http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-132760195.htm (http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Cars/Holden/auction-132760195.htm) i hate these engines!!!!!!!!!!!!!! dont ask why ive just never liked them......even though its supercharged its still a crappy 3.8

im with you there i hate those engines too. and in a VL that thing should be crushed before too many people see it

the whole project is cheapo. look at the overspray in the bay from the lazy ass paintjob. not to mention if your gonna transplant your motor like that why not spray the bay too.... Abortion IMO

There are worse things you could do. Bet it goes alright.

yeah but if your gonna do someting, do it once. properly... the whole car looks like it has been thrown together fo a hasty sale.

why spend the time and money on that conversion? spend the same money on an RB30ET and you'd have a way 'cooler' and most likely quicker car - I hate V6 commodores

ITS hideous full stop!!!!!!

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should of stuck a rb30et in it bugger da v6 !!

i h8t buick V6's witch are in the hiddious VN/VP and unfortuantly the VR rattles louder then the subs and blows up

better stick with vl's then !!!

I hear what most of you are saying and agree on some points but a v6 conversion actualy makes good sense in some ways,for e.g stock for stock a n/a auto rb30 will get smoked all day long against a stock v6 with auto, not to mention you will get better fuel economy from the v6 aswell! i have owned a very clean well looked after n/a vl auto and a well looked after vn v6 and as much as i love my vl the vn would kill it! that car in that ad would be a very quick car for what it is!

There is no justification to do a conversion with a V6 into a VL. Even the na vl can be turboed quite easily. A conversion with a V6 might be worthwhile on an earlier model commodore which isnt fuel inj etc, but not on a VL. Oh well, its different.

guess it just personal preferance when doin such a conversion. But reckon da v6 would be better suited to the earlier commys

I can't understand someone doing a engine conversion like that. It would cost similar money to do a 304 injected conversion

i agree it be better if it was an 8 rather than a 6

Still a cheap conversion. if you know the right people a rusty VN-VP can be had for as little as $600, and every single piece simply bolts in.

I can't see how the V6 will just bolt in. You need to change the ECU, trans etc and also that one is a supercharged V6... they arn't that cheap

The V6 in question is a VN-VP V6 with another (toyota?) supercharger bolted on. The platform didnt change between VB-VP, Even the hole in the firewall for the wiring loom is in the same place, Conversion is easy, Out with the RB30 and trans, remove the engine loom, swap the k-member for the VN one, in goes the V6. The loom requires a bit of cutting and shutting to mate it to the VL body loom, and you will have to sort out the dash. if you do all the work yourself its not that expensive.

Wouldn't mind it if it was a ecotec V6 3.8L, the buicks suck it long and hard. ****house engines.