S.A NOVEMBER 18th CRUISE

[vxtreem]

I thought I'd throw together a cruise for this month before the Christmas/New year mayhem. The route should satisfy most with a taste of beach, hills, freeway and lights. :burnout:

MEET POINT 1- BUNNINGS CAR PARK PARAFIELD AIRPORT.
DEPART: 6:30 PM

MEET POINT 2 - ADELAIDE HIGH SCHOOL CAR PARK.
DEPART: 7:30 PM

The route details will be mapped and handed out on the night.

Finish point will be close to the city.

Let's make it a good one.:driving:

[VX_SS_II]

Sounds good mate.

How big a cruise are we talking (time/distance)? I would be meeting at Adelaide High (Parafield is a bit far for us Southeners!!).

Cheers.

[klink]

I may give it some serious consideration but it depends on how my week unfolds and if i can get something sorted out with the car fri/sat depending on other situtions.

[vxtreem]

I have invited a mate with an BA XR8 to come along too. Others can invite XR owners too if they would like. The more the merrier.:xmas:

[Ricky]

Would have come but will be away with the car club in Bamera this weekend.

[Brass Munky]

Hmmm, ill let some people know, i dont know if ill be there yet, got a housewarming and 21st, ill let my mate know in the XR6T, he just had it in at KPM for a flash tuner. He is enjoying driving it around if he can afford petrol for it

[Trip]

i'm working unfortunately,
I NEED MORE NOTICE!

hope you have a good time, take some pictures

[vxtreem]

Sorry about the late notice.
It was a spur of the moment call last week in the october crusie thread as Justin is organising one for the 2nd of December a few of us wanted to go out for this month aswell.

Some of us can't get enough.:driving:

[berroca]

won't be able to make it, gotta work :(

[VX_SS_II]

So whats the head count on this one so far? C'mon guys!!!

I'll be there....

[vxtreem]

So far we have got heaps of SA members keen to go for a drive.....8 two of them will be XR's.:toetap:

For those comming along I assure you will have a good night.
I'm going for a test run after work in the morning to get a feel and make sure it's all good.

[Carrots]

WOuld love to come along and meet a few of you guys n girls and check out what other mods I can do to the uteris but will be up in Burra this w/end darn it! Doh! Oh well next time.

[vyssls1]

Ill be there for sure Chris, as its the last cruise ill go on in supercharged form.

[klink]

i'm working unfortunately,
I NEED MORE NOTICE!

hope you have a good time, take some pictures

Come on Mate your the manager, you should be able to delagate, either that or chris should get all the boys to drop in for a free feed from Macca's as the manager is so generous. :lmao:

[Brass Munky]

What, free feed at maccas, im there haha

[klink]

Well Chris,

hope the test run went smoothly, just wondering if there were still road works going on at the time of your run.

Bloody road works they ruin any good tunnel run.

will see how my day goes as to whether i will be out cruising or not, depends on couple of urgent repairs.

[vxtreem]

Yes it's all good.

No road works.

Weathers spot on for us again.

The numbers are a little dissapointing but I'm sure those attending should have a bit of fun.

Also for SA members who would like to be validated this is a prime opportuinty to get it done - that's if you meet the requirements.

:driving:

[klink]

Thats cool then as the has been down to one side and split traffic for last few nights, and 40km/h

[Carrots]

Also for SA members who would like to be validated this is a prime opportuinty to get it done - that's if you meet the requirements.

:driving:

Darn it! A week either side of this w/end and it wouldve been all good!!

[VYSSBlack]

Im up for this one

[TheRogue]

Nice night for it. Just be carefull of the piggies.. There's a car getting around with a radar on the roof buzzing people with no effort at all.

:)

[berroca]

so how was it boys??

spewing i missed it...next one for sure!!!!

[klink]

Yes, was a good night for a cruise,

i am spewing i missed it as well but i will make up for it at the next one for sure.

[VX_SS_II]

Cruise was fun, reasonable turn out too.... Route was good! Well done Chris.

Sorry I had to bail guys, 1 1/2 hours sleep the night before and i was starting to feel it behind the wheel!!

[vyssls1]

Cruise was great, well done to chris for the cruise route, was a decent route too.:thumbsup:

Maybe Chris u should help the other cruise organisers.

