Carnage Episode 49 - We Start Building Our VN Commodore - Supermang

We buy a VN Commodore, and spend the most money on buying a new project car EVER! We're going to fit an L67 Supercharged Six and then boost up the power with the factory Supercharger and then we'll fit a turbo.
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[@pigdog271]

Whoever put the music overlay on when Scotty was greasing up the bearings deserves an Oscar

[@commodoreman1]

4k isn't crazy anymore, the days of $300 immaculate VNs are gone. What a find! Love this series :)

[@Jent1466]

TheIXXID too true its a sad world

[@Xannvy]

8k for ma good one like that nowadays

[@apachelives]

4:27 that surprise reaction when your GM product actually starts and runs for once

[@zac8366]

I used to make fun of these until the day my mate picked up one of these and took me for a drive. One owner, 175,000km and garaged all its life. Man they are so spacious and comfortable, suspension soaks up the bumps and you can stretch your legs which is ideal if you're taller. It got into a crash and was written off, it wasn't even my car and im still sad thinking about it. Definitely an Australian classic. Great video.

[@enduroboi6780]

Lol at the raunchy music while Scotty packed that bearing 👌👌👌😄😄😄

[@DragoserakerIT]

There's a reason everyone learns wheel bearings at 16. Because by that point the person doing the hard work can't stand doing them anymore and wearing their palms raw that they hand it down to the new kid

[@4west7]

Digg'n the 70's porno music while greasing wheel bearings!

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Glad people got the reference

[@Crucible65]

This bloke is actually pretty bloody good

[@barristanselmy2758]

Heck yeah

[@nickg4135]

4k seems like a bargain for a VN. They were a nice car to hoon in

[@chrispostlethwaite6800]

I guess times change, I sold my VN Berlina to a mate(years ago) for $1500 and pretty sure at the time I'd ripped him off... lol.

[@tcpnetworks]

For brake calipers, FT is considered a calibrated measurement to achieve. That or 10 ugga-duggas at 100PSI. IF the bolt snaps, you did it too toight.

[@damiangillett6443]

Cross threaded or torqued to spec... Tight is tight

[@roxannenuttall1510]

Nothing is more satisfying than fixing your vehicles issues after taking an educated guess and or some time in rectifying. Man I love that feeling makes me shout out '' F@#K YEAH!!! " when the issue(s) resolved

[@tommclean8940]

The max performance ea looks so good

[@seanalessi876]

Glad I'm not the only one that picked up on the Ron Jeremy music while he packed the bearings. Genius editing

[@dinosshed]

Doing a fuel pump and bearings never looked so sexy Scotty! It was actually terribly boring until the filter came out, lol. I'd not call 4k too much for it, in good condition and becoming rare like HQ Kingswoods. Almost as good as project bluebird

[@LV-FOURTWENTYSIX]

I have a feeling that the mangmang may go bangbang

[@SenatorBanana]

mang mang mang mang darren darren darren darren

[@watsisbuttndo829]

I think thats a pretty safe bet. Whats the popular opinion on first death. Crank. Head gasket or transmission?.

[@xkobeplayz5396]

When the dynos literally louder than the car

[@7071t6]

My first job was working for John at DEER PARK MOTORS, Mechanical basic work, tyres, wheel bearings ,tunes oil changes etc, when i was only 15 as well. :) the trick with install of wheel bearings is not to use a punch to tap them in, you use the old bearing caps to tap the new ones in. Just one slip of a centerpuch or wrong tool on the cap and you have nothing but noise and then you have to do the job all over again and most people don't buy the tools required just for replacing wheel bearings / caps ? Especially modern cars with ABS ECS etc etc. 🏎👌✌👍😊🙌 Scotty mate when doing the work on the bearings you have to have the solid table so you can tell when its metal to metal noise as well, when putting the bearing cups in, using the old cups is just as good when installing the new ones. :)

[@jamesblanton9364]

Super cool video mang, can't wait to see more ! Thanks fellas.

