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rock gears into 97lux
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 2:46 pm
by TOPLUX
doing the old girl up slowly. i want to put in some rock gears in it who does this and where are they based preferably sht east bris. there going into a 97 SR5 lux RN110 whats it worth
got a qoute for a v6 vn bommadore motor conversion supply and fit $3500 from a greasy in woodridge sounds cheap to me, would a vn cut it.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 3:31 pm
by carts
personally, i prefer my gears made from a metal compound. They seem to last longer.
As for the vn v6 engine, that quote seems pretty cheap for a drive in drive out conversion. Having said that, if it were me doing the conversion, i would be getting a later model commodore engine, like out of a vs or vt or even later if possible. The ecotec engines are smoother, quieter, more powerful and more refined. Im not sure about the legalities of putting a motor in the vehicle that is older than the current setup (pollution requirements). I think you would be disappointed with a vn donk.
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 7:30 pm
by MissDrew
You said you have a sr5, if this is the case then you will have IFS which means you will have the chain driven t case which means you can not put crawler gears in it. The only way you can do it is to change to a gear driven t case.
A VN V6 in a 97 hilux, I`d be saving the $3500 for something else
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 9:10 pm
by ausyota
Guts wrote:You said you have a sr5, if this is the case then you will have IFS which means you will have the chain driven t case which means you can not put crawler gears in it.
Not necessarily! My lux is a 97 SR5 IFS Extra cab and it has a gear drive case and manual hubs from factory
Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 11:39 pm
by MissDrew
Are you 100% certain it has a gear driven case. Man hubs came out on ifs lux's but as fair as I know gear driven t cases didn't.
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 8:36 am
by ausyota
I have marks 4x4 lower gears fitted so yeah Im pretty sure
Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:46 pm
by WICKED
The VN's have a injection problem when they get hot, saw this on roc70y's old hilux.
VS or VR maybe.
Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2005 5:26 pm
by TOPLUX
spoke to my mechanic who sugested the gears he reckons straight in wiht out any dramas, its got auto hubs, (in cab button i don't know what they call it) i might give the vn a miss, try for someting more recent.
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2005 9:44 am
by +dj_hansen+
Gen3
how bout a supercharged VR/VS 6...
Is your model IFS or SA front...?
edit - just read your sig...
save the $3500 for an SAS and get gear driven case/marks gears...