And great to see some nice cars out there, and catch up with a few ls1 boys.

Top job...:driving:

whens the next cruise Chris

[klink]

Cruise was great, well done to chris for the cruise route, was a decent route too.:thumbsup:

Maybe Chris u should help the other cruise organisers.

And great to see some nice cars out there, and catch up with a few ls1 boys.

Top job...:driving:

whens the next cruise Chris

Sounds like chris did a good job by all accounts,

anybody can have input into the cruise routes as they are open to suggestion and ideas are thrown around at the cruise before and a general plan from those who attend is taken then it is then opened up on the forum before hand and majority rules.

I am sure that the other organisers would have no problem if people want to help plan the cruises, as it is not just one persons idea's as explained above.


The last cruise fell on indy etc so there was a small turn out and thats why it was opened up on the forum as usual for ideas.

There are a number of cruises in november there is one this Sunday that i saw on the forum aswell.

But at the end of the day it is horses for courses, some like street racing at every light, some like to actually stretch the legs of their cars so they dont get that city habbits instilled in them (stop start).

Me im up for both, but thats just me. but i like the social atmosphere of going for drive for a counter meal and checking out the sights, buildings tend to get boring after awhile, and i hate sitting in traffic at the best of times.

Maybe the fact im over 30 and am sick of the gutter crawling scene or it could be the country lad in me.

You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy.

[VYSSBlack]

Can we invite the tool with the Bits a missing VRX for some more entertainment:lmao: .

[berroca]

Can we invite the tool with the Bits a missing VRX for some more entertainment:lmao: .



what's the deal, was he on the cruise or just joined in?

[VYSSBlack]

nah he was just some tool that drove past us at our last stop and wanted to show off his driving performance through the chicanes in the car park and hit the gutter, broke the concrete and kept driving :lmao: . Makes me laugh everytime I remember it.

[Carrots]

But at the end of the day it is horses for courses, some like street racing at every light, some like to actually stretch the legs of their cars so they dont get that city habbits instilled in them (stop start).

Me im up for both, but thats just me. but i like the social atmosphere of going for drive for a counter meal and checking out the sights, buildings tend to get boring after awhile, and i hate sitting in traffic at the best of times.

Maybe the fact im over 30 and am sick of the gutter crawling scene or it could be the country lad in me.

You can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy.

Thats it....the stop start of driving around the city especially in a group can be rather tedious and boring....Especially seeing how a lot us do it monday to friday driving to and from work etc!

And theres only so much coast line driving one can do in Adelaide these days - who's bright idea was it to put speed bumps in?! Argh!!!

Plenty of scenic drives on some good cruising roads - few nice straights and good twisty winding bits - within an hour of adelaide, whether it be through the Adelaide hills to say the Barossa or down Goolwa Victor way etc through Strath or something like that. Find a random little pub along the way for a meal and keep on motoring.

Even the diehard concrete building lovers would surely have to agree with such drives being just lovely (that sounded kinda gay didnt it! but oh well!)

[whinternational]

Plenty of scenic drives on some good cruising roads - few nice straights and good twisty winding bits - within an hour of adelaide, whether it be through the Adelaide hills to say the Barossa or down Goolwa Victor way etc through Strath or something like that. Find a random little pub along the way for a meal and keep on motoring.




sound familiar......:D

[Toddler78]

Top cruise, great route, hats off to chris for the organisation, Great to catch up with some of the boys I have already met and fantastic to meet some new blokes

The VRX driver topped my night off along with all the other cars he drove past us in in.:lmao: :lmao: Round abouts great to go around, in fact might go back for a bit more practice before the next cruise.

All in all top organisation and the night went off with out a hitch:yahoo:

[berroca]

nah he was just some tool that drove past us at our last stop and wanted to show off his driving performance through the chicanes in the car park and hit the gutter, broke the concrete and kept driving :lmao: . Makes me laugh everytime I remember it.

damn this makes me even more jealous that i wasn't there :( sounds freakin hilarious :lmao:

Oh well next cruise i will be able to show off my exhaust which is going on tomorrow!!!! :D

[klink]

damn this makes me even more jealous that i wasn't there :( sounds freakin hilarious :lmao:

Oh well next cruise i will be able to show off my exhaust which is going on tomorrow!!!! :D

so what sort of exhaust did you decide to get and aprox what cost?

