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righto!! So, after some soul searching its been decided that some changes are in order. Within a month or two there should be some more cash available to mechanically revise the wagon, i'm going to sell off the current headers, crossover and the two T04/T3 turbos that I have to make way for a...

202 at the tyres on 9psi is not bad mate, shows its breathing easily through the 3" exhaust now- open these restrictions up and watch the turbocharged ponies roll in :) I saw your comment earlier regarding building a buick to handle big boost? My advice here is to think about it as airflow...

All looks good mate, and to be honest you'll see a lot more power with the T70- a few blokes with similar setups have made up to 370rwhp (276rwkW) with 15psi or so, but that also depends on how good your exhaust manifolds and boost piping is as well. When you go chasing more grunt, maybe...

My Wagon, at last year's CFC7. didnt make it this year :( At least at this show i ended up with TWO photos of the wagon in everyone's favourite commodore mag... not bad for a faded red "stocker" with 18s :D

wow, over a year since i've updated this.... okay, here goes. Wagon's been on and off the road a few times in the last year or so, with only a few ks being put on her, although she's nearing the big 300K mark. Still has great compression on all pots, runs smoothly and loves the boost :)...

The best part about a CAI system isnt the POWAHHHH that you get (woo- 2rwkW if you're VERY lucky lol), its the ability to run a damn-near unrestricted flow path for ambient air, assuming you put a large free flowing filter panel or pod in your airbox. Means that when you stomp the throttle at...

i got my setup on eBay from a fabrication shop in QLD, for $1800. However, i really only have used the headers, crossover and turbo- all other bits were chucked and replaced, or modified... Has cost me about 5K so far, but if i did it again, i'd only spend 3K to get where i am now, easily...

wow, its been forever since i got on her to update this thread.... Coils are now behind the engine, bolted to a bracket on top of the gearbox, i have a new 3" dump pipe that doesnt touch anywhere (but still needs ceramic coating), have just installed a pro-ratchet shifter and a fully built...

well, street commodores did an article with their "STREET" monaro project years back- replaced the engine, gearbox and diff oil with Royal Purple stuff and got a repeatable 4kW gain, so there is lots to be said for different viscositys/shear strengths having different results... dropping the...

Oh, i understand that with rises in torque and horsepower that more losses will expand beyond the initial amount that a lower power setup would make due to more rotational force through box and diff, but its never going to jump wildly to accomodate the huge losses that people crap on about...

sadly, i have to report that this did nothing for my shitty fuel gauge. Temp gauge works perfectly, as it always has. Im thinking now that my tank sender is cactus, has anyone else found that this didnt make any difference? Oh, just read the above... "If not it will be the sender not making...

^^^^^^^^^ But, im right arent i? LOL I told this exact thing to a guy at a cruise the other day, who was telling everyone his car makes 350kW.... cos his dyno sheet said 350rwhp.... when confronted with my brutally straightforward logic (in front of his mates, who thought he was full of it...

278K on the clock of my wagon, i picked her up a few years ago as a one owner stockie with 200,455 on it. Power steering pump. Harmonic balancer couple of blown rad hoses trans line hoses to cooler- previous mechanic used EFI hose instead- it degrades and splits wide open... heater fan...

these are gonna be good fun with some boost thrown into the mix!!!! I'd say us turbo guys are going to be getting a fair bit more power than the 10rwkW, as the snails are just going to compensate for the extra airflow by spinning harder to make the same manifold pressure... yay for turbos :D

Umm lets clear a few things up. In a most STOCK setups for medium/low powered cars, the 25- 30% ruling as fairly accurate, depending on all the variables that people have listed above. However, all this changes once your power figures go up.... Example: Generic V8 commodore... manual or...

first thing i'd be doing is a 3.45 or 3.7 ratio swap in the rear, if your 2Gs will cover it. Doesnt give you more kW, but multiplies the **** out of all that torque going to the wheels, which is what you want. I ran 16.3 @ 82.3 mph in my wagon at WSID with a cat-back 2.5 mandrel exhaust. Then...

i have my thermos set to come on as soon as the engine fires, via a bridging wire in the relay box. This is a bit of a band-aid until i can afford a big JAR alloy unit and maybe another thermo, but there is a fe turbo V6s getting round with the same setup. Keeps my wagon on 1/4 temp all day...

Egg- zactly. Fiancee's VS ute is a daily driver, Raptor un cooled through a getrag 5spd manual. Non cooled, twin 2.25 inch exhaust and pacemakers- 197.8rwkW (before we put good plugs in it!) and good for 13.7s on the quarter. And, i've flogged the sh1t out of it daily for a long time now, it...

VN S1 engine- torque monster with different shape intake manifold (plenum and runner shapes are different, but visually hard to tell from above), different cam, no restrictor into manifold from TB (which S2 had). Generally ran outta puff about 4500, whereas the S2 motors were good to make power...

