VX SS black manual

[nathans1987]

2002 series 2 vx ss commodore

motor: standard ls1 120 000km (motor has about 180,000 its from a vt, vx motor had a broken conrod snaped clean inhalf)
gearbox: 6 speed manual may as well b 5 speed tho who uses 6th gear :S
modifications: di fillipo tuned length extractors and twin 2.5" exhaust.
stick on window ariel woth atleast 80rwkw
nothing else
planned mods: cam cam cam cam cam cam cam. ok maybe just one. maybe to mount my cb in the dash somwhere dont know where tho withoug ripping it up n cutting stuff.

1/4 mile time: 13.702 @ 102.4(not to sure about mph haha its around that one run i did was 102.6 but that was slower) with 16n head wind and 40c track temp a full tank of fuel and the spare wheel in the back on standard tyres at 30psi or somthing. so i think it has more if only a little.

fule connsumption 15L/100km or worse even on a country trip i thought it would be good on fuel better than a vn v8, anyway its not even close! vn did better than 10 country and 12 normally.

[wrx884]

car looks hot as man where bouts u livin in perth seen a fair few of these lately? dam im supprised bout the fuel man i thought ud get better than my V6 on country roads? have u dun the whole service on her?

[nathans1987]

thanks.

nah i havnt serviced it yet just did oil today and the iac valve thing is not working properly its ideling at 1500rpm haha. probably do leads, plugs n airfilter somtime should be a bit better after that i hope. but first make it idel nice i think that it the main problem. iac sensors are $300 tho :S.

i live in the hills around roleystone araluen.

[accentstencil]

thanks.

nah i havnt serviced it yet just did oil today and the iac valve thing is not working properly its ideling at 1500rpm haha. probably do leads, plugs n airfilter somtime should be a bit better after that i hope. but first make it idel nice i think that it the main problem. iac sensors are $300 tho :S.

i live in the hills around roleystone araluen.

Car looks great. Fuel consumption should be much better than what you are getting. IAC valves are around $100-120 but can often be fixed with a good clean.

[nathans1987]

went to holden (yes i know stupid idea haha but i wanted genuine floor mats too) they wanted $300 and i took it out and cleaned it with a rag would it be ok to wash it in petrol?

[accentstencil]

went to holden (yes i know stupid idea haha but i wanted genuine floor mats too) they wanted $300 and i took it out and cleaned it with a rag would it be ok to wash it in petrol?

Petrol would be OK but carby cleaner would be better.

[nathans1987]

why do ls1s sound so much worse than 5.0L my old vn i used to love the sound, the ls1 i cant hear n when i can its nothing special. and they have no low torque(1500-4800) in a vn i change befor 4800 in a ls1 its jsut getting going :S even tho its 42ci bigger with a roller cam all things which should make the power lower better. i think i need a mafless tune.

[nathans1987]

i went racing again this time i got a 13.3 still exhaust only untuned not a bad time i thought.

[EvoVIIIJDM]

get it tuned and see that time improve. neat SS

[nathans1987]

thanks mate! probably wont bother with just a tune ill go straight to a cam when its paid off.

anyone know that gap the plugs are ment to be for a ls1 because i just put new ones in gapped at 1.6mm and it was breaking down toward the end of the track.

[UNKNOWN]

U'd be surprised what a tune can do...

Nice car tho!

[nathans1987]

yeah i heard they go well but this way i save getting 2 tunes ill b eventually getting a cam anyway. my car runs pretty well for not havin a cam hey haha [/lame joke]

[nathans1987]

i'm a little excited! its nearly setember and the motorplex opens setember 2. i have done a few mods to my car now. i have an Dusspeed otr now which when i installed made a noticable difference. also the big (well not big anymore they have 2" ones!) 1 7/8" difillipo extractors and twin 3" diffillipo exhaust. and i have tuned it myself(with efi live for all who know what that is cos 3 semi openloop) which is the exciting part. it deffinantly feels faster but i want to find out what it cracks up to be like, having never tuned an electronic controlled car or any for that matter. so i want a mid 12 considering i got low 13 without a tune i'll be sure to post up my results after next wed.