[vyssls1]

Top cruise, great route, hats off to chris for the organisation, Great to catch up with some of the boys I have already met and fantastic to meet some new blokes

The VRX driver topped my night off along with all the other cars he drove past us in in.:lmao: :lmao: Round abouts great to go around, in fact might go back for a bit more practice before the next cruise.

All in all top organisation and the night went off with out a hitch:yahoo:

Todd,

:lmao: that poor vrx, maybe u should take him out for a practise session, before he cruises next.:driving:

And on the way home, us northern boys lost our wheels, :lmao: :lmao:

[vxtreem]

Thanks to those who came along and also for the compliments.

VYSSblack & Toddler78 we are arranging validation for you - that's if you would like to be validated??

I learn't alot on organising a run and when I throw another one together it should be better again.

With Justin doing one for Dec 9th it probably won't be until Jan after the silly season. Iv'e also got shutdown maintenance and I'll be flat out for two weeks.

How about a tnentative date of Jan 20th Sat.

That should give toddler78 plenty of roundabout practise - that is getting off them and not at funny angles either.:lol:
Should give brad enough time to get those turbos on and show us how good it is.:up2sum:
It should be enough time for that black VE to be broke in..... or was that done already.:evil:
Should give that VRX driver plenty of time to get that chicane right and the chassis put back square - he's probably out practising now.:limpy:

[team illucid]

20th of Jan will be good - I will have a legally registered and driveable vehicle here in SA by then :)

[berroca]

so what sort of exhaust did you decide to get and aprox what cost?


ended up getting one through D&T, 1 3/4" 4 into 1 headers, and 2.5" twin system with opened up cats, stainless the whole way $2K fitted

pick it up this afternoon, am looking forward to hearing the rumble :D

[Toddler78]

Todd,

:lmao: that poor vrx, maybe u should take him out for a practise session, before he cruises next.:driving:

And on the way home, us northern boys lost our wheels, :lmao: :lmao:


Front wheel drive car? hand brake would get worn out pretty quick:lol:
He must have be from the north too!:lmao: sorry to hear avout your wheels I tried to warn you boys, hopfully they didn't get them whilst you were driving. You boys should think yourselves lucky too that they didn't siofen your petrol tanks also:lmao: :lmao:


Thanks to those who came along and also for the compliments.

VYSSblack & Toddler78 we are arranging validation for you - that's if you would like to be validated??

That would be great if you could organise that chris, was going to ask but didn't want to be pushy


I learn't alot on organising a run and when I throw another one together it should be better again.

mate if you are only learning then your appentiship will be quick it was a top effort to organise so much in such a short time really enjoyed myself




That should give toddler78 plenty of roundabout practise - that is getting off them and not at funny angles either.:lol:
Should give brad enough time to get those turbos on and show us how good it is.:up2sum:
It should be enough time for that black VE to be broke in..... or was that done already.:evil:
Should give that VRX driver plenty of time to get that chicane right and the chassis put back square - he's probably out practising now.:limpy:

mate my tyres were only brand new also, I had'nt had a chance to run them in properly yet, so by the time the next cruise rolls around they should be ripe!:dance:
remember its a tyres job to hold air, its the drivers job to hold control!

[TheRogue]

While on the topic of SA.

Saturday night I pulled up next to a simply awesome sounding (I'm almost certain it was) a Silver VY II Clubsport 285 Manual. Not sure about the 285i though, maybe 285 at the rears :P as it had a very very nice deep thumping lope.

I would have to say it is the toughest LS1 I have heard. Simply awesome.

Also had much better up and go off idle than the usual ls1 also. :P
Not having a great deal of experience with LS1's and I would have expected such a cam to give it a doughy low end. But not the case. :P

Some years ago I used to own a VS 5ltr 5speed, did the cam, ecu, single 3.5" and the cam made it noticeably doughier under 3k but did pull nicely until just over 6k.

Awesome car buddy.

[Carrots]

While on the topic of SA.

Saturday night I pulled up next to a simply awesome sounding (I'm almost certain it was) a Silver VY II Clubsport 285 Manual. Not sure about the 285i though, maybe 285 at the rears :P as it had a very very nice deep thumping lope.

I would have to say it is the toughest LS1 I have heard. Simply awesome.

