The Bogan

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Honestly mate, I would rather get one of these to play with> https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/mazda/mx-5/se-badge/nb-series-4-series/manual-transmission My google search keeps gravitating back to MX5's And it would cost much less than boosting the old Dunnydoore

The car is currently extremely reliable, if I want to fix that issue, I could boost it I did look at giving it a bit more "poke", but the additional torque would require a built gearbox, amongst other things, and questionable reliability, so, I though that the amount of money spent on boosting a old commodore could be spent elsewhere On what, I haven't worked out yet

Cheers, I just grabbed 2 sheets

This stuff? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Aluminium-Composite-Panel-WHITE-BLACK-600-x-400-mm-Building-Signage-Trailer/172785939441?hash=item283ad833f1:g:41MAAOSwblZZJjTD

Nope, purely from boredom and best practice OEM has a heat sheild, this doesn't, I've typically had some form of thermal protection on any and all modified exhaust manifolds to quell radiant heat My next mod, for no other reason than I think it is best practice, will be to create some form of ducting from my front bar to the radiator, currently air can just drop down under the radiator. As I've added a trans cooler to the stack I feel it would be a worthwhile project

I'm kinda hoping that it l9ng enough across the top to push some down under the plugs and leads Well that is what it looks like in my head, I'm hoping to not "cut to fit", but that is always an option Just like putting it in the bin after getting the shits with it is always an option I am quietly confident that is won't come to the "bin option" though I did try to fab up some of that aluminium sheet stuff(pictured), but that did go in the bin, with the headers installed it was a right PITA to form it up, and the best I could do with the headers fitted looked like a dogs breakfasr, but, if the headers were off, the aluminium sheet stuff would be my No.1 choice, even over wrap EHS_Parent.webp

Like a blanket, it has some "clips" sewn onto the corners, you just need some stainless zip ties to secure it, not sure if the "kit" comes with the zip ties or some form of strap I'll post up some picks when it arrives

Compulsive shopper........I said I would never wrap exhaust headers, ever again, but did then swore I would never again, and then did, the absolute pain in the arse wrapping headers is may have finally sunk in. I've never used this Thermo-Tec blanket stuff personally but I've seen it used and it seems to work a treat, and holds up well Not as groovy looking as wrap, but, wrap is the devil to install, this is easy to install, it and should knock out enough under bonnet temps to be worth the $135 it cost

Yeah, only old commodore owner do that because the oversized tyre cannot make a commodore handle any worse than it does originally.

Quite run down to Goulburn to see my daughter Country life shits on the burbs

I've used a GC lock on my MX5, that worked quite well, which whilst it is a major compromise compared to a proper fixed seat, harness and bar, it did hold my lower body in place. I did need to pull it apart once and use some blue locktite as the allen screws came undone, once I had done that I never had an issue with it. Opinions do vary on them though

http://www.sydneydragway.com.au/events/race-4-real-dec-02-20201/ Donuts on the line

Cheers mate, I'm currently using Penrite 10w40 but am going to try Castrol edge 10w60 Oils for the LS, chop and change I've found, OEM are 0w30 to 10w40, dependant on country of release and what variants they were used in I was talking to a fellow bogan at work who has a few cars with LS1's in them, he runs and recommends 10w60 in all of them Further googling for the LS has seen 10w60 Maineline or Castrol edge recommended, alot Anyways, Supercheap has 5ltrs of Edge 10w60 for $60 so I grabbed 2 bottles and a filter to see how she runs with it over summer Cheers

Aircon is all regased and it's fracking freezing. Bring on the summer time cruises.

What engine oil are you using mate?

#Damnit There there, there there

Wire wheel and converter, then throw on some paint and bondo, finish with a nice rattle can finish. Don't worry about the exterior, just give it a cut and polish. That patina look is in, just need some wide steel rims painted black to finish the look.

Fark she is a vlean old girl Nice score

Dad, I caught a bug

Are we talking about RB's?....

That photo was where it was peeling out of second into third The pic was more of a reference of how much "face" of the tyre was making contact with the road, as it is, with the current camber, I'm missing a heap of tyre on the outside edges, yes it's a street tyre but it is still sacrificing grip I wore out the inside edge out of a set of M/T ET steet drag radials on my old skyline from running to much camber, when I zero'd the rear camber the skyline hooked up much better, wore flat, and improved my 60' time by a fair whack, that did go from around -2.0° to 0° though A rough guestimation is if I can zero the camber I can get maybe 30mm more contact patch per tyre, that has got to help my 60' Plus the cruise ship doesn't really need any camber at the back, the big fat Bessie isn't ever going to be a car to take fast corners, more a big fat comfortable cruise ship that eats highway miles and lays maaaaad skids For what I want the car to do, my plan is to just give it a good set up for hard launches on drag radials but still have it compliant and safe for street tyres In saying this I'm not even sure if my adjustable camber bushings are going to give me any more adjustment than the "camber correction" bushings that are in it now, fingers crossed AND........GO

Private road testing....gave it a little pedal to see how it hooked with the 245/45 17 RE003 and with the aid of 75 litres of fuel in the tank From a dead stop, in D, trac off, "not" in sports mode (because I forgot to hit the button) it just "spun" up through the gears, definitely needs more positive camber, I'm missing a big chunk of traction. I have adjustable camber bushings all ready to go, which are a PITA to install, not sure if it will give me what I want though, which is 0° camber, currently I think I'm at -1.0° IIRC. Meh, fingers crossed I need to get this sorted before I kill a set of drag radials In other news it shifts real nice and doesn't change direction much during the shifts So far so good

Got the car back, the car is even more LOL Did cut drive around short because it looks like the mother of all storms is just about to unleash hell

Unless you drive through a river I cannot see you "hydrolocking" My OTR intake with a K&N on the old LS1 takes a load of water every time it rains I've seen alot of Harley's with pods exposed to the elements that use these "rain socks", they are designed so if you leave it out in the rain the pod doesn't act as a funnel. These rain socks were never around years ago, but people need to make money, and good marketing can sell ice to Eskimos A pod under the bonnet or inside a guard or bumper negates this