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Hey Mark, just sent you a PM regarding some handbrake shoes to fit my vs with AP brakes, if you could get back to me as soon as you can that'd be great. Cheers mate

Hey Mark, just sent you a PM regarding some handbrake shoes to fit my vs with AP brakes, if you could get back to me as soon as you can that'd be great. Cheers mate

Love your dedication to this thread Barry, I havent updated mine since february but have heaps to put up! Anyway just out of interest, what speedo issue are you having? Not reading properly in the higher end like mine? Mine just starts floating around the 160-180 mark (i think, going too fast...

Which swaybar Richo? With the front, you want to go as big as is easily possible, if you get an adjustable rear you can tune it to suit how you want it to feel ;)

Good idea mate! Planned setup sounds good. So this one is going in the boot? I might have to see if you would want to make me an under car one when the time comes!

Thats cool mate i know where youre coming from! Just if you plan on running it at the track or even the drags a surge tank would be good insurance for your motor!

I'm looking at an Aftermarket Industries 1.7L undercar surge tank for mine with the intention of running 2 044's if that helps?

Thanks mate! Ive always wanted to make this thread interesting and in depth enough so that it's of some use to even me when I need reminding about how I did something! Some more material to follow right now! Got it in one! Yeah they are both the 25mm, and hell yes bonnet mods were required...

That looks mental Barry! Bugger all pipework too, cant wait to see how much temp this setup takes out of the intake air!

I beg to differ Richo, oviously depending on the type of boost and the weight of your right foot, you can definately get some good fuel economy :whistling

He needs to pull his finger out and finish it before pics :p Sent from my GT-I9210T using Tapatalk

Dick was telling me about this fitting! Didnt know you were doing the fab work for it, looks awesome! He showed me a log of when i had my boost controller turned up to ~18psi, the afr pointed to the fuel delivery, like my intank walbro 255lph was starting to run out of puff. Sent from my...

Mate there is a possibility under certain conditions that Dick commanded the knock sensors not to "listen" for knock, for eg currently my 3.5" dump hits chassis rail occasionally (especially under 2500rpm) and when tuning it was setting off the knock sensors (and yes savagely retarding timing)...

It certainly has mate! Had a really busy last quarter of 2013 but it has got there! I am piecing things together to put an update up very soon!

Looking good Rich! How damn annoying is it to mask up the friction surface with tape?!?!

Good to hear an update mate! You will be in good hands with Dick! Keen to hear how you go!

Ok so its stupid o'clock, must be time for an update! So with the LIM installed, the manifolds and turbo were ready to go on. So they did with new fel-pro gaskets, the dipstick had a couple of small bends added to it, then it was time to sort out the turbo oiling side of things. There is a...

Yeah Rich im pretty sure they will fit straight up, i think they also have better flow potential than the newer rails!

Haha cheers mate, we will have to see how this goes! Yeah it was waaay too good a deal to pass up, I think what I picked up was worth a bit more than 4k and got it for a little more than 2k so cheering! Lol we will see mate, not really sure what to expect but hope its good! Yeah twincharged...

Holy **** richo that smoothed insulator looks awesome! I didn't bother with smoothing mine and installed the insulator last weekend! Plenum spacer isn't installed yet so perhaps I will smoothen that one especially as there's nowhere to hide the top one! How long did it take you to smoothen them...

Ok so a couple of weeks later again, at another sunday street meet, hoping to crack that 12. Spent the first 4 runs sneaking up on it, getting everything down pat. Struggling a bit to find the optimal rpm to shift at, because the little M90 was way running out of puff up top. Before the 5th run...

Top work Barry! Love everything you've done with blackie and the new clutch looks tough! How did you go with installing that walbro? I've got one sitting in the box, unsure if the pump itself will fit the sender without modifying it, or even if the filter I was supplied will sit in the swirl...

Ok time to start really catching up! After seeing the starter wiring at its worst on the track day, I decided to upgrade the power looms from battery to starter and alternator, as well as battery earth to chassis and battery positive to terminal block. Did it as properly as we should've, using...

Sounds good Barry cheers for clearing that up! Wow that's dedication mate! Thanks for taking the time to read it, hope I've kept it interesting enough throughout! I'm glad I've inspired you to get cracking, I've had the same happen to me and glad I could help! Still more work to go yet...

Yeah will do mate, haven't committed to making the trip up there but definitely in the pipeline! Haha I figured it might not be which is all good, I just find the temptation of getting sideways and doing skids (all legally of course) etc just too good to pass up when powercruise is in town...

Last 2 sessions added above! Here is a vid I made up of mine and mischa's best laps in split screen, they are synced so the lap timer starts simultaneously and here is some other video from outside of both of us

Session 5: This session I decided to follow mischa out, we were first out so decided to spend the outlap warming up the tyres and then make the next lap a good one, and we did! We both did our PB's on the same lap! I found it was a bit easier having someone to follow! Best time there now is...

Session 3: Timing didn't work so wasn't included, ill put the vid up anyway. Of interest was how hard the liberty wagon was going at it early on, and about 2/3 the way through going past the VE HSV whose driver needed more practice! Fast in a straight line, yes but corners, not so much lol...

Awesome idea Barry! I'm not sure if powercruise is your bag, but Haydz and I are thinking about coming up there for QLD powercruise in September! Haha thanks for the kind words mate and thanks for taking the time to read it! More work to come yet! :) Cheers frogsta! I've tried to...

Man o man I cant believe its been so long since ive managed to get an update on this thread! Cheers bud! Umm they are ROH Azzurro's in 17". Originally had what I thought to be VR clubbys for track but turned out to be VP GTS rims which have a unique offset which scrubbed the rear. So sold them...

Cheers Spud! Was quite time consuming to do but I love the look. The whole car will be getting a full respray when i can fit it in my garage lol.

Thought I would chuck up a couple of the green machine in track guise:

Lol thats my pic! Hope you like them dude, ive certainly not seen another set like them so hopefully theyre unique! What brand power steering res did u end up getting? This bay gonna be so shiny!

Awesome progress man, not far away now! Loving the carbon bits and you will absolutely love the TrueTrac! Its made mine considerably more tail happy too. I can recommend a good diff guy in the penrith area if you need someone to install it? Keep up the good work mate!

Lol Barry I wish it was all that easy! Haha conversely, I keep getting the line "you cant live in your car!" from the mrs lol! Well the route i will be taking will be revealed when i finally catch up on updates! :p That all seems pretty simple with Kalmaker workshop series, it's good you...

Hey Dan, looking great mate! Soooo tidy and straight! Thats not tooooo many kays, dont be too worried! S pack kit is full of win. Cant wait til mine goes on! And might i say nice choice on rims, they look amazing against the white! Keep up the good work mate, and look after her!

Yeah ever since i moved out of home which was a few years ago now, the poor thing has had nowhere to hide. The mrs and I bought a house 12 months ago and while it has a garage, we are currently renovating so its full of ****! Really looking forward to getting the VS in there in future. Woah im...

Hey Barry! Good to hear from you mate! Cheers for the comments! Ah the whole front end of the car was resprayed before i bought her, and the time spent outside really showed this after a while! It started off as a small stone chip on the front bar which caused the clear coat to lift and peel...

A little belated but what the hey... Lol it was only a little haha. Fantastic is how your ute is always looking mate, the vs however needs some lovin in the paint department. It will get done but not until i have a garage to put it in! Haha second time, appreciate the effort to do that...

Looking good, yeah you need some more oil in the sump dont forget! And why did you get diamond vision? Theyre too blue therefore illegal but more importantly dont work as well as blue vision!