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Hi all Currently almost finished a manual conversion on my wm v6 statesman and I’m still running into issues. I have all the gear and everything in and I got my ecu dash and abs module programmed to suit and the prick still won’t run!! I’m getting these lights Brake (0) Contact dealer Service...

Hey mate ended up selling the car. Ended up being extremely bad when put under load at a low rpm and turned out to be the torque converter Happy new year :)

It had the original in it previously and now it's got a stage 1 kitted vy box with 80,000km

Hi all. I have a cammed vt calais ecotec 1999 that runs inconsistently all the time. What i mean by this is that sometimes it feels quick and sometimes its just gutless. A while ago it could do standstill skids before the cam, and then randomly it just wouldn't for a long time and just have no...

Seems like you and your wife have a good taste in cars It's not an issue that really needs to be fixed its just something I was curious about Thank you for the information though, maybe it was just a surge of fluid because it was a quick turn and that's why the steering went super hard instead...

I understand it's related to the cars speed not the "wheel spin speed" but I thought the speed the car thinks your going is determined by your rear wheels. That's my question, did the power steering stiffen up because the car thought it was doing 80km/h or is my idea false. Feel free to correct...

Hi all, kinda had a bit of a scare today, story was I was coming out of a woolies car park and it was absolutely pissing down with rain and I couldn't see ****, I was waiting for a safe time to exit and the prick behind me kept beeping his horn at me trying to make me go, long story short I gave...

Hey mate, unfortunately with my living arrangements (I'm 16) I'm at my father's house right now but on Friday I go back to where my car is located, if we could arrange a phone call that would be so greatly appreciated :D If they work I'll stick with them but if they dont I may sell them so stay...

Hey mate, just seen this. It is a mace engineering kit 1.98:1 ultra high ratio rockers. People keep talking about preload but I've rang mace and ive got the installation instructions and its still not right! Ready to pull them out and put the stock ones back in and sell them and buy a cam :*(...

Thanks trevor, I'll give it a go this weekend

Hey mate, thanks for your replies. I can almost guarantee the motor hasn't been decked or the heads have been shaved as it's a stock 3.8 from a vt calais with only 190.000ks on it. What I'm confused about is the car runs smooth like dead smooth, you cant even feel it running but it just doesn't...

Would having the wrong amount of preload cause it to not be making the right amount of power? It feels really sluggish

Hey mate, thanks for your reply :-) Yeah I torqued them all down when the other valve was fully opened and beginning to close, my sequence was turn the motor over with a breaker bar until one of the rockers was starting to close (let's say exhaust) and then torque down the intake side and...

Well, it's running properly as I've mentioned before but now its making a knocking/ticking noise... (SIGH) is it possible that from all my adjustments I've screwed one of the lifters up, or even from it running back that flywheels has been shaken loose? When I put the motor in I didn't really...

After a month of it not running I'll do my best Thanks for your help bro :)

Thanks for your responses guys, played around with the car again today and just ended up adjusting them by ear until it ran well, discovered that if I tighten them individually it will run crap for a couple seconds because the lifters are full of oil and then they will compress and it will run...

Hi all, so it's been a while and I've purchased a torque wrench and now the car is running, just wobbles on idles and until 2500. The torque wrench is in newton meters for TRUCK sake but I can do the conversion. I think I've over tightened some because it's still not running well but the car is...

They are roller rockers, they are over $500 rrp and have been proven to work it's just I wasn't aware of the process to make them work which is why I'm having issues. The website said a 2 hour installation but no instructions. They are practically brand new they just didn't work with the guys...

I only got them because it was the cheapest modification I could do to get some more hp... brand new they are $500 and when i got them they were only $215

I do not have a torque wrench... I wish I knew what I was getting into before I did this job (face palm)

Yeah. Sigh. I've tried all afternoon. Can someone please tell me what shimming is and pre load? Anyone on the gold coast who can do it for me? I'll give you $100

Hi trevor, got the car running just now and was wondering how to adjust the lifters, if I adjust them to where the car runs smooth the bolts are super loose, if I tighten them too far it runs like crap... what should I do. I also adjust them while the motor is running

Hey mate, you were spot on. Even when the camshaft was supposed to be in the fully closed position the longer push rods were keeping it open, I pulled them out and put the stock ones and and made sure not to over tighten the rocker arms. Filled them full of lock tight so they wouldn't move...

Ecotec v6 Hi all, sorry for posting again but I couldn't find a direct answer so here I am... again :-( So anyway I purchased some 1.98:1 ratio rockers off gumtree that were second hand and they came with some push rods which I believe were a little longer than stock, I think they were comp cam...

I did not as I read installation things before and they said just do it tight but not too tight. You think the valves are staying slightly open and that's why its backfiring? Sounds like it has compression though. Maybe I stuffed one side up with the rocker plate

Hey mate, I've been looking into it all night, ecu and bcm aren't blown as I got one from a series 2 calais with the key and it still does the same thing. Runs for a second then dies. Forgot to mention I installed some high ratio rockers and lifters at the same time so maybe that could be the...

Yeah I disconnected the battery for 15 minutes as this is the reset time I believe, no change still only fired for a second then backfired. It's getting heaps of fuel just no spark

Hey mate, I pulled the throttle body apart and it absolutely stinks of fuel. I'm only getting spark for the 1st second of turning it over so I believe I have triggered the imoboliser as this is the symptoms. The exhaust is full of fuel you can smell it there aswell especially when you let it sit...

I have to tighten the negative and positive down before I tighten the clamp because the body is in the way

Well unfortunately I've for bigger problems on my table... today I installed some roller rockers and when tightening the batter back up I shorted out the positive terminal on the batter tie down point. Didn't think much of it because I have done this exact thing before (stupid me) but now...

Thanks bro, I'll look into it but I think it's only for older transmissions

As mentioned I'm not worried about issues as the transmission has done its fair share of kilometers and I've got a new one to go in. It will be quite good to either see it work perfectly fine or go out with a bang

Hi there, could you please send a link to this? Regards

Hi there, I've looked into these shift kits and unfortunately the stage 1 kits include a overdrive or 4th gear lockout. I kinda like 4th gear not that I use it often but I drive my car to the track so its helpful for cruising

Hi all, I was talking to a transmission specialist today and we were talking about shift kits for the 4l60e and he mentioned that you can adjust your force motor screw around 1/4 of a turn and it will raise line pressure and improve shifting. Well anyway I've got another transmission sitting...

Hi all, putting this post up for my mum as I'm trying to do my best to not have her spend money at a mechanic. So story goes like this Mums car (2014 Holden evoke sports wagon) has a 3.0 v6 so basically a lfx or an alloytec, about 10 months ago mums car developed a slight missfire at around...

Hey mate, just wondering if we could organize to message via Facebook or something along those lines about your alloytec swap? I just want a few pointers as I'm looking at doing this in the near future

Did you figure it out? I'm doing a top swap on my ecotec soon and need some opinions from a person who has done it before

Hi all me again if someone could move this post to the right spot that would be awesome as I've got no idea. As some of you may know I've recently put a new ecotec into my Calais. Shes a beauty with only 193.000 on it and it runs great. I've been throwing around the idea of putting a l67 top end...

Yeah definitely a good idea, make sure you dont round it out because there isn't a chance a vice grip will be able to grip onto it. Trust me I tried