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- VXII L67 Berlina Wagon and VEIISSV M6 Sportswagon
This is my 2002 Supercharged V6 L67 VX Wagon, which my father bought brand new then sold to me in 2008 when I got my P's. I drove it as a daily for just over 7 years before buying my VE Wagon, and now use it for times I can't be bothered with manual (Heavy traffic), when I'm parking in scummy places or when I take my dogs places (They won't fit in the VE, and I want to keep it clean).
The car is currently sitting on 350,000km +. The first engine made it to 267,000KM before dying due to incompetent mechanics, although that was what made me start learning how to do car stuff myself. The next engine came from a VY with just under 100,000KM on the clock. I put a further 76,000KM on it before removing it in perfect order.
The current engine is an L67 removed from a VX with 210,000KM on it. Hopefully this one will stay in it for a while.
Current power: 156RWKW, 775NM torque.
Cosmetic mods
- Leather front seats from a VZ
- Blacked out headlining and pillars
- VY Tail lights
- Blue and black leather steering wheel, centre console, hand break and shift
- Blue and white LED dash conversion
- Various chrome covers and painted pieces in the engine bay
- Blue radiator hoses
- VE Calais V wheels
- Blue callipers
- 18% tint all round
- Colour coded roof racks
Suspension
- Heavy duty rear springs
- Whiteline 18mm rear sway bar
- Signature 30mm adjustable front sway bar
- Whiteline strut brace
- All front bushes replaced with Nolathane or super pro
Performance
- L67 conversion
- MACE performance memcal
- 87mm (10PSI) MACE supercharger pulley
- Twin 2.5” Zetti catback
- MACE CAI with K&N filter (which was blue and chrome until the first clean)
- Stage 2 shift kit by MPS
- Holden transmission cooler
- 3.46:1 LSD
- DBA T3 slotted rotors and Forza FP3 pads
Other mods
- Pioneer head unit
- Alpine speakers
- GW1-H Dash cam
- 2100kg heavy duty tow bar (Factory fitted)
Future mods
- Some low (maybe 30cm)
- Leather rear seats
- Intercooling
- Full exhaust
- High ratio roller rockers
- GPS tracking
- Rebuild the diff
- Sound deadening
Repairs needed
- Some rear bushes
- Centre bearing
- The front suspension (springs and struts) are getting tired
The dream (Mods that are unlikely to happen in the near future)
- L67 Conversion (Done!)
- 3.46:1 LSD (Done!)
- Rebuilt transmission (When I did the L67 conversion I kept the original transmission but swapped the stall convertor)
- Full respray (same colour)(Front end resprayed previously due to failing clear)
- Coilovers
- Maybe ditch the L67 and drop in an LS1
Thread update July 2021. I noticed a while ago that all the links to photos are dead. I'll go through and replace/remove them all eventually. Still have the car, still loving it but unfortunately nothing exciting to report on.
The car is currently sitting on 350,000km +. The first engine made it to 267,000KM before dying due to incompetent mechanics, although that was what made me start learning how to do car stuff myself. The next engine came from a VY with just under 100,000KM on the clock. I put a further 76,000KM on it before removing it in perfect order.
The current engine is an L67 removed from a VX with 210,000KM on it. Hopefully this one will stay in it for a while.
Current power: 156RWKW, 775NM torque.
Cosmetic mods
- Leather front seats from a VZ
- Blacked out headlining and pillars
- VY Tail lights
- Blue and black leather steering wheel, centre console, hand break and shift
- Blue and white LED dash conversion
- Various chrome covers and painted pieces in the engine bay
- Blue radiator hoses
- VE Calais V wheels
- Blue callipers
- 18% tint all round
- Colour coded roof racks
Suspension
- Heavy duty rear springs
- Whiteline 18mm rear sway bar
- Signature 30mm adjustable front sway bar
- Whiteline strut brace
- All front bushes replaced with Nolathane or super pro
Performance
- L67 conversion
- MACE performance memcal
- 87mm (10PSI) MACE supercharger pulley
- Twin 2.5” Zetti catback
- MACE CAI with K&N filter (which was blue and chrome until the first clean)
- Stage 2 shift kit by MPS
- Holden transmission cooler
- 3.46:1 LSD
- DBA T3 slotted rotors and Forza FP3 pads
Other mods
- Pioneer head unit
- Alpine speakers
- GW1-H Dash cam
- 2100kg heavy duty tow bar (Factory fitted)
Future mods
- Some low (maybe 30cm)
- Leather rear seats
- Intercooling
- Full exhaust
- High ratio roller rockers
- GPS tracking
- Rebuild the diff
- Sound deadening
Repairs needed
- Some rear bushes
- Centre bearing
- The front suspension (springs and struts) are getting tired
The dream (Mods that are unlikely to happen in the near future)
- L67 Conversion (Done!)
- 3.46:1 LSD (Done!)
- Rebuilt transmission (When I did the L67 conversion I kept the original transmission but swapped the stall convertor)
- Full respray (same colour)(Front end resprayed previously due to failing clear)
- Coilovers
- Maybe ditch the L67 and drop in an LS1
Thread update July 2021. I noticed a while ago that all the links to photos are dead. I'll go through and replace/remove them all eventually. Still have the car, still loving it but unfortunately nothing exciting to report on.
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