[@clangabell3]

Had an old vn was the best car I ever owned. Flogged the absolute guts out of it! Had a locked diff only thing I ever had to fix on it was power steering pump. It lived in limiter & I used to blow sets of tyres every week as a young fella. looking back I should of stuck it in the garage it was quite a clean example too.

[@amyphillips7461]

Love this, staying tuned!

[@MafiaboysWorld]

Is it a Barra? Is it a Plane? No, it's SUPER-MANG! 🤘

[@gemini3558]

MafiaboysWorld hehe haha lol 😂 Scotty had me in tears when he pulled the shifter out !!! Epic !!! To do up the cattle nut on the wheel bearing 😜👍🇦🇺

[@dereklipka7025]

I have bought the VP calais. Picked up the L67 on the weekend. Now going to follow your lead

[@gregmyatt9932]

I remember the VN when they were new. As an apprentice they pulled like a freight train up to about 80kms an hour, but ran out of puff pretty quickly. But they were allot better than the EA with the 3 speed auto, geez, they were bad accelerators, but better top end.

[@mattt83]

Ea multipoint 5 speed was a quick car for the day

[@zorbratron]

i have a 92 vp and it is amazing, like a big old couch. its a nice cruiser and has power when you need it.

[@mattstevens9289]

Adult warning needed for Scotty packing grease

[@cgrecommended]

The music makes it haha

[@ufi123]

Buy that wheel bearing a drink first Scotty!

[@danielspencer1973]

Good stuff Scotty! I've owned both those Commodores. Nice project.

[@liamhume4294]

Just found this channel im glad I did now to get me chips and watch street machine for 6 hours

[@theoriginalwallace]

Sweet, Scotty! Hope you & the family are all safe & well. Strange times indeed. I've been working like a demon on the Cossie Viva! Done the door gapping by welding the ends of the skins to get an even 4mm gap! Boot lid next. Shell all seam welded, stainless 3" system built (trans cross member modded to fit around it), etc. She's gonna be Street Machine mag feature worthy yet!! Cheers. Leigh.

[@R8MEX]

Back in the late 90s my parents had the option of buying a VN Berlina or an EA s pack.. we went with the EA and I've been a Ford fan ever since.. we've had that EA, 2 EF Fairmonts , an EL Fairmont, an AU forte that accomplished over 700,000kms (which still ran perfectly well when we got rid of it) an FG xr6, and a FG mk2 xr6. Great cars!

[@pollock9231]

Awesome video, love a clean sleeper VN, and in red too. Hoping the exterior and interior stay original but just cleaned up. 👍🏼

[@lsgemini7686]

Hahahaha cracked up with you and the shifter! 🤙🏼

[@harrisonthomas1396]

Haha same

[@Brock_Landers]

I'd still be pumped to see a turbo installation on the Barina. I don't know why I am so hooked on the Barina, because I've never seen one before, but I'd be really interested in seeing you run it at the strip with the bigger engine standard, and then installing a properly designed turbo kit and running it again at the strip to see how much it's picked up. That being said, I'm really excited to see how this old girl does!

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I've got Barina plans

[@xplore7359]

Problem with big power in little light cars like the barina is getting power down to the ground.

[@tony66au]

The Lolz! Shifter on spindle nut for the win, You bastard I spat coffee when you did that...

[@Benjay1975]

i remember working on these things back at Peter Terry Holden in the 90's , Factory dash rattles LOL, expand foam was official factory fix

[@fazr4248]

i'd love to give this thing a nice polish and get rid of that oxidisation.

[@_ThatGuyGus_]

Same!!!

[@shanehurenkamp50]

Considering that the VN only made 125Kw at the flywheel originally 103Kw at the wheels seems really good

[@NOMORE-ss9qx]

Thanks for entertaining us Scott :)

[@seanedwards1838]

I'm super glad your you g this direct Scotty, I was worried you were gona leave it stock and wind up stock supercharger.

[@stotty117]

Buys l67 dose no support mods only changes pulley Knock knock my freind. Who is it rod number 5 is busting out like police busting in ya door

[@jrbuch]

Nice work, as per usual Scotty!

