Thread: V6 HQ Ute conversion/rebuild

spose it doesnt matter than, got a quick question someone might know, im looking at buying a set of cragar ss 15x8 rims for my ute, from american republic wheels in victora, and the one piece rims are 250 each and the 2 piece are 320, 1 piece are polished, 2 are chromed, whats the difference, worth the extra $$$, ill only get 4, the difference between 1 & 2 piece,

thats what i thought, so... which is best, whats the benefit of having a 2 piece if any

strength and higher quailty

youve got the one thing im missing, space!

yeah got plenty of space except most of the shed leaks, so there is half a dozen tubes of silcone in the roof, i store all the stuff worth keeping in a little building that used to part of our house 15+ yrs ago, its in the first few pics befind the brown car, about the size of a reasonable bedroom, chockers, just enough to get in and out, and the chook pen filled with parts that are either not as important or rims, still covered thought, dads starting to crack down on my collection, he reckons there not my sheds and to make some room for his stuff, my sheds now lol, and i havent even started moving stuff to the other farm.... yet

so for a daily driver its not worth the extra 70 a rim for 2 piece, this is my first registerable vehicle, and i definatly wont be abusing it, ill buy a cheap commy for that

Hey mate you wouldnt happen to still have the dimensions/ desgin "blueprints" for your tool box. Exactly what im looking to make for my WB in year 12, thanks

cant send you pm?? anyways im happy to help you out , im away at the moment so when i get home ill take some measurements and send them to you,

dan1975 my dad and myself converted the diff to leaf, we made a jig to take a sals diff, and had mounts cut from a banjo to weld on with the jig, the new axles were $300 each, for steels, but during the qld floods the diff place couldnt get steels or something like that so he gave us chrome moly, which is apparently what they put in 9inchs, which were heaps more, so a commy v6 should be fine i reckon lol

difference is mine has heavy duty unis was balanced and built by proffessionals for big horse power, i dont know if you have done the conversion yet but there is a complete conversion sump, wiring, motor,box, on ebay in the blue mountains currently listed starting at $400

yeah i saw the conversion on ebay, but its for a vt ecotec and im using a vn buick, i bought a wb with one, but only the sump is reusuable, didnt have extractors, which ill get, had stupid engine mounts and ill get a new loom made so its tidier, and the crossmember is to suit commy t5 manual and im using a ford extension housing which has different mounts so ill make a new one cause there simple as