The safest and easiest way to do the conversion is to do what i did....Look around for however long it takes(as i had a smick looking Series II N/A) to find a registered, or even just a running complete VL Turbo, I wanted 5speed conversion, and it took me almost a year to find a factory VL Turbo 5speed, but i found one for the right price eventualy, one owner with books, and it hasnt let me down yet after converting, my main costs were:TIME, rebuilt turbo $880, Heavy duty clutch/pressure plate $340, Radiator flushed, and new hoses $50 for all, centre bearing $30, all fluid replacement, and a few extras that i refreshed, rather than being neccasary, and i converted my N/A gear into other car and it made a good daily driver.... I already had the turbo brakes and decent suspension under it, which is a must BEFORE the engine transplant I think, and now it runs really well with not too many problems.Still on stock boost, which may change in the future after an intercooler is added. This is just my 2c, but hopefully a bit of direction for a few people

could you post in black in future please? thanks...

sorry man, there are that many pages i just wanted to stand out....

that's cool, it's just that if everyone starts to do it, the forum will turn into one huge rainbow... extremely annoying....

yeah, i guess..no worries dude...

where does the actuator come into this?

To all considering this conversion: I will be doing this in about a month and have been considering either doing it myself or taking it to a worshop. So I went to 3 workshops today and they all said that they wont touch it because of the risk of detonation! Has anyone else had this problem? So I will be doin it myself over a couple of days.

kingy do the conversion yourself, and if it blows it gives you an excuse to build a monster motor, and start fresh. Let me know how you go as i've been planning to do my Aero for a long time now and i couldn't be farked. So if yours survives i might actually do it. And take lots of pics and write down your steps to pass onto me Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Will do Sirgeo.... I am goin to ask Jet-6 if I can take it to him for a week so he can help me out. Cos he is goin to do a boot install for me aswell. Thanks in advance matt...lol

i should make a trip up to geelong as well and he can help us both at the same time.. lol... I don't think it'll be that hard seeing as though i got a vlt siting at home to look at incase i get stuck..

ha..I will go to him in bairnsdale (east gippsland). I will pick you up on the way...

lol... your going through my area anyway, if you go on a weekend i'll come for a drive and see what happens, i'll even drive ya back if i can be farked... lol

Ok, don't be suprised if you see me out the front of your place one friday night.

Ok ok guys whats goin on here, what am i doing?

Oh yeah, just read the thread and you will get the drift of what you have to do. Nar thanks Matt, you will be rewarded..What do you drink again. $$$

we'll call you when were near your place... lol

This thread needs to get back on track... Is anyone else close to starting this conversion?

Not really close as such - Getting the gearbox and diff soon, and then I'm either doing the conversion or making something from scratch Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Wooohooo..the postie just dropped off the little slip saying my turbo gear is ready to be picked up... bbs

so i'll see ya on friday then? lol would be intersting to know how many people have had their cars converted on here and know how and what they did...