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So picked these up cheap and on-sold my 265/35 tyres. I’ll just get some 235/40 size tyres and run them for now. Wheels were $180 and sold tyres for $1000. Spent $60 on a die grinder so frees up $760 for rear rotors, pads and possibly a clutch for the t5? Hoping i might be able to sell the tyres that came on the VE SS wheels for $10-$20 a tyre?

What are the brakes like with the vt master/booster arrangement? Don’t recall anyone running them with c4 calipers before.

383 would be a heap of fun in a ute!

Yeh i just can’t flare line on the car and don’t want to remove it again. It was a bastard getting all the lines into those rubber insulator things and back folded nicely. A union would allow me to leave the line in and just add on a section.

I’m hoping because the brakes are going to be factory hsv vt-vy front and rear as well as running a vt…[Read more]

Yeh that was why the original plan had been mount it under the floor and drill small hole so knob could protrude through floorpan next to drivers seat. I have no intention of pulling solid line again but i could possibly use a flare union to extend line through firewall to the dash?

No big deal. I’ll probably end up just mounting proportioning valve in engine bay in similar fashion to you. Not what I’d wanted but once it’s set i shouldn’t need to fiddle with it. Wondering if i should get a ute master cylinder when i fit the proportioning valve?

<span style=”line-height: 1.5;”>Still would have been a bastard if i had a vice…[Read more]

Tyrepower who does alignment for mates race car refused to do it. They said they won’t do 4 point kits anymore. I took it there in desperation after local kmart tyre and auto put new tyres on it and supposedly aligned it. Camber on drivers side was fucked and when Tyrepower checked it one of the bolts was missing completely. They replaced the bolt…[Read more]

You got a camber kit? I have no end of trouble with mine. Been a nuisance ever since i fitted it really. Ended up taking car in every 5000k to get alignment checked and tyres rotated. I don’t do lots of kms though. Only the other week my locking nut was loose again on drivers side and had 6mm toe out. Apparently inner bolt won’t tighten up either.…[Read more]

Swapped rear solid line and rebuilt rear calipers yesterday. Slow progress but progress all the same. My modified handbrake and backing plates are made so waiting on those. Will rebuild front calipers when i have a chance and but full front brakes on.

Guy at work got Keysborough diffs to build one. Gave them 3-4 goes to get it right and ended up putting stock one back in.

G&J built mine. 50,000k and bearings and gears fucked so got rebuilt again.

A cooled v2 vortech would be pushing the limits of bottom end at 14psi. This is a whole lot better/worse. The lsx swap make ssense if you want something big and mad like a 454 cube v8 for example  but for tough streeter with reasonable limits building a reliable short motor to support fair hp on the street isn’t difficult with the holden…[Read more]

Obviously big plans if you decided to go with the whipple?

Even on low boost it would be a fair handful?

I’ll be interested to hear your results with the plated lower arms. Does it tramp in a straight line or is it tramping in a slide? I have bad tramp in my 250rwkw VT wagon that I’ve tried to cure with various parts but my old 130rwkw 5lt sedan with live axle didn’t tramp at all.

Have you considered fitting a falcon watts link instead of the…[Read more]

So not too much happening lately. Finally got some parts back after the bracket fuckup but somewhere between MKAL and CHI they’ve ‘misplaced’ one of my calipers and both my original brackets.

Finally received some calipers from guy interstate but of course they aren’t what was advertised or even off a Holden.

Brenton at HPW wrecking did me a…[Read more]

So not too much happening lately. Finally got some parts back after the bracket fuckup but somewhere between MKAL and CHI they’ve ‘misplaced’ one of my calipers and both my original brackets.

Finally received some calipers from guy interstate but of course they aren’t what was advertised or even off a Holden.

Brenton at HPW wrecking did me a…[Read more]

You still running the ns400 pads up front? How are you finding the pad/rotor life so far? Now that my adapter brackets are useless and muppet lost one of my calipers I’ll be looking for new pads. Tossng up between the ns400 or the hc800 mu pads. If i don’t need the higher heat range I’d prefer to maintain more rotor life with the ns400

If he were using an ls based motor and could use factory wiring with minor mods this might make sense but that is not a gen3/gen4 block so would seem efi on a small block would be a lot more hassle than carbs.

Mkal automotive uses them on his engineered ls swapped cars so must pass requirements and the hot wheels demo utes use xyz stuff too. What i haven’t seen is replacement cost of rotor rings and how often you have to replace hats.

Thanks for all the feedback. Police were calling me back tomorrow morning so hopefully then i’ll know about front calipers. Still chasing to get my rotors back and i’ll try some of the companies mentioned above for lines.

So no progress lately. In contact with NSW police over calipers i purchased on a whim but never received, still haven’t received my parts (my rotor and calipers supplied for mockup) <span style=”line-height: 1.5;”>back from MKAL/CHE even though my refund came through before xmas and i still have no rear brake lines because i haven’t found anyone…[Read more]

The seats you’ll be able to colour no worries. Mate has been slowly doing his e36 m3 interior. Bought brand new door trims from Germany but they were a purple colour and his interior was cream. Came out quite good for a home job.