thanks for that info mate., im lookin at buying extractors soon. or wen i drag ill jsut take the whole system off and have nothng lol, bit loud tho. i was at the lights on mountain highway 2 days ago, and i was next to a pulsar, belive it or not, i revved my engine, he revved his, ( sounded like shitbox) and we took off. he beat me by about 1 1/2 car length but as it was near the end i was only in gear 2 and catchinh up. i rekon if the race was about 1 kilometer i wud take him, sure his car is fast pickup, but i rekon top range i wud beat him. anyone agree? or not really
DAMN, the other night my mate wanted to see how fast i could get to 100km/h in the calais, 7.3sec it was on slight uphill, and done by mobile phone stop watch. i was disapointed:cry: thought it would at least be mid 6sec.... oh well more mods. anyway on topic, give your mate a go from standstill and then do one from say 60km/h - 110km/h and see if there's any differance. also my mates got a vl 5spd stock and that thing goes alright, would flog a pulsar i recon
Yeah the 5 Speeds go really good. (Don't worry, I'm not biased ) 1st gear is quite ordinary, but I love 2nd and 3rd.:thumbsup:
The 5 speed VL's are in the low 9's for 0-100, so 2 seconds quicker than the VL auto... Why is the auto version so much slower in the VL's? In the VN/VP's and onwards the auto's are as quick and often quicker than the manual variants...
also guys a got a really important question and it relates to this i was driving up a moderate hill, and i had to pass someone, i was in gear 3, dropped to gear 2 and took off, as i took off, my car seemed like it jumped and jumped. the petrol tank was kindov near empty but not really, my mate sed it could be the gear slipping. but i want to no if taht cud be right? i was acelarting hard and it gurgled and yer jumped over and over, usualy wen i fast pickup, its smoooooth as
So true. Some of those things are turbo/intercooled. If I ever get a second hand turbo id get one off a Volvo(never been used!)LOL
I don't understand why the autos are that much slower. In the Skyline the auto is less than 0.5 of a second slower than the manual, same motor (+4kWs) and gearbox, makes no sense. 11 seconds is an average as I have seen a few magazine tests with the auto at low 10 second 0 - 100 and some only just under 12. VLs are famous for the discrepencies between cars. I test drove two VL Autos for the JJD twin tyre mob, both cars stock and same Ks, and it was like they had different motors. Over the years I've driven many with the same sort of difference. Doesn't take much to make them move though.
aint the diff ratios in skylines diffrent to vls, all vl 6s have 3:45 and i think it was skyline had 3:7 diff, so that could possibly awnser the time diffrence edit: after looking on many thread on calais turbo i come up with a simular consistant awnser this could explain why there quicker
hold it in low till ya get going and youll do im vl's do look better (dont recall a pulsar with rear wheel drive)
maybe after the extractors you might go for a closer ratio diff if your low down poke is no good closer ratio and if it's an auto higher stall. This way your launch is at higher rpms and your gears are closer.
i agree its dissapointing to see when they are trying to make there cars look good. the vl's are just the sweeetest ride and im sure ill get some agrees on that one.