My wagon has the 296mm front upgrade- red anodised calipers and slotted and drilled discs, and really good pads, and the kit is supplied with the billet adaptors to suit. Found that if you run this with the stock (non V8) booster then you have about half pedal travel then bugger all actual...

*Bump-age* Ute is still for sale, and still negotiable on price- have alternative wheels that can be put on if you dont want to pay the 11K! Will have it at the NICU charity cruise to the cotter this Sunday if anyone in the ACT wants to have a closer look... maybe... :P

Seats are VT buckets, with custom rails to mount them. Covered with black and bone coloured leather, with a really cool baseball style stitch pattern.

what's wrong with people that f%&k with other people's cars? Makes you want to catch them in the act, and then they have "a little accident" *oh noes, i just smashed your face in LOL* Sorry to hear about your ride being violated man, but i spose the pub isnt gonna be a haven for...

coils wiring now sorted- i've added 40cm of length to 6 of the wires, and will be mounting the coil packs near where the boost pipe comes up through (old airbox location), or in front of the strut tower on the passenger side- hoping to put them down near the airbox location, but it depends on...

if someone wants it Raptor blown, 14K and its all yours...

Hahaha thats what everyone says!! Considering people are still demanding 7- 8k for stock VS manual V6 utes, the 15+k thrown into this build (on top of original purchase price) sorta explains what we are asking for it. Wish we werent selling it :(

new dump pipe gets fabricated up next monday at Fyshwick Exhaust Centre, sick of the current one hitting the strut tower and chassis rail. That means some coil pack relocation over the next few days, to up behind the passenger side strut tower. Only thing im not keen on is buying new leads...

ITEM: Custom VS Ute LOCATION: Canberra, ACT (Dunlop> Belconnen) YEAR: Late 1997 SERIES: Series II BADGE: S Pack ENGINE: 3800 Ecotech TRANSMISSION: 5 Speed Manual (Getrag), as per Series 2. COLOUR: Custom House Of Kolor Deep Purple Shimrin "Kandy". EXTERIOR CONDITION...

the whole rear end is different... when i had my VP with IRS, all i could think about was ditching it for a nice solid axle setup. Camber kits, horrible deflection angles with suspension travel- wasnt a fan at all. Thankfully the wagon is live axle, i prefer it so much more.

I reckon Turbosmart would love to reply to that statement. My FPR800 is dead fkn sexy, for that i love it to bits... that and the base pressure adjustment.

Im almost game- due to the cost- however, its all the tiny little fine-points (like adjusting and machining jobs) that i reckon would be hard with something rebuilt at home. And i wouldnt rely on a home built one to handle too much power.

Senator... IRS rear end i'd be presuming then. Sure its not the inside edges of the rear wheels scraping the inner guard? My VP Berlina did this, as when loaded up the rear wheels would deflect inwards heaps, and scuff the inner guards. Basically- when you load her up, do the rear wheels...

Your auto, sheez no good... mine is doing similar now, mainly due to having done 250K, and now having to cope with too much torque. Might i suggest a full oil and trans filter change? While there, throw some Lucas Trans Additive in, i did this to mine and it felt like new... Then i boosted...

36lb injectors from a super6 are 370cc, will support (at 80% duty cycle) around 420hp at the crank... you can use either a stock regulator, a rising rate, or a fixed rate reg- mine feeds 1psi more fuel pressure per psi it sees, which is 1:1 preset rate, and apparently helps with tuning due to...

a small stall upgrade (even jsut a 2200-2500, retaining lock up function) will make all the world of difference to how your car goes, without screwing up your fuel economy or driveability.

you can have twin turbos on an alloytec- Scranton Bros racing in the US built one a few years ago for drag racing- destroked to 3.2L, twin turbos, 10,000 rpm and 40psi boost it made 1650hp and ran 6.5s at 215mph. Heads, crank and block were all factory parts, modified of course. Still bloody...

rockers should be a straight bolt-on proposition, no matter which you buy (YT, Mace etc). However, dont expect massive power upgrades with them, as they are only 1.8 ratio -well, the YT ones are at least- as this isnt a huge change over the 1.65 stock ratio, and the standard heads flow pretty...

Looing good mate, these things really get up and go with some boost on board. Only thing i can say is that the exhaust manifold flow may be a little disturbed at higher rpm, as the runners shoot straight into the log-style "collector", hitting at a 90 degree angle? However, if the boost isnt...

a stock VN-VR engine bay is easy to work with, and with a bit of forethought the inlet manifold can be off relatively quickly. Its when the heads have to come off though that it becomes a big job, as basically everything except for the water pump is removed. However, its a small price to pay...

I can personally state that a constantly running thermo is not adviseable, as it will eventually melt your thermo fan relay... thankfully (in my case) the air-con relay is identical. And i have no aircon setup anyways, so an easy replacement. Better to get the thermo switch setup to come on...