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Is there a reason why torque would be omitted?
Do you have a graph of the torque curve ?
Do you have a graph of the torque curve ?
Do you have a graph of the torque curve ?
I just went down there and he basically said that being a stock cam that there is not much of a torque graph to look at.
He printed it out for me anyway..
Hi guys..new here but thought I might start a dairy of where this is gonna take my car.
Just turned 50 so I think this car will end up being my mid life crisis
I recently bought a bone stock vx that had 168k klm's on the clock. Was clean and seemed well looked after. The trim is good and the panels just had a few car park dents in it. Not bad for a car of its age. Bought a cheap pdr of ebay and sorted most out.
Mechanically fine too. Lifters rattle for the first second or 2 before going away. I have been told that lifters can be a problem on ls1's but it does go away quickly so I'm just guessing that it might just be the character of the motor.
I have replaced the radiator and water pump and full service, new plugs, leads etc.
The car was pretty dirty and flat and this was day one after getting her home.
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I gave her a buff and polish and ended up with this...
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Came up pretty good after the buff. I then decided on a set of om-1 simmons wheels. 20x9.5 and 20x8.5 staggered and 245 tyres. Replaced the badges side and rear and the chrome was flaking off, the door jam protectors etc
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then I decided to paint the mud flaps... lol yeah I know its small but it really made a difference in my eyes. Most people think that mud flaps have no place but I like them..
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So other than a few other small things like the white venetians on the back, replacing the drivers door lock that suddenly seized, installing a kill switch etc...thats about all I've done so far.
The next few mods I hope to do in the next few months.
I have her booked in for a set of stainless pacemakers and manta exhaust. The exhaust has been a difficult choice as there is so much opinion on them but I feel that I should be pretty close to the mark with this combo. 2.5 inch seems to be everyone's recommendation. I'll upload a vid of the before and after's when done.
Next on the list is a 3.9 truetrac diff and I also want to get the auto shifts tightened up a little at the same time.
next would be the cam and cai. No idea on that front. I will have to trust the mechanics choice on that one. Its gonna be a well driven car so I dont want a drag pig but I definately want it to sound like it has a cam.
After all thats done then thats really where the story begins I guess with how far I go with it..
Chuck