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First off you don't need $5000+ if you ian do all the work yourself. I completed my setup for about $1000. Motor will cope with 8psi all day if tuned right with a good fuel supply. Stock auto will last a while if you don't flog the guts out of it everywhere. There are a few members on here that...

Engine is stock standard. I was only sitting at 1800rpm on the fwy at the time. Bloody thing hardly ever saw 4000rpm in its life. Gave no sign of broken valve spring prior and was the quietest gen3 I've ever heard. Full service history from new and I've put 25 thousand K's on it myself. Just bad...

Yeah just an unfortunate and expensive mechanical failure Thems the breaks huh.

carnage pics so here is the aftermath of a dropped valve on a gen3 ls1. it looks like the valve spring broke resulting in the destruction you see in the pics. smashed piston on no2 cylinder, 5 bent push rods, bent inlet and exhaust valve on no2 cylinder, bent inlet on no3 cylinder, bent and...

All the ####wits that can't drive cause all the traffic. Anyway I pulled the valve cover off and have found out what's happened. It looks like the valve spring broke allowing the volleys and retainer to fall off the valve and has dropped the whole valve to fall into the cylinder. Has definitely...

Engine is out and on engine stand waiting to be pulled down. Wont be till weekend tho as too many customers cars to get to first. Had an engine delivered today out of Vz Ss with 80k's on it ready to go in. Will take carnage pics when I have it apart.

Hi guys, so driving to work on Friday on the monash at at 100kmh and my gen3 engine went on to 7cylinders for 5 or so seconds then just stopped. Trucked it back to my workshop and found that the engine is seized. Drained oil and first all the coolant came out then the oil. Not good. Pulled spark...

price drop $7200

ITEM: 2001 wh statesman gen3 PRICE: $8000 ono LOCATION: State and Region YEAR: 01/2001 SERIES:wh BADGE: statesman ENGINE:gen3 ls1 v8 TRANSMISSION: 4sp auto COLOUR:2 tone silver over grey EXTERIOR CONDITION:excellent INTERIOR CONDITION:excellent TYRE CONDITION:80%...

my vz svz wagon..which is for sale

If that drivers seat belt is black in colour I will take it. Please. Pm me with payment details.

Car is sold as of today.

hi mate, do you have drivers seatbelt in rw condition? need asap. price posted to victoria 3810

someone has to want a nice clean turbocharged vr. $4300 is very cheap

No sorry not willing to part the Turbo setup

Really need this gone. Just bought a vz ss so no more swaps. Make me an offer you may be surprised

ITEM: vr v6 auto turbo sedan. PRICE: $5000 or willing to swap for something with reg LOCATION: victoria south east YEAR: 1993 vr sedan SERIES: vr BADGe: vr exec with lots of calais and custom interior ENGINE: v6 turbo buick TRANSMISSION: Auto COLOUR: empire red...

ajvx01, where did you have the custom engine bay cover made up? and do they make them for a vr?

im located in melbourne, sth east suburbs.

hi guys, tried to contact delocowizzid about buick v6 2bar turbo tune with no luck. who else on the forums can do 2bar turbo tunes. i had one done by pro-tune? but it is way to rich and doesnt like like on off throtle at around 100kmh. so yeah, is there anyone else currently doing these...

ITEM: wrx 3inch dump pipe LOCATION: vic CONDITION: Used in vgc PRICE: $100 DELIVERY/PICK UP INFORMATION: can pick up from pakenham or oakleigh PAYMENT OPTIONS: cash on pick up CONTACT DETAILS:pm or contact 0423 073 458 OTHER INFO: wrx 3inch dump pipe. not sure what...

the only new laws are the rw testers need to take photos of the vin and speedo and needs to be taken at the workshop where the tester operates from. no new laws regarding vehicle requirements tho.

has anyone got any pics or info on installing a catch can on a vr v6 turbo.cheers ash

hi guys, having some issues with the heater in my vr. when vehicle is moving the fan will blow nice hot air. when the vehicle is stoped the heat drops right down, not cold but noticeably cooler. have replaced heater tap, and the control flap on the heater box is fine and working like it should...

fitted new front struts, swaybar link pins, statesman centre console and door trims and fitted front and rear power windows then a full detail. busy day for me

just got a new 50inch lcd last month. just put 2 new tyres on the gsxr. that was a quick way to blow $400. upgrade the small t3 turbo on the vr to a gt35 is sounding good. the other half is dropping hints about mothers day, so can earn some good points there. desicions desicions hmmmmmm

the manager has given me 2grand shopping money :) better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. just had kid number 4 last week so the win came just at the right time.

yeah it does :) ill just tell the missus im buying it for her

so about 5 am this morning the missus wakes me up all excited, saying your not going to believe this. i said what, that you woke me up at 5am. in between her blubering, she managed to spit out that we had won 2nd div lotto last night. it didnt take me long to wake up after that. 2nd div was...

ive got 2 235/45/17 $40 for the pair. pm me located in pakenham

now thats some funny sh..it

its all good, i got them for $60 a pair. kyb boot kit with bump stops at r&e auto parts in pakenham.

anyone know where to get cheap strut boots and bumpstops in melbourne? looked at bursons, repco, autobarn etc and they all want around $100 for a pair of strut boots. ill be stuffed if im paying that for them. there has to be somewhere cheaper. super cheap do have a kit at $30 each but ive rang...

yeah thats what i reckon. you can see where it snaped that the metal is very porus.

this one snaped at about the half way mark. no clunking or rattles before hand and were both fitted correctly?

has anyone ever snaped a swaybar link pin? i was driving down the main st yesterday, when i heard an almighty bang from the front left followed by a heavy clunking sound. i knew something had broken as i saw it dissapear in the rear view mirror. after pulling over and inspecting, i saw the front...

sold sold sold

$100 absolute give away @ this price.

price on all 4 elec window regs and postage to melb. cheers

need this gone $100 for the whole car minus wheels. will need to bring 3 wheels to remove. cmon $100 is a steal