Thanks for the reply Steve.
Hi David, your throwing me with questions here lol...
Just read through this thread, and it answered quite a few of your questions.
Have a look at:
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Unfortunately it is a reality, your Lux will loose it's market value. As in my case it will probably keep me from doing it for a couple of years unless circumstances allow for it. Hopeful.
Reputable person to do this will not be to difficult to find on this forum, again look at previously mentioned thread, there are a few guys with know how. I don't know the guys in person as I am fairly new to this forum, you could always PM Ali3n, I'm sure he'll send you in the right direction.
Regards to gearbox. Personally want to keep the autobox, I don't carry the knowledge or specifics, but if you are considering, please do your research, seems that everything must be taken into account, wheel size, eg. 32" 33" etc, diff ratio's and then some.
I'm not going to go into fuel consumption, as this is heavily influenced on drive train and ECU used. Though there are a lot of results from different guys with these conversions. I do agree though that the newer vvti models are more efficient and economical than the older v8's.
Now for the ECU, again comes down to what gearbox and what you are looking for. Seems the OEM ECU is great as it sets itself, always a winner, though some guys prefer spitronics, it's cheaper and has some extra functions regarding the autobox in low range gear selecting, but that's only what I've read, no personal experience.
I don't think you're highjacking my threat, I think it's more me who's going to be following your conversion ;)