[@78Giddo]

I had myself an ex-pursuit 5L VN in Perth during the mid 2000's. I brought it off an old dectective who had himself a mini collection of old police vehicles, it was a piss cutter.

[@hendrahendra]

Excuse me Scotty its AU and then VN. UNSUBBED! Syke! Love ya scotty, thanks for the vids at these times it means a lot. Stay healthy and safe brother.

[@watsisbuttndo829]

Its NEVER VN.........NEVER!

[@nathanw7114]

This is going to be a fun one!

[@zebmcgrath6682]

18.48 😂😂😂 legend Scotty

[@MJTAUTOMOTIVE]

Don't choke the Hammer Scotty. 🤣. All good Mate, thanks for the content. Stay Safe Mate. Cheers.

[@ryantilley-general.shenanigans]

Haha, I do that all the time, I'm Fitter and Turner so I should 'know better' but I just don't give a damn. Some old guy i worked with years ago would get heaps angry at me for it, so it was worth it for his reaction.

[@kizjay2730]

Holy crap you owned/built V6 Vengeance? How did a VN fanatic like me miss that, i used to buy Street Commodores as religiously as i have bought Street Machine (since the early 90’s to present day) and used to look forward reading the next instalment of V6 Vengeance even though my VNs were all 5Ls back then seeing a V6 one being built was so cool. Loving this build so much, i could bore you stupid with all the VNs ive owned and still own currently the collection is around 8, VN Calais 355 project, A VN V6 skid car with twin throttles done as a atlas grey SS replica, a VN LE, VN Berlina Formula and a few VN parts cars on the farm. But i also have a couple of AU paddock bashers out on the farm too so these days I understand how awesome AUs are.

[@Megaphone77]

Agreed. I got my VN long after V6 Vengeance was finished (I had a Phoenix Red VN SS) and had no idea that Scotty did that until a little while ago. By memory they bought that car for only like $400 too. Those days have long passed.

[@mattjones4443]

Hope to see you go all out with the supercharger and Mace performance parts. Really curious to see how much you can get out of it. Would also really like to see you go to the M122 blower instead of the turbo

[@nazzcar7]

What ever happened to the old VN that you had. I remember the build in Street Commodores back in the day. Didn't realise you were around then too 👍

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Yep, that was me. I sold the car as a roller to a mate, he still has it.

[@nazzcar7]

@@STREETMACHINETV nice. When I seen this car I instantly thought back to that VN. Do you remember power figures? Might have to go back through your old chanell if its on there

[@Brandonvscars695]

Gotta do an unopened na build to see how much more power can actually be made

[@pauljohns8215]

Another great video

[@peterhatch1583]

Great video I like the volvo ! conversion my 240 volvo wagon Ls3 and so on 9in but I did like that build

[@ashilino]

Really looking forward to seeing what you can get out of the supercharger

[@MJTAUTOMOTIVE]

Ashilino 322, go over and watch Richard Holdner on KZbin. He does a lot of Dyno testing on heaps of different combinations. He put one of these superchargers on a LS and as you would guess it didn't make anymore power. But he has a video coming out where he ads 2 of these superchargers to see if he can do boost on a budget. Plus check out his other stuff it Is a very good channel to make decisions on what to run because He tests it all for you. Check out Richard Holdner on KZbin. Cheers.

[@Brock_Landers]

Wish I could've just done this with my Megasquirt in my Mk4 Golf 2.0 8 valve turbo build!

[@aukeenskidcar239]

loving the videos, ive got a project car which is my au skid car, and im mounting up my fuel cell holden's are 10x easier to mount up a cell i gotta get someone to weld a plate so i can have the cell to mount up somewhere, anyways good luck with it guys,

[@TN-hc6hf]

I don't know who did the audio for this episode, but the music that subtly comes in at the greasing of the wheel bearing had me genuinely laughing out loud. Well done 👍

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I edited this one - Scotty

[@falconpowerful2362]

7:50 is that manifold for the Taxi? Keep up the great work guys, can’t wait to see what power you get out of the old Mang-o. Gonna give her a name, or just keep it as the VN?

