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Taffy, The VS Executive with big dreams.

Deuce

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Fair call. I'm not even sure which way to go with this one. I'd like to do a V8 manual conversion but, I keep window shopping cam packages and looking for secondhand superchargers for the V6.
A good supercharged v6 conversion is nice light weight and can make good power.
 

Immortality

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That bloody supercharger makes me spend way to much time/money on my missus car....
 

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Never had forced induction so, would be a whole new world for me.

Small update; after running the shorter serpentine belt to bypass A/C for a year whilst I decided whether to keep or not, I finally decided to pull it out(mostly). After having the system discharged, I removed compressor, accumulator and condenser. I wasn't in the mood to pull the dash out again so, cut the lines close to the fire wall, crimped and folded them until I have the dash apart another time to get the evaporator. After weighing everything that came out, it resulted in ~11kg reduction, a bit more than I was expecting and certainly welcome coming off the nose of a V6. It also opened up the front air dam for better airflow to the radiator so, engine and transmission should be happy, too.
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After some delays with mismatched parts, finally installed a new steering rack, rods & ends. But, once I put her back on the ground, I discovered I had a flat tyre. A screw had made a home for itself in the tread. So, limped to my local tyre shop on a half flat spare where they fixed the puncture and did a wheel alignment. Now, hopefully my diff gasket shows up today so I can change the gear oil, probably for the first time in the car's life.
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PlenumBiscuit

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looks wicked, had a vs back in the day, one awesome thing i done was colour matched my door handles, found silver handles from a statesman

ive seen white door handles on gumtree here in adelaide lately
 

PlenumBiscuit

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ok bugger it i photoshopped u some white door handles on it #sortof

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Nice ride, not sure about VS but my LSD in the ute has a drain plug so no need to remove the cover, unless it's leaking. I am fairly sure this was a feature on VS as well.
Shame about losing the A/C but I know what it can cost. I spent probably $1000 bucks on mine and that was with a fair discount on parts. I still could use an new comp but at an extra 600 bucks I will wait until mine shits itself before I replace it. Probably one good part on the VR A/C is the comp as they were a fairly decent unit from factory.
 
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