First time user and my new BABY!!

[vxclubby85]

Hi Guys,

First timer here, thought I would say G'DAY!!! and show some pics of my new car.
It was "Colin Pocock's" car - the President of the HSV Owners Club Victoria. So of course it is in beautful condition!!! inside and out!!!
HSV Clubsport VXII 15th Anniversary edition.
haha and my old car in the backround, good old VN - was my first car.
Here are some links below of my car. I wasn't sure how to add images to the post.

i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/vxclubby85/DSCN4116.jpg

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[Ghosn]

Sweet Ride man.

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/vxclubby85/DSCN4116.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/vxclubby85/DSCN4118.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/vxclubby85/DSCN4119.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/vxclubby85/DSCN4120.jpg

[LS1Grange]

very nice. Good to see the turtle shell is gone. 1st thing I did when I started reading around on here.

now jsut do yourself a 2 hole mod and get rid of that tiny MAF pipe and replace it with a big 4" GTS one and you'll be well on your way.

[vxclubby85]

thanks alot, loving it!!! cant believe i got it!! at only 20....
but plan to look after her!!!

Ive already ordered a k&n kit for it,

knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=63-1099

plan on getting it tuned aswell, any places you guys can recommend in melbourne???

[BigJim]

thanks alot, loving it!!! cant believe i got it!! at only 20....
but plan to look after her!!!

Ive already ordered a k&n kit for it,

knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=63-1099

plan on getting it tuned aswell, any places you guys can recommend in melbourne???

G & D, chevs, hpf they are all sponsors in melbourne, give them a call to chat. Before you buy the K & N air filter setup, stop and read about over the radiator ones like this one. They are heaps better.

http://www.haroc.1337thing.com/ls1/Tez82/Monaro%2006-05-06%20030a.jpg

[vxclubby85]

looks sick!
will do! thanks alot.
what car you got? got some pics of it?

[macca33]

I wholeheartedly agree, go the OTR - NOT the K & N intake kit.

AND, I can also recommend those 3 shops in SE Melbourne's outer suburbs.

Cheers,

Macca

[vxclubby85]

whats the OTR kit??

[BigJim]

looks sick!
will do! thanks alot.
what car you got? got some pics of it?

VZ HSV - Turbo going on in 3 weeks

http://www.oz8.org/gallery/albums/blkvzss/HSZ_VZ_2.jpg

[BigJim]

whats the OTR kit??

Just an air intake that goes over the radiator. few companies do them - powertorque, G & D, Marranos etc. Best to do some searching and read up.

[vxclubby85]

looks nice!!!!
turbo... good good!!
what one? how much power it gonna be pushing out?

if i do an over the radiator one then i have to get mafless tune?? and can it still be run with maf?

[BigJim]

looks nice!!!!
turbo... good good!!
what one? how much power it gonna be pushing out?

if i do an over the radiator one then i have to get mafless tune?? and can it still be run with maf?

Running GENT1000 kit. Garret Turbo. Around 400RWKW. Currently ive got 314RWKW with cam and heads.

Marranos who are a sponsor of this site i think do one with a maf still being able to be used.

The rest of them are mafless setups. Mafless is the way to go. Wont have any problems.

[vxclubby85]

400!!! not bad at all.....
dont have money to do tune now, how much it roughly cost? $1000ish??
you only do cam/heads to get it at 314RWKW??

also just another question off topic, what does the non-validated and validated thing mean?? how do i get validated?

[chev]

looks nice!!!!
turbo... good good!!
what one? how much power it gonna be pushing out?

if i do an over the radiator one then i have to get mafless tune?? and can it still be run with maf?
Morning vxclubby85. Real nice looking car. Love that colour. I have in stock orrsome otrcai. These can be fitted with maff or maffless. With a maffless tune,supplied and fitted,throttle body mods,dyno graphs before and after and a change of oil and filter for a cost of $1800 inc gst. Hope this helps. Cheers Chev

[BigJim]

400!!! not bad at all.....
dont have money to do tune now, how much it roughly cost? $1000ish??
you only do cam/heads to get it at 314RWKW??

also just another question off topic, what does the non-validated and validated thing mean?? how do i get validated?

Yes cam and heads only for 314rwkw and not a huge cam. You can get that power with cam only but it will be a big cam.

Mafless tune up this neck of the woods around $1200 plus the OTR Around $600. You would have to ask sponsors down that way what the charge by getting in touch with them. Maf tune up here in Qld is around $990.00

Validated just gets you into a few private areas. Need to have 2 validated members vouch for you once they get to know you. This is done by going on cruises or going to drag meets etc.

[vxclubby85]

ahhh sweet as
thanks to both of you
will look into it all
just wait for that tax return time!! haha
cheers!!!

[vyssbeast]

just thought i'd mention, that 315rwkw is an LS2
so dont be mislead into thinkin that head/cam on yours will reach that unless as mentioned its a big cam...
not steppin on anyones toes just thought it wasnt clear enough!
again OTRCAI is awesome ... be sure to have that on your list!!
btw always loved vx hsvs awesome looking beasts!
cheers

[vxclubby85]

ahhh thought so thanks alot for confirming mate!!
cheers!

