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Is yours series 1 or 2 they only came on the series 2 I got one on eBay for around $60 a few years ago when I did a manual conversion on my last clubsport but they rarely come up and when they do normally go for a stupidly high price so glad my new clubsport had one on it still here’s a pic ssen8r
Love this car had the pleasure of seeing it in the flesh and I’m glad glenn sold it to someone who is going to look after it not good about your issues you’ve been having tho I can tell you this thing didn’t go too bad against a great deal of cars at powercruise hope you get it sorted soon anyway and continue to improve it
Such a neat rig I actually used one of your how to threads for the au thermo install on my sv89 loved your write up
Awesome to see you on here and I also follow you on Instagram and facebook my goal for my sv89 is to have one of your 8 throttle manifolds as the centrepiece of my bay love all of your 5ltr products absolutely stunning work
The White one was originally 5ltr auto when I got it but replaced the running gear with a vt roller cam 5ltr and getrag 5 speed full hydraulic clutch etc from a smashed vs ss ute and a vz m80 diff with 3.91 gears I tried to keep its appearance standard looking so followed the theme under bonnet and kept the 185i covers etc I had a build thread on it over on street Commodores still have to get around to starting a thread on here for my sv89 but that’s going to take a while lol
Haha cav the original Tri spoke 17s
Yeah mate sure will just hard to find a good set at a decent price
Here’s some before and after of my last clubsports engine bay too so you can see the direction this will probably follow
Pictures are deceiving the paint is heavily faded on the roof and some clear peeling on the roof and wing sadly it was heavily neglected before I got it anyway heres a before pic actually when I got it the top engine covers were on the back floor
After so far
Started to clean the seat need to do all of them with a machine tho so filthy :(
and a shot of it outside just now
ill update more as I go I have a 3.73 m80 diff in the shed I will chuck in it and a heap of other little things it needs but yeah she’s had a hard life it was originally sold new at Melville motors in wa and has a wa suspension sticker on the strut tower so I’m guessing they had a hand in it too now it resides in northern nsw and im hoping I can get it to the standard of my previous vs clubsport #1104 it was white auto when I got it and fitted a vt roller cam 5 ltr getrag 5 speed and a 3.9 geared m80 and sold it couple years ago because I needed the money and always regretted it hence the reason I g the black one last pic for now with its sv89 shed partner
also fixed a vacuum leak from the back of the manifold which in turn fixed the heater controls also removed the pod filter that was on it and replaced it with a vn clubsport airbox and vs ss otr snorkel re fitted the engine covers and a few other things
Ok so from what I can tell the engine has definitely been out and rebuilt the cam sounds like it’s around the size of a 286 and it is stupidly loud with the exhaust dumped at the diff so I’m going to have to get a rear section made up and possibly add a resonator its a little doughy at low revs but screams up top I have a 3.73 m80 in the shed that I will chuck in it to help but the tune is very rich speaking of the tune going over it with my mate yesterday we had a look to see what chip was in it and it’s an old fueltronics chip with 5.7 vs manual written on it suggesting this motor might be a little better than I thought from what I have found fueltronics was owned by Martin donon the ls1 tuner back in the day who tunes at willal racing in sa now here’s a pic of the memcal
we also gave the cooling system a flush and new coolant changed the gear knob to a getrag one for the meantime
Sc forum may it rest in peace
