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July 20, 2016 at 9:04 am #18607
ImmortalityParticipant- 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais
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Posts: 535Hang on, hasn’t he’s fitted a roller cam? if so all he really needs to worry about is bedding in the rings
July 20, 2016 at 9:10 am #18611Right you are. Find a steep hill go up and down it for 30-45 mins in top gear around 30-50km. Load the engine up
Dump oil, refills X proceed to WOT
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July 20, 2016 at 10:24 pm #18621
exec24Participant- 2004 VY S2 Berlina 1996 VS 5L Sedan
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Posts: 435yes its a roller cam, when i did take it for its first drive i noticed the car was running pretty hot,
compared to what it use to run at, once warmed up to the normal temp range the fan cuts in cools it back down but warms back up after a few minutes to the point the fan cuts back in, i was concerned as i was driving on open highway on a cool night
could this be due to the running in oil?
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July 21, 2016 at 6:27 am #18625Oil shouldn’t effect running temps to the point where it’s noticeable. Dump the oil and refresh with HPR 30 and see how it goes.
Freeway driving won’t bed the rings in properly.
July 21, 2016 at 1:38 pm #18631
exec24Participant- 2004 VY S2 Berlina 1996 VS 5L Sedan
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Posts: 435Highway drive was to mainly make sure everything brakes and steers as it should
is there an alternative way to bed the rings in, no real steep hills near me
July 21, 2016 at 1:49 pm #18632
ImmortalityParticipant- 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais
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Posts: 535Need to drive it under load varying engine speed. Chuck a couple of bags of cement in the boot or anything else heavy for that matter.
July 21, 2016 at 1:55 pm #18633Drive with hand brake up. LOL
February 10, 2017 at 9:03 pm #21702
exec24Participant- 2004 VY S2 Berlina 1996 VS 5L Sedan
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Posts: 435so not much of an update but the brand new Optima Yellowtop that i fitted into the car when i got it back on the road decided to call it quits after about 8-9months but got a new one under warranty a few weeks ago
i decided to fit a voltmeter in the VS to make sure the charge system is working ok, i had intended to fit it in the boot as i didnt think i had the space in the dash, then i decided to remove the clock
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trial fitting it to the existing dash fascia in the car, which had been cracked for some time, so i removed the clock and filed the hole out a bit, took a bit too much out trying to get it sitting flat, but ended up working a way around this by painting then gauge itself flat black so you cant spot it, so i didn’t need to file the hole out as much, in the good dash fascia that ive had sitting here, which is now fitted
testing the wiring
the replacement dash fascia
April 22, 2017 at 7:14 pm #22467
exec24Participant- 2004 VY S2 Berlina 1996 VS 5L Sedan
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Posts: 435Well cars been running really good, have had an exhaust leak fixed, and a pair of dump tips fitted to the exhaust a few months ago, just need to get around to booking it in for the final tune, hopefully in the next few weeks
Still have an ABS Fault, which i need to find,
Have sourced a full set of factory V8 Fe2 Springs and Swaybars for it, particularly wanted the swaybars, so i can swap the adjustable ones over
been contemplating fitting a VT/VX/VY brake booster and master cylinder to it for a while now, i kept the one out of a VX SS i parted out a few moths back, after a bit of measuring i had a bracket folded up, and the other part of it lasercut, which i welded up last weekend
April 25, 2017 at 10:31 am #22500
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