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Hey guys Ive recently purchased a 2007 VZ SS Ute with the L98 engine and 6sp manual. From my understanding the L98 engines only came out in the Thunders? The bloke i brought it from thought it was a Thunder as it has the L98, twin hump hardlid and larger front brake rotors. The only problem is...

Congrats on your P's man. I run a mini spool in my ute and I'm used to it now so it's not to bad. I haven't been stickered in the 5 odd years I've owed it but you do have to be careful. beware tho it will cause a lot of wear and rare in the rear end. Good luck!

Thanks for the feed back guys. I'm looking at putting 2 gauges were the factory air vents are above the stereo. Will throw up some pictures when it's done. Yes that's me a long time ago when it was still supercharged haha

Yes good point dobesz! Im not sure were i would mount gauges? Under the stereo is a good spot but its abit hard to see them being down there

The dash has a oil pressure light but a gauge would still be handy. Well after the last engine popping due to the lack of fuel and the fuel problems I've had in the past it's a lot easier to see if something isn't running right but the air fuel ratio. It's also for piece of mind, knowing the...

Its super handy. Picked it up new from Ebay for $220 to my door. I like were its mounted. Very easy to read :)

Wideband AFR gauge installed

Love it dood

eBay sell "smoked" tail lights. Could be a option? There not very dark at all

Looking wicked. Body and tray came out mint! Not sure about those tinted tail lights tho.

Gotta organise a cruise soon man :)

Cheers man! Im liking the nice clean look. I dont think people would suspect it has near on 400hp ;) hahha

Nothing like a clean un molested vs maloo. Very nice man!

Well no real updates. Powercruise was just a big waste of time due to my tuner messing me around but none the less I some how managed to snap another axle. I also kept having troubles with the leads getting to hot and burning out causing it to miss fire on boost but some 90deg boots wrapped in...

Throw your hand up into the inside of the quarter panel and you will feel a plastic ( I think ) gaurd wich sits pretty flush with the metal lip

I was out there measuring offsets and such the other night on my ute. I think with a 9.5" wide rim and a offset of p42-45 they will just fit under there after you roll the lip and get rid of that plastic inner gaurd. It's tight tho!

If your keen on moving that fuse box in the engine bay then have a look at my thread or biglocks thread. We have both moved them. Makes a hell of a difference

I think it was just the s- PAC, ss models and the Olympic edition models that were lucky enough to receive the side skirts and lower lip and only the ss that got the fog lights? Correct me if I'm wrong tho. Either way sweet looking ute man. Nice and clean!

Well the white or gold set will be 20x9.5 or 8.5 wide. The black 6 spokes (rota grid) will be 19x8.5. Im leaning towards the rota grids abit more as there a little different being a jap wheel and I'm yet to see them on a commodore

Moved the battery again to the top section under the tray. Also shopping for some new wheels. What are people opinions on these

Looking good man! Have you considered the larger ADZ supercharger elbow? They seem to work well especially with the ls1 throttle body and your new porting work

Hahaha good spot there mate I'm pretty useless with spelling. I didn't service the heads the machinist did. Looks like he did clean them up mechanically tho. Still stock flow I'd assume

Yeh to right man. I'm running them on my ute. They make the old vs look a lot fresher

For anyone interested in the new engine and fuel system combo here it is: L67 block, crank, pistons and rods (the original l67 block that I used to run before turbo) Block decked, crank linished, bores honed, balanced shaft removed and oil feed blocked New rings and bearings through out Heads...

Cool man are they the altezza clear headlights?

500hp vs ute would be nuts on the street hahah. Even just a e85 conversion with your combo now would be a good thing, a lot safer and could even drop the boost abit and make the same power?

Very nice man

Nice engine bay man! Also agree on the Calais front. You can't beat them

Went to all Gibbs in freo so basically the same tuner just different dyno. It will be going back this week to touch the tune up as we had a few problems on the dyno. Coolant leak, rocker cover gasket leak and a slight miss fire under heavy load which have all been fixed now. Limiter is set at...

UPDATE So picked up another l67 bottom end pretty dam cheap so I decided to run that again. Nothing was re used from the old engine but it's basically the same setup but a slightly smaller cam and e85. Had it tuned 2 days ago and pulled 390wrhp at 13psi on e85. Very happy with how the ute is...

Looking good man!

I had the excedy heavy duty behind my l67 for about 3 months at 310rwhp and 700nm torque it held fine. Also had it behind the turbo setup wich made 460rwhp and 900nm torque and still no problems. Just treat them nice and dont try to do things you no its not gonna like. When you make those sort...

I cut the engine mout instead. Along the blue line

Sweet man just in time for the whipple

What a mess around. Can you not remove the charger at home and drive it there? Shouldnt have any problems as long as your nice to it

Thanks man! Im just running a brand new organic heavy duty clutch. No slip at all at the moment the wheels just spin. I dont expect the box or clutch to hold up for long but time will tell. A built auto would be alot of fun with transbrake. Would be a powerskid machine :P

Yes what cam? Specs??

Nice project man. Should go well with the charger. Id definitly look into a intercooler, im using a 600x300x75 intercooler and the piping is well clear of my foglights. Good luck with the roadworthy man!

Stuff the interier whats the plans for the turbo side of things? Looks nice man

Are they noisy when the engines cold?