[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

ahh spewing I’m not on facebook anymore I do miss the car stuff though I have to admit, all the other crap not so much lol, so the TP manifold is probably the way to go you reckon?

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

that’s a sweet looking bit of kit you got there vs 355 I had to fabricate the plumback for my bov outta stainless wasn’t too big of a job but that looks like a better option

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

speaking of the new edelbrock manifold cav do you or anyone else know how good they are, the pricing doesn’t seem too bad, I’m trying to figure out which way to go and want it to fit under the bonnet, I like the look of the come singleplane aswell but I’m not sure how good they are, heard mixed reviews

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

I wouldn’t suggest sand blasting due to the fact it generally warps panel work from the heat and makes for more work than it’s worth, I would recommend soda blasting due to the fact it’s a wet type blasting process and keeps the panels cool and shouldn’t warp anything, not sure where abouts you are or if you might have someone in your area doing it but I have a mate here in Queensland with a wet sand blasting business which is also very gentle on panelwork as well and seems to be a pretty quick process which can save time and money and just like soda blasting they can add rust inhibitors to the water to help with rust proofing, other than that there’s nothing wrong with good old paint stripper

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

I do understand what you’re saying to though cav, especially if you didn’t have the tyre shrouded it would make the air turbulent in that area which wouldn’t be much good at all for an air intake and especially not for a passive or natro intake but even on a forced air intake it would be better to have the shrouding to stop the centrifugal turbulence

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

I was in the same boat with the vn it was either have it in the bay cluttering up space sucking in hot air or plumb it away nicely under the guard out in the fresh air, I have to say the car seemed a bit happier for it too

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

yeah but I’m sure if you had a guard or cover shrouding that area and had a pod filter in there kind of making that area a separate air box in it’s own right it wouldn’t be as much of a problem especially with an air pump either Whipple or vortech sucking the air in, I’m pretty confident that it would have to be more beneficial than detrimental

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

I had the tyre spray problem covered with a piece of 3mm plastic moulded to shape and bolted to the inner guard and bumper to stop the water spray and any crap flicking on the filter and I figured the passenger side opening in the group A bumper would help with the airflow, it was definitely no worse than having the intake under the bonnet where the stock vortech setup usually is

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

I had my air filter mounted down there on my old vn Calais it seemed like the perfect spot for it and it will get cooler air down there than it would ever get under the bonnet, I had a groupA front bar on the old girl so I could fit the intercooler in a bit better and I also had a fan cooled trans cooler mounted behind the bumper on the opposite side to keep the heat away from the intercooler and radiator, it worked a treat too

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

That engine bay shot has given me a few ideas cava, I like the overflow/catch can setup you have there I think I’m gonna have to do something similar.

thanks for the link immortality, it’ll be a while till I get to swap my manifold but at least I know what I need and where to get the bits I want

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

that’s probably the best way to go isn’t it, any idea where you can buy something like this? At worst it wouldn’t take much to fold up and fabricate a custom sheet metal one but I’d rather be lazy and just buy something if possible

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

I was wondering about the throttle cable, sensor ports are easy just drill and tap, glad to hear it should fit under the bonnet coz I want to do this myself soon enough, keep us posted

 

My only other question is what’s the best option to get some cold air to this set up without cutting the bonnet obviously

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

If you can’t find a coil over kit for the rear just go for decent pair of adjustable shocks and springs and rebush everything in superpro that should liven it up with a good sway bar

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

The only thing I can think of is a throttle linkage and maybe brackets to suit, my only question is will it fit under the bonnet? Coz I’m thinking about doing the same thing with my ss

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

A good start for the rear suspension is some adjustable struts and decent springs or if you were keen enough a decent coil over kit to give you a bit of adjustment to play with, but possibly the best thing you could do especially for track days and skidding the old girl is get a whiteline or similar heavy duty front sway bar and just go to the wreckers and get a few different sized rear sway bars I’m pretty sure you can get from 16mm to 20mm stock sway bars, I found in my old Calais the 19mm rear sway was perfect for handling and throwing the old girl around, I had a pedders heavy duty front sway bar and adjustable konis and kings all round on it and it handled very nicely, didn’t hurt having 460rwhp for the throwing it around part though lol

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

apparently good for 600rwhp, street legal and a whole lot better than a stock lsd

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[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

$300 anyone?

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

I dare say a few of your items will be selling like hotcakes once the word gets out mate, it’s awesome to see someone making and selling parts like that to suit our favorite cars

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

now $200 need it gone

[doz10Participant Qld93 VR SS View build HERE Member since: February 9, 2016 Posts: 125]

$100 if anyone is interested

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