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G'day guys, heard the VN-VR V6 has a plastic restrictor towards the back (firewall) of the engine. Is anyone sure of what this looks like and exactly how to remove it?
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I think your talking about the bellmouth (It's a oval shape length of plastic) in the intake manifold. Its mounted via the 3 mounting bolts for the rear 90 degree bend just after the throttle body. All you do is unbolt the bend with the throttle body and
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I always thought it was the other way round (depending on whether I have read the last line of your reply above the correct way Retro)...the early V6's (without the deflector) ran the front 2 cylinders too lean which caused some (but not all) of the drama
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Street Commodores mag did a how-to article on it, with before & after testing.
On the dyno it made no difference with it in or out, but seat of the pants feel was that it was a bit more responsive - albeit a little touchy & raucious (but then what VN-V |
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I believe the bellmouth came in mid November '90 with the series2 (in my workshop manual) and then carried through. Was an attempt to help give more air to the front 2 Cyl's as dave pointed out...problem with series1
But I also recall something about rem
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Hi Guys.
This series 2 VN/VP engine myth won't go away will it.
The series 2 VN (known as PO XX8) was released in production for the 1990 model year (very late '89) & DID NOT USE the VP motor. The series 2 upgrade featured different audio systems, h |
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