Losh's VR Ute build thread

[Wozza]

I think so but not 100% sure,the only difference is they have a vent tube hole inside edge of the passenger side rocker cover ...they wont fit supercharged pretty sure they are slightly different.....this add tends to confirm they fit (basically the ones I put on my VR) but them again it is ebay
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Kilkenn...207501?hash=item1eddbd92cd:g:R-sAAOSwIzBaxcpw

 

[greenacc]

I though Ecotec began in 05 but the add says up to 04.

 

[Wozza]

first ecotec was 95, alloytec(YUK) might have been 05?

 

[greenacc]

first ecotec was 95, alloytec(YUK) might have been 05?

Yeah you're right of course, got my decades mixed up! I must have spent too long at work this week....
I had a 95 Eco. The loose engine they called it. Could take any amount of abuse and all it asked for in return was a litre of oil, a fortnight LOL!

 

[losh1971]

Hope these are worth it.... what a job the drivers side is, especially lying on your back with just 4 or 5 inches above your chest.

 

[greenacc]

10 points for effort Losh!
Next time you could take a cordless grinder to make life easier they'll never notice!

 

[losh1971]

It will be easier at home with the pit. And hopefully I won't have to drop the rack and remove the steering column. If the bolts weren't rounded on the joiner on the drivers side i might have been able to get it past the steering shaft. Gonna need to weld nuts on the two rounded bolts as well as getting some heat on the pipes to try and get them apart.

 

[Wozza]

It will be easier at home with the pit. And hopefully I won't have to drop the rack and remove the steering column.

with the wheels on ground ( had mine on ramps) just undo the 2 rack bolts that hold the rack to the chassis, grab the steering column shaft and rotate it the rack will slide out of the way

 

[losh1971]

The drivers side pipes have a joiner Wozza, so essentially the drivers side is made up of two separate tube sets, a two tube and a single tube. If I split the rear pipe from the front two which is the one the shaft gets hooked on I shouldn't have to unbolt the rack at all. I would have been able to do that today but the bolt heads were rounded and I couldn't get them to undo.

 

[Wozza]

Hmm dont think that collector/flange will go through, might as I said never done pacies, also old ones have to come off first they dont always come out without a fight