hey guys iv got a 5lt carbie Vl calais. its blowing smoke an startin to knock alot, so im gettin a motor out of a mates Vs ute but its a 304 EFI black motor an my motor is the 308 carbie black motor, now to put his motor in my VL all i was goin to do is take the EFI off his motor an put my carbie on it or holley 650, an other then takin off the wires from my 308 an puttin them on the 304 is there much more to change? help please =]

It's a little more difficult than that. Your manifold wont fit, nor will your extractors. Use the tech article of how to put an injected motor in your VL as a guide, even if you are converting to carby. Otherwise find another black 308 and drop it in.

iv got pacemacker or what ever they are called so they should be alright an as for the manifold what way u mean it wont fit to small? or hittin the hood?

hey mate if your gonna do that i'd get the full conversion gearbox and engine wiring etc and run the efi complete in your vl. drop straight in just run the wiring and mount ecu and gearbox shouldnt be too diff either

i have a 3 speed in mine already, was told that the motor would be find on it as they are both Black motors, im takin the EFI off coz i dont have the money to get an auto elec out to wire it, nor have money to get someone to do it. but now im not sure how much work is in it to change these motors over , will the mounts need to be moved? iv had a look in the other topic, but i get lost, pretty much just want to know what will have to be changed so i know how much ill be up for to get it all put in.

The EFI motor is different to the 308 black motor. Manifold will not fit and extractors are different.

(different stud patterns so to speak) even the auto bellhousings are different patterns.. so your up ****creek.. A, save up and rebuild yours, or pay someone to put in the efi motor and tranny.. B, give up sell it..

as has been mentioned-transmission won't bolt up your extractors and manifold won't bolt up to the EFI 304. You will be better off putting in the complete EFI motor/gearbox setup and getting it wired up. If you can't afford that, then you can't afford new intake/exhaust manifolds anyway.

as the other's have said keep it efi the vs 304 will put has about 40kw more than a stock 308 aren't the vl v8 motors 4.9L 304s anyway not 308?

vl v8 are 304's too.. therefore the older (pre vl) engines have more cubic inches..

bugger! should of done more homework befor i started haha, tho iv just been told the ute its comin out of has a 3speed trimatic in it, an pacemakers(or what ever they are called) but mmm... how much do you think it would cost to get efi up an doin? im gettin all the loom an **** with the motor anyways

a vs ute has a trimatic in it? i doubt that are you sure?