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Craig97

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VN's are awesome, one of the best as strange as it may sound. they can be had for nothing (literally, i got a clean one for free) good strong diff suitable for welding, again free (welded it up myself) and they will cop a hiding all day without a drama.

too many people get caught up chasing a number when buying/modifying their car, and they forget its all about having fun. VN with welded diff is one of the most fun things i have ever come across, automotive or other

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VN's are awesome, one of the best as strange as it may sound. they can be had for nothing (literally, i got a clean one for free) good strong diff suitable for welding, again free (welded it up myself) and they will cop a hiding all day without a drama.

too many people get caught up chasing a number when buying/modifying their car, and they forget its all about having fun. VN with welded diff is one of the most fun things i have ever come across, automotive or other

Personally I dont have a welded diff, but they can be great fun, good power to weight ratio for such a cheap car of nearly 100kw per ton. I got a VP wagon and if I give it the beans it always brings a smile to my face. Also its all about how cheap parts are for it, for instance the voltage regulator in my alternator was dying (the original regulator from the factory 18 years and 340,000kms later), $33 and 30 minutes later it was fixed good as new. I've seen a fair few supercharged/Turbo Buick's and Ecotec's in Zoom and Boost and they are cranking out some serious power quite reliably too.

Japanese engineering is brilliant dont get me wrong but those engines are designed to be perfect and treated with the upmost respect by the driver, not to be driven by hoons bouncing off rev limiter. American/Australian engineered engines are designed to be idiot proof so you thrash them around all day and they will be fine with little to no maintainance.

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Man if you are serious about anything like that you should look at performance forums, guys doing that stuff all day long. my boss is putting a VH45 into a VH commodore, and it gets better the size of the turbo he is then gonna add to it, is huge bigger then alot of turbos that i have seen on even the majority of 2J's.

I say if you have the time and persistence then go for it.

Good to see people thinking out side the box. Even if i personally thinks commodores are crap and RB's rule. i didn't check where you where from but if you can make it to Noosa you should see the guys at AM Auto they do a lot of custom work like this, most people on this forums have most likely seen there work even if you don't know it

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Hey there,

Im looking for some advice. I have a VS Commodore which i no longer drive anymore and im looking seriously at putting an RB26DETT into it. For the time being i would want it to be pretty close to stock with a manual gearbox. My main questions are:

1. What will i need other than a front cut?

2. I have seen an RB25 in VS, is there much difference?

3. Who would be a reputable workshop to do this type of work?

Thanks for your help.

im guessing its for drags.

go 2jz. stroke it.

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Friend put a rb25 into his vs many moons ago. It was a good car and the conversion isnt that difficult. Your talking vl crossmember custom gearbox crossmember and a new tail shaft for the mechanical side. Hydraulic clutch for hydraulic side. Wiring and piping. However when he was finished he was left with basically a r33 gtst. (performance wise) So maybe its not worth it.

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