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  1. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Who can sell me some part: I took the car out of storage last week where it was like sitting for 5 months......It had 2 near flat tires and wenn i fired it up i had a big petrol smell from under the engine bay and i found the leak in no time it was a fuel injector leaking between rails and...
  2. Gse

    5L fuel economy

    If u keep it between 1300-2000rmp and the engine is doing nothing then spin around without making power its really not that bad........i am sure i can get it to 11/12l per 100 if i have long country roads where i can do 80km/h in 4th gear with lock-up (as thats the limit for country roads/none...
  3. Gse

    5L fuel economy

    I know its a old treath over 12 years since last post............... I got 280km out of 38litres and i drove it mild meaning mainly mostly town driving (here in the Netherlands),the car has had a memcal tune no cats twin 2,5inch exhaust and .345 diff. Its pretty bad as its 13.6 litre per...
  4. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Right now since mid end januari in the middle of winter here in the Netherlands i use the 304 Monza as daily cause my other daily is broken and i am using it for like 3 months +- now as daily and a few small issues popped up..............Oil leak from dizzy.........Very minimal and dont leak on...
  5. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    I all ready have a spare ignition module and dizzy cap and i brought a gates waterpump today with cast impeller so i keep that GMB one as spare as i dont like the cheap stamped impellor. What brand of lifter can people advice me as i dont like cheap chinese lifter that wear out quick cause the...
  6. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    I have a small problem the car runs fine no issues just i have a leaking waterpump,meaning there is coolant under the ballancer and the bottom of the waterpump is wet,so i orderd one from GMB and it arrived last week but its one with a stamped impellor,shut i put it on or shut i better order a...
  7. Gse

    VS 5.0 water pump difference?

    On my VR 304 engine is a GMB pump saying GMB japan on the lower water house connection. I had thermostat that would leak and not seal well and it took forever to get the engine hot so last week i swapped the thermostat for one from a Vauxhall Opel Holden Vectra C with a Z22SE or Z22XE engine if...
  8. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    All things get to a end including this conversion meaning last monday i dropped the car off at the body shop that does wheel agliments as well and i picked it up on thuesday afternoon and ever since then i use it as my daily for 2 3 days meaning i love it,compared to a original Opel Monza with 3...
  9. Gse

    VH Opel/Commodore Coupe

    https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/opel-rekord-coupe-2-0-s-e1-1980/1970442643-216-7956 Thats the only car i can find that has a shell thats close to ure Commodore VB-VC-VH shells just the front is diffent this engine bay is made for 4 cyl these 4 cyl cars are called Opel Rekord E and...
  10. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Yeah i will spray penetrating oil on them. (Thanks for the tip)
  11. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    I will try to get some pics as soon as possible,but my gaskets between head and block are brittle (the pieces that stick out) and i took the compressor hose and blew all crap away between heads and intake and checked wenn the car was heating up and i saw a few drups coolant appear between near...
  12. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    My intake manifold leaks a little coolant on the back on the intake near the dizzy,what need to be done to fix this? Drain coolant offcourse and then: Wiring harness off-trottle cable off-fuel lines off-injectors+fuel rails off intake- and all 6/7 bolts per side out of the manifold and then...
  13. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    This car has a speedo that needs a cable just as ure VB-VL models i guess and the box is a 4l60E without a speedo cable option so i took the speedo signal near the ecu and the speedo is driven indeed by a small electric motor thats mounted behind the glovebox.. I can use the tacho for 4 6 and 8...
  14. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Its been over a year and i fixed a few small things like the gear selector switch so u can only start the car only in P and N plus i hooked up the speedo (by a Abbot cable x box) I had that car standing here and looked at almost 1 2 3x week and i though all it needs is a exhaust so i found a...
  15. Gse

    Abbott Cable x instalment

    Almost there i thought i set it up correct by taking a spare cluster with the same W-number but i need to adjust it a little bit more its reading less than i actualy drive according to my phones gps. As u can see in the vid the thing works well and for everybody that wants a newer or diffent...
  16. Gse

    Abbott Cable x instalment

    May 12 2019 was my last message its may 19th now its getting summer slowly and i found some time to work on my project,and since day one the engine/trannie where in the car there was a problem with the starter motor it would barely engage and 90% of the time do click click click.. This car will...
  17. Gse

    Abbott Cable x instalment

    Ow i will try that for ure ones its back from Trump land,i took a small speedo from euro car (100% identical to VB speedo but our,s go till 240km/h) and made a small bracket that i bolt to the cable x box and this holds the speedo meter straight for the cable x its cable input and i made small...
  18. Gse

    Abbott Cable x instalment

    I took the signal from the VSS pin 5a i think Blue/white and added that as signal instead of after the pcm and still nothing,then i packed the cable x and shipped it to the factory for repair in the USA....i wont see that back the coming 4 5 weeks i guess.. I put the car together as it was and...
  19. Gse

    Abbott Cable x instalment

    I have a 2 wire VSS (normal 40th teeth wheel in a 4l60E) i will try this and see what my meters tells me. But a 4l60E wont shift if the VSS sends no signal cause the pcm doesnt know the shift points,but my transmission works sweet and there are 0.0 error codes in the system,so i asume my pcm is...
  20. Gse

