Sam's VN

[justin_d]

I went custom pipes built by professional exhaust in victoria, i couldnt trust people that claim that they made a set of pipes that guarantee fit when i believe every car is different!! Pipes i have sound great and fit perfect even with the little room we all have in the engine bay

Where did you get your's done?

[isit_ls1t]

[QUOTE=VNBT1;1737512]I tried that too, standard vn pump and standard fuel system/return lines but the fuel pressure wasnt constant, i even tried a BMW X5 external pump that has the fuel reg in it but it didnt help so with the prices of aftermarket fuel regs, pumps and surge tanks i decided to do a boot setup! It saves so much headaches/messing aroundQUOTE]

the only cause of inconsistant fuel pressure is the pressure reg on the back of the fuel rail. so if you had a problem with the fuel pressure not being constant than that was where the problem was.. nothing to do with the the standard system or pump.. you can flow as much fuel as you can to the rail but if the reg is faulty then it will give inconsistant pressures as it will be bleeding off too early.. a simple fix to that would be to have a separate reg on the return line or just buy a new reg

[savage1987]

Small progress..

Bent the rack end of the VZ V8 high pressure line and removed the locating tab near the bend to clear the header pipe. This was surprisingly easy, although the first time I bent it 180degrees the wrong way. Boy did I feel like a retard. Anyway 2 directly opposing dodgy vise-and-visegrip spec bends later I had a line that will fit and hopefully do the job.
















There was a fair bit of stuffing around with bullshit angles and tight spaces to get the steering all bolted up, but a few nasty words later I had it all in place for a test fit, which turned out good enough to become the final fit You can't see much of bugger all in these pics but they're an idea of where I'm up to anyway:






















Also bought a black momo steering wheel for it, and one of these is mine:

[adamRSLC]

Instead of belting the body with what seems a very large mallet , why not just heat up the extractors with an oxy and massage them to clear any obstructions .

I heated mine a few times to get them to clear various rails / steering components and floor , no biggie just a bit of patience . They are built to a price and work ok , ive fitted a few to VL-VK and VH's and all needed some massaging but worked out fine .


adam

[savage1987]

Instead of belting the body with what seems a very large mallet , why not just heat up the extractors with an oxy and massage them to clear any obstructions .

I heated mine a few times to get them to clear various rails / steering components and floor , no biggie just a bit of patience . They are built to a price and work ok , ive fitted a few to VL-VK and VH's and all needed some massaging but worked out fine .


adam

Got a hammer
Got no oxy torch


lol

[walabyraceing]

Small progress..

Bent the rack end of the VZ V8 high pressure line and removed the locating tab near the bend to clear the header pipe. This was surprisingly easy, although the first time I bent it 180degrees the wrong way. Boy did I feel like a retard. Anyway 2 directly opposing dodgy vise-and-visegrip spec bends later I had a line that will fit and hopefully do the job.
















There was a fair bit of stuffing around with bullshit angles and tight spaces to get the steering all bolted up, but a few nasty words later I had it all in place for a test fit, which turned out good enough to become the final fit You can't see much of bugger all in these pics but they're an idea of where I'm up to anyway:






















Also bought a black momo steering wheel for it, and one of these is mine:

hey Sam
I feel your pain and i feel your happness im doing the same thing but in a vh commodore check the link out for photos http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...d=146802256799
mine is ment to be getting dynoed this week but having problems with my spacer behind the slave/thrust bearing i cant get gears make sure yours is set to the right specs i thought mine was right untill i took a ruler to mine now its the 4 time the gearbox has been out but hopine it is now sorted out and the box will go back in and hit the track this week mate if you have any problems please pm me and ill see what i can do just somthing i did diff was i had my headers done custom cost abit but i think it was worth it and i used a vh 6 cylender radiator and i had a surge tank made up to take the standed pump so i didnt have to stuff around with return lines mate all the best with the build if you need any help pm me and ill do my best to help

Dave
p.s here is a video of my frist start up taken from a phone
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...subj=742506799

