2005 VZ SS ute, 1st v8

[Rocking_along]

So went to Powercruise on the 16th and 17th.
Heaps of fun, drove the Ute hard as, spun out, went sideways, did burnouts all the good stuff and only problem I had was not getting it to sit on the brake whilst on the burnout pad due to caning my brakes around the track and sticky pad surface but did some Os

And here's one during off street racing

 

[5N17R]

Nice ride there man !

Just a quick question... What increase in noticeable performance did you get from the mafless set up ? Just curious to see whether or not its a good mod !

 

[Rocking_along]

Nice ride there man !

Just a quick question... What increase in noticeable performance did you get from the mafless set up ? Just curious to see whether or not its a good mod !

Go Mafless, can be tuned accurately using the MAP sensor as a form of air intake measuring, the MAF sensor itself is some kind of restriction and eliminating it means you can run a large sized intake pipe straight to your otr so its better. No need for it

 

[Rocking_along]

New fastest time down the 1/4 mile, 13.45
Not bad I reckon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr7QYzVk9mI

 

[te_rarawa]

pretty good ET bro. is that meremere dragway?

 

[Rocking_along]

pretty good ET bro. is that meremere dragway?

Cheers, yes it is

 

[Rocking_along]

Went to Dragwars the other weekend with some 15x8 cop steelies and ET Street tyres wrapped around them, rolled the rear guards before I put them on, looked so tuff running them, loved the fitment.. here are some pics:

All the rubber up the inner guards lol

Test fit

Time to smoke them up

 

[HoldenMan7]

Looking good mate, u running a quicker 1/4mile time with them tyres ??

 

[Cava454]

Looks mint mate. How u go rolling ur guards. Any cracks?

What did u run?

 

[Rocking_along]

Looking good mate, u running a quicker 1/4mile time with them tyres ??

Cheers, I did not run any quicker. The fastest 1/4 mile time I have done is a 13.45 in street tyres and I ran a 13.63 in these ET streets. I believe the atmosphere was a cause of my slower times, this was the first time I ran the Ute down the 1/4 during the day in hot heat, the other times were at Night wars so in the late evening to night, cooler time. My top MPH was a bit lower in these wheels as they are slightly bigger in diameter compared to my street wheels. My 60ft and 1/8 mile times were pretty much the same.
I didn't get wheel spin off the line in my street tyres so I don't reckon running these ET Streets made a huge difference, by 60ft times are **** though and I need to change my diff gears so im quicker off the line.

Looks mint mate. How u go rolling ur guards. Any cracks?

What did u run?

Hey thanks. Rolling the guards was pretty straight forward, just slowly made adjustments to the tool to push in the lip until it was all the way tucked up into the guard but not going too far so I don't bring the guard out and change the shape of the guard. Few small paint cracks on the lip that I pushed in, but noting you can see until you get your head in the guard. It went better than I thought it would to be honest haha.