SLY60L LS2 Powered VX SS (SMASHED)

SLY60L · 25-11-2008, 09:22 AM

Hey guys, i bought my VX about 2 months ago from my boss for a great price which left me open to do a few mods straight away, but with 215K on the speedo and knowing i wanted to get lots of power i started looking around for an L98 to sit between the struts. i ended up finding an LS2 which already had the right reluctor to go with it so not long later it was on its way up from Victoria...

I dont get my full license until 11th of January so until then its kinda just sitting around and getting the occasional visit to WSID... I took it not long after i bought it but being my first manual car my best run was 15.4 lol, so soon ill be heading back out there hopefully to run a high 12 when the new motor is run in

Hope you guys enjoy and ill have some better pics up soon including the motor

Name: Damo
Model: Series 2 VX SS
Colour: Black
Bodykit: SS
Engine Type: LS2 6L
Engine Mods: MAFless Tune with Polished Alloy OTR Intake
Power: 278.8 RWKW
Exhaust: HM Headers with 2 1/2 dual exhaust and standard cats
Gearbox: 6 Speed Manual
Diff: 3.46 LSD
Brakes: Standard (would love some HSV brakes but the car will be wearing stockies quite often)
Suspension: Standard (not sure where ill be going with this yet)
Wheels/Tyres: 18 Inch ROH Incubus with 235/40/18 Nankangs
Interior: Black Leather, Satin chrome door handles
Other Mods: Sunroof, Tinted Windows, and tail light tints coming in a few days
Stereo: Standard (Cant possibly sound as good as that 6L grunt)
Build Period: 2 months so far
Cost: $10,000 for the car, $8500 for LS2 comversion
Contacts: CV Performance (02) 95255322
Future Mods: A set of 20's sitting over Super Lows (only when the stockies or slicks arent on the back

) and a 11 sec time slip 1 day

The red SS is my mums VY, and i thought id add the last pic for shits and giggles

jet_350vx_vy · 25-11-2008, 09:32 AM

fark yer , pic's

SLY60L · 25-11-2008, 09:37 AM

actually i got this pic here, she is wearing new plates now tho

.:TRIXTR:. · 25-11-2008, 06:46 PM

nice ride bro, is there much work in the conversion to ls2 from ls1?

SLY60L · 25-11-2008, 06:58 PM

Not really, CV performance did the swap for me but basically you need a 24 wheel reluctor for the crank, a few different wiring looms and you need to change the throttle body to a cable one (they used my old manifold and throttle body as the manifold on the LS2 is a 4 bolt system where its only 3 on the LS1)

But for the money it cost me, im so happy i did it and id do it again for sure... When i can drive it in January ill be selling my VT and puttin the cash into this

smickSS · 25-11-2008, 07:01 PM

Very nice mate, nice sleeper bet it goes realy well.
Im looking at doing that conversion when funds allow easy power for the money huh

SLY60L · 25-11-2008, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by smickSS

Very nice mate, nice sleeper bet it goes realy well.
Im looking at doing that conversion when funds allow easy power for the money huh

definetly mate, if ya could see the smile on my face when iv driven it i reckon you could see from that lol... Hopefully if i have enough money ill be takin it out to WSID in about 3 weeks so ill have some time slips to post up (hoping for 12's)

legoman · 26-11-2008, 01:43 AM

more pic s mate need to see the engin but very nice.

ibs87 · 27-11-2008, 10:50 PM

nice conversion.. is the 6 spd gearbox for the ls1 the same as the ls2??

SLY60L · 28-11-2008, 07:48 AM

Ye mate, you need to change some things for the conversion to work though but as far as i know they are the same box...

New pics are up of the whole car, i put the tail light tint on 2 days ago and 1 started to peel off so i decided to take em off, does anyone know where i can buy some spray tint?

SLY60L · 01-12-2008, 12:25 PM

I almost bought a monaro bonnet last night on ebay, if i were to get one would the clearance be the same where the flutes are, how far back are they?

Anyone else who has a monaro bonnet and OTR intake could you please tell me how good they fit together and what kind of OTR intake you have

DavidRothera · 07-01-2009, 10:10 PM

Hey buddy, if repco doesnt sell spray tint anymore, try Autobahn, I got mine from there, its called NightShade I think? Done the job for now =)

legoman · 08-01-2009, 01:25 AM

well the bonnet is going to fit the car the same as the monaro it's basically the same car you just have 4 doors.

SLY60L · 12-01-2009, 03:54 PM

Ye i havnt really tried to look to hard for spray tint yet, i might try an autobahn if i can find one but i know theres a supercheap on the way to my work so ill try there one day on the way home.

I know the bonnet fits the same as monaro's, but i had heard that monaro bonnets have a little less clearance compared to the normal ones, and my OTR intake already just touches my bonnet...

Anyways i got my full license today, so i can finally drive the beast and it feels so good...

I also had the guards rolled and i have a set of stockies sitting on the back ready for the drags either this wednesday or in a few weeks time...

The motor is finally run in aswell (its only taken me about 2 months to do 600km lol) so on wednesday it will be going in for a service and a checkover and im getting a new catback exhaust too as the old one is a little rusted and dinged up and the baffle inside the muffler is broken and rattles...

When i get my timeslip ill post it up for you guys with some more pics and some pics of the run or hopefully a vid...

highlander_69r · 13-01-2009, 09:20 AM

nice conversion mate

so you got 278rwkw of a std ls2 engine (with only tune/otr and exhaust?)