[savage1987]

hey Sam
I feel your pain and i feel your happness im doing the same thing but in a vh commodore check the link out for photos http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...d=146802256799
mine is ment to be getting dynoed this week but having problems with my spacer behind the slave/thrust bearing i cant get gears make sure yours is set to the right specs i thought mine was right untill i took a ruler to mine now its the 4 time the gearbox has been out but hopine it is now sorted out and the box will go back in and hit the track this week mate if you have any problems please pm me and ill see what i can do just somthing i did diff was i had my headers done custom cost abit but i think it was worth it and i used a vh 6 cylender radiator and i had a surge tank made up to take the standed pump so i didnt have to stuff around with return lines mate all the best with the build if you need any help pm me and ill do my best to help

Dave
p.s here is a video of my frist start up taken from a phone
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...subj=742506799

Nice mate always good to see what other people have done differently, like your radiator! It's backwards to mine, making your coolant lines easier to run.

Got some more work done on mine today, will have an update shortly.

[savage1987]

Here's the general idea of how my steering setup runs, this would have helped me out to see how others had run theirs so I figure someone will benefit from this

































Bit of slit hose as a temporary grommet to stop my clutch low pressure line from sawing itself open


















Clutch reservoir mounted, this took an ODDLY large amount of time..












Also on the reservoir I had a good laugh at this cast into the plastic















Moved on to interior work, as a result the car now has a more complete interior than it has had in 5???? years, maybe longer.





Leftover bits still in the boot waiting on power windows install...






Never mind the ripped seat, these are only temporary anyway until I find some better ones same goes for a fair bit of this interior really





































Bridged park/neutral safety switch, the starter now operates from the key which is nice
















People seem to love writing in my dust













Also had a crack at bleeding the clutch setup tonight; I'm not really confident it's right just yet, unsure how to approach it due to a couple of weirdly running lines. I have been reading a lot lately about people having issues with the clutch slave setup in these conversion kits, I REALLY hope my box doesn't have to come out again.

Also filled the power steering reservoir then realised that until I start the engine and get the pump going (which I won't until coolant is present) I can't really fill it properly, since the high pressure line comes out the top of the pump and it doesn't seem to want to run down the low pressure way ... not just by turning lock to lock anyway. No big deal, will do once started with drive belt on. Also connected 1 tie rod end, got sidetracked before doing the other one so I must remember to do that in the morning






That's all for now, more to follow tomorrow.
Sam

[savage1987]

TEST DRIVE DONE
clutch is dicky as ****
like, doesn't release all the way
but shit it's quicker than a 304 or 215i

[vysswgn]

Mate I just saw the vice grip bends on your pipes further up the page and think you should have a look at this link I find these very helpful while doing custom brake lines on my car

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Brake-line-be...item4aa20b1250

[savage1987]

Mate I just saw the vice grip bends on your pipes further up the page and think you should have a look at this link I find these very helpful while doing custom brake lines on my car

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Brake-line-be...item4aa20b1250

That's an awfully handy looking tool I will keep it in mind, thanks!

[walabyraceing]

TEST DRIVE DONE
clutch is dicky as ****
like, doesn't release all the way
but shit it's quicker than a 304 or 215i

sam took mine foe its first drive today OH MY GOD GEN III EVERYTHING off to the Dyno on thursday then a few laps arpund eastern creek of friday lets hope so anyway

[savage1987]

took VN for longer drive
got clutch now after re bleed
started losing gears half way through drive
then lost ALL GEARS ON BOTTOM ROW and half the time top row would pop out
pulled over
ripshifter stops had come undone and wouldn't let it engage gears
so pulled them out
drives ok now except having no cyls under load at low rpm lol it drops 2 or 3 cyl, betting plugs / leads are to blame here

[SirNemesis]

You might want to put those ripshifter stops back in, adjust them properly and loctite them before you end up damaging the gearbox...

[savage1987]

You might want to put those ripshifter stops back in, adjust them properly and loctite them before you end up damaging the gearbox...

I thought it would go without saying, but yes that will be done.