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Thats worked out well. Interesting to see the difference between the front weights. Where does the extra 80kg come from on the left hand side? Will work to your advantage with just a driver in the car

Looking good.

Dont leave your  freshly painted parts covered with the tarp for too long though though, they will sweat and may cause solvent issues 

Nice work on the floor Gary, looks like factory! Its good when you get a big piece knocked out and feel like you’ve actually got somewhere! Im unfortunately not at that stage with my ute atm 

Thats a good lookin car! Its a good feeling when you finally get to that stage and start piecing it all back together!

Big milestone, happy days !!

Yeah looks much neater like that. Let us know how it feels when you finally get to drive it. Must be getting close, good times!

Im a bit late to the party but great thread Cava. Ive just read it from start to finish over the last couple of days. Love the clean and simple styling.

Do you know the bore size of the VZ master cylinder and if theres any advantage over a VT booster/master combo? On my VN I run VT booster/master with VE front calipers and 330mm discs, and was…[Read more]

Cheers Gary,

I have followed your build for a long time, I think from back in the street commodores forum days, and then facebook which is how i found this forum.

Street commodores forum was a godsend back in the day once you sorted through all the bullshit and school kids, was a lot of good info I used when building my VN. Seems like a good…[Read more]

Cheers for the replies guys,

I chatted to a guy who does a lot of conversions here in perth and he says it will go in without too much trouble.

Al from kalmaker actually has the same L98 and 6l80e combo in his own VS ute apparently so Im planning to pick up a motor and trans next week and go with that combo.

The car will have to be engineered,…[Read more]