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  1. Bilbs

    What deal did you get for your vf series 2????

    Silver 2016 SSV Sportwagon, $52,990 drive away, rear cargo blind, 17,004 KMs, build date May 30 2016, I got it may 31 2017, so 1 year and 1 day old. Even used, they're still about the same price as new.
  2. Bilbs

    Pandora to be discontinued in Australia

    I always prefered Spotify since using it, but have been using Pandora on my SSV, I found that if Spotify wasn't open on my phone, I'd have to open it before it would start streaming. Where I like the integrated app, is that you simply select Pandora, and tunes start pumping. I really hope that...
  3. Bilbs

    Does anyone else find the Indicator sound really annoying?

    Just picked up my 2016 SSV wagon this weekend. I'd love to be able to lower the indicator tick, especially if I get around to a amp and speaker upgrade anyway. So far, my wishlist reads... 1. Change mylink startup screen. 2. Spotify app as well. 3. Hack the indicators noise.
  4. Bilbs

    Upgrading VE Stock Speakers - How To

    I have some stockies if your still interested
  5. Bilbs

    How to convert a V6 tacho to suit a V8

    i never bothered to check the value, just pulled it outta me old one, but now wish id modded the temp guage, it is a fair way diff, my guage never gets over a needle under 1/4, where it should sit just uner half, so if it gets to half way between 1/4 and half id be worried as i have no idea how...
  6. Bilbs

    VH Race Car - Roll cage now in

    wow, car has changed heaps, it got rebuilt, then stacked,then box went bang, so now has a V8 3 spd box, then writen off again, then rebuilt, then won a race in it :D then crashed, then fixed, then more races and a heap of seconds and thirds, and a couple more wins, then last time i raced it i...
  7. Bilbs

    Catch Can Installation

    biggest thing i found with holden v8 in particular, make sure both breathers exit the front of the rocker cover, i put a 1L one on me speedway car, nd when i was running clockwise races i was filling the can in 4 hard corners, but after i moved the LH breather to the front of the motor, i...
  8. Bilbs

    304 VR issues when cold

    my vr ute does same thing mate, just feels lie a hesitation as you go to take off, mainly when ya wanna get movin quickly, id be leaning towards checking the coolant temp as well, but mine doesnt do it when on gas, so maybe check fuel filter as well
  9. Bilbs

    Vr/vs Ute Subwoofer Enclosure

    because...... im a tall bloke, and most people that sit in the other seat are tall as well, so both seats are all the way back had against the rear wall, and it cant go between the seats because thats where the amp lives, so that leaves under the tray...
  10. Bilbs

    what has someone done to your car??

    bout a year ago come out after a party to find a stubby through the rear window, and more recently, a few weeks after i broke up with a girl she took to it with a pice of gravel or something and used t t scratch my freshly buffed and waxed bonnet, windscreen, and all 4 rims, and let front tyres...
  11. Bilbs

    My Diff Is Whiring, Probably On Its Last Legs. Options?

    just did mine last weekend, most diffs i ever see have stuffed pinion bearings, i id mine for $130, but then again, i am a mechanic, so thats what i do lol, but to get a workhop to fit new bearings should cost you abot $160 for the parts, $300 lab, and about $50 worth of oil, but the end result...
  12. Bilbs

    Vr/vs Ute Subwoofer Enclosure

    This looks like a great way to go about it man, would stop the heat/dust/FUEL SMELL issues, (i had a cover off once to test, and the heat and fuel smell in summer was intense) This looks like something i might have to try, as i know i need to pull the cover off to replace a broken vent hose on...
  13. Bilbs

    Low VR Ute

    i solved this issue, i put higher springs in the back, it doesnt look as cool, but it rides so much better, and is a little easier towing car trailers too
  14. Bilbs

    New Brakes For My Vs Ute

    so, you fried your rear doin burnouts im guessin, so your rears are too good at the mom then, so you need weaker rear brakes? But if upgrade is what ur after, then rda slooted, with ebc green stuff pads, and maybee think about front pads too, which ya could go rda slotted get the vt ones with...
  15. Bilbs

    Vr V8 Temperature

    that looks about right, just cant remember exactly what my lev 2 dash was, but if you take it to a workshop with a scantool, they can plug in an tell you what temp its at, and yeah, 91 deg is a good t/stat, dont want the motor too cold, motors make most power up round 90 - 95
  16. Bilbs

    Calling all VR-VS 20'' Rim Owners!

    dont forget your rear camber kits, if you dont, with 20's youll *** your tyres within 5,000 kays, i seen it too many times at work, they comin for work, we tell them they need camber kits, then in 2 months they are back for new tyres, and camber kits and a wheel alignment.
  17. Bilbs

    VR/VS Custom Gauge Faces

    if you notice on the back of the original ones, there is like a frosted white layer over the areas that would be bright on the aftermarket ones, this is to difuse/block the light where needed, this is why i would never think about custom dials for mine, although i would love to, just no one...
  18. Bilbs

    Insurance payouts

    Ok, after some info from someone who may have been in this situation. My brother had his car parked out the fron of his house last wednesday, and his 2000 lancer got sideswiped by some lunitic who cant drive, luckily, he left his details, we have had the car assesed as a total loss, but what we...
  19. Bilbs

    How to convert a V6 tacho to suit a V8

    i cant see why not, i wouldnt have a clue on what to change, i imagine ya might use the V8 link posistion, then half the resistance of r3 maybee, just a guess, try it at your own risk, if ya fry ta tach, or ignition dont blame me
  20. Bilbs

