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  1. squiblex

    [SA] vt supercharged series 2

    ITEM: vt supercharged l67 series 2 PRICE: $4500 ono LOCATION: wynn vale south australia YEAR: 1998 SERIES: VT series II ENGINE: L67 TRANSMISSION: Auto 4 speed COLOUR: raven black EXTERIOR CONDITION: fair condition. slight fading on the roof and bonnet. can only tell when up close...
  2. squiblex

    [SA] vk commodore 308

    SOLD sorry
  3. squiblex

    [SA] vk commodore 308

    ITEM: vk commodore LOCATION: smithfield plains SA YEAR: 1984 SERIES: VK BADGE: Executive, ENGINE: 308 black motor TRANSMISSION: Auto trimatic 3 speed COLOUR: pacific turquiose gm EXTERIOR CONDITION: paint faded needs attention INTERIOR CONDITION: seats are in ok condition bit grubby...
  4. squiblex

    setting my timing?

    wat do you think bout the redline maxi tork valley cover are they any good??
  5. squiblex

    setting my timing?

    cheers dude ill see wat i can do i live in adelaide so theres not that many hills round here lol just got a redline maxi tork vally cover gonna put that on an see how it goes then lol
  6. squiblex

    setting my timing?

    i want to kno wat my timing should be set at i have a cam an extractors my cam specs are 218 degree lift 280 degree adv 110 lobe seperation 4 34 44 -6 open close .472 gross lift if that makes sense its a PowerMax H276 hydralic cam i just wanna kno if my timing should be advanced an by how much...
  7. squiblex

    broke a head bolt!!

    its the middle one on the outside of the head, yea its def snapped! lol an yea theres enough to get grips on there i just have to take it all apart again :( i recon there all pretty had it any way, plus i think my torque wrench is ####ed too its pretty old an been through the wars lol
  8. squiblex

    broke a head bolt!!

    spewin, lucky me lol!!!
  9. squiblex

    broke a head bolt!!

    hey was just wondering how bad is it if i broke a head bolt, i tightened up my head bolts on my holden 308 carby motor to almost 70 nm an the number 1 head bolt in the sequence snapped! every thing is already on the motor an i dont have the cash to rip all the gaskets off to re do it all, how...
  10. squiblex

    v8 carby

    cheers for the advice sounds smarter an cheaper to stick wit the rochester gonna have to wait til next week to get it tuned, that an i get my trans serviced too haha :D
  11. squiblex

    v8 carby

    lol i have a lot of think they know it all friends haha yea an my fuel line has a return on it .. is that normal for an 8 or is it just for the type of carby on it?? an its blocked off by the way is that ok ??? lol would it be worthe rebuilding myself or safer to get a proffetinal to do it ??
  12. squiblex

    stato doortrims in a vk has anybody done it yet?

    how hard are the rear seats to fit??? i got vl cailais in my vk but i wouldnt mind gettin vn calais front an rear seats coz there hell comfier lol are they same fit or do you have to modify the mounting points???
  13. squiblex

    v8 carby

    hey im just wondering wat sort of carby i should get for my 308 black motor.. i have a rochester on it at the moment but i got told there pretty wasteful with fuel i wanna know if theres any better carbys i can get for better fuel economy but still have some poke wen i want it?? i got suggested...
  14. squiblex

    v8 pushrod bent

    ways a good solution to fix it from happenin again??? an would it done any damage to the inside of the moter???
  15. squiblex

    v8 pushrod bent

    hey i have a old holden 308 it has a bit of head work and a cam, it had a bit of a knock commin from the top wen i bought it i found it was one of the rockers looked loose wen i pulled the rocker cover off i took the roker set off that was loose an found that one of the pushrods was bent pretty...
  16. squiblex

    easy upgrades for 308

    how doyou take a vacum readin wat tool do i need for it an are they expensive to buy?? how much is a commpression tester aswell?? i got a good price for service stuff $100 for all new brake pads allround 10.5 mm leads an a altenator belt :P cheerin, its not wat you know its who you know these...
  17. squiblex

    VL diff in VK 308

    just want better pickup thats all, it has disk brakes all round anyway but wouldnt mind a bit kickieer lol can you gat a saisbary diff with 3.08 an could i put that in to the diff i have?? or do you think that 2.90:1 is pretty good anyway?? not really for highway use, may go onn a couple of...
  18. squiblex

