VF SS first modifications

[Ginger Beer]

I had Dragon sport on my STI, whilst they are acceptable for a daily they are not in anyway a performance tyre

 

[Forg]

Good to hear. I was wondering how tyre wear would go with these. Sounds like it should be pretty good.

Well on the OTHER alternative you mentioned, the RE050 ... my wife does 95% of the mileage in the car & while I'm pretty easy on it she's even easier, and we only got about 25k kms out of the OEM set on ours.
Note that I'm only ~75% sure they were RE050's ... but I'm fairly sure, and some Googling does have a few reviews from people with MY15 SSV-R's (which is where they came from).

 

[Flaggers]

First 2 days with the dragon sports, they seem pretty grippy and not much road noise. Hopefully they last a while, pretty happy with the choice. Thanks for the responses.

 

[Flaggers]

Been getting 'service steering column lock' message on my dash on and off for the past week. Probably happened 4 times over the course of 8 days or so. Drives smoothly and normally and steering hasn't been affected whatsoever, never happens when I first get in the car and start it up, only when I turn off my car. Wheels are always straight and I don't lean on the steering wheel when I get out the car.

Anything concerning or ignore?

 

[franks ve ss]

That was for the original Delphi DOD lifters in the L76, they were replaced by redesigned AC Delco lifters, which carried over to the L77.

Whats the difference between delphi and ac delco there is not much info on the web

 

[lmoengnr]

Whats the difference between delphi and ac delco there is not much info on the web

It was just a better, more reliable design.

 

[Lex]

It was just a better, more reliable design.

Which was better, more reliable design, the Delphi or the Ac Delco?

 

[lmoengnr]

Which was better, more reliable design, the Delphi or the Ac Delco?

The ACDelco was the redesigned version.

 

[Skylarking]

Whats the difference between delphi and ac delco there is not much info on the web

In the early years of GM there were different internal divisions that made different car parts. Over the years these divisions were spun off, amalgomated, split, sold etc until we had ACDelco and Delphi.

Today it seems Delphi is owned by Borg Warner while ACDelco is still owned by GM. Both have plants all over the world making stuff.

End quality depends on design and manufacture QA/QC more than where its made and such is related to price (but not always). So it's anyones guess which is actually better for a given part, Delphi or ACDelco.

Guess each person will have their own experiances with each brand.

 

[lmoengnr]

In the early years of GM there were different internal divisions that made different car parts. Over the years these divisions were spun off, amalgomated, split, sold etc until we had ACDelco and Delphi.

Today it seems Delphi is owned by Borg Warner while ACDelco is still owned by GM. Both have plants all over the world making stuff.

End quality depends on design and manufacture QA/QC more than where its made and such is related to price (but not always). So it's anyones guess which is actually better for a given part, Delphi or ACDelco.

Guess each person will have their own experiances with each brand.

GM gave up on the Delphi lifters when they replaced the L76 with the L77.