The Bogan

Whilst I'm playing around with the car it would be unfair not to play around with the bike My right heal would get rather toasty sitting next to the exhaust, even though it does have a shield, so, some heat wrap under the sheilding was called for, you cannot even really see it which is nice I'm riding to Goulburn tomorrow so it should cure well and stop smoking by........ Marulan........ Just need to give the bike a clean, to ensure it rains today, and not tomorrow....

I'm really happy with the car as it stands, the MPH shows hows that the car is making good power, but with the limiting factor of traction on the dig I did umm and arr about drag racials, but I cannot really justify purchasing drag radials and rims to get a better ET, which like you said, would just sit a around for most of the time, the old girl was built to be a fun cruiser with some poke, not a drag car When the RaceTCS gets hooked up I'll have another go and see how that goes IRT improving my traction on launch, my vision is a fast street car than I can drive up and down the coast in, and have a little fun with on the odd occasion, without worrying about needing to swap to drag radials to do it I am happy to run the R888R rubber on the rear though, so far they are lasting really well, they have run up and down to Goulburn, Canberra, and Coffs Harbour a few times, and are just as good, if not better than the Hankook RS4's in the wet, and they have done alot of driving around in the wet, I'm hoping to get 10-15k km out of a set doing street duties

Just mashing and pedalling it I've still haven't had the RaceTCS fitted yet though, once that is installed it should knock some time off my 60' Even 2 seconds flat on the 60' should get me into the 11's I'm thinking The big old girl feels really good

Pretty happy with the criise ship, apart from a shitty 60' from lots of wheel spin

Waiting.......... And the line is the same behind me Passenger runs have been allowed for a while, ET and MPH is the limiting factor

Going to WSID tonight with the boy for some passenger runs Not going for gold, I'm going to leave easy with some minor mechanical sympathy In other news, I have the local tilt tray guys number on speed dial 🤣

Embossed aluminium sheild and some lead protection Fitting anything on LS1 headers when they are on the car is overly painfull, but Done and dusted Next......

Have you ever stepped on Lego? That stuff is dangerous and I won't have it anywhere near me Plus cars and motorbikes are like Meccano and Lego for adults

Found my next pointless mod Purchased a RU-3130 for $50 with a 3.5" flange, LOL, I said flange.... > Plus some composite sheet and pinchweld to look like > Why, maybe more induction noise, and a day of making templates, drinking beer and possibly even some wrinkle coat paint splashed about

I asked about this when Autotech put the blower on, this is the way Harrop has the installation, the drivers rear breather is plugged, the passenger rear breather goes to a PCV valve then the intake, the front drivers fresh air is still there plumbed in to the intake as well I asked about if it would restrict the flow, both Harrop and Autotech said it was fine and a single 3/8" line is more than enough, because thats what it basically has stock, well, my rear main is still where it is meant to be, and the dip stick stays in its tube The standard valve cover vents go from 2 x 3/8 to 1 x 3/8 line with a PCV valve into the TB Because I'm bored and want to play around, plus they have heat shields standard I assume an engineer smarter than me thought it was a good idea, and it got past the people holding the purse strings, so they thought it was necessary as well I asked myself "why do OEM exhaust manifolds all have heat sheild, and why does nearly every modified car doesn't have one" My conclusion for OEM was the smarter than me engineer senario above For the modified cars, my conclusion was it doesn't add HP for the money and time, so alot people don't bother, until they melt wiring or other stuff Meh, I've got a heap of the sheilding for a few attempts, worse case senario is I hate it and start looking at V4.0, or, some other random thing that the voices in my head think is a good idea......... (I wonder what a 4" exhaust would sound like compared to the current 3.5" single ?????)

Grabbed 2 meters of 3/8" line from Peps to match up all my PCV lines It did have 3 different brands of lines, some OEM, some from the blower install, some from Peps Did I need to do it, like nearly always, nope, no real need or benefit from doing it, it was purely a visual want In other news I all the bits and pieces to fit up the heat sheilds, I've taken some leave next week so I can do it slowly and hopefully I'm happy with the end result, so far my "cunning plan" looks good....in my head... 🤔🤯

Go on then, for the LOLS DO IT

Sound waves are like shock waves, they will just "climb over" any wall you throw up Mufflers, Db restrictions and no external gates are the way of the future if you want to keep it under control Local council doesn't care about the pittance of funds that come into the are from track days, opening up blocks that they can get a yearly rate from is more beneficial to them The only saving grace would be that the land in close proximity be only opened as commercial, but that will not happen Local commercial businesses are struggling in Goulburn and Braidwood, so there is no point in opening up more, halfway between there and nowhere Unless you open up a exhaust shop inside the track maybe......nope

Edited because you have a WRX

Use it before a service But, as stated you don't need it Subaru boxer/Direct Injection benefit from it because they don't have port injection which cleans the valves The Boxer in a 85 or BRZ doesn't need it because the have both port and DI A little throttle body cleaner will suffice if you want to clear our some blow by oil from your throttle body

Make it......Electric https://www.tuffmounts.com.au/product/conversion-kits/tuff-mounts-astra-electric-power-steering-universal-kit/ Then post results because I want to do it......just because

Attempt 3.0 Wish me luck

So......yeap.......tried installing the heat sleeves.......yeap.......nope Even after pulling off the coils and leads there was no way in hell that I could fit them over the pipes I tried from the top, I tried from the bottom, sometimes things don't work out the way I want them to In other, less rage related news, my Harley now has thermal sleeves under the heat guard LOL

The guy from Vice Grip Garage has one that he uses when starting up cars that have sat around Basically cuts it into the fuel line in the engine bay and away you go,clean fresh fuel

Got bored, had this stuff laying around so "chop fit a go go" Looks good with the bonnet and boot closed Only did the boot because I did the bonnet and still had some offcuts left over Still has some chalk marks from previous chop fitting, meh

On off topic

I actually like my bogan mobile more than my old 33 boat #stereotypicaloldwhitemale But then I grew up with Ford and Holden V8's in the 80's, they were all modified and quick for their day, but slow as 10 slow things compared to the Commodore As you get older they say your mind reverts back to your youth, some of the fun memories from my youth also involve alot drag racing and big skids in a Kingswood Premier with a 308 and 4 speed, I also had a ZD Fairlaine with a 302 and auto, that was slow as, but a wicked cruiser, and you could put 4 surf boards and a couple of duffel bags in the boot and go on a surfing safari.....good times I also lost the track day bug so don't need a "sporty" car that can go around corners, all it needs to do is cruise around, make cool exhaust and induction noises, and go like a cut snake, in a relatively straight line I also like playing the modification game, hell, my Harley has aftermarket brakes, suspension, intake, exhaust, seats, wheels and a nice tune, it is wicked fun to punt around #notgayatall - Out of all the build threads here, this one is my favourite, the development of this car over the years is amazing and shows true dedication to a project/hobbie, through the highs and lows, I wish I had the aptitude, knowledge and time to do the work myself, but I'm sorely lacking in all departments

It's the "modified anything" gremlins One you open anything and release the magic it typically is like walking through a mine field Strangely it is a walk most, if not all of us here take But stock is bad, modified is good...... At least Mr Kinkstaar does the modifying himself, the only thing I typically open up is my wallet

I'm taking the cruise ship into Autotech tomorrow to look at the RaceTCS install I've got a price for install in my head based off others that have similar stuff installed, hopefully it hits the mark I'm super keen on setting it at 5 and 10% slip and just mashing the loud pedal and seeing what happens