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June 8, 2016 at 10:21 pm #17672
Slow355Participant- Victoria
- hectic spec 355 vs ss ute
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Posts: 322Nice ride loving the older commies, dont see many nice ones anymore.
munch munch ls1s for lunch
Best 1/4 mile 13.1@105mph 60ft-1.8sec Reaction time .8 sec 0/100-4.8secJune 9, 2016 at 12:20 am #17676
TUFGMHParticipant- Sydney
- VH SL/E & VK Calais LS1
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Posts: 96You won’t be getting engineering with a 232/238 cam, or any thing aftermarket for that matter.
It slipped in under a blue slip in 2012 as it lies now within the 20% power and capacity rules of the VSI at that time. Most of my mates in the game won’t bother worrying about a small cam during a pink slip as long as the external factory emissions are in place. I don’t drive it to attract attention and it hasn’t so far lol.
The cam has been sold, looking for something a bit bigger but not aggressive. The exhaust is quiet but a lump in the idle can’t be hidden. I want to push it into the 11s and not any further as it is a daily.
June 9, 2016 at 6:13 am #17678my old cam was prefect for daily. And would go 11’s in that thing easily. Too many people over cam these engines and the loose out to smaller cam’d engines.
215/223 .604/.610 112
June 16, 2016 at 6:36 am #17803
TUFGMHParticipant- Sydney
- VH SL/E & VK Calais LS1
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Posts: 96Ran at the street meets at Sydney Dragway lastnight but couldn’t better the 12.8 lol. Ran a few 13.0/12.9’s.
June 16, 2016 at 3:43 pm #17806Ran at the street meets at Sydney Dragway lastnight but couldn’t better the 12.8 lol. Ran a few 13.0/12.9’s.
Wat was ur 60 foot times?
June 21, 2016 at 12:13 am #17898
TUFGMHParticipant- Sydney
- VH SL/E & VK Calais LS1
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Posts: 96All 1.9’s. Need to adjust the rear brakes as it was breaking traction very low in the rev range. Not too stressed as it was more of a base line for future mods and working out what needs improvement. A high 11 is all I am after, any more than that and it goes from a daily/sleeper to lost in a crowd of modded Commodores lol ;)
Pics of the Simmons should be up this week. Finally got some time for reassembly but wasn’t expecting it to be so labour intensive Stripping old silicon off 4 inners and outers, cleaning 80 nuts and bolts, wax and grease remover everywhere, setting up a clean spot to reassemble, applying new silicon in a way is doesn’t leak of lift, then loctiting and torquing bolts…. After 6hrs, I have two rims fully assembled and two requiring the last 16 bolts each. Once that’s done and valve seals are replaced, the tyres will be refitted and a final polish done so pics can be taken
June 21, 2016 at 11:37 am #17906
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777^I got tired just reading that!! look fwd to the pics.
June 21, 2016 at 11:09 pm #17908
TUFGMHParticipant- Sydney
- VH SL/E & VK Calais LS1
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Posts: 96^I got tired just reading that!! look fwd to the pics.
Lol, for some reason, the formatting was playing up overnight and it wouldn’t split paragraphs. Kept getting <p>’s all through the comment. Tried to fix it 3 times and gave up. Fixed it a minute ago
Edit: Ahh, just got what you were referencing to lol..
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June 21, 2016 at 11:23 pm #17910That tci stally should help those 60 footers but i can see a 9inch having to show up.
June 22, 2016 at 3:48 pm #17911
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777Nah all good
Would a 9″ really needed running those numbers? Just seems a fair $$ outlay.
June 22, 2016 at 5:31 pm #17915IMO Better converter builders then TCE ATM.
been reading of a lot of people not happy
9inch is way over kill for this car.
June 23, 2016 at 12:10 am #17918
TUFGMHParticipant- Sydney
- VH SL/E & VK Calais LS1
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Posts: 96Had a nine inch before and not a fan. The centre felt as heavy as the VLT diff sitting nearby. A BW78 4 pinion will be the next upgrade if any change is made.
June 23, 2016 at 10:44 am #17919I suppose its for piece of mind but yeah its a big outlay and the auto would be a bit more friendly. Im used to the manual and u definitely punish the diff more, just ask my last one that slightly exploded lol
June 23, 2016 at 12:08 pm #17921
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777I do agree it is nice to know its pretty much bullet proof back there. My 12 bolt gives me piece of mind but they aren’t bloody cheap. If I remember rightly there is something to do with the pinion angle which means a 9″ robs a bit more power than the 12 bolt, but flip side is it means the 9″ is slightly stronger. Diff longevity has a lot to do with the mechanical sympathy of the driver, and also how well it hooks up. I am assuming the RB30t boys don’t always go 9″?
June 23, 2016 at 12:50 pm #17922There’s always a catch to everything, if yu want total piece of mind ur goin to have to hand over sum power and put on weight for it.and then cross ur fingers nuthin else breaks!
June 28, 2016 at 6:25 am #17997
TUFGMHParticipant- Sydney
- VH SL/E & VK Calais LS1
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Posts: 96Mags finally sorted after sourcing new bolts. Looks great on a VK but not quite fitting into the Calais look lol.
June 28, 2016 at 11:23 am #18003Old school tuff! Luv it
Reminds me of my Director bak in the day.
June 28, 2016 at 12:30 pm #18009
Heron SSVParticipant- Central Coast NSW
- 2009 Pajero Exceed 84 VK SL LS3
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Posts: 585I love how clean this is. Wonder if you could stick an L98 in one under the same regs…. they would fall within the 20% capacity requirements, just.
June 28, 2016 at 4:36 pm #18013
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777No such thing as the 20% rule here in SA
June 28, 2016 at 7:48 pm #18020
TUFGMHParticipant- Sydney
- VH SL/E & VK Calais LS1
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Posts: 96I love how clean this is. Wonder if you could stick an L98 in one under the same regs…. they would fall within the 20% capacity requirements, just.
A guy up that way is currently doing an LS3 conversion into a VH, but the engineer will be involved.
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