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Where did you source the engine from?

Who are you using for engineering?

 

 

Great to see progress

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My comment got deleted…. interesting

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Are they street legal?

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Good pic really shows the rear wheels they look fat…. Glad you drive it does it get much attention and looks when you drive it in general?

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What actually failed?

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If you were careful with a heat gun ever so slowly got under it you could probably peel it off a get it recoated… save you having to pull the console apart

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Great video another really interesting one on flex sensors and the reality of it

 

 

 

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Sounds nice at idle, good little lope to it…

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Ah yeah interesting thats cool. So did it have the smoothed out base on the manifold and the two large ports rather than the four?

 

 

Yeah bang for buck ls1 is the way to go.

 

 

We have a worked 253 here thats stroked out to 310 ready to go in our vh something different.

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Would you consider running efi/ stroker?

 

What was “hdt” about the 253?

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Thats great service…. Got to be happy with that.  How big job to fit it?

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VRSenator065 wrote:

What I can confirm is the experience of nailing first, smoking it up to about 100km, then using the pro ratchet smashing it into top in the glide without lifting, clutch, whatever is about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on Note: The action above was completed on a private road under controlled conditions – do not try this at home

 

Thats the ultimate description of torque there… Who needs to ride the brakes, plant it… hold on and smile.. Its funny people asked what I was after in my build I thought if it could scare/excite me every time I drive it that’s all I cared about. Dyno sheets and et times dont do much for me, its about the driving experience. This build alhou its had its issues sounds like its turning into a fun usable thing. Hope you get the pump sorted soon and get some ks on it enjoy it.

 

Did you get the side skirt sorted or still want me to keep an eye out?

 

If there was a video of such antics could it make it into my inbox

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What a great story nice clean car too. Notice a fair few sneaky sl/e bits on there too. Any plans for a sle interior to make it way in there one day seats wise?

Hows the new 308 perform?

 

 

 

 

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Cars looking great hope you get the pump sorted soon.

How many ks has the actual car done by the trim looks like not much?

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Yeah I know them nice work very expensive thou. We removed mine and refitted it without any major dramas. Biggest problem was getting it to stay back in kept breaking out after. You could vinyl wrap it and keep it on there but looks pretty average doesn’t have the deep gloss finish you will want

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I know I just keep of thinking of more information..  My bad

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The one you are after is the one from the premium console the padded calais/statesman style one. Its fake leather its a vinyl that this sits in.

 

Best bet would be to get your existing one coated. They have been on ebay a few times and pulled drug money but not in the last year or so. They are nla seen few poor knock off ons ebay didnt really even resemble it.  They were origionally resin with a 3m backing. They were not real carbon obviously but id call them console insert/inlay. I have a new auto one here they just peel the backing off and press onto the hard plastic shell underneath.

 

You can get your plastic bit wrapped, coated in a few ways. Only thing unless you fill it you will have the indent for the coin cutout where its meant to be flat.

 

And no one will/can match the exact original I have tried this to death. I have also found very expensive exercise

 

 

http://www.hydroconcepts.com.au/services.htm

http://www.mastercoatings.com.au/

 

http://www.aquadip.com.au/

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[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

So with the new tune hows it idle and whats it like with the latest tune, is it idling well and not backfiring?

 

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Curious what kind of welder/rods you used for that?

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The guys did a good job on that video , shame there isnt  more of you car in it.

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