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Front: Any VT to VZ front calipers will bolt on. You'll nee the backing plates too and they are a straight fit as well. You can buy centering rings or swap your hubs for VT series I which have the same ABS connection, if you have ABS. You'll need new brake lines which should be available on...

l'm going to go against the main sentiments here that have to do with parenting. Kids learn from adults. Petulant irrational parents teach kids to be petulant and irrational. Set a good example, be calm, respectful and display integrity and that's what your kids will learn.

Thank you Immortality! Mace Engineering has just landed a new shipment of A2A intercooler plates and I have ordered mine! So excited. I have a 69 mm pulley to go onto my so far standard L67. I've read that MAFs run out of resolution with increased boost and I'm guessing with intercooling and a...

I have been to the PCM Hacking forum with little success. A fellow posted his efforts at sorting out the idle issue that occurs when mating a manual gearbox to an L67. He'd changed the spark timing at low rpms and said it made a huge difference. I thought about doing that but go cold feet since...

All very good points. The tune is the one for the L67 on PCM Hacking. I think “enhanced” so it can be edited in real time. Thank you for suggesting some tuners. I’ll get in touch with them.

Hi all, I've put an L67 and Getrag 5 speed into my VS Acclaim. I have an NVRAM in the Delco ECU and have loaded the stock automatic tune and turned fault codes off. It doesn't idle properly (revving up and down trying to find a sweet spot and eventually stalling) and from what I've read, that...

Hi fellas, I tried to get my L67-swapped manual Acclaim registered and the bugger blew smoke each time I got it to the mechanic's for a blue slip. Not idling in the backyard, just after a drive. So embarrassing... Did a compression test and it cranked up to 180 psi on each cylinder (a tad under...

Does anyone really think Holden is going to sell Corvettes? https://www.holden.com.au/cars/corvette

It's interesting that it's a straight line function. I would have thought it would be moderately exponential. Perhaps over 4 years it approximates a straight line, but over maybe 20 or 30 years it loses linearity. I have a VS L67 manual and I doubt there will ever be any data on its appreciation.

Hi Mic, I've got an L67 too but haven't gone down the route of a smaller pulley yet. I have done some reading though. The M90 really heats up the air charge as it pushes air into the lower intake manifold. The more air, the hotter it gets. As air gets hot, it pushes back against the m90 further...

Or Leyland P76 V8s, lol.

All other Commodores were built on the Opel designed GM 'V' platform.

GM has a long history of killing off brands - Oldsmobile, Saturn, Hummer and Pontiac. Saab died an undignified death at the hands of GM. At least GM had the decency to sell Opel and Vauxhall while they were still going concerns. I wonder how long they will keep Holden on life support for?

Hi fellas, at the weekend, I dropped the fuel tank to empty out the stale fuel. While I was there I relocated the charcoal canister to the rear. A VT - VZ square canister fits nicely above the rear subframe in the same position as VT - VZ. I bought some hoses from Supercheap and got the Dremel...

Just a quick update. I collected some data this morning and confirmed that the IAC stepper motor is opening up when I blip the throttle. It idles at 34 steps and rises to 80 steps when I tap the accelerator causing the revs to go right up, even after the TPS has returned to zero. The IAC then...

Hi all, sorry I wasn't specific. The tune is L67 and all L67s were automatic from factory. The1, guru, starts with the factory tune before doing his enhancing magic so it's still at its core an auto tune and there is no readily available manual version. Some of you raised some good points like...

I swapped a 3.08 open diff for a 3.07 LSD. Not a problem at all. The LSD was from a VX V8 and the original diff was the standard VS item. Really helps control the skittish rear end. This doesn't apply to you, but my ratio changed and I don't know how much it affected the speedo reading because I...

Hi guys, I hate starting new threads but I've had a quick search but no luck finding an answer. I have converted an L67 to Getrag manual. Everything is hunky dory but idle control. Issues - On start up the car idles at 2000 rpm for 2 seconds or so and then settles to 900 rpm where it idles...

Thanks for the tips with the welding. I didn't realise I could use different welding rods. I'm using a borrowed welder with the rods I was given. I will definitely do some research now! with the DTCs, I bought an NVRAM board from PCMHacking and it's well worth it ($200). Learning was a steep...

Got my NVRAM working again by flashing/burning the correct .bin to it. My cheapo Chinese programmer works perfectly. Started turning off the auto flags so the check engine light doesn't stay on. On PCMHacking they say you only have to tick the manual flag and that will turn off all the auto...

Don't forget the flywheel bolts. The dual mass has longer bolts than a single mass flywheel and is, I suspect, the real reason for the crankshaft dowels that the Getrag's flywheel uses. Immortality might be able to chime in here - I remember him saying a while ago that it is the friction between...

I just got the programmer in the mail and restored the original bin onto the NVRAM. Took a few minutes only - so easy even I could do it. Now my car runs again. And I have a programmer for next time I crash the chip. :-)

I've done a bit more research and it seems that the chip can be re-written to using a TL866II which I can get on eBay for around $75 from China. Does anyone have experience with this programmer?

All VZs have IRS except the one-tonners/Crewman and such like.

Hi guys, need help! I've just finished converting my VS ecotec/auto to L67/Getrag and am at the point of tuning the ECU to get rid of the automatic transmission errors. I purchased an NVRAM board from PCM Hacking and the car ran beautifully so I know the board is fully functional. I then...

I’ve got the car in the showcase but it’s a bit half-#r$ed. To be honest I’d had a few too many shandies when I started it. Never post p!ssed is my advice. Anyway, I should get some pictures of the rear end. I really think that’s the best mod no one does. ve got

that’s my plan. The VZ has seat belt pretensioners on the rails so no way would those ever be legal. My VZ seats are out of a Ute and don’t have the side airbags. I reckon side airbags would be out of the question too.

I started my new L67 5 speed which I've been building all year and I've been idling it in the driveway just to listen to the sweet, sweet noise. I thought there might have been a problem with the supercharger coupler because there was a rattling noise when I first started it, but I took off the...

Muirs was a joint Kia and Holden dealership and when their site was being resumed by roadworks they promised to relocate the Holden and Kia dealerships nearby. Eventually only the Kia dealership was relocated, the Holden dealership closing its doors permanently. It annoyed me because I could...

I didn't realise that the VS L67 has a unique length of serpentine belt. I got one for $47 on eBay, so happy.

The L67 is in, the M35 is in, the big brakes are in and bled, the M80 LSD and VX trailing arms are in and the wiring is done. Just have to repair the console - I had a statesman woodgrain console but the manual stick comes out in the wrong place, so I have to use my old broken console. It's the...

I did a big brake upgrade (rotors, pads, backing plates, lines and calipers) on my VS in my driveway with hand tools and it took less time.

Whiteline sells an adjustable sway bar with vertical holes. I've always wanted to install one and VZ struts so that I can use the double ball-jointed link pin. Has anyone done it?

I went down the road of a getrag conversion and have some comments. 1) I used the getrag crossmember and welded the required captive nuts. Yes, it was a pain but fortunately only two are needed as the crossmember reuses two of the automatic crossmember bolts. 2) I spliced the manual wiring into...

Just did mine and have some comments that might be useful to someone. 1) I took Markovr's suggestion and fit a Falcon (AU) brake fluid reservoir on a VT master cylinder and bolted the unit to my VS booster. It was a straightforward swap with no issues apart from having to file down the little...

Fuel filter?