[@thericher]

I like these videos because it's not how to do things if your a 'certified dealer automotive technician' it's just how to do things

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Amen. That's the aim

[@dazaspc]

Compared to the VL NA the VN series 1 was a powerhouse. Yours even has the optional big brakes. My dads old Vacationer series 1 didn't even have 4w disk brakes and the fronts were like the base VL.

[@chefmen101]

cool Are you going to use the brakes of the vt on it ?

[@7071t6]

Scotty i hope you got a E85 fuel sender casket to suit the VN, as that old casket is not going to last long at all, get a new one mate?

[@JyveKilla]

Nut and bolt style stainless clamps on fuel line is the right way rather than worm drive anodised clamps, they give 360 seal and dont rust.

[@LRogan520]

Beautiful.. Before and after.. Dash rattle VNs, thry creaked, they cracked they rattled, and we never fixed them.. Aha, great car though, love the project.

[@bearscustomgarage9595]

I've fitted a VH41 Nissan V8 in my VN Calais. Interested to see your guys results. Good work

[@TorqHub]

Very under rated donk! And something a little bit different. Nice work Bear 👍

[@adamheazlett1179]

Hose clamps love sockets.Check your battery fluid level with a coin less damage than a screwdriver

[@benfowler2769]

I love the VN commodore

[@harleywalls6356]

were is the next few eps man i need to soo this coz im working on a v commy as well

[@gameswampn654]

Damm shes nice 👍 when you guys pluged the haltech in did the electronic dash still read everythin properly? I have a vs that im turboing and am looking at doing the same thing but want every thing to work as it did from factory.

[@tezzrterry7485]

Good to see the old girls featured. Standing under that fuel tank, with no eye, or face protection, was scary if a gush of petrol rushed out.

[@beardmoto]

Dude, Autobarn Frankston carries heaps of stock of Raceworks products and E85 submersible hose if you ever need it in the future. can buy the hose off the roll, so as long or short as you need.

[@mcrotor77]

7:53-7:56 ...."That's what she said"

[@falconpowerful2362]

Well played, well played indeed.

[@lostfound2158]

about bloody time

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Sorry that our free service isn't quick enough for you

[@lostfound2158]

@@STREETMACHINETV lol

[@alastairh9607]

Picked up a red VN yesterday too, what are the chances!

[@benfowler2769]

Love VN commodore

[@lockstompandsteer]

My VP 5speed made 96.2rwkw. Gutless aha

[@TorqHub]

Hahaha, funny to think a 2.0L corolla probably does that now hey? 😂

[@-DEATHSTROKE]

They came with a 137hp ish so that's not too bad considering its 28+ year old so 129hp isn't too bad.

[@TomBudin]

I love the oil on the ground at 1:23 under the VN hhahahahaah mang mang

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Not oil, just a spot where the paint isn't there

[@alt7488]

dr scotty will see you now.... you also got the 'big' v8 brakes with that wheel package so if you go ordering discs/pads and master cylinders just be aware they are different

[@CHINGY1993]

THIS IS GREAT EA VS VN MMMMMMMMMMMM. Getting a twitch in my pants over this series

[@TorqHub]

All you ever needed was a couple inches to get the job done hey Scotty 😂 👍

[@Mynty100]

Upgrade them fronts to VT style :D cuz other then better braking when comes time to replace the rotor, you don't have to do bearings (unless they are ducked lol)

[@roostercockburn1665]

Thought that " greased up bearing" was gunna clout him when he spun the hub around.

[@mikeymasi]

What a beast

[@chetniksrb333]

What about the internal rubber return line. They are gone by now and are good to replace

[@jacobking2421]

Did you take the restricted piece out of the back of the throttle body ?

[@200mphgt40]

You need to keep the charger in place when you first add the turbo. Just to see how it goes. Then pull the charger off later.

[@Megaphone77]

Was thinking this. See what a Twin-Charged setup can do Scotty!

[@zekzorX]

another top video Scotty! Are the old fuel pump wire and those wire crimps E85 safe?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Should be fine

[@boblogIIIfan]

The supercharger idea might be cool in the long run, maybe mod the manifold and try put a second hand m112 on it?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Would love to try it

[@TorqHub]

Skip the M112 and just go to a 2300 whipple lol.