    VL diff in VK 308

    would it be easier to just change the centre?? my diff is a saisbary 10 bolt with 2.90:1 ratio, or should i change the whole thing??
  19. squiblex

    VK fuel pump

    sounds easyer to put the mecanical one on lol cheers for the help :D
  20. squiblex

    easy upgrades for 308

    cheers im only a second year apprentice so budjet is kinda slim lol wat sort of commpression should it be at if it was running good?? wat sort of vacum should it have?? it sat under a tree for 3 years so i need to give it a good service anyway lol not bad still for $850 haha :P
  21. squiblex

    VL diff in VK 308

    yea i kno the yolk things are different cause i put one in my vc 202 an i had to change the tail shalft to a late model vk , are the tailshalfts for a 6 an a 8 the same lenght an size???
  22. squiblex

    VK fuel pump

    lol cheers i might just buy a bigger pump, any recomendations that arnt more than a couple hundred, if i got a mecanical one id but it brand new anyway so might as well spend it on a bigger pump... how quick would it burn the valves out cause my feet are kinda heavy lol, an i dont have funds for...
  23. squiblex

    VL diff in VK 308

    will it matter that the diff is from a six cyl goin into an 8??
  24. squiblex

    VK fuel pump

    wat should i do then ?? get another pump with a higher psi?? wat psi should it be runnin at?? could i just but anouther one the same an run two of them??
  25. squiblex

    easy upgrades for 308

    lol i have no idea either dude thats just wat i got, told an from talking to him thats wat he got told lol i got a vl cailas diff in my vc that im thinking ill take out to put in it, not sure bout the manifold, how do i tell wat sort it is would it be written on it?? i want it to be a daily sort...
  26. squiblex

    VL diff in VK 308

    im just wonderin if i can put a vl calais 3L diff into my vk 308 to get the better diff ratio??
  27. squiblex

    VK fuel pump

    lol whys that is 3 psi not enough?? it doesnt starve for fuel though, an it idles fine..
  28. squiblex

    easy upgrades for 308

    hi i have a vk 5l with vl calais interior 18 inch mags lowered a fair bit and stage three heads an a cam, wat are some fairly easy upgrades to make it run better, run faster?? should i upgrade the carby to a holly or something?? or is the standard rochester 4 barrel fine??
  29. squiblex

    VK fuel pump

    hey cheers for the help, i bought a vk 6 sender an float thing it fits but the fuel gauge doesnt work lol ill figure that out later, i found out that intank pump is just a primer pump an thats why its so small an i should of had a mechanical pump on it lol so i just went out an bought the other...
  30. squiblex

    VK fuel pump

    i need to drop the tank anyway to get the other half of the sendr out an clean the tank cause its been sittin around for the last 3 years an the fuel looks a little bit blacker than usual, how hard ar the external pumps to hook up do i need to run new wires or can i just use the same wires that...
  31. squiblex

    VK fuel pump

    but can i use the standard 202 sender unit with the external pump or is v8 an 6 senders different??
  32. squiblex

    VK fuel pump

    yea the one on the block has been blocked off, an i kno the senders fckd cause the float fell off in the tank wen i pulled it out lol pump might be fine but the sender wire has been fixed before coz the wire was soldered back together an that was snapped aswell i think i just need the sender...
  33. squiblex

    VK fuel pump

    i have a vk carby 308 an the in tank pump an sendr has carked it can i use a 202 fuel tank sender an run an external pump?? an does it have to have a mecanical pump coz mine doesnt an im not sure it has ever had one on it , should i put one back on it withe the electric pump??
  34. squiblex

    VK 308 fuel system problems

    hello i just bought a VK 308 pretty standard besides an exhaust an aparently stage three heads an a cam ( yet to find out ) it has a in tank fuel pump an sender unit an the things completly cactus!! im havin trouble findin a replacement wrekers dont have any an im to poor to buy genuine lol i...
  35. squiblex

    VN Manual Conversion What parts are needed and will a t5 box out of a ford fit in vn

    u need a flywheel and clutch and pressure plate, pedal box, clutch cable, speedo drive thing, and tail shaft. i think thats it
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