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Hi All,

the other night i bought a VL rolling shell, has everything but the eng+g/box,

it has everything ready for a V8 so it will be over kill for the straight 6 im putting in it.

There is no rust or chassis damage, its my Gf's uncles and he needs the shed space so he said $300 and its mine.. DONE!

someone told me today that there is a difference between a VL chassis for the in6 and V8; is that true?

koz my plan was to either put the full RB30ET in it or go for the RB30 head and RB25 block?

Whats everyone's opinions?

Its going to be a track car for drift bigg4rin.gif

cant wait to get it started.

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For a start the K-frame is different, the battery tray is on the opposite side and the fuel tank/lines need to be modded/replaced for fuel injection. If you are serious about this try the calaisturbo forum http://www.calaisturbo.com.au as it has a ton of information regarding all sorts of VL stuff. BTW I am guessing the hybrid was a typo surely you mean RB30 block with 25 head.

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yeah as above, really hoping you made a type with the engine and mean rb30 block with rb25 head.

why not just simply drop a rb25det into it? will make stacks more power than just a rb30et will (unless it has serious amounts of work)

No worries. Personally if I was going to convert a V8 VL into an injected track machine I would just spend the bit extra and get an LS1...heaps of torque for spinning the tyres and lighter than an RB. Later on you can turbo the LS1 and get 400rwkw without doing any bottom end work. Once again check the calaisturbo forum if you are interested in the LS1 conversion into VLs. K frames occasionally come up on Ebay or post on some forums to see if someone wants to swap your 8 for a 6....you might get some interest.

No worries. Personally if I was going to convert a V8 VL into an injected track machine I would just spend the bit extra and get an LS1...heaps of torque for spinning the tyres and lighter than an RB. Later on you can turbo the LS1 and get 400rwkw without doing any bottom end work. Once again check the calaisturbo forum if you are interested in the LS1 conversion into VLs. K frames occasionally come up on Ebay or post on some forums to see if someone wants to swap your 8 for a 6....you might get some interest.

bit far out of my price range at the moment =]

thanks anyway.

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