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If your gonna replace the rings you will need to hone the bores, and when its pulled apart you may find that it needs to be overbored as well. You dont have to do a full reco, but if you have the money, you plan to keep the car for some time longer, then it probably wouldnt hurt as you would...

Im not too sure you can swap the series 3 v8 into a vs commodore. Since they are the same 5 litre that was in the VT, and you must go to fair troubles to get the VT 5 litre to work in a pre Vt commy. I think the troubles are that to use the current harnesses in your car, you need a pre-VT...

You may also find that if you decide to you the same tuner, after your first dyno tune, subsequent tunes will be less than your initial one.

That looks very impressive. Well done. Do you think it will hold together ok with the boost you are putting into it? 14 psi was it. Awesome job anyway. Would you post up a before and after of throttle response, and how you think power feels as Im sure most here would like to know. cheers.

Try this for available plates- http://www.vplates.com.au/index.htm

Taxi engines tend to last a very long time. Some have purchased ex taxi's and gotten up to 1mil k's on them with the original engine (I think there is a thread on some stories in here somewhere). The reason is most engine wear is caused during cold starts/running when the oil is not protecting...

Does anyone know about whether speed cameras at intersections with red light cameras are always operating, or only to catch people speeding through red lights?

I would think that this is due to the adding the two digits then subtracting 5 will always result in 4-D. This being the letter of a country name, a well known country- Denmark, think of an animal beginning with k- kangaroo many Australians will think this first, then o for orange. I didnt...

New you can get them for $230ish (for DBA) RDA's are a bit cheaper. What do you mean second hand not used?

There really is no reason to remove the cat. If you think about HP Heroes at summernats each year, all the cars that can continually pull high numbers, they all have cats installed on their cars.

Wild Vs Clubby, if you are wanting to change your cam etc, I would suggest getting your hands on a gregorys manual or the like. Its not a hard job, you just have to careful going about it for your first time and not forget anything. As long as you have spannners and so it can be done, but you...

It has been done before (putting an LS1 into a vr/vs) and a lot of modifying had to be done to the car to fit it in. The LS1 is a bit bigger than the 5 litre, firewall mods are a must. Unless you are really dedicated to it, you would be better off building up the 5 litre in your VR and using...

Have a look on Dr bobs page - http://www.memcals.com/rcc_info_fitting.html this shows how to fit them.

Thats fine and I have no problem accepting that. May I ask where abouts you have read about tests on the economy of this fuel, or let us know your thoughts regarding it as that is what I thought this topic was about.

Yes I understand that, and I am not trying to make a point of stating that it is power that could not be gained anyway. But from this example, the tune released more power from the fuel containing the ethanol than that not. That said, the article also goes to show that even in the PCM's...

Check your plugs and their gaps (1.5 mm), as well as leads. Do a search on here for the resistance per length of lead (cant remember what it is, have seen it here somewhere) and they should be around the same- check with a multimetre. Check the resistance of your coils. Primary (two elctrodes...

The box in the VR is a 4L60E. Its pretty much the same box as the TH700, only is electronic.

I thought he may have meant the bellmouth. No?

What would you put it into? Aftermarket parts for them are becoming cheaper but it would all depend what you were going to do with it.

What do you mean whos dyno? Irrespective of which dyno it is measured on and what it measures the powers to be, it shows that there are gains to be had from using this fuel.

Look for powerups posts. I remember seeing he had a link to a site (car domain or some other) with his car and pics under the bonnet.

Yeah sorry I've got the wrong person. I was thinking of powerhungry. Hes got the ute with vortech.

I have the article in front of me at the moment and picking bits out. "Putting Boost 98 to the test we laid our hands on a brand-spankers HSV, complete with LS2 engine... On conventional 98 unleaded the six-litre ran out 322hp at the treads, and under identical conditions turned 331hp with...

I think Cent6 has got a VY or VU ute with a CAPA supercharger. I think he originally had the powerdyne, then wanted more power and went for a vortech. Try sending him a PM.

Have a crack at it yourself. If you wanna learn the only way is to research and have a go yourself. First go buy yourself a Gregory's repair manual, and all these questions will be answered for you. If you're still having trouble, come back for some more questions.

Check out in the V6 section mate, there is lots about them in there. And Yella Terra dont make SC for the V6's.

I dont think that one would fit without some pretty heavy mods. You can see the throttle body goes from the back of the blower, straight out and I think it would probably go straight into the firewall on your car. I think the Holden SC V6 had a bend at the back of the blower. If it was from...

If you dont mind me asking, where abouts did you get that quote? And what specs are on the cam? Cheers Bakes

From what Ive heard of other people's projects, its not all that hard. If you want the motor and tranny, your best bet would be to buy a part wrecked SS and swap over all the gear, then sell whats left. I think you need all the usuals, k frame, looms, gb crossmember. You will also need the...

I think they would be much more likely to shatter than stay intact and decapitate you. I agree with wild vs clubby, you wont find a carbon bonnet for $600, and it woulld be at least a couple of grand.

Try COME Racing (www.comeracing.com) their chip and cam packs for the V6's are about $1100. Ask them about labour, not sure on that price.

The Coupé 4 wasnt a monaro coz it didnt have the badges, as you said. But HSV dont badge any coupe as a monaro, simply a Coupé (GTO Coupé, GTS Coupé). I have seen a couple Coupé 4's getting around Melbourne, but no, unfortunately you dont see many.

Dunno if you've tried it- http://www.supercheapauto1000.com.au/ Bathurst website

What makes you say that?

Needs some lower shocks in the back I think. Looks tops though, would have been an interesting project.

The Ecotec had the 4L60E (electronic T700). The T700 was in VN Series1 and maybe later VN's also, someone here will clarify this. The T700 is basically a T350 with an overdrive (T350 has 3 speeds, last being 1:1 ratio, T700 has 4 speeds, last around 0.72?). The T400 is stronger than the T350...

If you're just changing the rotors and pads, you wont need to bleed the brake lines. Its pretty straight forward, geeting yourself a workshop manual will make you feel more confident though.

Heres a flash on the effects of beer.

Looks good mate. What displacement are you aiming for in the end, and what crank are you planning to use?

You're right there juzza. I reckon an HSV GTO LS2 would probably beet the GTS LS1. I think I read somewhere that 85% of the LS2's max torque starts at around 1600 rpm. Thats pretty mental.