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VF S1 Bought prob 2 months before the series 2 came out. Got a good deal though its a nice car. Have to start a thread for it. Plans are full exhaust and otr atm.
Yeah they are a really nice car. My brother inlaw just bought a VFSS series 1 storm ute (idiot was too impatient I told him to wait a few more months for the 6.2), and it’s a really nice thing to drive. The interior craps all over anything holden has released in the past. You’ll love it
I want to go turbo eventually. Depends what your asking price is and wether I have the funds I doubt I could afford it atm. Just recently bought a new vf ssv redline,was very close to buy an ase kit but decided to get a new car instead.
when you say NEW VF SSV, do you mean brand new LS3 variant??? if so PICS NOW :D
How does Harrop offer factory warrenty then when they do blower kits?
Harrop offer a warranty on the DRIVELINE, not the entire car. If something goes wrong with your power windows, harrop aren’t going to be the ones fixing it.
Vehicle manufacturers don’t have to comply with COP because the regulations governing safety requirements and equipment mean they are the ones responsible for making the car safe, regardless of what engine combo is in it. They have to design a car around the engine in some ways, when it comes to crumple zones, how much weight is in the engine, where exactly the engine is positioned and whether the chassis and suspension balance compliments the setup.
Tuners and most of us here don’t have the same responsibilty/motivation, so it makes sense that there is some sort of governance on modification. Some engineers are willing to see reason, especially (like in Gary’s case) when a lot of time and thought has gone into the handling, grip and braking as well as the power, but I imagine most just want to cover their own asses.
I’m not saying I like it or agree with it, but It makes sense considering they govern just about everything else we do…
nothing like click top gear whilst turning the tires off the clock without having to lift. Just foot to the floor and row thru the gears. Will be be heaps quick and MUCH nicer to drive.
If doing enormous burnouts and going to the strip is your thing, then fair enough, at the end of the day you’re building a car for a purpose and everything is a compromise.
But for just about everything else?…. Surely a good manual seems alluring…
I would have jumped at the Malwood T56 option!
I reckon if you are going manual its hard to go past the TR6060 MG9 out of the VF LSA GTS. And its “only” $3,450 brand new from Holmarts….
I’ve looked into a similar thing, and whilst it sounds like an awesome deal, i’m led to beleive a TR6060(MG9 or not) won’t easily fit into a vt-vz trans tunnel? I don’t know exactly what modification is required, but at least a T56 is a bolt-straight-in affair. I’m happy to be corrected?
Need to use smaller fuel jets as its too rich atm but should be easy low 10s once sorted. I’m upgrading to a comp lsr 235/251 113 lsa and 624 lift in the chase to lower my et N/A. Looks like its time for a few upgrades and rollcage and andra license though!
instead of dropping the fuel jet, you could always put a bigger NOS jet to get the AFRs right?
nobody likes manuals anymore? :( sounds like changing gear yourself will be a lost art pretty soon….
I would have jumped at the Malwood T56 option! You get all the fun, highways would be a breeze, so what if you sacrifice a couple of tenths at the strip, it’s still going to be a friggin quick car?? doing a trackday or going for a drive down a windy mountain road would be boring as crap in an auto :(
Thanks for keeping us updated Georgie, nice to know that the support on this forum is willing and watching
What’s funny is my dad and I just recently joined the Monaro Owners Club of Vic, and they asked us to bring it in for their monthly meeting. I was honestly expecting a bunch of old bearded guys that all have classic monaros but there was a good mix of old and young (people and cars). And asking around, there were a few guys that either don’t have a monaro anymore, or just joined because they liked them and wanted to buy one in future. Unless it was a monaro showcase or competition, they couldn’t care who comes along for their cruises as long as the car is respectable.
And to me (no offense to ss owners, as they’re practically the same anyways), a monaro is more exclusive than an SS?? I don’t get it….
Coz lets face it, an SS is soooooooo exclusive.
I honestly thought about buying SS badges and sticking them on the wifes Tiida, and rocking up to their next cruise anyways…
My brother in-law joins the SS owners club and asks: “hey can my brother in-law come on a cruise? He’s got an 02 monaro”. Reply was “sorry buddy, it’s not an SS”.
Honestly what a pack of prats. It’s not like it has 80% identical parts or anything….
Is that first picture a Nos Fogger????
And I thought dry sumping takes more than an accumulator, doesn’t your oil pump need to be changed out altogether?
