gave her abit of stick and suddenly heard a tinging sound. Pulled over and the car had siezed. A couple of weeks later I pulled the motor out and found I had blown a piston to bits. Anyway life goes on. Ute sat there for a while I decided what to do with it and after a bit a research I decided to drop a l67 in






The conversion went realy well no real dramas so far. The getrag 5sp is sounding shot noisy know so a t5 is on the cards. So happy with how she pulls know and you can't beat the whine to.




I don't have much access to a computer soni have to do most of it on my iPhone haha but i will get some more info and pics up abit later.

Cheers guys

[MADDNE33]

Took the ute down to woop ass lastnight and ran a best of 14.8 not bad for a stock motor I thought and the hot weather definitely didn't help. The gearbox isn't sounding to healthy know tho so I'm guessing that's on it's way out. Don't blame it, it's done just shy of 300,000km it will be replaced with a t5 out of my vr ute.

Future mods.
Whole car respray white again with a ss lip and sides skirts.
Boost upgrade
Mini spool and diff gears
Decent intake ( the open pod is not doing the motor any good in terms of cool

That's it for know until cash flow is abit better




Cheers

[MADDNE33]

Took the ute down to woop ass lastnight and ran a best of 14.8 not bad for a stock motor I thought and the hot weather definitely didn't help. The gearbox isn't sounding to healthy know tho so I'm guessing that's on it's way out. Don't blame it, it's done just shy of 300,000km it will be replaced with a t5 out of my vr ute.

Future mods.
Whole car respray white again with a ss lip and sides skirts.
Boost upgrade
Mini spool and diff gears
Decent intake ( the open pod is not doing the motor any good in terms of cool

That's it for know until cash flow is abit better




Cheers

[Trayner]

looking mint man , how much did it end up to put the l67 in and match it to the manual gearbox , thinking of doing this to mine when im off my p's . Did you do the conversion yourself ?

[MADDNE33]

Cheers mate

Paid 2300 for the complete motor and all the other little bits probably made it up to about 2700 including re mapping the ecu. Yes I done all the work myself. Had some help from my auto electrician mate with the wiring. This is my first conversion and everything went sweet so stoked with it even on stock boost

[ParkwayDrv]

####ing sick dude

[Trayner]

Cheers mate

Paid 2300 for the complete motor and all the other little bits probably made it up to about 2700 including re mapping the ecu. Yes I done all the work myself. Had some help from my auto electrician mate with the wiring. This is my first conversion and everything went sweet so stoked with it even on stock boost

thats sick as man , like i said thinking of going super 6 or raptor when im off my p's , just weighing up if i should go raptor (lazy way) and install it all by myself with out pulling engine out . and comes with a tune to suit and no wiring etc

Or l67 swap over where i would need to get like a mechanic to do it and such , with custom wiring , match engine to the t5 etc


hmmmmm

[Leathal11]

looks real nice mate wish i took the time to clean up my engine a little better, but i needed it in haha as i didnt have a car

how have you gone about registering it? also what did it make at the wheels? not sure if you said or not lol

[MADDNE33]

Honestly go the l67. So much more room to improve over the raptor IMO. They are built for boost and from what I've read and seen they are bloody strong motors. Just stock I've pulled a few ss up to about 110. I am a floor and wall tiler apprentice and this is my first car. I've never done anything like this before and I done all the work my self with pretty much researching on this site give it a go man so much cheaper then the raptor and it's not very hard at all with the wiring and ecu re mapping.

Lethal: I haven't had it on the dyno yet only had my ecu re mapped.

[MADDNE33]

Also haven't even thought about registering it yet. Realy should get into it. Does anyone no how to go about this?

[Leathal11]

ah k cant wait to see what it makes?

yeah i cant register mine as a super 6 i dont think as the super 6 never came out in the utes. as i know one guy here in adelaide got his ute defected for having l67

[Trayner]

Also haven't even thought about registering it yet. Realy should get into it. Does anyone no how to go about this?

Always wondered about that fact since utes never came with the l67

[MADDNE33]

Well I heard that all you need to do is change the engine numbers over? Because you can put a blower onto a standard ecotec.

