Heron's VK SL Build – LS3, TH400, Sleeper Style

[Heron SSVParticipant Central Coast NSW2009 Pajero Exceed 84 VK SL LS3 View build HERE Member since: May 5, 2015 Posts: 585]

Dash has arrived. Nice bit of kit. Car is booked in next week to get it installed.

[Red1m8Participant NZTurbo VX LSx Turbo VK in the build View build HERE Member since: April 10, 2015 Posts: 101]

Yeah, not sure why the Mako VK dash insert is twice the price of most of their other dashes 

[Heron SSVParticipant Central Coast NSW2009 Pajero Exceed 84 VK SL LS3 View build HERE Member since: May 5, 2015 Posts: 585]

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Red1m8 wrote:

Yeah, not sure why the Mako VK dash insert is twice the price of most of their other dashes

</p><p>Yep, considering its really only the thin strip on the left hand side that makes it bigger than the VL dash. I’ll probably end up getting one down the track, I dont think there’s an alternative that looks as neat. For now I’ll mount the IC7 on the column in front of the standard dash.</p>

[Heron SSVParticipant Central Coast NSW2009 Pajero Exceed 84 VK SL LS3 View build HERE Member since: May 5, 2015 Posts: 585]

Dash is installed. Fits pretty good considering its just on the steering column. The GPS is a bit shitty, the speed jumps around a little, last drive it took a few minutes before it registered the speed. Might just be where the antenna is located. The workshop replaced the trans filter with the wrong type, they used a standard Ryco one which according to Paul Rogers who built the trans, restricts the fluid as its a paper style filter, so I have to get a wire mesh style filter and swap it out.

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

nice work. Dont you have a gear drive on your box?

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[Heron SSVParticipant Central Coast NSW2009 Pajero Exceed 84 VK SL LS3 View build HERE Member since: May 5, 2015 Posts: 585]

cava454 wrote:

nice work. Dont you have a gear drive on your box?

No, the box didn’t come with it. Looked into getting it setup for a cable drive but put it in the too hard basket a year or two ago and just went with a cheap GPS speedo. I’ve heard of some LS conversions running rough when coming to a stop and engines sometimes stalling with no speed sensor feeding into the ECU, but mine has run fine without any stalling issues.

Have noticed that it cuts out a bit going round a corner when the fuel is under a quarter tank so fuel sloshing around is staying away from the pump, there’s definitely the plastic bucket still in the tank, just need to keep plenty of fuel in it and its all good.

Dropped the pan yesterday to swap the trans filter to a brass mesh style one. Prick of a job to do in the garage on stands haha. The shop who did the dash and trans temp sensor didn’t put a connector on the sensor, it’s just hard wired all the way up to the dash so I couldn’t unplug it to take the pan off. Undoing the sensor from the pan just twists the wires and there isnt enough play to get it all the way out. Ended up dropping the pan with the sensor connected and balancing the pan on top of a small bucket. Put it all back together and it’s running properly as it was before.

There’s a knock coming from the front left suspension. Will probably get a shop to go over it and make sure nothing has worked its way loose, which is a possibility with my top notch automotive skills.

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