Trev's VH V8 Project

Ok the V8 is dropped on the ground now all i have to do is figure out how im going to get the vh up and over the engine

Gee's Trev you're getting inundated with offers of help are'nt you..... ...........pffffft

Why not use a block and tackle or engine crane to drop the motor in. Would be easier anyways I rekon.

Well after some thinking and risk taking the vh was lifted with block & tackle under the timber framed verandah lol








Your help is enough mum your doing well i just didnt want to destroy the rear pagola covered verandah lol

Don't stress mate, as long as it's a half decent structure it should be ok, if ur worried get some long lengths of wood to brace under it each side of the car (put them on the ground and jam them under the beam going across supporting the block and tackle).

Our main shed is old and make mostly of round tubing and wood beams, the aframes are even round tubing, and my oldest brother never lifted a motor out coz he thought it would fall down. Me and Brad got into cars and decided to try it oneday when we needed to take the motor out of my old red VH...got as close to the edge as possible where it was braced and didn't have any drama's. Now we lift v8's with transmissions out using the middle of the shed and it doesn't seem like it's gonna fall down anytime soon.....altho if ya go out onto the road ya can see our shed has drooped in the middle haha.

The other week when we had to get the VQ in the shed, we pushed it in using the GQ, then decided to put the block and tackle on the shed wall down bottom on an upright. Put a strap on the front of the VQ, through the block and tackle and back onto the shed wall next to the Stato....started pulling it in but after a few minutes heard something fall off the wall where the strap was joined up, and noticed it wasn't only pulling the Stato in, but also the shed wall haha. Let the tension off of it and the wall mostly went back to normal, only got a small bend in it now.

Well done Trev, good to see how quickly these are progressing. If you do ever need a hand let me know....just not during the week lol



cheers
Pazz

lol Trev thats one way to get the donk out,hell i never seen it done that way before,anyway if ya need some withe bay just give a pm,not much going on at the min.

lol you obviously were'nt around when i was doing the project VKB about 3 years ago where the goal was making a vb out of a vk shell with a 3.8ltr v6 engine out of a vn i only really got up to the stage where i am now with the V8 project hope to go all the way this time but without the vb look and obviously without the v6 this time lol

This project is much simpler as im keeping the vh look and using a V8 hopefully ill be able to put a injection setup on it a little further up the track i just want to get this thing together and get rid of all remaining parts then start working on the vehicle once i get yard space back and some spending cash from parts that im going to get rid of including that complete vk which ill probably let go for $1000 once i finish that off

Trev that is one of the most interesting ways i've seen taking a motor out

If you need a left hand nope not allowed to i'm on w/c until 06-08-09 after that give me a yell

I am hoping this project goes further than the last, will keep my eye on it

Steve

Hey Steve welcome to my thread mate

Thanks for the support guys if i need a left or right hand lol ill give ya a heads up

Rust & Money was the killer for the VKB Project was very frustrating but I seem to be on a roll with this one being in Adelaide instead of Murray Bridge is a bonus thats for sure

Here are some of the unfortunate pics of the VKB Project











I had the dark blue (Mistral Grey) VB Commodore for 10 years mum bought it for me in 1996 for my birthday as a $300 wreck in NSW




Then my family and I got it all fixed up Dad and I painted it mum supplied the motor this was my pride and joy






Until 10 years later i found this








It was a major heart breaker as I have had many memories with that car

Anyway trying to get onto better things with this project

Got the 2.8 cleaned up ready to pull out and sell

Got the blue motor out now and gearbox I found out that it is actually a 5 speed borg warner box does anyone know how many vh commodores were bought out with these? also how hard would it be to adapt this box to the v8 as you all probably know the V8 was auto so there will have to be some modifications

The 5 speeds weren't very rare behind the 173's and 202's. No point in putting it behind a V8 coz even behind the 202's everyone seems to have problems with them as they are a weak gearbox. I gave mine a flogging and it never missed a beat, but pretty much anyone that's had one doesn't have anything good to say about them (except me coz mine seemed ok lol). As no one would bother putting one behiund a V8 there won't be any conversion parts to do it so you'd have to somehow do it urself (custom bellhousing and input shaft to start with). Would be cheaper doing a celica, supra or t5 5spd conversion I'd say.

I was told the supra/celicaboxes were crap i think ill stick to the auto and just build that up and sell the complete gearbox conversion setup out of the gold vh i dont want to thrash the box i was thinking more along the lines of economy as this car will just be a cruiser

ENVSV6 wrote:

I was told the supra/celicaboxes were crap i think ill stick to the auto and just build that up and sell the complete gearbox conversion setup out of the gold vh i dont want to thrash the box i was thinking more along the lines of economy as this car will just be a cruiser

I think the weaker ones had the alloy case, but the steel case ones are the box to get. I wouldn't even compare those boxes to the M76 5spd tho.

If u don't end up using ur V8 auto and wanna sell it, let me know.

Here's an M76 for sale with all the manual conversion gear. Not a bad price either.
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/parts-sale/108117-fs-factory-holden-5-speed-conversion-vb-vk-holden-6-a.html

That's something to go by atleast. I sold my old V8 4spd for $600. That was to suit rebuild, plus it had a rebuild kit with it, flywheel and xtreme clutch. Then got $100 for the manual pedal box. The V8 manual pedal boxes are pretty rare. Not many people realise, but they are different to the 6cyl pedal box.

Well I sold the engine so thats gone ive also gotten the V8 off of the K frame and I also took the trans off the V8

Now when I bought the VH V8 I had no idea what the condition was like so when I got it started it wouldnt drive it would reverse but the D 2 & 1 gears didnt engage so i knew from then that it was obviously a trans problem so i cracked open the trans to find this







So does anyone know where in Adelaide I can get a v8 trimatic servo piston I have already tried Ebay but theres only a twin ring billet servo piston might have to try u pull it if no one has one they want to get rid of or know of any reasonable priced places I can go to

Some mate's in Adelaide have 2 V8 trimatics for sale for $150 each......refer to this thread for details.
http://www.dirtcircuitsa.com/index.php?showtopic=1596&hl=

CAR FREQUENTLY SIDEWAYS












Towbar, Diff, Exhaust, Passenger Doors, Brake Booster to come off then shes out the gate to the scrap yard

Whoops ya rolled it Trev. LOL

Yeah mate just a tad see ya's all tonight going out to wash the vs now lol

Well now that I got the VC im going to scrap this project dont know as of yet what im going to do with it probably just a parts car for the vc for now

Your scrappin this project too? And I thought I was bad for never finishing anything lol.

Well Ill put it another way its been put on hold for now

I just quickly threw a bit of a front end on the vh and put some taillights back in




I will probably repaint the purple v8 I have and throw it and the disc rear end in this just need to find an exhaust