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Hi there, i am looking for some info about engine swaps. im ken to upgrade my standard 202 red motor for more of a later model v6. Nissan, buick, vn commodore?? looking for power and economy. Could go a v8, but looking for something a bit more interesting.
Have already up graded suspention and happy to upgrade breaking power just keen to know what will bolt in and preform the best.
Cheers for your help.
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vn v8 easy swap plenty been there and done it and comercial parts are AVilible
altough the 6 litre gen 4 mighty appeal to you more
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EFI 5.0L ...nearly the same conversion(interesting) as the V6.
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although maybe go the carb fed route with vn style heads and cam
as cheaper and easy to upgrade at a latter date |
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Personally I would go with the Starfire. If you think the blue 3.3 was a stump puller, try putting it on a drastic weight reduction program by lopping off a couple of cylinders. Then chuck away the Varijet (or was it a Varajet II - sorry cant be bothered
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munro73,is right the carby top is lots easier to fit.but not very interesting.(would be for me !) Jim in adelaide Edited by user Saturday, 24 January 2009 7:25:14 PM(UTC)
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5.0L efi. easiest converseion. Mine was done about 8 years ago. back when it wasnt common and parts where not as easily avaialble like wire looms etc. now days its a plug in job. easiest by far! best fuel econ too. |
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run out of homework ? pop down the mall then have a maccas anally ...
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if i had the $$$ i would use a current model ve 6.0lt and six speed auto,there quick stock
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VT or VSIII roller cam 304 or 350.
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No joking about pulling power with the chev. big block, the HQ-WB were built with the big block in mind and will fit. Some here can tell you more about that though... Jack.
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But with the big block conversion you need a second motor in the back of the ute to hold the tail down.
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or bags of cement
1 tons are worse |
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now you know why there was always a load of stuff or a bag of wheat in the back of the utes belonging tol the young country blokes.... Jack
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when i built my car, back in the VT era, i really wanted to do a gen111 conversion but the crate motor price gave me a heart attack. Now, with sub 4k 6.0l engines, you would be utterly mad to consider an efi 5.0 for a conversion to a daily driver.. Edited by user Monday, 26 January 2009 11:22:31 PM(UTC)
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nah still the cheapest and easiest efi conversion
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