Anyways getting some cash over the weekend so I'll be lookig at a new pulley and a mini spool
What should I go? 10,11,12psi heard 10psi is the best un cooled

[Dan VS 231]

10psi aka 87mm aka 3.4inches is the smallest pulley youll want to go with an uncooled, non cammed car for the time being. Im pretty sure Ive seen this build on L67Torque.com • Index page but if not Id recommend signing up there and there will be about everything you'll ever want to know or someone that will know the answer.

[MADDNE33]

Ok thanks mate yeh I'm a member of that site but it's alot harder to search on there and I've been on this site alot longer got some funds together so I'm looking for a pulley upgrade a d a mini spool at the moment.

[MADDNE33]

well the vs was running abit hot. was pretty much sitting just over half most the time.

so i got her a little present




still have to bleed the sytem but ill do that tommorow. looking to be 42 degrees tommorow so it will be a good test for the new radiator

also im loosing my liscense again so im gonna crack down and save hard to get my list complete

[Haydz]

nice looking new radiator man. ive seen you can get the silicone hoses. for your radiator off of ebay. i reckon they would look sick!

keep up the good work.

[MADDNE33]

well no real update guys. i have broken my hand and cant work so evierything has come to a hault for know till im back at work, spewin i had saved some cash for a new gearbox and intake but will have to use this till im back at work.

Anyways, today i re done my head linning. the old stuff was sagging pretty bad. It came out quiet well considering my right hand is in a cast lol

here some pics:







went with something different with the white. Also gave it a coat of scotch gaurd top help keep it looking fresh brought an extra metre and a half so ill probly end up doing the door cards to.

[Trayner]

Looking good mate , mines like the same white material as yours too lol!

[Drawnnite]

looks nice.

was it hard to get the liner out from the car?
been thinking of doing this as its currently dirty.
and may have some spare time up the sleeves soon.

[tim005]

Soooooo much awesome. I love it mate...
She must pull hard as!

[MADDNE33]

Not as hard as they say it is in the how to. Being a ute i think it makes it easie but i done it with pretty much 1 hand and it only took me about 10mins.

Yes definitly pulls alot harder know been putting a few of my mates japcars to the test. Definitly needs a locked diff. Cant give it shit in first and most of second without the one wheel lighting up. Always good to see the look on people face when they hear the whine. Cant wait for more money and more power

[Tom_1569]

School me on replacing the Ecotech with the L67.

Do you need the L67 wiring loom, or does the factory loom work with remapping the ECU, or do you have to swap the loom out as well?

Everything else the same, such as engine mounts, bolt on (alt, air con etc), same radiator?

Definitly something I want to look in doing to my ute, since the motor has got 325k on it now.

Also what sort of fuel consumption do you get, much worse then the ecotech?

[MADDNE33]

School me on replacing the Ecotech with the L67.

Do you need the L67 wiring loom, or does the factory loom work with remapping the ECU, or do you have to swap the loom out as well?

Everything else the same, such as engine mounts, bolt on (alt, air con etc), same radiator?

Definitly something I want to look in doing to my ute, since the motor has got 325k on it now.

Also what sort of fuel consumption do you get, much worse then the ecotech?

The conversion was very easy. I used my existing ecotec loom and extended some wires on the left side and a couple on the right side. If your going auto its probly best to source a l67 ecu and plug the ecotec loom straight into that. If going manual then get your current ecu re mapped to suit manual+L67. No need to source a l67 loom

All bolt ons are the same except plugs are colder and leads are slightly longer. Im running a dual core alloy radiator but the standard one will do the job fine. It is pretty heavy on fuel im only just getting 400km to a tank with a mix of city and freeway driving. Ive heard of alot of people getting 500+ with theres so id say mines not running the best. Its been running abit hot laterly with these 40c+ days so maybe thats got something to do with it aslo the exposed pod wont be h elping at all. Definitly look into doing the conversion it was worth every cent and love the compliments when i open the boonet.

Any other questions dont be afraid to ask

[MADDNE33]

As i said before these hot summer days are realy making it hard for the l67. The temp gauge would go up to 3/4 and the thermo fan wouldnt even come on. I think maybe when i was mixing the coolant i mixed it abit weak or didnt get all the air out.

Today i put the fan into a switch, Went straight off the battery with a fuse between the switch and battery. I done it this way so say its a hot day and i run into the shops i can leave the thermo running with my car locked to help it cool down. The top switch is for the footwell neaons