Also had much better up and go off idle than the usual ls1 also. :P
Not having a great deal of experience with LS1's and I would have expected such a cam to give it a doughy low end. But not the case. :P

Some years ago I used to own a VS 5ltr 5speed, did the cam, ecu, single 3.5" and the cam made it noticeably doughier under 3k but did pull nicely until just over 6k.

Awesome car buddy.


Be interesting to know what this persons done! I've managed to get an almost old school 350 Chev type note out of my SS ute, but as a result I've lost some power, used to be rnd 245rwkw but now is a lot doughier.

[VX_SS_II]

mate my tyres were only brand new also, I had'nt had a chance to run them in properly yet, so by the time the next cruise rolls around they should be ripe!:dance:

How 'safe' did i feel running through the 'twistys' with the VT Exec stockies on the rear! The thing was rolling all over the place with only 26psi in them!!!

[VYSSBlack]

VYSSblack & Toddler78 we are arranging validation for you - that's if you would like to be validated??

Cheers for getting on to that for us



How about a tnentative date of Jan 20th Sat.

Sounds good to me at this early stage




That should give toddler78 plenty of roundabout practise - that is getting off them and not at funny angles either.:lol:
Should give brad enough time to get those turbos on and show us how good it is.:up2sum:
It should be enough time for that black VE to be broke in..... or was that done already.:evil:
Should give that VRX driver plenty of time to get that chicane right and the chassis put back square - he's probably out practising now.:limpy:

The VE has loosened up a lot already:nyuk: . Hopefull I can afford some mods soon. Im building a house so all my money is:banghead: going into unforeseen extras at the moment:banghead:


How 'safe' did i feel running through the 'twistys' with the VT Exec stockies on the rear! The thing was rolling all over the place with only 26psi in them!!!

I was the opposite, I wanted to enjoy the twistys more, but there was a slow ford in the way:stick:

[klink]

Hi guys,

I like the idea of 20th January.

Mine is to slow at the moment. has been for awhile. nothing a tweak here and there wont cure.

But then again if all goes well i may even have mine functioning by the 9th depends if i can pin point the gremlins.

Will be a case of wait and see and trial and error, doesnt help with xmas coming up and couple of unexpected hospital visits lately.

but im looking forward to a decent cruise car needs a workout hasnt had one for awhile.

keep us all informed

[VYSSBlack]

Hey klink,

Whats wrong with the vx? Nothin serious I hope.

[klink]

Hey klink,

Whats wrong with the vx? Nothin serious I hope.

Well it really depends on what you call serious,

driveshafts or diff not 100% sure but thinking along the lines of the driveshafts at this stage and they are not real cheap for gueniune at about 430 a side plus fitting

[berroca]

Hi guys,

Mine is to slow at the moment. has been for awhile. nothing a tweak here and there wont cure.



too slow, felt freaking quick to me the other day.. :D

[VX_SS_II]

too slow, felt freaking quick to me the other day.. :D

I will second that!!! :rofl:

[Toddler78]

How 'safe' did i feel running through the 'twistys' with the VT Exec stockies on the rear! The thing was rolling all over the place with only 26psi in them!!!


yeah that would have been interesting :driving: I run mine at 40psi, but it still feels like a shopping trolley with the standard syspension, I think Ill wait till xmas then dump it again ready for the nex cruise then bring on the twisties round abouts and anything else that requires opposite lock driving:yup:

[Brass Munky]

too slow, felt freaking quick to me the other day.. :D

Have to disagree there, waaaaaay to slow paul, more torque is needed:yup:


You boys need to wait till whatever is wrong with the ass end is fixed, you guys are in for a shock

[vxtreem]

Anyone up for a day cruise Sunday Jan 21.

Will make a new thread.

[Ricky]

I would be up for a day cruise then for sure.

[VZSSDEVILYEL]

YEP
count me in is that the same weekend as the murry bridge event?

just need details
cheers

[klink]

Hi Chris,

any reason for the sunday cruise? i should be able to put in an appearance,

let me know some more details at some before the event.

[vxtreem]

January 21st cruise thread here. (http://www.ls1.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=67906)

No real reason for a sunday cruise other than it's the only free day i got for the next three weekends. We will see how the numbers go if it's no good someone would have to take the reigns for another day as I won't be available.