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Can I start by saying I appreciate the good advice given on this site. Sorry I haven't got the know-how to contribute! Everyone will be considering a v6 conversion for their early-girl Holden (HG ute in my case) especially if they currently have a v8 as I do. Is it true that you can use the rear crossmember with a chev-box rubber mount to locate the standard v6 auto box? Is it possible to re-route the air intake to the left hand (or top?) side so I don't have to locate the battery & a load of wiring? Does the VR have a body control module, or did that start with the VS? I've heard the ecotech engines are better, but harder to get in - what year did they start? Thanks again guys, hopefully someone will ask a question I know the answer for one day! everything else seems straight forward (more or less).
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The BCM came in on luxury VP models, then all VR onwards cars.
The ecotec is the better option, and for a few hundred dollars, you can get the memcal rewritten by a fellow in Padstow NSW (I highly recommend him) to remove the VATS and therefore remove |
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Thanks for that - Have you heard about the rear crossmember bit before?
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Dunno on the 'early' cars as I only play with "modern crap" as some people put it - commodores!
The VN-VP TH700R4 Auto box, also called the 4L60, or simply Turbo 700, can bolt up to an early commodore trimatic crossmember with little more than slotting |
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If you have an HG the RH inner guard has a pressing where the battery will go and this would be ideal as it would be easier to move the battery tray, 3 bolts, than to rewire the battery to the other side for the V6.
If it bolts to an early Commodore cr
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Hi Guys.
I don't agree that the Tri-Matic mounting position will do the job.
AFAIK the TH700 (4L60 & 4L60-E) has a similar mount position to the TH350, V8 Powerglide & Saginaw etc. In otherwords it's further forward but lower down than the Australia |
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Wouldn't the HK-T-G have variations in mounting holes for the trans x-member?
I know with the commodore one you slot the centre holes for the mount, and then the holes in the end of the x-member line up with 2 exisiting holes in the chassis rails. Com |
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Hi Mick.
Yes, the HT/HG is similar in that there are various available holes fore & aft, to bolt the crossmember to. But, the TH350/700 mount is physically lower, so you use a different (lower) crossmember.
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if that is so then you would be able to use the HK 307 step domn piece on a trimatic crossmember, as the 307 crossmember was the same as 6 cylinder.
this would make life easy for many. Just need one to dimension up.
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Thanks guys. I have a mate with a 350 box in his HT. He had to remove a section of the pressed brace under the floor, in the trannie tunnel, for clearance - does anyone know if this is instead of using the lowered x-member? I used to have all kinds of x-m
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