The Bogan

New settings were much better, I sent some street tyre (255/40 17 RS4's) setting 6 (max slip 65%) logs to Jacek to have a look and see how it's going New 0-100 kph is 4.096 seconds , last settings were 5.08, the one before that was 5.084, before the RaceTCS there was no way of getting it that low Definitely going in the right direction Before the RaceTCS I needed to be real gentle and pedal, alot, to not just bag it up, in first gear with any "real" throttle (over 25%) it would just spin, and 2nd under power was just a smoke show, now, I just mash the load pedal and the car launches You can hear it cutting cylinders, the exhaust note changes, but it just leaps forward and pulls like a train Hopefully there is a little more black magic that Jacek can do, a 3.??? would be insane on the street tyres, but, I'm as happy as a p ig in sh it now anyway Once this next lot of changes come in, if their are any, because a 0-100kph in 4.0 seconds is really good IMO, then on with the drag radials and go for a 60' under my best of 1.6 My last 60' was a 1.6 with a 11.2 at 124mph, a 1.5 60' gets me real close to that 10.???

I was only just watching that YouTube guy who rebuilt a "12" rotor and needed to make his own "O" rings for it Special primer and glue isn't apparently optional At around 27.30

https://youtu.be/A4q9XahF7es

Just tried to find a website that went into the "science" behind getting a PCV to exhaust working.....nope, couldn't find it But, I did look into this year's ago It had a long tube from the PCV going into the exhaust, from memory about 6" long, but IICRC, the length and diameter of the tube was designed around how much vacuum was in the exhaust at different rev ranges There was lots of math involved, also lots of fluid dynamic talk and other stuff about that PCV valve, and even scavenging pumps Even then it was based around a NA application I get the whole venturi thing, but because there was so much talk about crankcase pressure, vacuum and positive pressure in the exhaust, vacuum pumps.....and math, it made my head hurt so I binned the idea

New settings have already arrived Min and Max slip settings were raised a bit and Max fuel cut was lowered a bit in all settings I'll load them in and do some testing tomorrow I am really happy with the RaceTCS and the support I'm getting

Updated Configurator was dropped in and launching was done Settings were better, it wasn't "horrible" at WOT in 1st and 2nd, but still a bit aggressive and noticeable I logged a setting 6 on the street tyres and a pull from stopped through 1st, 2nd into 3rd, setting 6 lets most amount of slip in the current slip settings, and sent it off to Jacek I did also tell him I'm happy to lay "some" rubber in 1st and 2nd at WOT in setting 6 on the street tyres, currently I cannot really feel any wheel spin that would really concern me as the TC kicks in real quick When I'm happy with they street tyre settings I will see how it goes with drag radials at the "strip" The plan, if I haven't already mentioned it already, (blame my little fun sized stroke I had 2 years ago) is settings 4-5-6 will be for street tyres, settings 1-2-3 for the drag radials So far so good, test and adjust, test and adjust Shiny shiny

Get some real cats 100 cell cats are "catalytic psychological" only good for a visual inspection 200 cell minimum for exhaust fumes, 400 cell and your good to go with minimal performance loss for a registered street car As for your PCV, your catch can/AOS should capture the bulk of it, the little bit held in the air that gets past the can would have minimal effect Hell, my little baffled AOS has about 50ml of blowby in it after 5k km, and the intake shows minimal signs of any oil getting past it I assume dumping to your AOS straight to the exhaust before the cat wouldn't be the best for it Does your AOS have any fuel foam in it? There are simple engineering fixes to your issues I believe, both for comfort (AC and some sound/noise deading) for and emissions (well engineered PCV and real cats) I does sound like your over it though, so make it pretty, delete its internet history, and flip it for drug money Then buy your comfortable performance Euro of choice and see if that makes you happy For a old white guy, I don't miss my R33 boat at all, but then, I eventually went full old white guy Bogan spec, that I do enjoy 100x more than the R33 boat In the end you need what rings your bell and can enjoy by just looking at it In the end if you flip your Skyline and end up not liking what you got, you can always flip the Euro and start again That does get expensive and angry looks from your Minister of war and finances Have you thought about a comfortable old classic something that is a cool cruiser you can put the family in and just do cruises, cars and coffee or weekend trips away with the family Good luck mate, picking cool cars is hard