SLY60L · 13-01-2009, 09:49 AM

Yep, i was pretty impressed... I was wanting to put a cam in next but im going to try for 300kW now before i open the motor... Hopefully i can do so with a UDP kit and new diff gears and a better throttle body and manifold as it only runs the std LS1 manifold and throttle body...

SLY60L · 15-01-2009, 07:36 PM

New exhaust went on yesterday and it sounds great...

heres some pics from about 2 weeks ago with my mums VY SS Wagon... Its got the Chev grilles and the 19's only went on about 2 weeks ago... Sorry it took me so long to get a good clear engine pic lol

Chevz · 15-01-2009, 07:42 PM

bloody nice lookin VX mate, love the black vx's - can't go past that for a sexy car with the power to go with it.

love the mags as well, they suit so well!

SLY60L · 15-01-2009, 07:56 PM

Yep i like the mags, but i would rather them in 20's... The 20 inch Prowlers or Incubus are one of my options on my list of 20's id like to get... I used to have something similar on my VT but they just scrubbed to much and i didnt have money to spend on suspension so i sold em, worse mistake i ever made coz they looked so good

Other options are VE GTS, Apec Delexi not really keen on chromies but it would make it stand out for sure) or if i had the money some simmons FR19's

SLY60L · 21-01-2009, 07:36 PM

Damn it, i finally got out to the drags for the second time today with the new motor and it was cancelled again... Started raining whilst i was on my way there...

2 weeks time and ill try again

DragzLS1 · 22-01-2009, 12:19 PM

ahh niceee love the SS in black was gona get a black 1 (on 2 occasions) they look sexc in black

next step is slap it

should be good 2 see what it runs would expect 13's easy..

Yiddo · 22-01-2009, 12:32 PM

Nice combo!

I'd stay away from the style of wheel you have, and the ones on the VT. It's dating very quickly, and the style is becoming way too common.

Have to keep an eye out, recognise those netball courts

SLY60L · 22-01-2009, 01:06 PM

Ye, i have seen plenty of them around but i just like the look of the wheels, as long as it looks good i dont mind how many other people have the same wheels...

Wat is your number plate, i dont see many R32's around my area but theres heaps of R33's

SVD-027 · 25-01-2009, 09:05 PM

was good chatting to you today dude. well done with the car.

SLY60L · 25-01-2009, 09:17 PM

cheers mate, had a chat to a few people today, all nice people and hopefully u will be seeing more of my car in the near future...

DragzLS1 · 27-01-2009, 11:43 PM

im not a big fan of rims but they look good on ur car i reckon.. i think me and u both need to invest in a set of king springs lol

post a vid up if u can of ur car doing a drive by or a bit of a rev would sound tuff i reckon..

SLY60L · 28-01-2009, 07:56 AM

lol ye i deffinetly need it lowered, but im never happy with how low they sit so for now im just going with the practicallity of having standard springs lol... If i can save up enough for 20's tho i will be getting it to sit as low as possible over them

AGRSV6 · 08-02-2009, 03:28 PM

that pic in the last thread looks like the netball courts over in sutho LOl. been there a many times.

car looks good mate. looked good on the aussie day cruise

SLY60L · 10-02-2009, 11:37 AM

cheers mate, they are only just down the road from my house, i didt wanna go to far away from home as i was only on my P's then...

I took her out to the drags on wednesday and ran a 13.4... I will deffinetly be able to get that down to a high 12 though when i get my launches and shifts right, hopefully next time ill have a set of slicks to use

R8ING1 · 17-02-2009, 05:22 PM

Nice car champ. Just curious what was your mph?

SLY60L · 18-02-2009, 06:04 PM

The run was 13.463@107.96 mph... 60 ft time was 2.246

SLY60L · 22-02-2009, 06:48 PM

Well i smashed the SS on friday night, gave it a little to much throttle and broke traction and lost it... For now its sitting in my garage with most of the front end stripped off and engine to come out soon...

Its going to be out of action for a while but for the time being i have bought a VR commo off Damo Batancs (Tanka5.7)

Its got a pod filter and exhaust so i think its got about 300 killerwatts at the wheels :s

Ill put some pics up soon, im not in the mood to do it just now

tanka5.7 · 22-02-2009, 06:52 PM

hows your back man?

Grega_vs · 22-02-2009, 06:52 PM

fkn spewin, live n learn ay

SLY60L · 22-02-2009, 07:09 PM

lol my back is good so far dude, i think i will prob swap those springs hey...

And ye i have deffinetly learnt from this for sure, hardly took anything and now im left with a wreck in my garage and even more debt...

tanka5.7 · 22-02-2009, 07:19 PM

atleast your not dead bloke

chrism182 · 22-02-2009, 07:36 PM

That sucks about the accident man.. Hopefully it's back on the road soon.

SLY60L · 23-02-2009, 09:37 AM

Ye mate, im pretty devoed... Im going to try to fix most of it myself and just pay someone to fix the frame and bend the chassis rail back so it will be a few months before its back on the road...

And i got a car to drive around in the mean time now so im going to do everything properly and not worry about how long it takes...

SLY60L · 23-02-2009, 02:01 PM

tanka5.7 · 23-02-2009, 02:12 PM

prolly bout 5 grand in that maybe less,srs airbags are dear because its a hole kit with the crash sensor and all.