Maccas VX HSV GTS

[Maccas]

Well found the issue a rocker that had a dicky thread when reassembling has gone and snapped the bolt so pulling the head off to check the cam etc and hopefully get it out and tapped and screwed back together!

[Micks]

Fuk you've had some bad luck with that donk, hope you can get it sorted with not too much fuss.

[Maccas]

yeah ur not wrong Mick, well head is off going monday to get the thread re tapped etc and then will put her back together this week

[Maccas]

Well after all the headaches the car is running micky mouse, tune is sorted making a healthy 275rwkw and 699rwnm which im pretty happy with.

Even with all the time off the road in a year i have done nearly 10,000kms since buying her in March last year.

So thanks to a cancellation finally got round to giving her some OCD instead of all my clients cars hahhaa











Cheers

Maccas

[Jason01]

It looks fantastic Macca, a really nice clean original car .

[surfwagon]

Glad all your engine problems have been fixed and your detailing looks great.
Nice work on a great car.

[BLACK 346]

Looks fantastic mate. Here's hoping for years and years of trouble free motoring from here on in

[Maccas]

Cheers guys. Now is to tidy up the interior a bit some minor things but just me being fussy

[BLACKVE]

Really nice, when the HSV kits blended with the car not like todays ugly ducklings

Good job.

[lowhsv]

nice.. really digging these cars lately.. looks like shes in mint condition

[Maccas]

Shes getting there slowly, picked up some new roof strips last week and they have given a great fresh look to it, interior is getting some parts fixed up next month, then when i do get a proper detailing setup she will have some serious OCD time and be coated to make it last.

Cheers

[DOB81]

Very interesting story mate. Just read the whole thread. Hope it's all worked out. I to recently opted for an older VX HSV over a later model VE SS. For me it was a VX manual R8 255. They are just so much cooler I think. Interior is much better than the VE. Can't beat the big Coulsons. But I am intrigued about the CB4 motor being problematic? What's the difference between the regular Ls1 255. I've seen plenty of high km unopened LS1s getting around including mine. Of course they are not without their qwerks (tick tick tick). But mostly they seem pretty good.

[surfwagon]

Hey DOB81
The C4B engine has 2 problems which can affect them.
The first and most common is a problem with the 300kw cam and lifters scuffing eventually chewing out both cam and lifters.
The 2nd and least known is occassionally there are water leaks in the CnC'd Calloway heads where the wall between the water passage and inlet/outlet openings was machined a little too much.

[white lie]

Hey DOB81
The C4B engine has 2 problems which can affect them.
The first and most common is a problem with the 300kw cam and lifters scuffing eventually chewing out both cam and lifters.
The 2nd and least known is occassionally there are water leaks in the CnC'd Calloway heads where the wall between the water passage and inlet/outlet openings was machined a little too much.

Not to mention high rates of valve spring failures

[Maccas]

^^^^ Can vouch for this lol

Good potent motor, but very weak lol