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So, designed the enclosure for my DIY Exhaust controller! This is basically an Arduino with a DFRobot relay hat, enclosed in a custom made 3D printed box which I'll eventually get replaced with a CNC Machined enclosure. The enclosure itself is currently being made as we speak. Pretty much...

I would honestly swap in an LFX and a 6spd manual when your LY7 blows up. You're already making about 190kW (a good 5kW more than a VS Clubby) and the LFX is a pretty noticeable power bump over the LY7 and it has way, way less reliability issues than the LY7. If you want to use your existing...

So, me being the king of all cheapskates, I swapped back to a non-AFM VE SS exhaust and man, what a difference! Perfect in terms of tone but it could be louder. I think that with some custom fabricated tips I might get a bit of extra volume from the exhaust without the **** note that the...

Pretty sure the 2010 Camaro RS has a Bosch ECU as well. Might help to look around Camaro5 as seppos love modding V6 Camaros for budget builds. Something, something cheap insurance.

This. Never, ever delete any centre mufflers on the SV6 unless you want to play the fart trumpet orchestra down your street. Trust me, It sounds like arse, especially at low RPM. High RPM and High load, Low RPM it sounds alright if you're going for that Jap car sound, but don't ever expect any...

Have you changed the strut tops themselves? I hear strut tops (ie the bits at the top with the bearings in them for your steering) tend to go pretty often. Swap out for some Nolathanes if you can.

Gosh the planets must be aligning for the pair of us mate because I'm just beginning to have this issue myself! The dreaded clicky HVAC wiper module. Worst part is too is that I have an aftermarket headunit in my car so the calibration process is going to be... Interesting, to say the least.

Did you have to do anything to the Firewall to get the clutch pedal through? you'd assume that Holden would be total cheapskates and use the same bodies for Manual and Automatic cars instead of making two separate bodies for two separate transmissions. Someone's gotta do a writeup with pics for...

Was just wondering if anyone here has a pinout for the amplifier that comes as standard on Utes with the premium sound system? Also, where is it generally mounted, and what kind of input does it take (High or low-level) I've just purchased some rear speakers (the ones that go in the bottom of...

Honestly, the future isn't EVs, it's getting as many people working from home as possible. The large bulk of people use their cars to get to and from work, and with so much office work being done on computers these days, and with the internet getting better (at least in other countries, smh)...

I have one of these, only I got mine from DigOptions, cost about the same too. I've only ever really had one issue which was relatively easy to fix, the clips don't sit in that well with my unit. I fixed that with some high-strength velcro behind the fascia. Also protip? Get an app called...

Probs your best bet are Ones from a MY2012 Omega, probably. Grab 'em from a wreckers or off Gumtree. Connectors and pinouts may be different between MY's so it's best to go with seats from the same year model to prevent your airbags going kablammo. Although I would check with your local track...

Louvers are huge in the mustang scene. Hell they stick'em on their side windows too.

is it Metallic, ie does it sound like someone smacking a piece of metal with a hammer? If so, take it to a mechanic ASAP.

That's rod knock. I lost rod six myself in an engine with 210k on it. I'd check the condition of your clutch if it's a manual as a broken DMF (dual mass flywheel) did it to mine. Basically caused the crank to walk. Thank fuark it didn't kill my mains but it took out a rod. I've since swapped the...

It's just GM being typical GM. Accountants and old stuffy suits run the company, and if it wasn't for old mate Ruddbot dangling the carrot in front of the GM Exec's noses there'd be no VF commodore. They'dve axed the brand in 2009 when Pontiac, Olds and Saab got the chop. I mean, look at their...

Yeah, we narrowed it down to the DMF going kablammo, caused the bearings on rod six to give eachother the hug 'o death. I got my engine fitted way before the 'rona caused everyone to price their services like the world's ending. Wouldn't like to imagine how much it costs to get something done...

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Yeah, you gotta remember that Lithium's gotta come from some place. Not to say that there's no point to buying an EV, I'd argue that if you were to buy new, that's exactly what i'd go towards if you're only ever going to drive within the city. But until your average EV matches the price to...

"Yeah, but unions that represent the worker are corrupt, unions that represent the business sector pay for my campaigns every year" - Liberal MPs, probably. also the other side of this is the fact that car loans have some absolutely bullshoite interest rates. We're talking 14-odd percent. So...

That'd be bloody awesome. Cheers :) I'd really just be after the pipework as I intend on probably using a stock XR6T turbo if I did go down that route.

