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Yeah I have to investigate.

Tempted to leave as is until I pull the engine also…. (But I’ve said that about problems I’ve had with the car for many years so don’t expect much).

OK Modified ECU is a go. Took the car for its first drive last night with the NVRAM installed. I have an Innovate LC-1 Wideband which I am yet to connect to the ECU (Pin D9?), I’ll have to do this sooner rather than later.

A re-cap – The intake manifold on this car is a VN Group A replica I built about 8 or 9 years ago as my first aluminium…[Read more]

I took a couple but for some reason it looks really dirty when using the flash on the phone. So I’ll wait until I roll it outside again.

So I got most of the way there on Friday night to getting the ECU side of it sorted. I have connectivity  between the laptop and the ECU via USB, and made the required hardware mods, but ran out of time to go…[Read more]

OK So got the boot finished last night.

Sourced a replacement boot carpet and trimmed to suit (I got rid of the boot carpet years ago). Re-ran all the wiring for the line lock and fuel pump (new fused relays, lost of heat shrink, split tubing, cable clamps and riv-nuts). Finished mounting the pump and surge with the new base plate and hard…[Read more]

General line of thought was a -10 in the valley and 2 x -10’s on the rocker covers.

Current engine breathes a bit but it was all dunny brush honed by a power drill in my garage, then I don’t even think I file-fit the rings! So I’m not surprised.

I’ve got a variety of fittings around the place. I measured up some of the earlier “-6” fittings from Aeroflow and Proflow (straight connectors about 5 years old) and they were 1.0mm smaller on the I.D. than Speedflow -6 (i.e. 8.5mm vs 9.5mm). I’ll be using a combination of teflon hose and hardline under the car also to try and reduce costs.…[Read more]

Hahaha sh!t that thing’s slammed.

I’ve been replacing the Summit Racing brand hose and fittings, not because they’ve failed or anything but because my garage is attached to my house – after a drive half the house smells like fuel (and oil, but we already talked about that).

Stating the obvious – Speedflow 200 series really adds up quickly…

SO in an effort to try and fix the rear main leak I’ve done absolutely nothing related to it and started re-doing my fuel system.

Boot side is almost done, just some minor items. Then it’s on to under car items 

Also just bought an NVRAM and USB Comms Kit for the ECU so I can learn to tune this nugget before I pull the motor. At least,…[Read more]

If you’re expecting it to take any corners remotely well, this won’t help…

What’s a bit of MEK between friends, really?

For my own future reference:

225/60R15 tyre (25.6″ tall), 3rd gear, 4.11 gears, 6200rpm, 106.5mph = 7.92% Convertor Slip

Great work!

Just checking you have the correct (bubble) flare on those brake lines into the VT Master? If it’s the factory double flare then you really should have the adaptors on there. They’re only a couple of bucks from Race Brakes Sydney.

I didn’t have them on my setup for a few years (typical ‘she’ll be right’ approach that I often take) and of course…[Read more]

That’s what playing with cars is – you win some, you lose some. I got the car home and still had a good day out – can’t complain.

LS has definitely crossed my mind, but I don’t want to commit to anything right now. Life dictates many competing financial demands!

OK so a small update.

I have been overseas for a month with work and flat chat on other things in life so not much has happened with this of late. When I came back from my trip, despite the car being on a trickle charger, the Exide battery finally called it quits, (Of course this happened while I had the car at the shops!) so it now has an Optima…[Read more]

As above. Had my diff built by Luke as well.

Will be going back when I need my diff built in the VN.

Dead stock V6 driveline with 245 wide 19’s.

Too much grip!

The VN couldn’t do a hoop in the wet on an oil covered road 

I recently installed the low pressure, high flow Pierburg E85 in tank pump. Wasn’t too hard to install, though this was in a VN-VS style setup.