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ITEM: vp calais, auto v6 PRICE: $2200 LOCATION: Munno Para West. YEAR: 94 SERIES: vp BADGE:Calais ENGINE: 3.8L v6 TRANSMISSION: Auto COLOUR: white EXTERIOR CONDITION clean, full respray INTERIOR CONDITION: clean, 2 front seats are torn WHEELS: 15s TYRE...

well i got the side skirts and rear lip on saturday. :D i have the silver for the bottom, so i found out that there is 4 diffrent posabillitys of the grey across the bottom but i went with jacaranda grey because mine is a 93 and that was the 93 colour. not entirely sure on the engine yet, i...

well its white. considering a manual 5.0 conversion, i have started wet sanding it, the right hand rear quater needs to be blocked back and re-painted because i got a huge ass run in it haha. the rear bar needs to be painted still and so does the side skirts and fog light bezzels but its getting...

uhmm well the left is a bit chipped and the right is brand new aftermarket i would prefer original lights, i have a mint garnish i sbsolupely stole a grill and garnish off some block for $45!! both mint as. what do you want for the lights ? and any chance of getting the driver side guard mould ...

okay so bit of an update. yes it was primed out side, but its getting top coated at work in the booth, im in mixed minds about the colour at this stage, its either white black or dark greay im not sure yet though. i was going to buy an import but i dont see the point really, i cant use all the...

yeah the seats munted haha, i did have intentions on getting the interior as smick as i can, hood linning, recover the seats and the carpet has a big stain on the passanger side, ill give it a go steam cleanning the carpet and ****. nahh i dont have it, i know a guy that has an ss guard so ill...

also forgot to add todays effort's. considering it was a public holiday i got a fair bit fone. i managed to get the door trims off, remove the tow bar. i even got a pretty good score on some parts i think i really got my moneys worth off gumtree i bought a calais grill mint original condition (...

hey guys, bought this the other night after getting my vt defected and having to drive around an auto kj laser around for months the desire to get into another commodore grew stronger and stronger every day, so after looking at a few cars on gumtree i came across this vp calais, some of you may...

ITEM: vt s pack, factory 5 speed PRICE: $7000 or swap for second gen v8 LOCATION: munno para, SA YEAR: 1998 s1 SERIES: vt s1 BADGE: S pack ENGINE: 3.8L v6 TRANSMISSION: Getrag 5 speed manual. COLOUR: white EXTERIOR CONDITION: clean INTERIOR CONDITION: pretty good...

ITEM: vn v6 auto needs motor PRICE: 400 ono LOCATION: munno para west YEAR: 1990 SERIES: vn s1 BADGE: Executive ENGINE: 3.8L TRANSMISSION: Auto COLOUR: Red EXTERIOR CONDITION: resonably clean INTERIOR CONDITION: would clean up well TYRE CONDITION: 30% front...

yeah okay fair enough, i did ask for your guys input, and your right, the engine was cooked so its probly not the best starting point, and there were so many changes made to the vn serise 2 engine, and clearly for a reason. and i would of been throwing money at the hope that i got it right...

its costing nothing to get the heads done lol. my best mate is a machinest. i wont go eco because if i want to boost it later on its a huge head####, the buick is far better because they already run a map sensor. the right head is fine... it was never cooked id say, although the water jackets...

i got the left hand side head off, no signs of water in the bores, no obvius signs of a leaking gasket, will get the dirvers side off tomorrow and send them away to get crack tested, i dont see the point in getting another motor when i want to cam and port, polish and deck the heads on this, so...

it hasnt really been through that much though, i found out why it was overheating, the inlet manifold was leaking something chronic, and the water jets are caked with **** pretty badly. we wont know untill i have the heads off though, im hoping to have them off tomorrow night.

hey guys, picked up the new project today, its a vn executive. the plan is, exterior; respray in stock colour vp bars, vp ss kit ( inc foggys) vp tail lights vp grill, headlights and guards all shaven badges vp calais door moulds and spats engine; im making the manifolds...