    Abbott Cable x instalment

    Its brandnew (8 years old but never ever used just stored in the garage and the last 2 years in the car) and never used before,so its weird it doesnt do anything.. It has a self diagnose test in it where u set all switches off and than add power the led shut blink then but only wenn all wired...
  21. Gse

    Abbott Cable x instalment

    Its not working i mean i hooked this electric motor up to +12V wenn the ignition is on and earth and i hooked the signal wire up to the violet/white wire on the connector near the ecu. I put it on my passenger seat with a speedo against it,i made a small bracket for that so i just need a square...
  22. Gse

    Abbott Cable x instalment

    Okay so on thats small white connector near the pcm i need to take the violet/white cable from and that is the signal wire that normaly go,s to my speedo in the VR? I just take that abbott cable x and put it on somewhere in the car and wire it up and then i start messing with the setting...
  23. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Normal And in sport setting (that LED is normaly very bright but it was taken on a sunny day. I think it looks quit nice vs that ugly switch i had.
  24. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Come on somebody must be able to tell me how to wire and adjust the Abbott cable x thing.....Share ure knowledge people... I took the starter motor out last week and added a few shims and now it starts everytime without a problem,then i added the original VR power/eco button near my gear...
  25. Gse

    Abbott Cable x instalment

    G,day people i am Ben living in the netherlands and i imported a VR 304 + 4L60E and all i needed to get the engine working,its all in my european Opel Monza (Kind of a VK coupe Holden Commodore). Everything is working fine except the speedo isnt working and i have brought me a Abbot cable x...
  26. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    I wanne have that car on the road coming spring and since its winter here in Europe i can spend a bit time on it to fix the last issues it has: Starter motor need to be shimmed so the starter is a bit more off the flex plate and it starts to spin before it hits the flex plate.. I need to...
  27. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    What shut the oil pressure be after the engine is hot for 20/30min in a climat of 25 degrees on flat land....... I mean its not a 40 degree day here and i havent abused the engine in terms of pulling a heavy trailer or something trough mountains so the oil is not burning hot but my oil pressure...
  28. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Ow i noticed something that i cant understand what causing it.... I took the front pully off and replaced the sealring just in case i wanted it to not leaking and wenn the engine was out it was piss easy to replace the pulley sealring in the timing cover....So that went well the pully bolt was...
  29. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    I go take the trottlebody off and take that valve out and hook it up the connector and put the ignition on and see what it does.. I just placed a led that blinks wenn in power mode and the powermode works awesome...I had a straight road of like 2 kays and i floored it all the way and it pulls...
  30. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Aint that stock looking i used all the parts from the VR to fit in my console and i added a small switch witch put the wire on earth so the power mode gets activated so the 4L60E shifst a bit later,tomorrow i go a small LED light near that switch so i can see wenn its pwr mode or not. This looks...
  31. Gse

    Hi Holden Fans

    Take out the C36NE and put in a Holden v8 and u feel real power and torque vs the inline 6. I drive a Monza 30E daily and a C30NE as summer/nice day car and i did a C30SE conversion 2x and vs a Holden 304 v8 they suck,they all miss torque from the low rpm area i put a Holden 304 in a Monza and...
  32. Gse

    SL/E Tacho dash in a SL/X 6 cyl wagon

    Same cluster as we use more or less here in europe,u need to place it and as said before add the tacho wire from the coil -1 to the cluster where it says -1 this is the tacho connection. Its a myth that u have 6 and 8 tacho,s they are all the same (except the meter plate that shows wenn its...
  33. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Liqued injected LPG so no powerloss in the future is the planning cause: In Aus u make 30$ a hour and fuel is 1,5/2$ thats like 20L of a fuel a hour.. Here we make like 20$ a hour and fuel is 2,25/2,5$ thats no fun if u burn 20l on 100kays.. Anyway today i placed the custom made gear stick...
  34. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Its like this: I start the engine and the iac valve is open for 4 5 6 sec (i guess) raising idle to 1100rpm on my tacho,then it drops to 900 this is all normal.. Wenn lettin the engine it raises the idle controled like 10sec per 2 minutes a 200/300 rpm.... Wenn i shut the engine off i hear a...
  35. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Is there a trick to the idle on a rpm u want like a screw or something that u can use as basis setting???????????????????
  36. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Well no news of any meaning......All i need to do now is: Shim the starter motor so it doesnt engage as much as it does now cause its almost 100% sticking in the flex plate teeth witch normaly is 2/3 or 1/2 and place a shim between startermotor and block...so i have a little bit more play...
  37. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Ow there is one weird thing: No engine electronic failing the engine problem lamp stays off,but like every 2 min wenn idling the engine raises the rpm by opening the idle air valve for 10 15 sec and it raises the idle with 200 300 rpm for a few sec and then it will runn around 900 again. (it...
  38. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    And its alive............. I need to do a few small things like: Hook up and adjust my electic motor that powers the speedo,its not a big deal just takes much time i guess...Cause i dont have a idea about how to set it up cause i have a european car where the speedo cable spins 694x per km...
  39. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    I am just curious............do Holden v8,s (253 308 304 355 383) head gaskets break down alot or is this very very very rare?
  40. Gse

    VR V8 EFI in Opel Monza

    Yeah the strut towers here are nr1 weakness..................I am sure 90% of the shells here has rust there,i repaired my previous cars but this one need a rust repai at the stut towers in 2 3 4 years too,cause its beginning. U get handy in fixing them haha i am not scared for that rust...
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