littlegeorgy01's VS Exec

[vsiicalais]

Model: VS Series II Executive

Colour: Rubens Red Mica

KM: 551,456

Engine Type: Ecotec 3.8L

Engine Mods: CAI, Cruise Control

Engine Parts Replaced: CAS, Heater Tap, O2 sensors, radiator, starter motor, flexi-plate (was unnecessary because bolts were loose but didnt know until i had the trans off and had new one so thought stuff it i will do it anyway)

Power: not enough

Wheels: VS Berlina Alloys fitted with 205/65/15 Yokohama A Drive's

Brakes: Standard VS Rears, VT Slotted Discs with Twin Piston Calipers for Front

Suspension: Standard atm

Interior: Standard with Level 3 Dash Cluster

Exterior: Towbar, Foglights, Driving Lights

Stereo: Pioneer MP3 Headunit and Pioneer 6x9 in parcel shelf

Build Period: Purchased back in 2005

Future Mods: Full exhaust system, CV8 rims, replace panels and full respray, Sound System

[vsiicalais]

found some pics from a few months ago

[VR304]

wow wats with all the Kms???
hows it run?
looks to be in not bad condition but

[Dan VS 231]

Woah no kidding and I thought my car with the 279k was getting up there. Has the motor had a recon or anything like that in all those k's?

[vsiicalais]

km are all on the original trans and motor, no rebuilds and none in sight for a while *crosses fingers* lol. i bought the car at 200000km and have owned it for 3 years, before fuel prices went up i was driving anywhere and everywhere so didnt take long to rack up the kms. also travelling long distances for work doesnt help but im pretty happy with it, may look a little rough round the edges atm but runs extremely well!

[vsiicalais]

cruise and towbar fitted, gotta love those hayman reece tow hitches!

[vsiicalais]

I have been keeping all data on my fuel purchased and km for the past 6 months and these are the figures i have got so far

figures for 1st Jan to 31th March:
8143km
1026.76L of fuel

which converts to 12.61L p/100km

figures for 1st April to 30th June:
8112km
976.84L of fuel

which converts to 12.04L p/100km

so overall
16255km
2003.60L of fuel

economy is 12.33L p/100km

these figures are based off highway and town driving. I havent been recording what sort of trips i did as it varies considerably day to day but that seems to be the best i can produce out of it. If you check what Holden "claims" these will get with about 50% highway & 50% town (which is roughly what my driving is) this figure should be approximately 10.5L/100km

[vsiicalais]

just fitted LED front parkers (white) LED stop/tail light globes, LED rear parker globes and LED rego plate lights. next on the list is LED reverse, and indicator globes right around. They definately look better than the standard globes and react quicker which is great!

[savage1987]

So.. Ecotecs can handle kms too, hey? My VN hit 500,000 a while back and hasn't had any real problems but that's pretty special on an Ecotec!

Get intake exhaust tune you'll see slightly better fuel results

Sam

[DannyboyDS]

nice effort out of your car, my ecotec has just hit 320 so I can't wait to catch up :P

[vsiicalais]

yeah those figures are completely wrong now as i have since replaced the O2 sensors so the economy is better and the trans needs to be serviced but I think after its been serviced it should be even better. i noticed that after replacing the O2 sensors i was using about 3-4 l/100km less, but what can i expect after having never replaced them in the life of the car. i will post up new economy figures as soon as i have serviced the trans.

[savage1987]

haha yeah replacing the oxygen sensors is definitely worth doing.. my VN responded much the same.

[vsiicalais]

just did a trip from home to phillip island then around the island a bit, accross to wonthaggi drove around there a bit and back home so about 400km and got a fuel average of 9.7L/100km so it looks like the O2 sensors were one of the issues here but im glad its improving. normally this trip would of brought back approx 13L/100km