1983 VH Commodore V8 Conversion

[Sabbath']

After months of doing the VT up, i decided that i would buy a VH, my favorite of the older Holdens and use it as a daily until funds were there to start modifying it.

I gave myself an 8 month ban on spending any money on the car. That didnt last too long.

The car, in current, unmodified form has the following:

Straight Body
Clean Interior (Nobody had ever sat in the back seat)
176 Straight 6 Motor
5 Speed Borg Warner Manual

The car was also on gas. Which helped for the whole, economical daily route.

That was, until the thing decided to go bang on the monash. Havent pulled it down yet to look, but im suspecting a Head Gasket.




Now for the fun part. The new motor:

The VH is going to get a 308 and Trimatic.

Specs:
308
Street Cam
Flat Top Pistons
11:1 comp
Edelbrock TORKER Manifold
Romack Balancer
Rollmaster Timing Chain
Holley 4150 750 Carb.

The Trimatic has been reco'd and has a 2200 stall converter.


Pics Up Later

 

[vk.jonno]

sounds sick
drive it to tafe.

 

[Dirbatua]

will be good to see that engine in the car

 

[Sabbath']

Will be an awesome car by the sounds of the last guy who had the motor.

Disconnected the gas system this afternoon.

Radiator is out, battery is out, A/C is disconnected.

 

[Sabbath']

Just a quick update with the promised pictures.


Here is the starting point.

 

[ari666]

veeeeeeeery nice!!!!

mint green too, not a common colour. please tell me you staying true to its old form?

 

[Sabbath']

veeeeeeeery nice!!!!

mint green too, not a common colour. please tell me you staying true to its old form?

Exterior is staying the same colour, as is the interior.

Louvre is going back on the rear window. The only exterior modification will be going clear indicators and getting rid of the door strips. Might add some SL/E style chrome too, depends how i feel.

 

[Sabbath']

Did some more work on the car after work tonight.

Stripped out the wiring for the Airconditioning. Plus, adding pictures of the starting point, plus the motor to go in, and the progress so far.

Note, the motor is dirty because a coolant hose let go and the water was filthy.


Hopefully this weekend the motor comes out of the VH and the rest of the bay gets decluttered

enjoy.

 

[vk.jonno]

looks good as man
hopefully i get to see this in the tafe carpark soon

 

[Sabbath']

Yay for the weekend.

Means i get to spend MORE time working on cars.

Got all the LPG **** out of the engine bay now.
Most of the aircon.


Starting to strip out the wiring loom.

Tomorrow the motor is out hopefully.