Sam's VN

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Originally Posted by hRTHSV

I had no problems on the firewall I found they fitted better than most people said they would.

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I do know CAE have changed their header designs a couple of times.. These being their latest arrangement. I'm interested to see how they go :)

Awesome project mate, the thing is gonna go like a rocket with an ls1 in it!! I had a vn v6 a while back and even it was quicker than my vt v6, only thing you might have trouble with is keeping it straight! :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Jezmont

Awesome project mate, the thing is gonna go like a rocket with an ls1 in it!! I had a vn v6 a while back and even it was quicker than my vt v6, only thing you might have trouble with is keeping it straight! :rofl:

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^Yeah that worries me a bit.. going to have a couple of issues for sure

also,

Tuned stock cam VN V6 > Tuned stock cam VT V6 I believe :) (having one of each in my household until the VN turned into a Vzero)

Car looks sweet dude

Making some good progress,

Any mods to the motor while it's out ?

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Originally Posted by TommyVTss

Car looks sweet dude

Making some good progress,

Any mods to the motor while it's out ?

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Nope because as soon as it's in, it's getting licensed with the new driveline. THEN it's cam and heads time :)

Need to sort out some parts ASAP then it's full steam ahead until the next hiccup...


Walbro intank 255L/hr pump
SARD adjustable fuel pressure regulator
GMM Ripshifter, have a nasty feeling it will have to be a custom one since it just has to point straight up out the top of the shifter assembly, none of the gay linkage from VT-VZ setups. Anyone know if a Corvette one or similar would do the trick??


Flung a pile of emails at people tonight so we'll see how far I get :)

Sam

No better place than to roll around in a Hay shed working on a car LOL LOL
great effort

Well, there's been a bit of progress today.

The general state of affairs this morning when I started was a bit depressing...

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Pulled all the shit up out of the way to do a quick and dodgy repaint of a brake fluid scarred rail...

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Polished the bay a little bit while it was easy access... nothing too fussy just a quick one to get rid of some surface shit

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Notched the V8 K frame for sump clearance and installed it


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Started prepping the motor and box to go in..

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Cover made up to keep small birds and school children out of the flywheel


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Fitment time


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MMmmmmmmmmm.....


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Couple of bits that will need some love:


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Some things I am unsure of..


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Watching this with interest.

I was going to do this to my old VS Manta but chickened out.

Looking good.

Oil pressure sensor goes in the hole in the last picture. Keep up the good work :)

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Originally Posted by SirNemesis

Oil pressure sensor goes in the hole in the last picture. Keep up the good work :)

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I thought this was the case for the bigger fitting... only it doesn't seem to fit the V6 oil pressure switch in any way at all, which I'm sure it is supposed to so that the factory oil pressure warning light will function properly.

The fittings are listed as

Temp gauge adaptorsuit 1/8" N.P.T. thread
Oil pressure 3-way T piece


fairly self explanatory, just the sensors from the V6 that I thought were meant to fit up to them simply don't. At all.

Any ideas where that water temp one goes?

Job well done so far sam , ive done the same conversion into a VL ( which is basically the same as yours ) and reading/looking at the mods you have made it is identical to what i had to do .


As mentioned yes that is the oil pressure switch for the LS1 , from memory the LS1 computer needs that switch as an input to function correctly . Is the brass fitting an adapter so you can run both switches ? .

Regarding the gearbox castings , to fit the VL body i had to remove all of the excess castings ( about 8 in total ) and "clearence" the trans tunnel to clear the reverse lockout solonoid from touching the body . It is also important to get the driveline angles correct as T56's will chew out the extension housing seal very quickly if they are wrong . I can give you a reference point if you need some help .

ps. Have you got a slave cylinder spacer in your kit ? If so can i have a pic of it . Ive got one of the 1st mal wood kits in mine and it didnt have the slave cyl spacer which im going to have to get soon to help fix the gear selection problem im getting as the clutch starts to wear .

adam

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Originally Posted by adamRSLC

Job well done so far sam , ive done the same conversion into a VL ( which is basically the same as yours ) and reading/looking at the mods you have made it is identical to what i had to do .


As mentioned yes that is the oil pressure switch for the LS1 , from memory the LS1 computer needs that switch as an input to function correctly . Is the brass fitting an adapter so you can run both switches ? .

Regarding the gearbox castings , to fit the VL body i had to remove all of the excess castings ( about 8 in total ) and "clearence" the trans tunnel to clear the reverse lockout solonoid from touching the body . It is also important to get the driveline angles correct as T56's will chew out the extension housing seal very quickly if they are wrong . I can give you a reference point if you need some help .

ps. Have you got a slave cylinder spacer in your kit ? If so can i have a pic of it . Ive got one of the 1st mal wood kits in mine and it didnt have the slave cyl spacer which im going to have to get soon to help fix the gear selection problem im getting as the clutch starts to wear .

adam

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Thanks Adam

It seems the brass 3-way fitting is so I can run both the LS1 and the 304 oil pressure sensors. This is doing my head in though, because surely with the fitting standing up at the back of the manifold there it will just air lock and give false readings.......?

I read about a VL LS1 conversion and it was mentioned that a lot of that casting removal was unnecessary in the VN-VS tunnel as the VL's one is significantly smaller.. I'm hoping to get away with bashing the tunnel out where necessary, bearing in mind of course that it will twist over a fair bit under load so allowing extra space for that.

Any advice you have regarding driveline angles will be appreciated. I'll get some adjustable upper arms for the rear axle one day but I don't think they will be critical at this stage. Still unsure on this.

The slave cylinder spacer can be spotted in the plastic bag in this picture:

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This is where your crank angle sensor goes aswell. You'll need that :)

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Originally Posted by savage1987

Thanks Adam

It seems the brass 3-way fitting is so I can run both the LS1 and the 304 oil pressure sensors. This is doing my head in though, because surely with the fitting standing up at the back of the manifold there it will just air lock and give false readings.......?

I read about a VL LS1 conversion and it was mentioned that a lot of that casting removal was unnecessary in the VN-VS tunnel as the VL's one is significantly smaller.. I'm hoping to get away with bashing the tunnel out where necessary, bearing in mind of course that it will twist over a fair bit under load so allowing extra space for that.

Any advice you have regarding driveline angles will be appreciated. I'll get some adjustable upper arms for the rear axle one day but I don't think they will be critical at this stage. Still unsure on this.

The slave cylinder spacer can be spotted in the plastic bag in this picture:

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Thanks for that , ill be ordering one of those !.

Its not the rear section of the driveline ( ie centre bearing to diff ) but the front section ( extension housing to centre bearing ) that needs to be right . 2 ( +/- 1 )degrees is acceptable on the angle of the front section of the tailshaft . It basically means mount the engine as low as possible and tuck the gearbox as high as possible.

Your right on the VL trans tunnel its the tightest fit out of all the commo's for the T56 . I wasnt sure on what the VN was like , proberly more like a VR/VS.

adam