VZ LS Racecar build
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:13 pm
So thought id post a small on going build thread.
Purchased a dirty old VZ V6 with a LS1 conversion from a guy in Auckland who never got it running afterwards ( wouldn't accelerate and intermittent start. It was a mess, broken windscreen, mismatched wheels, homejob paint... and that was just on face value. Once i got her back home to Palmerston north, I realized there was more wrong than anticipated! However a few pics
After she got back it was time to go over it. Found threaded wheel studs, a cracked front subframe, a binding handbrake shoe.... So took it in my stride and decided to strip out all the interior ( which was probably the nicest thing about it)
Wasn't until I started to strip out the dash, did i find the original v6 vin tag had been cut out and removed, and the V8 donor cars tags (de registered) attempted to be put in place, looked like they had to hard of a job, so glued the original V6 tag over the Dodgy placed V8 tag under screen..... Great..... Have to have a chat to VTNZ now..
Anyhow, out came the rest of the interior I stripped most of the harder sound deadening out with a hammer and dry ice, managed to pull 5kgs out, easier than pulling it off the steerer!!
Purchased a dirty old VZ V6 with a LS1 conversion from a guy in Auckland who never got it running afterwards ( wouldn't accelerate and intermittent start. It was a mess, broken windscreen, mismatched wheels, homejob paint... and that was just on face value. Once i got her back home to Palmerston north, I realized there was more wrong than anticipated! However a few pics
After she got back it was time to go over it. Found threaded wheel studs, a cracked front subframe, a binding handbrake shoe.... So took it in my stride and decided to strip out all the interior ( which was probably the nicest thing about it)
Wasn't until I started to strip out the dash, did i find the original v6 vin tag had been cut out and removed, and the V8 donor cars tags (de registered) attempted to be put in place, looked like they had to hard of a job, so glued the original V6 tag over the Dodgy placed V8 tag under screen..... Great..... Have to have a chat to VTNZ now..
Anyhow, out came the rest of the interior I stripped most of the harder sound deadening out with a hammer and dry ice, managed to pull 5kgs out, easier than pulling it off the steerer!!