[vyssbeast]

no worries
cheers

[GTS454]

Nice car mate, Hopefully my next car will be a VX clubby

Auto or Manual?

[vxclubby85]

manual of course :)
my old VN was auto, i hated it!!!

did quiet alot to it though, 3.8l
cam,heads, full twin exhaust, tuned, stage 2 shift kit, 2500 stally, bigger intake - k&N with bigger throttle body etc...

plus changed entire interior, used to be a lovely brown colour..........
haha
so changed it all over to grey and put in some VY commo seats!!! that was the best thing, so comfy.
got it resprayed etc...
my old man owns his own smash repiar business so everything i got done was easy and sweet as :)


it was my first car so did everything i wanted to it,
was pretty bloody quick for a 6
here are a few pics of it,
gotta put it up for sale!

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/vxclubby85/DSC00695Large.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/vxclubby85/DSC00193Large.jpg

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[HARMSY]

Hey, nice looking clubby.....are you around the moorabbin area???? i swear i saw that going around the other day.....

[vyssbeast]

how fast was your VN?? down the 1/4 if you ever ran it?

[Jimz]

Awesome Car Buddy.

Im getting rid of my sti soon and looking for either one of these or a grange:) Mmmm

[JOSHAXU8]

Very nice looking VX clubby, love the colour!

[phunky_monkey]

Very nice man, wanna sell me the brakes?? :P

[vxclubby85]

yea i drive round moorabbin, when you see me?
i live in east brighton

The VN did mid to high 13s

haha and loving the brakes :) they work pretty good hey

[vxclubby85]

just posting up some pictures of the K&N kit I put on,
got it from a mate cheap as.
Makes a big diff in sound. It sounds much meaner now!!! that pod is really sucking in the air!!!

Also, more responsive and feels it pulls a little better

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/vxclubby85/Photo-0306.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j188/vxclubby85/Photo-0307.jpg

[andypower5.7]

:nos: HI THERE MATE DID IT TAKE LONG TO FIT THE K&N FILTER KIT IS IT BETTER THAN THE HOLDEN TWO HOLE OTRCAI DOES IT SEAL HARD UP TO THE BONNET AND HOWS THE INDUCTION NOISE AND IS IT WORTH GETTING INSTEAD OF THE OVER RADIATOR ONE THANKS.

[vxclubby85]

hey

took me about 20min to fit
and from what i can see it does seal against the bonnet
sound wise is unreal!! when its under WOT you can hear the amount of air the engine is sucking in and trying to force out!!! making it sound much meaner then what is was.
compared to over radiator one, depends.
from what ive seen they cost $500-600+
where you can buy this kit for $300ish

and it does make a difference!!!
im very pleased with it!!
looks aswell!!!

[andypower5.7]

:headbang:
hey

took me about 20min to fit
and from what i can see it does seal against the bonnet
sound wise is unreal!! when its under WOT you can hear the amount of air the engine is sucking in and trying to force out!!! making it sound much meaner then what is was.
compared to over radiator one, depends.
from what ive seen they cost $500-600+
where you can buy this kit for $300ish

and it does make a difference!!!
im very pleased with it!!
looks aswell!!!THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE VERY HAPPY WITH YOUR KIT AS I BOUGHT ONE ON EBAY LAST NIGHT FOR $320.00 CANT WAIT TO INSTALL IT CHEERS MATE GO THE LS1'S.

[andypower5.7]

Thanks For Your Comments It Seems You Are Very Happy With Your Kit As I Bought One On Ebay Last Night For $320.00 Cant Wait To Install It Your Engine Bay Looks Very Nice With The K&n Filter Kit Installed So Do The Engine Covers By The Way Did Your Exhaust Note Change Cheers Go The Ls1's.

[vxclubby85]

yea exhaust big time, got more of a deep grunty sound under WOT
i like it!!!

[blackbettyhsv]

whats the go with the P plates I was told my son who is 20 also cant drive my clubby because of the power to weight issue, have I been mislead, nice ride though

[corza_29]

looks awesome man, top job

[phunky_monkey]

whats the go with the P plates I was told my son who is 20 also cant drive my clubby because of the power to weight issue, have I been mislead, nice ride though


Yeah, no V8's on P plates in Vic, NSW and not sure on other states.

[vxclubby85]

yea not allowed but never got pulled over.

got my full licence yesterday so don't have to stress anymore :dance:

[carbonholden]

WOW...... 314rwKW with cams and heads... that's great though... nice gain!

cheers,

richie

[jerrel]

yea not allowed but never got pulled over.

got my full licence yesterday so don't have to stress anymore :dance:

:bday::goodtime:
:party:
:dancenana::dancenana::dancenana:

[vxclubby85]

haha thanks!

[Sloaney]

Go Tha VN as a First Car :thumbsup: Nice Clubby too :)

[vxclubby85]

sold the VN a couple weeks ago!! took its time selling....

got good money for it though :nyuk:

[Evil SS]

Very nice car, the VX Clubbys look great in delf blue !

[cbwolf]

Looks great. I still think the VX Clubby was the best shape made so far.

[MZSTATA]

hot stuff love it