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I’ll have to come in my daily, because this old girl won’t be done for a while yet lol.
been saying that for a while now
Long time no see Renno
Done a complete swap to my VS executive, Including swapping main wiring harness from a Statesman into it.
big job but well worth it it
swapping the dash and trim over- no wiring should be pretty straightforward
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This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by
exec24.
^cheers for that, UPI is car guy paradise
Agreed
That’s pretty easy to cut, had to do it before when I had one of those consoles in my vs
UPI has a couple of VS series 2/3 statesmans sitting in there yard at Elizabeth
Sold……….
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This reply was modified 8 years, 4 months ago by exec24.
more stuff SOLD, All priced reduced
I’m told from VT onwards the 2 piece transmission lines are a larger diameter that the earlier VR/VS single case transmissions and this helps with them running cooler.
sounds about right, thats what i was told in regards to the line size, which is why i struggled to find a set
Was the stall choice recommended by the place that built it or something you decided on? I don’t want to choose something that will make the thing a pig to drive but just liven it up and work well with the 3:73 gears.
stall was recommended by the place that built it, i went in there wanting a 2200-2500 max, as the car is only ever used on the street, told me to go a 3000 10″ as they apparently stall up quicker than a larger 2500rpm
i was originally going for a 2500 as crane cams suggest (minimum that size) for my cam
This means my budgeting was about right. But we will see how it all goes I guess. Did you use speedflow fittings from your trans to the cooler or standard hard lines and push on hose. Not sure what way I will go but speedflow would be a neater fit I think.
i did Purchase Aeroflow fittings, as i couldnt get hardlines at the time. i had already fitted when i did find harlines, so i went with the aeroflow fitting first
one of the Aeroflow fitting hit the trans tunnel, while removing one of them ready to fit the hardline i snapped the fitting clean off in the transmission casing, then snapped a ezyout in that trying to get it out, gave up that night dropped it off to the same transmission place the next morning, who managed to get all the bits out the cleaned it out.
i had actually had the hardlines when i pulled the old 5.0lt out the car, when we dropped that into my mates car we couldn’t get them so we used my set that i had for my VS, which was still far away from getting the engine (this was a year earlier) so thought i would find a set, most wreckers cut them
when i started getting close to putting my engine in and i hadn’t found any VS ones, 1997 and earlier VS V8’s were Different thread, VT 5.0lts are run on the other side of the sump, i managed to find a set of those so i grabbed them from 4 blok, a day later on gumtree some was striping a 1998 VS v8 Statesman locally, so gave him a call and got those too, kept the VT ones as spares for now.
my transmission lines just have push on hose to the cooler, the cooler has a female 1/2 thread, on both the inlets and outlet and i just bought a couple of 3/8 barbs to suit, top one is straight, and the other has a 1/2 nipple to -8AN then from that to a 45 degree 3/8 swivel barb fitting,
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/262440006487?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1586.l2649
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This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by exec24.
this is what is done to mine, thought it cost me $2500 turns out it was $3500 without stall
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This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by exec24.
If it was huge HP then no question. Mine is only a stocky with a bit of work nothing special. I’ll talk to the trans shop soonish and see how we go. I will let you know the direction I end up taking though. Watch this space……… and this one too.
pretty much what I was looking for mine, I only originally wanted a 2500rpm stall, ended up going a 3000 rpm 10 inch lock up stall
As for the trans cooler I’ve gone for the biggest one b&m make (made by LONG- which from what I found is part of Dana) Long is used from factory on some VS Towpacks (which was what was on my VS to start with)
mounted pretty much in the centre of the radiator
my VS has a 4L60E (8HBD) with a 2 Piece case (Factory 1998 VS Transmission-same as used in the VT)
Holden swapped to these sometime during 1997
checked ebay and there is a 7HBD which is a single case trans for v8
there are other 1997 v6 one’s on there which some are single and some are 2 piece
Maybe when VT was released?
Not sure the VS stuff will be any good for mine as the BCM is different and may require a bit of work to get working properly. The hydraulic pedal box I reckon I can get and know of one for sale. Although still won’t be cheap and can vary from $3-$400.
well the VR V6 manual ECU and the VR V8 Manual ECU manual are the same part numbers from i can remember while looking for mine
VS V8 Manual V8 ECU is the same again, but VS V6 has a different part no, so would be a different ECU
i only have an manual engine harness so might be able to adapt it if it needs it, where it plugs into the body harness
i sold my pedalbox, for $300, if i get time later tonight i’ll put the spec of my transmission up
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This reply was modified 8 years, 5 months ago by exec24.
Paid about $2500 for mine without the stall
about a month too late, i just sold my hydraulic pedal box that i had, but if you interested i have a VS V8 Manual wiring harness and ECU here, i’ve only just listed it on ebay few days ago but yet to put pictures up
last one i spotted one on ebay sold for $600, was on ebay for less than a day, which is why i listed mine up at the same price
if your interested PM and i’ll do a better price
Yeah, it’s a pain but the money’s spent, still needed to buy the second set to finish the car off, but what’s done is done
see if or what they say if they reply
Nice to have the car done just been cleaning out the shed of all the spare stuff that is no longer required, gauges have been sitting in the house as I didn’t know what to do
I’ve emailed Autometer see if i get a reply.
Have you spoken to auto meter?
No, not yet didnt really think there much point, might send them an email just to see what they say.
Does sound like one where you might need to do something to verify them, otherwise cant really see too many people paying you much to essentially take a punt?
yeah, i know thats the chance but if i start them off at $100, someone might
i just dont want to spend hundreds, on getting them repaired, just to get $200 back
Bump more stuff sold
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