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My mechanic who is one from car carby days states that E10 is yes definitely a lower octane but is in no way a "dirtier fuel". In fact ethanol is very clean but unfortunately it is also classed as a solvent which means if you have any crap in your tank, which most do, it will dissolve and passed...

Sorry guys but it seems to me most of us are missing something here. I've had two oil pressure switches go faulty in two different makes and models and both times the dash let me know with "check engine". No strange noises or problems running. Take it straight to my mechanic, about 2km, he plugs...

If I remember correctly there is a difference in head design from L98 to L77. L98 are cathedral shaped ports and L77 have rectangular shaped ports that are supposed to be better. I would say the difference lays there.

I am an electronics engineer and probably wouldn't do anything to change the way the car was originally designed. You all understand research and development. If a car runs hot it's for a reason, providing makeshift fixes is like giving morphine to a cancer patient, only the symptom is fixed not...

I bought a 2012 VE SS Z series ute in 2018 for 23.5k. 77k on the clock. Auto. It came with OTR air intake and 2.5 inch cat back xforce exhaust. Have since added stainless xtractors. These cars are awesome and an actual pleasure to drive. Keep in mind that independent rear end makes driving a...

Hooning is a result of high density living. Back in the very early 70s I was taught to drive on dirt and gravel roads at the age of 12! We lived around 30km from Sydney! Try that today. The point is that there is no where for young people to actually learn how to control a car. They are thrust...

Thanks Perkz, I suppose it should mate, only has 45k on the clock. Always garaged and the front quarter is clear wrapped.

The short shifter is a genuine walkinshaw, the cam is a Howard's Lift: .578 / .587, Duration @ .050: 226 / 232, Centerline: 108, Aggressive Street/Strip, Mid torque & horsepower, Needs good heads. This set-up is the prelude to the W407 released in 2011. All work performed by Castle Hill...

My 2011 Ls3 Clubby is manual, has cam, ceramic extractors, 3 inch exhaust and all the good head gear. Produces 339 RwKw, approx 407kw engine hp and is absolutely brilliant to drive. It actually sounds and goes like a super car. The mods were done when car was almost new and still only has 45k on...

Air flow and fuel are the first two parameters the ecu looks at after the engine fires up. If either is in any way different to what has been set in the tune, the ecu will try to compensate for the irregularity. I'm thinking if you increase airflow, the ecu will compensate with more fuel which...

My VE 2012 Z only gained about 3kw in power but 48Nm of torque when I fitted xforce tri 17/8 polished stainless headers and legal high flow ss cats to existing xforce 2.5 back.

Nothing is too loud.....until it's opened up!. Better breathing will improve overall performance of any engine especially when it's done at the heads. I personally don't think leaving standard cat back on will make any real performance difference but will almost guarantee to keep it quiet at...

Could possibly be an alternator issue.

What's the difference between broccoli and snot???? Kids will not eat broccoli !!!

Yes exactly!! Although a local in Tennant Creek said the reason they were limited at 3200 in top was that rear gearbox bearing couldn't be trusted after that!

Speed limiters and govenors piss me off. EA Fairmont wagon, Alice to Tennant Creek, 2&3/4 hours (495 km), one halfway fuel stop. Apparently the record back in the 90's was an SS Commodore, 2&1/4 hours. No fuel stop, long range tank.

Two men standing at a cubicle relieving themselves. As a joke one says to the other gee the water is cold. The other says in a flash.... and deep too.

A rather small African man goes off to fight in the civil war. He is gone for 5 years and when he returns he is HUGE. His mammi says " My Sambo, you have grown." He says " yeah ma ". She says " how tall are you now Sambo? He says " I am six foot eight ma" wow she says how do you know that? He...

My GPS rarely works in the city centre due to the high rise but I'm lucky to have Billy Connoly as my guide. He quite often tell me to turn around when possible, then corrects himself by telling me it is advisable to turn the whole car around rather than just turn around inside the car... I love...

Is immobilizer light still flashing when cranking??.

They told me there was no need to have it tuned again after 7 years!!... The first thing I thought was it would be impossible for no one to come up with some improvement in 7 years!

Old drunk sleeps on the same bench every night.. one morning he wakes up and a punk rocker with multi coloured mohawk is sitting on the end of the bench... He wipes his eyes a couple of times while staring at the punk... punk says " what? You never done anything WILD mate"?? Old drunk keeps...

Yeah I have noticed that alot of the tune shops sort of specialize in certain engines. They will do almost all but are more known for particular engines. I suppose it has to do with the amount of files they have or can get access to and how much time you have to fiddle with individual ones. I...

Are you happy with their tune? Does anyone know anything about tune house?

I do that with paint all the time!@#$#@!@#@

Yes it goes like a bat out of hell and does have all the rest. 334rwkw. But as stated previously that was 7 years ago and 14k. I agree with a few of the guys that it would benefit from a new tune.

Yes I have heard he is good at what he does but it is a real nightmare to get there for me. I'm looking for somewhere around Wetherill Park if anyone has any suggestions.

Not Hills. Castle Hill

Ha ha That's where the work was done 7 years ago

Not a bad start, no mention of the shop where the work was originally performed. Man that did the tuning there has a pretty quick VR but not sure if he is still there? Anyways I found more info on the cam and it explains a lot about the way the car drives...

Three men driving down the road, Aussie, Jew and Indigenous. They had a car accident and all got killed!.. About 3 weeks later the Aussie was sitting in the pub and his mate came in and was shocked to see him. "I thought you and the other two got killed in the car accident?" We did but when we...

I totally agree with you and is what I would have thought. Done.. where to for a good tune in Sydney? .. People I spoke to are supposed to be reputable but not real sure after the response I got . One guaranteed improvement in todays tunes will be fuel efficiency, squeezing the best bang for...

Yes sorry mate, I just noticed that.

Mine was tuned 7 years ago when cam went in (14,000km). I contacted them recently to ask if it would be advisable to have it re tuned and they basically said if it was performing well its good to go. Eye balls in the back of the head is good to go for mine.

Hey voodoo does yours idle rich? Like eye watering rich?? I know all cammed cars do and amount of eye watering depends on lump in cam but I do think mine is excessive. I am in a garage thou with roller door open, exhaust facing roller door.

Don't think there is any issue, just auto choke.

Cool, I think this is it. Cold start, idling at 1000 but will drop to about 760 warm

Just took a video of idling cold but too large to post. Any ideas?

I can't comment as they were there when I bought it. Only advantage I could see is they would keep engine bay a little cooler but there wouldn't be much in it. Not 100% sure but pacemaker could be tuned lengths also which will make a little more power. I am fairly sure that different brands and...

Not too bad at idle even cold and my driveway is the same. About 50mm each side of the mirrors house and fence. I hate doing it but have to ride the clutch in reverse for about 20 metres inching out. Don't touch the throttle, ride and inch out backwards. Clutch crucifixion but only maybe once a...