VR Senator with LSx454

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yep I agree re the mods. Never been a huge fan of different brand swaps, sort of think Chev into Holden is OK, but anything else doesn’t really float my boat. Really a VR is over 20 years old now, so without major surgery its never going to be up to the latest cars, but then to me the rawness of them is part of the appeal. Just a pity Holden didn’t go for a better IRS set up. Really from day one they were never going to be ideal given the geometry/camber change. What rear suspension set up did the VR/S Bathurst race cars have back in the day, or was it totally different?

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[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

From memory a live rear axle Gary..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Yea I couldn’t remember, they were the sort of hybrid days weren’t they, not group C, but not factory either.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Yep can’t remember which team but one of em ran a fabricated Live axle that was small diameter tubes and open axles, I’m guessing that allowed rear camber change easily, might have been Perkins.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Commentator – “So Larry not a bad time out of the old girl”

Larry (smiling) – “Shes pretty new under the bonnet mate”

Best come back to a commentator in Bathurst history

(apologies if I didnt get it work for word accurate btw)

[Dan811Participant SE Melbourne02 Monaro M6 LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 4, 2015 Posts: 124]

VRSenator065 wrote:

Really a VR is over 20 years old now, so without major surgery its never going to be up to the latest cars, but then to me the rawness of them is part of the appeal.

AGREED ^

There’s a lot more character in a “raw” old car than in a new one. My 2014 holden cruze is way more civilized, comfortable, quiet, economical, and refined as the 02 monaro (and that’s only 12 yrs difference…). It craps all over the old girl in build quality and comfort.

But nobody cares about the guy who tamed his pet maltese puppy. We want to see the guy who wrestles his pet lion daily and gets away with it

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Dan811 wrote:

But nobody cares about the guy who tamed his pet maltese puppy. We want to see the guy who wrestles his pet lion daily and gets away with it

I lol’d (truly)

[MarzellaParticipant MarzellaVS SS View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 59]

Seen these? http://www.shop.gforce1320.com/product.sc?productId=70&categoryId=2594

 

[RangaParticipant Victoria04 VYII Calais V8 97 Harley Fatboy View build HERE Member since: April 10, 2015 Posts: 22]

We use to sell GForce products through work, that coil over kit was pretty cool but was sort of limited to only VZ Monaros unless you wanted to do some small mods to your car.

Chris Nicols the owner of GForce is a cool guy, very switched on, and does some cool mods to all the GTO’s over in the states.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Actually got to know the boys at G Force, top quality. Sure it’s not cheap, but you pay for the engineering. Top quality.

[HSVGTSParticipant BrisbaneVS GTS View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 39]

wow looking at there site and some of the stuff they do they have some great ideas and put some thought into a lot of things others haven’t if you combined a few of them you would have a better setup far from perfect but defiantly better and the prices on some of there stuff isn’t that bad really.

these would be great im seriously considering a set

http://www.shop.gforce1320.com/product.sc?productId=367&categoryId=932

[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

That is a good idea indeed

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

HSVGTS wrote:

these would be great im seriously considering a set

http://www.shop.gforce1320.com/product.sc?productId=367&categoryId=932

Wow, very cool, thanks for posting.

[MarzellaParticipant MarzellaVS SS View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 59]

Awesome dunno about running solid cradle bushes on the street though

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

I have got “race” cradle bushes in mine, they are solid as, rides pretty good actually.

[HSVGTSParticipant BrisbaneVS GTS View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 39]

I don’t see the issues with solid cradle mounts really I to run the apparent race style ones as well and noticed no difference in harshness that been said I cant see why you cant angle the front part of there boxed section and alow a little more clearance but id need to dummy it all up and check the clearance 100% under there and if its hitting on the whole box section or just a part of it

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

Where still talking STREET cars yeah boys…..

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Really thought these days Cav the line between street and race is pretty blurred

[HSVGTSParticipant BrisbaneVS GTS View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 39]

Trust me I see nothing race about the bushes hence why I call them apparently race that been said you ask a cunt cop and 99% of mods that don’t include a air freshener in your car makes it now a race car and a loud exhaust makes you a hoon/racer to 99% of the population that watch A Current Affair and have no clue.

Im sure they like to call parts race parts thinking all the young ones will buy them like crazy I bought them because in my mind the stiffer the cradle is the better to help stop tramp not that one thing alone proves to be the magic cure

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

I did mine more to try and cope with the increase in torque, did them when I did the whole cradle etc. Not that I have driven the car on really long drives yet but tbh the ride is pretty good in it as it is.

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