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April 16, 2015 at 9:29 am #4870
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777Yep 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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April 16, 2015 at 9:33 am #4872From memory a live rear axle Gary..
April 16, 2015 at 10:18 am #4876
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777Yea I couldn’t remember, they were the sort of hybrid days weren’t they, not group C, but not factory either.
April 16, 2015 at 10:46 am #4879Yep 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.
April 16, 2015 at 10:49 am #4882
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777Commentator – “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)
April 16, 2015 at 1:55 pm #4894
Dan811Participant- SE Melbourne
- 02 Monaro M6 LS1
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Posts: 124Really 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
April 16, 2015 at 2:49 pm #4898
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777But 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)
April 16, 2015 at 5:14 pm #4899Seen these? http://www.shop.gforce1320.com/product.sc?productId=70&categoryId=2594
April 16, 2015 at 7:46 pm #4906
RangaParticipant- Victoria
- 04 VYII Calais V8 97 Harley Fatboy
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Posts: 22We 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.
April 16, 2015 at 9:01 pm #4912
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777Actually got to know the boys at G Force, top quality. Sure it’s not cheap, but you pay for the engineering. Top quality.
April 17, 2015 at 7:48 am #4933wow 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
April 17, 2015 at 8:11 am #4935That is a good idea indeed
April 17, 2015 at 8:50 am #4940
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777these 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.
April 17, 2015 at 11:52 am #4949Awesome dunno about running solid cradle bushes on the street though
April 17, 2015 at 2:02 pm #4966
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777I have got “race” cradle bushes in mine, they are solid as, rides pretty good actually.
April 18, 2015 at 4:22 am #4989I 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
April 18, 2015 at 6:02 am #4991Where still talking STREET cars yeah boys…..
April 18, 2015 at 9:39 am #4994
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777Really thought these days Cav the line between street and race is pretty blurred
April 18, 2015 at 12:36 pm #4999Trust 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
April 18, 2015 at 5:31 pm #5010
VRSenator065Participant- Adelaide SA
- VR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project)
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Posts: 5 777I 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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