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I've heard/seen reviews from many who said otherwise. Each to their own I guess.

You can use paint for a reasonable carbon fibre effect. You need a piece of anti-slip matting that's as big as your workpiece. There used to be a video where the guy laid down a black base, followed by a silver coat with the mat and then another coat of black or grey but with mat offset 1mm to...

No worries mate.

What about the little hose nipple on the side of that bit that leads to the overflow bottle? Is that cracked/broken. If you do need to replace the radiator, you can get a full aluminium unit for about $180 on eBay. The normal plastic end tank crap ones go for about half that so it is worth...

What psi cap did you buy? You could get your cooling system pressure tested which will show up any leaks in the radiator, etc.

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If you're doing burnouts then stick a thermofan on the trans cooler. Problem solved.

Spot on! ^^^

Mine (albeit being a v6) is still going fairly strong at 211,xxxkm and I do have a large trans cooler fitted.

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If they're like the sedan lights you'll need to push the clear cover to one side and lever it out of the number plate garnish and then twist the black plastic housing and pull that out and then wiggle the globes free.

Once my mum drove over a plastic bag and it had melted onto the middle muffler and your symptoms sound very similar. It could just be a sticker or some tape that is burning. I'd get it checked properly on a hoist just to be sure though. The smell on my mum's car lasted for months and then one...

It sounds like one of the exhaust manifold gaskets isn't sealing. You could try to nip up the exhaust manifold bolts a little but don't over tighten them.

Maybe pull it away from the transmission and have a look for any stickers?

Gearbox: Penrite MGO (manual gear oil) 70w.. It was purposely designed to be used in the T56 gearbox Diff: If you flog the crap out of your ss then I suggest Penrite Limslip 140w diff oil

I've got the 6pk2810 and it's a very very tight fit (VY with a/c). The 6pk2825 might be the better option.

I've got HM extractors, 2x VY1 HSV cats and a RAGE single 2.5" catback. I get a teeny bit of drone when cruising along at about 1600rpm in 3rd (auto) and a decent note at WOT. If I had my time again I would buy a Lukey catback instead.

If the internal biscuit is stuffed in your cats then they will only rattle on idle. If the welds that secure the heatshields on the cats are buggered then they will rattle at any rpms, any speed,etc.

I just bought and installed Phillips CrystalVision 4300k globes in the parkers, low and hi beams of my VY. I was going to get standard replacements just for the globes that had blown, but I opted for these because I drive up through Emerald at least once a fortnight and the extra light will help...

Depends on what you plan on doing with your car..

This is basically how my build up started. Luckily, most of these were bargains I couldnt really pass up at the time, hence why I went a little overboard. Stockies needed new tyres = bought 17" rims and tyres Rear pads were fkd and some cockhead cut me off in the first week of getting the car =...

Slotted rotors with an above average street style pad will give you good results. I'm using RDA slotted discs and EBC greenstuff pads and I wouldn't really recommend the greenstuffs. They do squeal very lightly now and then. The squeal is most likely age related (going on a few years now) and...

Twin 2.5" will do the job nicely. You can get the best of both worlds with twin 2.5" if you step the rear section down to twin 2.25".

I reckon you'd burn less or no oil if you serviced the VY every 10k. 15k is pushing it. How many kms do you travel in a year in the VY?

Just a little note. Flow benches are like dynos. All of them will give you a different figure.

If you have, or can track them down, one of the SC V6 tech specific magazines had an article on ported pre ecotec heads. It will have enough details in there to answer most/all of your questions.

They are short 4 into 1 style and I know the primaries are 1 5/8". I'll get back to you about the secondaries although I'm pretty sure they're 2 1/2"

Chances are it's your caster/radius rod bushes.

I have a set of VY1 GTS extractors for sale. You can have them for $100 posted.

Any of the well known brands in 10w40, 15w40, 10w50 or even 15w50 will be fine. For a car with lowish kms such as yours, stick with 10w40 or 15w40. For the record, I'm just about to tick over 170,000kms and I use penrite hpr10 10w50. The sad thing with VY's is that they need almost 6L and almost...

Why don't you keep the berlina as the daily and buy another car to work on as the project? A lighter shell (anything from VB-VS) would be better if you want to get serious at the drags.

There are a few good places all around Melbourne. What area are you in?

+1 for Chev's. I wouldn't go elsewhere if I had a V8.

Don't forget to upgrade the support systems, especially the oiling, cooling and fuel systems.

This is for the VY owners. With one hand firmly on the filter and the other hand on the clip, push with a little force the connectors towards the filter. You don't need any fancy tools and be careful with the little tabs in the clips as you may damage them. Then all you need to do is slowly...

Have you thought about using the Intense Racing oil plate which allows you to relocate the oil filter? It also gives you the opportunity to fit a oil cooler.

Being a manual and your spooling requirements, I'd suggest you find a GT35R with a .82 a/r turbine housing. It will give you the best of both worlds and you'll have plenty of airflow in reserve if you decide to get serious.

Take it back, get a refund and buy a proper TB or even a ported stocker.

Have you checked the trans fluid condition and level yet? It might just need a top up of fluid.

You've pretty much answered your own questions. You will need a better fuel pump and higher flowing injectors A intank walbro pump and L67 injectors will do for low boost. Buick v6's are quite resilient to boost provided that all the necessary support systems are in place such a good fuel...