[@boblogIIIfan]

@@TorqHub they make 4 litre whipples you know

[@gdawwg1125]

As a12 year old kid when the vn came out it’s looked like a space ship

[@STREETMACHINETV]

I was 18 when they came out and yeah I felt the same. If fact it took me a couple years to tell the EA and VN apart because they looked so similar. I'd be like, oh there's a new Commodore, oh no it's the new Falcon.

[@deankdx]

wow, never knew about the wheels. i had a VN berlina about 10yrs ago with them, (bought it for $1200, sold for $1500 unregistered due to not loving it before rego) there are wheel bearing packing tools, seen kincrome branded ones apparently work well

[@alt7488]

you'll find you got the 15' wheels due to having the v8 brakes

[@watchthesky.]

It's already built

[@DarrenBoxhall]

Also, get some tube cutting shears man, heaps good to chop hoses

[@Matek0012]

Efi solutions in kilsyth/croydon has submersible e85 hose in store all the time.

[@letsallbe-friends1120]

28:44 *Great Chinatown style voice overdub there Scotty! Was that from "Bogan Master III"??* 😄👍

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Oh no, we've been busted. Someone forgot to turn the camara audio back on

[@glenn.thornton3015]

Another great episode by scotty and crew keep up the content im learning so much with you guys , my best tool atm is my fuller 250mm shifting spanner 😎 do you guys do carnage tshirts ?

[@STREETMACHINETV]

We do, check our shop on the Facebook page

[@iamasmurf1122]

That bearing racer tools the shizzle mcdizzle

[@mechtechau]

Been waiting for super 6 content.

[@STREETMACHINETV]

Waiting on a couple parts

[@mechtechau]

@@STREETMACHINETV can't rush perfection. 'And on the 7th day, there was boost'

[@SUPERCOACH360]

Loving the project Is this a 20k build or what's a realistic cost to do this jobbie at home?

[@stotty117]

About 20k if you re do everything if going blown 15 for the turbo set up properly I did the supercharged option cost 20 all up then wanted more power with out spending 10g on a whipple charger so I went turbocharged and am between 450 and 500 rwk and is notorious for killing gearboxes tho

[@vlt873]

It all depends on how much you can do yourself. The L67 is pretty tough to start with, so as long as it's in good condition to start with you'll get away with some basic maintenance. Throw on some mls gaskets and arp head studs if you can with a basic head service should be $1.5k all up. Going turbo from the get go is the cheaper and will make more power. If you can fab your own intake adaptor in place of the blower or use an ecotec intake with minor mods you'll save lots of coin. $200 You should be able to do a fuel system with 2 pumps, surge tank, hoses, injectors and adjustable reg for around $1.5k. Less if you can buy good second hand injectors. You should be able to fab log manifolds, dump pipes, exhaust and mufflers for about $2k finished. I'd go with a BA-BF Barra spec Garrett GT3582R either rebuilt or good condition 2nd hand (with modded wastegate flap), yes it's a boring choice but it is perfectly sized, runs the numbers, is cheap and far simpler to fab the manifolds and dump due to the internal gate. Expect to pay $600-$1500 depending on condition. Intercooler and piping 1k by the time you buy joiners and clamps etc. Ecu choice comes down to budget, you could buy a second hand ecu which does the job for a few hundred and wire it yourself. Or go the plug and play option for more like $2k. Another $1k tuning. The gearbox and converter is where all the money will go, probably $4-$5k there. Diffs are strong already but factor a couple of grand for new harrop lsd including fitting if you aren't confident with diy.

[@alpharaptor7510]

The EA Falcons had the fuel pump in the boot

[@dGCyanide49]

I wish the VT had this same pump design, much less of a hassle than dropping the tank and undoing all them stupid clips for the lines. Or, do what Ford did and have a boot hole access.

[@callumtbjones]

You need to release a scotty’s shifter.

[@tavisyoung7701]

Nice car