hey guys im thinking about starting a new project vn soon and i was wondering if any body has any information about how to transplant a gen3 into a vn. thanks

i cant help you on that one but why wouldnt you choose a Vr or VS?? They a million times better then vn's

in what way are they better?

Interior, handling, paint, rust proofing, build quality

Quote: Originally Posted by Spool-Up Interior, handling, paint, rust proofing, build quality does it matter the guys wants a vn lol leave him alone.. sumone continue with his question i wana start sumthin like that in my vp

get on street commodores theres a few VN-P ls1s on there

Quote: Originally Posted by MuFFiN does it matter the guys wants a vn lol leave him alone.. sumone continue with his question i wana start sumthin like that in my vp thanks man and just to let you know sppol-up i ahve owned both a vs and a vn and i disagree with you on that mate.

ay steven.. good to check on street commo's.. a few people have already done this.. why not take it up a bit and go ls2? their not that expensive these days

yer i dont really know yet, still just a thought havent really decided as of yet whether im gonna do it or not, just tryin to get sum ideas on how hard it will be.

Quote: Originally Posted by spiteri67 thanks man and just to let you know sppol-up i ahve owned both a vs and a vn and i disagree with you on that mate. Fair enough mate, ive owned a VN calais but not a vr or vs so you would be a better judge of that, Ive been in heaps of vr's and vs's though. Good luck with it!

depends how much of the conversion you can do yourself, and how much access you have to the parts you need to do the job. To make the first part is easy depending if you are good at fabrication or is the engine mounts, if you buy the castle main setup, $300 for the engine mounts, then you need a v8 k frame cause that is what the kit is based off, then you need all the other gear to go with it, right hand side starter motor conversion, bell housing ect ect.....which is all custom made products made by crs OR you can just cut and reweld the mounts for the stering rack and off-set it by 1inch to the left, this gives enough room to use the standard starter motor setup, bell housing and 4l60e if you wish to use that auto. personally if i was going to do it this is how i would go about it ls1/ls6 engine wiringing loom standard ecu castle main rod shop engine mounts ( only if cbf making your own) gen3 is turbo pattern so your just not limited to the 4l60e which i think is a waste of time and money anyway so you can use Turbo350, 400, 700 or powerglide which you will find will be a nice setup and you will find a lot more autos cheaper and built stronger for the price. custom tail shaft loom has to have all relay's and fuse placed back into it for fuel ignition ect, you can use a standard loom and chop it up to suit or perless wiring making a kit which is around $600us off jegs computer allso needs to have an edit to turn off the VAT unless you use the same key and barrel of which the engine come out of so it starts other than that it is very easy, and bang for the buck in a vn it would fly with all the normal mods, cam, edit exhaust ect shaun

Wasn't the first "carby" LS1 in a VN Commodore?

Quote: Originally Posted by JETLGD depends how much of the conversion you can do yourself, and how much access you have to the parts you need to do the job. To make the first part is easy depending if you are good at fabrication or is the engine mounts, if you buy the castle main setup, $300 for the engine mounts, then you need a v8 k frame cause that is what the kit is based off, then you need all the other gear to go with it, right hand side starter motor conversion, bell housing ect ect.....which is all custom made products made by crs OR you can just cut and reweld the mounts for the stering rack and off-set it by 1inch to the left, this gives enough room to use the standard starter motor setup, bell housing and 4l60e if you wish to use that auto. personally if i was going to do it this is how i would go about it ls1/ls6 engine wiringing loom standard ecu castle main rod shop engine mounts ( only if cbf making your own) gen3 is turbo pattern so your just not limited to the 4l60e which i think is a waste of time and money anyway so you can use Turbo350, 400, 700 or powerglide which you will find will be a nice setup and you will find a lot more autos cheaper and built stronger for the price. custom tail shaft loom has to have all relay's and fuse placed back into it for fuel ignition ect, you can use a standard loom and chop it up to suit or perless wiring making a kit which is around $600us off jegs computer allso needs to have an edit to turn off the VAT unless you use the same key and barrel of which the engine come out of so it starts other than that it is very easy, and bang for the buck in a vn it would fly with all the normal mods, cam, edit exhaust ect shaun thanks for your help mate, so what your saying is if i have for example a comlpete vt s2 gen3, the only parts that i would really need to but would be the rngine mount kit and the bellhousing, starter motor conversion, custom tailshaft and maybe wiring loom.

yep, but crs charge a arm and a leg for all the rest off there gear

crs make good quality kits, but are waaay to expensive.

Quote: Originally Posted by Gavin_LP Wasn't the first "carby" LS1 in a VN Commodore? sure was, was in SC