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Discussion in 'VN - VP Holden Commodore (1988 - 1993)' started by Haydz, Mar 26, 2008.

  1. Haydz

    Haydz Fasten your seatbelts

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    hey guys i wasnt sure where to post this.

    well here goes
    i have a vr berlina and it has a vp engine in it.
    i am looking to do a manual conversion.
    what parts should i be looking at getting??

    vp or vr parts
    or some of each thanks for all the help
     
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    should be the same i think?
     
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    Reaper Tells it like it is.

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    VP/VR T5 Box. Easy swap. Do you have the stock VR ECU? If so that will need to be changed for a manual one.

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    immortality Can't live without smoky bacon! Staff Member

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    mechanically it's all the same from VN-VP-VR-VS s1. just don't get the bits from a s1 VN cause they have a different flywheel that doesn't fit VN s2 onwards(everything else does however)

    as reaper mentioned, if it's a stock auto VR it will need a manual VR ecu/loom. if you don't swap the ecu's then you will get lots of error codes because the ecu can't see the trans as it's the electronic box, 4l60e
     
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    may be able to just retune the memcal instead of changing the whole ECU. i havent looked much into VR tunes, maybe foam can answer that
     
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    Haydz Fasten your seatbelts

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    so i can get any box from a vn series 2 to a vs series 2? or are the t5s on the ecotec different?

    thanks for the help
     
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