Watching this closely…
I was thinking maybe wrapping it, even in a fake leather or something but the shape makes it nearly impossible.
A PlastiDip would be ideal???
On thinking again…. You have access to a 3D printer don’t you? Would it be hard to CAD one up for yourself?…
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Dan811.
I was reading through this thread, and was honestly thinking “the only thing that lets the look of this car down is the rubbish exhaust tips, otherwise everything else is really clean and well done”.
It turns out you’re one step ahead of me
Well done on this build for not going over the top on gay bodykits or 20 inch chrome dinner plates
So done a little research, looks like my idea of removing the reverse lock out on the Pro Ratchet, whilst doable, means it wont be legal as there is nothing preventing me going from D to R. Legality is an issue. I really don’t want to pick up a defect for a simple lever. So looks like its back to the original plan of the lever, but maybe I will make the lever end black instead of red or something so it doesn’t stand out so much. I mean I intend running the B&M ball with the trans brake switch anyway. Pity I cant get a black round gear stick ball, I have looked around but don’t seem to be able to find one, unless anyone else knows of one? This is the look I want but would prefer the gear knob black (and it needs the trans brake)
It’s obviously going to get handled alot, so a proper job is a must, but would it be that hard to just paint the knob black?
With the proper prepwork and a crapload of clear it should last just about forever??
A friend of mine did EXACTLY THE SAME THING… He called me up and says:
“I’m a bit confused.. I thought i’d top up the oil but I realised after i put about 10 – 15 litres in that you aren’t supposed to fill it to the top. I checked the dipstick and realised I put way too much in. So I jumped underneath and undid the bolt but only like 2 litres came out. Where did the other 10 litres go, and how do I get it out?”
Immediately I laughed and said: “get it towed man, and whatever you do DON’T start it. You’ve way overfilled the oil, and just drained your transmission fluid”.
I wouldn’t call it the worst mistake in the world, but I still remind him of it when I see him
I tried taking off my harmonic balancer on my old VZ SV6, to fit an underdrive balancer.
Never used a 3-prong puller before, couldnt work out how to get the damn balancer off. So i took the bolt out of the snout, and tried to screw the puller INTO the crank snout…
As I was tightening the puller it was crushing the thread inside the crank snout, and just as I was tightening it up, my cousin came in and screamed at me just in time to stop me from doing it any tighter.
It was so close, but the balancer bolt JUST grabbed enough of the thread inside the crank to be able to screw it back in. He did the rest for me, and I changed my underwear, having realised I very nearly had to replace the crankshaft…
It’s also awesome to see a different approach to modifying and tuning.
No forced induction or strokers or huge head+cam arrangements, just clever use of today’s technology and ecu capabilities. I hope more people go down this route for tuning, though I daresay there’s cheaper ways to make HP.
The main thing I love about this car is that other than the cost of building and Tuning, there are ZERO downsides. No loss of driveability or smoothness, and effectively a DROP in fuel consumption. A package that is very rare in the real world.
I remember when wheels magazine tested a 230kw series2 Monaro when they first came out, they managed 270km/h in it, which they were all impressed with. I also remember that the 300kw VYGTS (sedan) in the same test only did 275 by comparison, and both were manual.
So 250 in this car with the extra weight and power loss through an auto and awd system is VERY impressive
yea i agree but also disagree. I mean its a law, everyone else is passing it (supposedly) I think it shows a lot of contemp to just cheat to pass it. what else are they lying about? is the L/100 reading on your dash bs for example. I reckon its pretty crap from a gernam marque thats so respected.
The problem is it doesn’t take much to work out that your L/km reading is lying. It also wouldn’t take much to discover that the claimed power output was wrong. Just about everything else that is claimed about a car can be pretty easily measured by the masses, so it doesn’t leave much room to cheat. Even safety requirements are tested by NCAP and so on.
But emissions tests are a relatively new concept to 90% of the population, and they would never get their car tested. Neither would a cop who pulls you over tell you to go get a new VW emissions tested. Then of course even if you did, it doesn’t sound like many (if any) tests are actually conducted on the road, so the car would still “pass the test” if conducted on a dyno.
It’s a niche that VW exploited. Morally, it’s obviously wrong, but I wouldn’t assume that VW are lying about a bunch of other things too. And as said above, a power/eco button on the dashboard combined with their “cheat” system may have been enough to avoid them getting caught, or at least stop them getting prosecuted.
It will be interesting to see what transpires…
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