Hey guys been put onto this site by sikvlt's brother, well hope it was your brother he had sikute sitting in his garage. but anyway names John and im from Auckland, own a 84 vk v8 calais, i know it isnt a vl and all but it does the job for me standard 308 discs all round lowered 18s and such, anyway be good to meet all you nz boys sooner or later, am also after a calais left taillight if anyone has one, with the orange pinstriping in it, mines cracked, and of course an lsd but arent we all after one of those Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Welcome to the site, always good to have NZ members no matter what Commodore You'll probably get harassed more for having a V8 than a VK Be awesome to see some pics of your car Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Welcome yip sounds like my bro lol

Welcome John, get some pics of your VK up

Welcome to CT mate Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol thought i might get a bit of stick for having a v8, but been told this would be the place for info more than anything really, am currently sourcing a manual conversion (w50) but due to electric dash and wondering what model supra would i need to theif the electric speedo sender off? if anyone knows Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Looks good there's afew v8 guys on here to keep us turb guys honest haha

How is 6 better than 8 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

how is 8 better than 6,sometime size doesent matter lol

V8s are good an all but for me it comes down to how often do you see a v8 Holden compared to turbo one Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

turbo 8 is the way to go Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Oh hell yeah - there you go john turbo the VK haha

Im pretty sure the VK Calais speedo transducer is part of the instrument cluster, as long as the speedo cable is hooked up, and the drive gear is correct you shouldnt have an issue. Id suggest a T5G over a Toyota box as the T5G was factory fit, so a lot less ****ing around.

T5G or T5 is ok for stockish power. Anything over 200rwkw I wouldn't trust one

well then if i turbo the vk/supercharge it (shock and awe i know) then the t5 will break on me? have a w55 lined up for not that expensive which should hopefully handle a bit more power, and once that breaks a have a w58 a mate would sell to me aswell lol, not that im planning on breaking them all, atm am just sourcing a holley to replace the whole ****ty quadrajet, but finding a vl lsd is proving a bit of a mission, contemplating locking it up, but arent going to turn it into a skid machine, even though its fun lol

my lsd was the best $1200 ive ever spent lol

Call Tony at Steelie Gears, he rebuilt my VL diff with a 4 spider LDS and 28 spline axles for $1,000

minispool $90 im drunk **** yeah

the VK will have a salsbury in it, tell us what you got and can then we can recomend what you need

well it has a vl v8 diff in there, havent had a look inside the housing or anything but looks like old owner mustve blown the vk one and chucked a vl one in there lol edit: also wtf is minispool? (should be in dumb question thread)