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I don’t know if it’s an option or if you’re after something custom, but I know someone who just took delivery of a 3D printer?………

WOOOOW!!!! That is the coolest thing ever…..

You don’t have to answer coz it’s rude to ask, but how much is a unit like that? And what materials can you print with?

I see some very cool things being made on that baby

The easy answer is that the sway bars attach left and right wheels together in such a way that they’re never truly independent.

When your left wheel feels a bump, the swaybar transfers some of that force to the right hand wheel, so the bumps are felt through the whole car rather than isolated to one wheel. if you’ve ever disconnected your…[Read more]

The easy answer is that the sway bars attach left and right wheels together in such a way that they’re never truly independent.

When your left wheel feels a bump, some of that force is transferred to the right hand wheel, so the bumps are felt through the whole car rather than isolated to one wheel. if you’ve ever disconnected your swaybars…[Read more]

Don’t get me wrong, the coilovers have improved the steering response and grip immensely.

Especially since the only other suspension mods are poly bushes. If you added sway/strut bars and some good tyres, you’d have a serious bit of kit on a track day.

It’s just a touch too firm IMO for a daily driver, and not ideal for roads than can upset the…[Read more]

Its amazing how many people go down the track of “lower is better” or “stiffer is better” without actually knowing. And then I laugh incredibly when they P-Plater next to me has to put 215 front tires on his commodore because his 20-inch wheels foul on the strut tower and says: “man it grips so much better like this”…..

On the road, compliance…[Read more]

I think this is the best way to go, it’s hard compromising at the moment.

Stiffening the rear helps turn-in and keeps the balance pretty neutral, stiffening the front and rear together helps with body roll. But when the rear in particular is stiffer than 5-6, It becomes a bit skittish getting power down out of corners.

As a note to anyone…[Read more]

awesome thanks for that mate, i’ve been looking into changing the springs out.

The truth is i’m still running standard swaybars, (next on my list) and after taking them up numerous mountain roads, the hardest i’ve run them is 10 on the rear and 7 on the front (out of 30 settings) and it still can be upset by bumps. You might be tempted to use…[Read more]

why doesn’t every house come with an open plan garage right next to your kitchen??? That’s GENIUS!!!

I recently put pedderx XA coilovers on the Monaro (vt-vz design), and whilst i am skeptical about their choice of spring rate, i did notice that the mounts were still quite strong, very different from the ones in your first picture???

They must have changed their design, as the ones i bought had a relatively thick mount section (they call it a…[Read more]

I agree, but you can’t deny the genius behind some of their designs, and the clever solutions that they come up with.

The 3D printed turbo housings, the horizontal shock absorber that minimises rear end squat without ruining the suspension geometry,  the carbon fibre hollow wheels, even the nano holes in the interior buttons that allow light…[Read more]

LOL, hand burger.

Glad to see it finally out and driving after following this car for ages on SC and now here. Who says project cars are never finished??

It sounds possible, but supercharger housings are generally designed to flow a certain direction, with one side of the rotors under vacuum, and one side under pressure. And the port shapes and runners are designed to flow a certain way as well.

Theoretically they wouldn’t be as efficient flowing in reverse. Would you make up the difference in e…[Read more]

The best thing about this is not just that it’s daily driven (or close enough to…) but how unassuming it is. Somebody would have to be looking pretty closely to notice any small details. And they’d probably still think it was nothing special, right up until they got their doors blown off.

He’d still have to jerry can it, or drive for hours to go fill up

awww that’s a shame  was it still a 304 at that stage?

Interesting, there’s more than 0.7s difference in the ET, but only 1mph difference in trap speed…. Wanna roll race Cav???? :XD:

As michael said, 400rwkw should be plenty get you into the 10s, it’s the tyre/diff/stall combo that will matter most. The built T400 + stall + 3.9s are already in your favor, so getting the power to the ground is probably your main concern.

Honestly i’d run it as is with some Drag radials, experiment with launches and tyre pressures a little…[Read more]