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Do you really think this claptrap is useful, interesting, positive or anything to do with the topic I started? You are a simple slow-learning troll by definition. Get off your soapbox, pull your head in, work iff your steam in private.

What utter crap that this forum is about all Holden models. Fricken sickening when idiots post their foreign stuff way out of context. Then whinge that nobody appreciates foreign exotica. If you don’t like the Just Commodores forum discussing the core enthusiast subject matter then I don’t...

A most worthwhile contribution of scathing wit, touché. @arronm seems you are either drunk or deliberately being daft for a laugh, perhaps both. Goodo, I am most of the time, but this is not The Pub where you can carry on like a pirate and be offensive. This is the general forum and a code be in...

Yes 2.25" is standard for the HM exit ID. Whether you notice the difference depends on the tuning as most tunes are not really customised to the setup. What you notice is the trade-off 90% of the driving time when you want torque but seems less (doughy, laggy) when tuned for the larger diameter...

Wow cool pic matey I'll save that for my private stash:rolleyes: Are you in the habit of dogging on ex-cons? I'm sure everyone here thinks you're a top bloke now Sherrif for posting that for no good reason other than to out your true self, show what you are.

^^ Fixed it for you. Surely consideration to other member's opinions in the context of the subject of the thread and clearly stated purpose of the forum has been suggested to you, at some point? Maybe not directly before now, but perhaps you should take note. Else join a forum of like-minded KIA...

Paradox man is back in town... griping about griping. Just dob me in again for pointing out what a useless troll you are, go on, have a ball.

Seriously, what’s with all this rah rah KIA and Australian cars are crap, WTF?! The major defect discovered is covered under the Australian Consumer Guarantee. Like any Australian or overseas product. It’s disgraceful, with the rattles and handling, dinky engine parts and SNAFU gearbox it...

See what a tangled web of BS when you start to ham it up and clown around in fake sports cars, that's actually a famous Korean actor, Wan Hung-Lo, and Porky the Plod, clearly not the dinkum Aussie COO of KIA: Yeah, nah tonnes of room in this interior, just wish the font was a bit larger and ah...

A progress update (for those who think more power from a new turbo is (dial?) up the turbo “boost” coz technology)... After 300+ dyno pulls and 200 hours professionally dyno tuning the Stinger GT 3.3 V6 with twin-sequential twin-scroll turbochargers, the highest peak power achieved was 450 rwhp...

I saw this coming back in 2014 in the HSV Forum, there is definitely a niche market filled with ready buyers. Beats me how a company can get exemption from various ADR approval to modify a Light Vehicle so far beyond factory spec and offer it for (re)sale nationally? Sure $100k over the original...

Either crank angle sensor temporarily slipped out of whack else battery has low charge, as in amps not volts.

Yes but lifter roller damage caught early can be minimised with the use of high zinc (ZDDP), at least abate wear long enough to organise lifter / cam replacement. From first serious chirps to grinding was six months, 45k km using Penrice 10 Tenths. Yes also cam bearings should be replaced at...

That idle speed is normal in Park or Neutral. Now the 400kg Gorilla in the room nobody has mentioned is the LS chirp of doom. The easy way to check is make a mark on the crank pulley with chalk or some visual indicator and listen to the cadence of the chirp. If is slower like half speed of what...

Stock is 88 dB @ 3750 rpm. Custom exhaust (guess) is around 115 dB.

Bay looks schmick except the jaundiced power steering reservoir.

The bad news is that your car will run like crap with those extractors and no tune, good news is the sound will be different though. Without bypassing the emissions controls it will also trigger a malfunction in the ECU (Check Engine Light). So you will need a tune to suit, and that definitely...

VZ Executive with the L76 - lift lids, LS3 cam swap, shave heads and FBO and BAM 11s bargain :p Tuners freaked getting 300+ rwkw (more than HSV) out of L76 with GM cam swap, FBO and tune over a decade ago. One guy shaved heads (right down), ground reliefs in stock pistons, custom cam, running...

Good job, I think the original research bloke in the US passed away but the evolution system mentioned use a wired CANBUS sniffer to trigger butterfly position, not OBD. That would be interesting and reliable, then maybe traditional dip switches for mode rather than Bluetooth to phone.

Needs more LEDs

Power isn’t everything in racing, by a long shot. Nor is it hardly even relevant 95% of the time on the street. Petrol is filthy, disgusting, deadly inefficient crap that is being phased out. Not good for humans or other living beings, nor performance nor global distribution of wealth. Just...

Not all about power, unless you’re racing really. Even then it makes good sense to use ethanol vs petrol as a racing fuel. Hence why all the V8 Supercars (NA with lower compression than a street V8) run e85. Torque, efficiency and consumption vs price (economy) and emissions and clean running...

Highway speed in overdrive to 170 is amazing. Is that a manual / what diff gears? Do you know 0-100, 0-160, 80-160 or 0-200?

Weird, looks like it is still pumping according to PetrolSpy Also have you seen the Puma at Curra?

Sure bolt-on boost is an easy substitute if you can’t or don’t want to do the math and engineering stuff, but with courage and time on your side the pleasure of no-fuss direct response, tuned, all-motor that achieves same or better torque plateau (vs FI dome) is a rare reward in this day and age.

No, that’s 295 peak rwkw, of cours e be careful what you wish for - by that I mean there’s more to performance than peak hp on a dyno. I made that with an L77 HSV headers custom downpipe and Hi Flow Cats. Did have OTR but didn’t need it as it always runs flex fuel. Problem for me was that HP is...

You can definitely make a 500 bhp peak with HSV headers only, keeping all engineering same, tune tweak. You can also make 500 rwhp peak, look / sound stockish to layman, emissions and noise legal, drive like a big block and use less fuel. Take a look, officer... Engine Bay L 2016 by monstar...

Thanks, you’d think the publisher would do better than that, downright misleading and dangerous.

Was rattle regular rhythm or bouncing? Check codes and don’t drive.

Noisy valvetrain (worn springs / lifters / pushrod)? Need to identify which cylinder it is, swap injectors around, check compression, then dunno take a peek wtf with a bore scope through the plug hole.

@John Revill a bit of a giggle, never seen figures presented like that, converted to metric then rounded off. Basically there’s several cams for each engine code, no two engines share cams, the data for deac / normal AFM cylinders is juxtaposed, and you can’t generalise by engine capacity...

Haha, where did you get that lot from?

I imagine not too hard to substitute the Calais heated blind spot mirror if you really wanted as well, about $150 a side. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https://www.ebay.com.au/ulk/itm/251526684328

Yes, 350 to 400 CFM. Theoretically this supports 800 BHP from a 376ci V8 at 5700 RPM, assuming 100% volumetric efficiency. But there are more factors to the HP baro equation than CFM including some biggies like temperature velocity and pressure. The Zeta airbox max CFM alone is not a restriction...

Good aftermarket systems start $200.

Thought that would happen, like I said same happened to me https://forums.justcommodores.com.au/threads/what-are-you-drinking-right-now.253946/page-9#post-2962750 Yeah I think the brand enjoyed success on the back of the independent brew movement. The paradox is these fake pirates lost their...

Thanks for the replies, mate bought an SS-V Sportwagon in WA for $42k with 10k km on it. Nice car, says SS on tail, sides, no Brembos, which was surprising. 19” cast not surprising. Easily mistakeable for an SS from outside really. Yes inside has SS-V emblem on the dash (sort of puts paid to any...

How can you tell diff between SS and SS-V in 2016 model?