    My new Ride

    long time since i been here, car pretty much same, gas sys is finished off, still woefull on power wen on gas, but makes me appreciate petrol a lot more, ahh, i now have slotted vt rotors on front, alpine tyre r component speakers, k&N pod filter, steering wheel, should be gettin new exhaust...
  21. Bilbs

    VG to VS ute Subwoofer enclosure with measurements

    with this design, only problem i see is the firewall holes bein open, i had the covers off once after fidling, and its bad on a hot day as realy hot air comes in from under the car, and number 2, the fuel smell aint real good at times either, id go for similar design, but with a glass mould of...
  22. Bilbs

    VH Race Car - Roll cage now in

    lil_oneblue ill will try an get away from work on thurs to post it to ya, sorry about not replying to you. That outta the way, anyone interested in how this is going, well i got a new shell, i have the roll cage in now (funny thats how the car was when i stzarted this thread) and i got the...
  23. Bilbs

    VH Race Car - Roll cage now in

    Before After
  24. Bilbs

    VH Race Car - Roll cage now in

    This thing is now written off. Another car i was passing on the inside, decided to tag my outside rear quater panel, and all that ever does is snap you at full noise (bout 90 - 100kph) head on into the wall, and the damage - not repairable, it even snapped the bolt that holds the alternator...
  25. Bilbs

    VH Race Car - Roll cage now in

    This thing is finaly finished, and goes well, ill get a pic up soon, but i must say that for a stock 253, it no problem keeping up with, and passing WORKED 302's and 308s on a DRY track, i think what it may have been is the fact that when they were running out of revs, i still had my boot in, im...
  26. Bilbs

    253 rev limit

    i got no tach in my race car, but thats just a good stocko, and i usualy rev it to (guess) 6 - 6500 revs, and it loves it :driving:
  27. Bilbs

    Wheres My Car Dude?

    :D We got it back!! damn idiot, cops were chasin some guy last night for somethin, then they went to his join this mornin to see him about something else, and there is our car there, so aparently this guy only just got outta jail, they found drugs in his joint, he had stolen **** there, plus...
  28. Bilbs

    Wheres My Car Dude?

    Thats what we were saying bout dads car at 3 am this mornin, he went out to go to work, and his car was gone (mine was still there thankfully) But the most worrying thisng is that they were in the house, and i was sleeping in the lounge room (passed out on the couch still half drunk from the...
  29. Bilbs

    why is the VL a cult car

    Ok, i drove a VL today that i decided i would have, but it did have an injected 5 Liter in it lol
  30. Bilbs

    why is the VL a cult car

    im reading thru this 2 stroke Vs 4 stroke thing here, and its needless to say, that when the chamber is firing a compression stroke every time the piston hits the top of the bore, of course its going to have more power, its like a 4 stroke reving twice as hard, and as revs, horsepower, and...
  31. Bilbs

    When your car stuffs up

    i can now add to this since my first post about the radiator, a water leak from the welsch plug that ivolves me having to remove the extractors on the drivers side of the motor, left hand headlight decided to break just driving on a rough road, nothing to with car buggerin up, but slightly...
  32. Bilbs

    How to convert a V6 tacho to suit a V8

    These 2 images show the differences, the L2 tachs are the same, although they do look different, they are not, just a different layout, due to a diff shaped PCB
  33. Bilbs

    My new Ride

    yeah, the fuel system on it is in almost top nick aside from a couple of leaky injectors, it has a custom tune in it, so its always been great on petrol, ill see how it is when i get the gas electronics side sorted, i wouldnt mind chattin to a computer/electronics geek that could make an...
  34. Bilbs

    My new Ride

    No, at the moment it is just a standard kit as fitted to cars for the last billion years lol, dont even have an oxy feedback sys on it yet, just a manual adjuster, im still waiting for the electronics side of it to show up, they are on back order from italy, but i have a 90L tank behind the cab...
  35. Bilbs

    My new Ride

    i did it myself lol, i do them at work, so at least i get that benefit i guess lol
  36. Bilbs

    Cooling problem

    best way to check where the prob is, is to disconnect the coolant temp sender, this should cause the fan/s to turn on, if still no fan, power the fan directly off the battery, this will test if the fan is the cause of your headaches
  37. Bilbs

    My new Ride

    Well, i gave in, im running around for 11 cents a kay now, LPG may be great for cooking ur snags on Grennan, but its OH so cheap to run your car on as well, and im only down a tad on power, i have MORE power on petrol now with the gas mixer on (cant work that one out lol) and as long as its...
  38. Bilbs

    When your car stuffs up

    I did this once too, i felt the surge just before it ran out, so i got a bit of speed up, and then hit the clutch as it died, and im thinking, yes, yes, yes, im gonna make it...... RED LIGHT!!!! :bang: So i then had to push it round the corner into the servo, and some HOT chick came and helped...
  39. Bilbs

    When your car stuffs up

    Ok, so i figure ill start a thread of headaches our cars cause us, like things going wrong, at very inconvenient times, or convenient times, ill start i guess. Just as i pull into the street i work in, i see steam start pouring from under the hood, oh CRAP! So i pull into work, lift the hood...
  40. Bilbs

    VR to VS BCM Upgrade

    if anyone reading this has a VS wiring diagram for a high BCM that has the lug pin numbers with the diagram instead of just the wire color, it would be greatly appreciated
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