That's generally how it goes. You make a cop's hard for them and they'll make it twice as hard for you. It's why I like to keep my cars kinda stock-ish, or at least make my mods stealthy and not drive like an arsehole half the time. Like for crying out loud if your car's so low that you're using...

Shame he doesn't have a website. Would bloody love a turbo for the ute but I don't wanna get buttraunched by the Zucc.

The only good car Mitsubishi ever produced was the Lancer. And Kelmscott simply wouldn't be the same without cookers in stuffed Magnas.

$3000 is basically the minimum trade-in you get at most dealers anyway, so that point is moot. I also call bullshit on the environmental claims as once again, cars don't just come out of fuggin' nowhere. It costs money, time and most of all energy to produce a car. Yeah, in the long run, I...

I'd also be more concerned to as to how that car was driven for those 210k. I bought my current ute at 210k (now 235k) and I had rod six let go out of bloody nowhere. Seeing as i've got an LLT, that's a weirdo transition engine. So i got buttraunched for about $5k to replace the engine with a...

Like the bimodals I have, which come standard on the VE/F GTS? Yeah, they can be defected too... Even though they came from the bloody factory with an active exhaust as an option. Generally coppers will defect anything if you're driving like a ding dong. if you are going to do a cutout i'd...

I assume you're talking these ones? https://empireperformance.com.au/collections/holden-sv6/products/holden-commodore-2007-2015-ve-vf-sv6-twin-3-stainless-catback-exhaust-system?variant=20129258799222 If so, they look alright. Looks to have a cross and two centre doggies. The 3" should make...

I just installed a factory VE V8 ute centre section to replace my absolute arse sounding straight cenny section and with the E1 bimodals? It sounds G O O D A F Nice, warm tone. No drone, bit of a bark on downshifts too. Now the next question is, what's the biggest exhaust tip size...

Oh mad! Cheers Fu! Well, from what I gathered from that post you shared there's a few things to note. The pump only works when the ECM detects low vacuum (implying there's a MAP too?) The pump appears to be just a simple motor arrangement where air is drawn from the system and vented to...

Cheers Fu! Mine is a Series 1.5 with an LLT (SIDI), so I assume then it follows the VF and only turns on when vacuum is low. Will suss out Vacuum pumps

Hey gang, bit of a technical question for y'all. So as you guys probably know I have an SV6 with a functional HSV E1 Bimodal muffler pair that is currently plumbed into my engine through a custom intake spacer. However, I want to be able to have the exhaust turn off as well as be on so as to...

It'll make it sound like total culo imo. All flappy and gross. I'd put the biggest doggies you can fit in the centre, a H pipe close to the point where the two sides merge into the centre section, and E1 bimodals or a vacuum actuated exhaust cutout at the back. Connect the bimodals/cutout to...

What sort of room do we have behind that panel? I want to hide a 4ch Amplifier back there and was curious as to how much room we've got to hide these sorts of things. I've recently purchased the brackets and speakers that go in the B pillar.

Okay, so it turns out that the factory 2010 SV6 exhaust... Has no resonators? I deleted the centre muffler, and man... I'm having mixed feelings. Down low, if you keep the vacuum above say, 5InHg, or you lug the car below the point where she "Climbs on the cam" (i.e, when it's not in the...

Okay, protip to everyone out there... Straight-piping a V6 sounds like total arse, especially at the top end. I did a centre muffler delete on my ute with some E1 Bimodals (which are currently working and do an awesome job at cutting down on drone as they're bloody quiet in a cruise), and...

Yep! You've either gotta lock your state and regional borders down really fkn tight (like what we did in WA) or you force everyone to Wear masks and PPE. In Victoria's case it has to to both. Media's not going to like that, but stiff bickies to them. Its just WHS protocol applied to the...

Well, I didn't know what Omega you had. haha. Holden changed the damn engines so many times. In that case, yeah, you do have a 3.6 but only with a single variable intake cam. Your swap would be an LY7 in that case (which'd give you a variable exhaust cam too). Not sure if LY7 heads bolt on but...

The Liberals aren't a governing party, they're a consultancy firm for the organisation that is actually in power of Australia, Corporations. They take money from fkn anyone, including the Chinese.

Meanwhile on the west coast our "Incompetent Labor Puppet" has pretty much told Clive Palmer to **** off with his border opening bullshit. 96% approval rating! Yeww! The media's just being an arsehole to Dandrews. Murdoch's pissed that he doesn't have control of 2/3rds of the population under...