Being a performance freak, if i had to go to the trouble of pulling the V6 engine out, i didn't want to replace it with another stock V6. I found a written off factory supercharged V6 1997 VS Caprice on Pickles Auctions, brought it home & stripped it over a weekend. After selling off all the bits i didn't need, the complete super 6 & trans ended up owing me less than what a stock V6 would've cost me from the wreckers. The following weekend was conversion day, starting at 7am on saturday morning.
Stripping the old engine.
VS Caprice factory supercharged V6 engine/trans ready to go in.
Sunday morning 7am, all fitted up ready to start.
The front bumper is off the car because i replaced the corroded non-functioning A/C condensor. The Caprice wreck had recently had a new one fitted & the A/C overhauled, so i fitted it all into the ute as part of the engine swap. For the first time since i've owned the ute it'll have A/C, just in time for summer. I also fitted a second-hand set of Pacemaker headers running through the original exhaust to keep it sounding stock. It has been back on the road for almost two weeks in it reincarnated guise, sounds like any other V6 Commodore until the throttle opens up & the supercharger starts to "whine", is as economical if not marginaly better on fuel than a stock V6, but pulls hard like a V8 when you accelerate.
