The Bogan

The car drones at hwy speeds, in top doing 110 kph at just over 2k rpm I did bring this up when I picked up the car and Chev said if it does drone to bring it back in and they can fab up a resonator to fit in there I popped in and had a chat this morning, they are going to fabricate something up which should be done and dusted by the end of the week

Did a big cruise around the Sydney beaches with the Mrs today, she did the usual and slept for the drive home, so it isn't too loud or droney in the cabin We did get alot of looks and thumbs up, and only 1 grumpy looking weirdo walking a dog near Centennial Park that looked at the car disapprovingly, then gave us the "little finger/little dick" hand signal, to which the Mrs laughed, pointed at him, yelled Oi, gave him the bird and called a name that questioned his sexuality, I laughed, alot, we are "The Bogans" So basically the car sounds perfect and the Mrs seems happy Winner winner chicken dinner Nope, booked in for seafood platter at our local favourite seafood joint 🐟🦐🦞🦀🐙🐡🦭🐳🐧🦄🍹🥃🍹🥃🍹🥃🍹🍸

Sounds like a boss, real deep, and only a little bit louder than the 3.5" system cruising around Does sound like war when hard on the loud pedal

Spent 3 hours washing and waxing the car, then remembered it's going to the exhaust shop tomorrow to get covered in greasy hand prints and welding sparks I really need to plan better Disclaimer: Smearing this on by hand is verging on a sexy time experience

Paint yours blue +25kw

Straight swap This was like 10 years ago though Although things probably haven't changed

I used a Fennix radiator in mine with stock fan and shroud with the stock undertray I was making around 500hp Never had a issue......with coolant temps I did have a oil cooler though which would have helped

I already am that "rad dad" if you ask the kids, much to the annoyance, and sometimes worry, of the "Minister for war and finances"

As I had a vasectomy about 15 years ago there "shouldn't" be any more gender reveals for this old rooster Which is nice

2.87 gears and a bigger trans cooler? There are joints that do overdrive for the T400 For 1: https://www.gearvendors.com/hrgm3s.html There are probably other GM slush box options available that are 11ty times easier and possibly cheaper than a T400 with OD I would never own a DCT in a street car Anyways, more powers isn't on my to do list It has more power than I really need, or can use on the street, anyway The car is a daily driver, not a racecar

Nah If I did kill the 4l60e I would just replace it with a built T400 For what I want out of the Dunnydoor, a DCT would be more trouble than what it's worth #slushboxlife

4l60e

Nope Has whine

What? Speak up! 1 7/8" to 3" flange Flange...LOL

Booked car in to swap out my 2.5" Y pipe and 3.5" single for a 3" Y pipe and 4" single because........noise I'm justifying it to my myself because rule of thumb math has it not being a restriction under 650 hp at the fly So I would be irresponsible not to do it

I drive the VX like it was meant to be driven, it's is a big fat boat for eating miles, which was never designed to go fast around a corner The whole point of it is to be a cruiser, that will go fast, in a straight line, not a track car or even playing touge with the kids My driving style is typically cruising in the left lane with the radio on loving life, only with the occasional roll on, or trip to the drags for some fun As for daily driving with drag radials, on my old R33 I ran R32 GTR 16" Rims with 255/50 16 MT SS drag radials on the rear alot around town, they were fine in the dry as long as you ran at least 35 psi in them, again, not playing touge or race car driver on the street, just cruising around and rolling it on Memories

Haven't had the RaceTCS hooked up yet, it has been sitting at Autotech because Spiro wanted to do some research first as he hasn't used one yet, apparently he contacted a mate from Haltech, who knows of the RaceTCS and actually rates it It will probably go in to get fitted in a few months time And whilst it's good for traction, it pulls cylinders to do it, with better tyres it won't be so aggressive

Yeah, but I don't want to run them just for the drags, I want to run them during fair weather short cruises, <100km The only time I would run the "street tyres" would be during wet weather, or long trips away, like down to Goulburn, or interstate for holidays Having power without traction defeats the purpose of having the power The Toyo R888R are better than the RS4's, but, it could be better I'm happy to replace the Drag Radials when required, I should probably get around a year out of a set if I'm using daily tyres for the long drives, the Harley gets used for short trips to and from work In the end if I get a 11 something I'll be happy, but having traction on the street is also rather handy when push comes to shove The 255 RS4's didn't cut the mustard The R888R are better, but.....

Yeah, I did try some custom steel "chasers" all round for a while, but ended up hating them and put the stockers back on, gave them to my mate used them on his box trailer 🤣 I do have a set of 15 x 7 "chasers" in the shed, they can fit up to a 255 drag radial, but, I would only run them at the drags, running them daily would be way too "lower class" Bogan and my family wouldn't let me in the door My family likes to consider ourselves "middle to upperclass" Bogans, hence matching Gold Simmons FR1's or bust

I want matching rims front and rear though, so throwing some DR on my current set is where its at The smallest the FR1 go is 17" Unless I go for a totally different set for front and rear, which I don't, because the FR1 meet my bogan prerequisites of wheels I did look at some 15 x 8 and 15 x 10 rims, but the rims cost a fortune and look way to drag racer for my " it's basically stock" look that I'm going for

Got bored at work, went for a cruise for a few hours around Sydney, car is a dream to drive, literally flys under the radar, did get stuck in peak hour though for a while, big comfy seats and the slush box makes it a pleasure to drive, pumped some old PIL (Public Image Limited) on the head unit and just enjoyed life, ended up eventually getting some free air when a noisy, fart tuned C63 AMG something something sedan pulled up and tried it on, at "WSID" LOL, nope, Bogans 1, Euros 0 The Bogan cruise ship is so unassuming My problem now is when I picked up the car, Spiro from Autotech he got out his Moroso calculator, done some sliding around with it and said some Mickey T drag radials should get me a easy high 10 at around 128mph I would need to drop my current 2.4 60' to around a 1.6 though So, can I justify getting some 275/40 17 drag radials when the R888R's are worn out??????? Can I ????? Really ????? Can I ?????? YOLO I'm now looking at another set of of Gold 17 x 9.5 FR1's for street duties with some 255/40 17 Toyo Proxes T1 sports, mainly for daily duties and long weekend trips away up and down the coast, and sticking some 275/40 17 Mickey Thompson ET Street S/S on my current set for "fun" in the sun Yeah yeah, I know......

AI had a look at the Harrop site Apparently it is an optional extra for "added security" Meh, it's sorted now

#Humbla You were beaten by a girl 😎

Found out that the occasional "squealing" from the serpentine belt when I backed off after a big hit wasn't the belt slipping, it was the OEM harmonic balancer trying to spin itself off LS1's don't have a keyway to pin the balancer to the crank, it isn't needed NA BUT, "apparently" your meant to pin them when you build a engine and fit a supercharger, to stop this from happening My fancy new balancer and crank has now been pinned so they play nice together Hooray for preventative maintenance