I stripped AC, PS (did the whole delete thing to the rack), carpet, deadener, random brackets from my MX5, that was barely noticeable on a 1000kg car It did turn it from a nice quite cruiser into a hot and noisy car that everyone but me enjoyed being in I agree with the above, just add power There is always carbon fibre carbon fibre carbon fibre.......or >>>>>

Updated Configurator has been sent by RaceTCS I'll upload it in the morning and "test" it tomorrow I thanked Jacek for his help and time, he said no issue and to keep sending logs till it's perfected Tomorrows conversation; Police: "I've pulled you over because you took off really fast and did a skid" Me: "Yeah Nah, it's all right, RaceTCS told me to do it"

Maybe is hasn't bleed properly To bleed mine (different car all together), I jack up the front so the wheels are off the ground, start the car and go full lock left to right a few times This will force any air trapped in the system out After flushing mine the power steering pump is all sorts of weird until I do the above bleeding If bleeding it doesn't work then maybe look at the pump as Duncan said Hopefully it is a simple fix

Have you flushed and replaced the powersteering fluid?

Maaaaate, they are great thing for cruising around, so comfortable, and having 5 usable seats and a big boot is great, plus V8 noises sound cool to my old ears Whilst they are not everyone's cup of tea, and I only really got it as something as a "in-between fun cars thing", now, a few years later, I have no intention of getting rid of it I enjoy looking at 100x more than the 2015 WRX I had, but I do miss my 86 that I drove into a guard rail, backwards, at speed Not saying I'm not looking for something new, but, when I try to justify the change, nothing else really ticks the boxes like the Bogan Cruise Ship does I think I would actually sell my Harley before the VX I am picking up the old (2008) Yaris YRS I got for my daughter when her new Cerato GT turns up, the Yaris will be my local daily hack, the V8 does love fuel, and I hate parking the VX at the shops or driving it in the rain

Sortware and stuff is fine apparently I need to reset the "pid" and change the voltage in the configurator to start with He want me to turn off the TC and log doing a skid to start with There was an area he wants to look at where the wheel speed went up, but not the revs Once we get the that checked off there will be more logged pulls with different settings on the TC Then, test and adjust The support I'm getting from Jacek at RaceTCS is really good, typically same day reply Cheers

I've sent a file of the configurator and a couple of logs to Jacek from RaceTCS He said with those files he can sort it all out Fingers crossed

I'll take the car out this arvo for some logs I sent a email this morning to the RaceTCS website and they got back already They require a file of my configurator to see what version and some logs Although I believe I do have the latest firmware thingie Arrrrggggg....computa stuff It actually looks pretty simple to pull logs though Hopefully it as simple as sending logs then uploading the changes they recommend

#kinkstaah you good looking rooster So, RaceTCS is installed and working as advertised, just to good, or, basically not set up right yet First tyres tested were the 255/40 17 RS4's The % of slip settings and the Max % fuel cut, all 6 set at 95% fuel cut are to aggressive for my driving "style" of mashing the pedal everywhere I go Setting 1: min 3% Max 27% , nope even on a little stab it cuts hard Setting 2: min 6% Max 31%, nope again Setting 3: min 9% Max 34% still nope Setting 4: min 12% Max 37% Setting 5: min 15% Max 40%, bit better, but still aggressive Setting 6: min 20% Max 50%, noticeably better but still cut aggressively with more throttle Can you have a squizz at the pic to give me some pointers? What sort of settings do you run Any tips in setting the min and Max for each Setting, or what % of fuel cut, I assume 95% fuel cut basically turns a V8 into a 1 cylinder, from my uneducated mind....shouldn't it be around 12.5%, which, again from the jumbled mind of Mark, should only drop 2 cylinders? Disclaimer: I just did math in my head with the help of my fingers Cheers

Great cause, great cruise, great destination I'll try and get out, but if I can't, is their a link to the charity to donate?

Oops. Sunday it is then Stupid old bogan.... Cheers

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You calling me a "Knob end".... LOL

Out of those 3 Bayside blue is a real nice "colour", and IMO classic, white and silver just blends in with every other car You will probably find most will already have some basic mods like you already mentioned As for what series, buy the newest and best condition your budget allows

Fixed your post, spell check must have got you LOL, well spotted by you, not the editor working for Holden