The Bogan

My current suspension will do for the 2 or 3 trips to the drags I do a year, the car is just a street cruiser with visions of grandeur My old R33 only ever ran Bilsteins and kings and hooked OK on the Mickeys As for the gearbox, there's a few options, but really, unless/until the 4l60e goes bang in a big way there's no hurry Currently the trans is rated/guaranteed to 600hp at the motor, which it is roughly at now, Craigs have stated that it will still be fine though as they add in a fudge factor, they said it should be good for about 700hp, or 450kwatw but, that would void warranty and be on limited time

I has rubbers, build date was 0822, fresh stock, which is nice Ordered the rims, they're getting machined for offset, I pick them up and get the tyres fitted tomorrow Typically it has started to rain again so Wednesday night drags probably isn't on the cards

I'm going 17" because I want to have matching rims, and 17" was the smallest size the FR1's come in, so comprises were made for the Bogan-ness of the FR1 life, it isn't optimal, but meh, it's going to be good enough for what I want My old GTS-t Skyline made similar top end power to the Commodore, and got a 11.09 on ancient worn out 255/50 16 Mickey Thompson streets, and they hooked pretty good on the street in the dry as well, which is handy with a RWD car Plus the Mrs will never pick the change, which is always a bonus As for looking more or less bogan, impossible, the car is a old red commodore with gold FR1 Simmons, and I'm a old balding white guy with tattoos, so I'm pretty sure I got bogan covered, much to my Mrs anguish

I was talking with the guy from Craigs Automatics, who built my 4l60e, about going taller diff gears i.e. 3.07 or even 2.87, there recommendation was not to go any taller than the 3.46 gears that are currently in it because of the current converter specs, engine power and the 3.46 gears He believes the current custom billet converter in the 4l60e is near on being maxed out reliability wise for the current rear gears and power the car is now making, which makes sense as the converter was originally speced when NA for around 500nm (currently around 900nm "ish") with 3.9 gears, he said that going any taller gears would probably overheat the converter and trans more than the current trans cooler can deal with and it would end up in tears, on the side of the road, he recommended that I just get some drag radials and be done with it 🤣 So basically taller gears will require a new converter, but, as I'm a "while we're in there kind of guy" that could end up down the proverbial rabbit hole of the T400 with overdrive that keeps popping up in my feed, and is also blindingly expensive I'm also trying to find some new R888R in 275/40 17 to wrap up and stash away for the future, the current set on the rear are at about 50%, so probably about another 5k km away from needing to be replaced, it seems like I'll get about 10k km from a set of rears, but, currently I'm struggling to find any on hand anywhere, I have got Tempe Tyres to give me a stock alert for when they get some more in While we are talking tyres, I'm heading into St George tyres tomorrow to try and grab some Mickey Thompson ET Street 275/40 17 to put on another set of 17 x 9.5 Simmons FR1's for special occasions.......yes, I know.......LOL It's like a disease 🤪and car parts are the cure

Like most of the young insta's, influencer and youtubers, men and women alike, all seem to be somewhere on the lower to middle side of the spectrum They don't effect my life and occasionally make me laugh at their stupidity when I'm bored at work Meh

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Down in your neck of the woods, visiting my daughter in Goulburn

More pics of Uncle Duncs farm truck wagon or GTFO

Skid factory for me, and Street machine stuff, and from 'merica, Vice grip garage and stuff from Cleetus McFarland I want to do the drag week, 'merica is so lucky with all their drag strips, it seems like every second suburb has some form of drag strip MCM has seemed to evolved into Mighty "new car bolt ons"

I like when the excavator spun around with the 32, like a kid with a toy race car, that was funny And the 2 ton boulder that almost killed one of them then smashed the car People should be happy that 'mericans are killing 32's like we did 20 years ago, supply and demand $$$$$$

After smearing love and draining blow the car spent the night gallivanting around in the city, ended up at the girls, wasted, and slept out in the garden, it is now covered in 11ty thousands of pine needles

Gave the car a wash, wax and detail, and while I was buffing off the wax, that I seductively applied by hand, and I mean sticking my hand in the Meguiars tub of wax and then massaging it in lovingly into the paint work, I hooked up an old water bottle and drained the SAAS AOS That's 5k km of blow by "stuff", not bad for supercharged old girl with nearly 150k km on it

Heading into Goulburn to lunch with the daughter Ambient temp was 18°c Pre interchiller it would sit around 35-40°c at the same ambient temp The R888R's on the rear are performing really really well and have been surprisingly good in the wet and standing/flowing water (small rivers running across the Hume Hwy) Bogan life is good 👍

Do you use to prime your oil system before start up?

If I got an engine "built" again I would definitely get one, even for a street car Pre-oiling bearings on start up on a big dollar engine seems like a smart idea IRT long term reliability, and I could easily justify it as "good insurance" also for when giving it the beans For the old oil pumping RB I would definitely get one

Which one? BA, BF or FG BA BF = $100 for a long FG = $150 for a long motor My mate at work is constantly bending my ear in all things Barra Not bad for a base that is so capable and easy to build for small change

New headlights as the current 20 year old headlights have alot of really fine cracks that don't buff out of the plastic Do I really need them, nah, because really you can only see them in a certain angle and a certain light, but at $200 for the pair delivered "why not"

Perfect front ride height

Try chasing with a tap if you have one, the female thread may just be full of swarf left from the munted bolt

I've forwarded on this to the Bogan world of "Just Commodores" which has gained some attention I honestly think we are flogging a dead horse, but hopefully Wakefield comply with the noise regulations required and can keep on keeping on It will require some stiff regs, and limit open exhausts and stuff to keep the locals happy, but it's either comply or close for good, which would be sad Currently at 14,252 sigs

Laundering money by building drag cars for fun and prestige is just another way of emptying cupboards full of dirty drug money The amount of people laying wads of cash to suppliers, workshops and jewellery stores is astounding How do people people think that all these "unemployed" people driving around in big dollar cars and bikes, draped in gold do it The old "I pay cash" is strong in their world

Swap for my bogan cruise ship, cash my way I know what I got 🤣

Throw in some side drains on the low side every 50 meters or so Control scouring with rubble drains, and put in the odd culvert I build alot of unsealed roads with work, drainage will keep it open longer, but there is only so much drainage can do erosion-sediment-control-unsealed-roads-field-guide-120410.pdf