untill we do hydro fuel cell or electric motor swaps .......Quote:
Originally Posted by IJ.
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untill we do hydro fuel cell or electric motor swaps .......Quote:
Originally Posted by IJ.
Once you get one, you will honestly wonder how you ever did without one before.. :)
not helping ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by feistl
where does it end, when we had 308's and 350 chevs we dreamt about 400hp , now we have that on tap we want 600hp ......
Thou , I'm not against it and I'm looking for some under bonnet wow factor
and have been looking at the 8 throttle bodies and that twin throttle body x thing on that 516 ls motor (that i can't find the vid of) did impress.
To those about to be blown, more power to you :)
G'day mate, hmmm let me think, half shafts (rooted), tail shaft (rooted), A4 (rooted ....... twice.......), diff (maybe not rooted, but gives me the shits..... has been re built once already) ......... in the never ending chasing of 'noise' (real or imagined.......) replaced nearly all the rubber under car (front and rear - first with aftermarket then back to OEM for the rear end......) .... and 'lots' of tyres (although, I am more fortunate than most in that I work for a well known tyre company .......... so, some pay back there...);Quote:
Originally Posted by v8fazz
Having said all the above, I am the first to admit that I (can be a 'little' anal) and have probably expected too much in regards to a 10 year old car with 350rwkw/715nm ......... I am sure it could have been worse (especially if I was 18 ........)........ Don't get me wrong, all the above is in the last 2 years (and allot is probably more due to the age of the car rather than the power ........... although.........).
All par for the coarse I am sure - at the end of the day .... you play, you pay........... *wink*
BUT, every single time I get into my Wagon and get to feel that push back in the seat, with all that lovely blower whine and grumbly noises coming out the rear................. god damn it makes me smile!!!! - Is it worth all the arguments with the minister - god damn right it is!
Great post Franga too true :)
Couldnt agree more mate! Mine has the toothed rear belts as well and at first I was a bit worried about how loud it was, but now I wouldnt have it any other way. When my exhaust system got damaged on an interstate trip last year, I actually replaced it with a quieter version of the same system as I wanted to hear more belt whistle and blower whine from the front, and less exhaust noise at the rear! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by FrangaFry
Maybe Ive been lucky as I have a bit more at the wheels and no breakages yet, although clutch was done at the same time as cam (12 months before blower) and new half shafts (standard) were fitted at the same time as the 3.9's (before the cam). I was concerned about the standard tailshaft but was assured it would be fine, and has been so far, but I did fit a safety loop just in case. If anything I thought the half shafts would be the first to go but so far so good. As mentioned - with the M6 and 3.9's I think Im always going to lose traction before anything has a chance to break. Diff has been great with the Harrop Trutrac.
Im guessing the T56 might be first to give up sooner or later thanks to way too much torque :)
*touch wood* nothing broken here... 1.5X 60 footers and low 11's on a regular basis, put some E85 in to it soon and hopefully run a 10 in my barge. Doesn't break anything when it has full traction, so no worries on street tyres!
This is something I really need to do - a few runs down the strip with some sticky rear tyres. If anything is going to break this is when I'll find the weak link.Quote:
Originally Posted by white lie
Unfortunately no local track at the moment so its a matter of timing so I can travel to the nearest one. I'd much rather break someting in a controled environment rather than on a long trip in the middle of nowhere!
Manual or auto White lie? I'm getting the picture that manuals are a little softer on the drive train than a stalled auto with firm shit points (perhaps i need a manual coversion instead of rebuilding my auto for a 3rd time .... LOL)Quote:
Originally Posted by white lie
E85 would be a great option for more power but not so sure about the availability, especially on country runs...... Will you have the ability to switch between tunes depending on what fuel you use?
Auto, 4500 converter :D
Brutal launches but seems softer than dropping the clutch on a manual.
E85 is only available at 4 servo's over here at the moment. I'd change to it, run a 10 and get kicked out then go back to 98. Even though my cars not a daily anymore, I couldn't run E85 all the time.
It's possible to run dual tunes with a flash tuner on VT-VZ but not many people tune with them compared to EFI Live and HP Tuners. VE/VF can run both fuels a lot easier.
VZ 6.0L onwards can run full Flexfuel with a Sensor no probs at all :)Quote:
Originally Posted by white lie
Bring your car over white lie, I wanna hear this beast! :P
Standard diameter balancer, 80mm front pulley, toother rear belts (also gives a little bit of overdrive), Boost friendly cam designed for low and mid range torque (723 nm without the blower), M6, 3.9 Trutrac, 98 fuel = a touch over 400 rwkw and a little over 1020 rwtq :)Quote:
Originally Posted by FrangaFry
http://upit.cc/i/8ba65d47.jpg
Luv the torque results these blown jobs are producing :drool:
Another job well done by Jezza!
Yep the cam is a Jezza special ;)
Forgot to mention, all of the above brings it up to 10psi, and with the idler re-wrap kit there are no issues at all with belt slip.