i picked the car up today, dropped the water and it runs. not well, but it runs. the next step is to pull the inlet manifold off and heads off. either way i want to pull it apart. its the head im sure of it. yeah its a s1 with a s2 rad lol, didnt even notice that. yeah the oil is milky. so...

because he's a ####head ? lol. yeah well the engines getting pulled down anyway. its getting some boost in the near future.

well it still kicks over at this point so id say its not seized but even if its not, i paid 200 for it with rego so im not complainning lol

oh yeah it's a S1 aswell, if that helps at all

hey guys bought a new project car, ( got it cheap) so it was having trouble with the cooling system, it kept over heating after about 20 mins driving, the old owner flushed the cooling system, and forgot to put the radiator cap back on, a friend took it for a drive and thrashed it for...

so i put it on, and it seems alot better but we will see how it goes for the next week or so before i decide weather its better or not.

i found out we have an acid bath at work, so when i have holidays in a few weeks ill strip it down and soak it in there for a bit. there will be a few people working through the holidays. im not too worried about that atm though, its miss firring like a mo fo atm. i grabbed a DFI module and a...

well i prosume your not chasing powe since you bought a 5ltr (jkn) just go pace maker extractors, just the normal ones and twin 2.5" catback, anything else your wasting money, for a start a single 2.5" is perfect for a 5.0 so twin 3" is over the top and will drone alot.

yeah i know right, giving me the shits when i drive it. fuel filter ? didnt even think of that one.

caramel wheel is designed for this kinda stuff, dont stress to much about burnning it because you will have to buff it afterwards anyway, im a spray painter, id just grind it off and re paint it. but ofcourse it would cost me alot less than it would you.

..... cut the holes in the bar for the ss lip to screw in than sikaflex the gap between the bar and the lower lip. the grove is the same by the way, it just apears smaller on yours. unless you have an aftermarket bar, but holdens were smart ( sometimes) and the exc bar should be exactly the same.

well it doesnt really miss at idle, or just revving it in N, its more in gear or taking off or speeding up. basically, some times if i go to take off it starts to move fine than drops a shot and almost stalls and i look like a retard who cant drive lol. or if i drop it down a gear or two to...

air filter is okay, i wouldnt say clean. and yeah i know, i was going to pull them off and check the terminals under the coil packs,

the rears are ultra's, it doesnt have a camber kit in it, ill get a pic from the back soon.

its a weird one, i think its something to do with the ignition side of things because its under load where it drops shots, the higher the revs the more it does it. if i go around a corner to slow in 2nd it stalls some times at around 1500rpm. today i droped it into 3rd at 80 and it struggled a...

nah man its not on gas, never has been.

acarmody; what should i be worried about with this ? its still miss firring! funk!

yeah, since the inlet manifold gasket needs doing anyway so i was going to clean it up than, i was thinking carby cleanner and a scraper. and with the coolant, i have no freaking idea its got me stumped

its a vt, they all camber like crazy, but yeah the shocks and bushes are next actually, just after i do the inlet manifold and rocker cover gasket's because there leaking a little.

lol i dont get it ? the car drives fine... haha or i may have missed your point completely... aha

yeah its dirty aye!

what do the mace gaskets go like ? i want to port the heads on it. and high ratio rockers.

okay so ive noticed every time i look at my engine, the inlet manifold seems to have a small amount of coolant in it, ive had it running and i cant see where its coming from, its coverd in oil, like coverd. anyway, i took my inlet manifold cover off and it looks like this its a vt s pack...

hey guys, got this a few weeks ago, its a white vt s pack manual ( factory as far as i know) its pretty standard really engine; nothing at all... it has a piped resi lol suspension; king spring super lows absolupely F###ED shocks f###ed bushes audio; pioneer champion...

its ####ed, not much you can do. there not really worth anything these days, drive it untill it runs out of rego and get another...