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Yeh round about. I do think I could have picked up a bit of speed, my first run was 104mph and improved with each run. I'll get onto a weighbridge sometime and see how close my dyno reading is to my trap times.

Haha was waiting until I got onto a computer, this site isn't very mobile friendly. Here's the vid of my quickest run:

So, went and had a bit of fun last night. First time down the quarter, shit is hard Got 5 runs in and got better each time, first run was a 16.55 missing 2nd and 3rd PB was 14.1 @108.5mph on my last run. I think I could have got into the 13's if I could have had a few more runs, and possibly matched Luke's 109. I need a lot more practise though, and shift lights now make sense to me. Was hitting limiter in almost every gear

How did I know this thread would have me mentioned in it Sorry bud, sold my stock afm ages ago

Taking my car to the quarter for the first time tonight, see how it goes. Will also get to a weighbridge today sometime.

I didn't turbo my NA motor, I swapped all my stuff in from a GTT wreck

Yep. Yours is faster than mine

I'm yet to have any personal experience with leaking silicon. I've got silicon radiator hoses, so do 3 of my mates, none with any leaking problems to date. That said, where there's smoke... I still keep a close eye on mine to make sure I don't get any leaks.

Ahhh fair enough. Welcome to 1985! Definitely when your car is finished... Want to see!

Cheers mate How long are you in Perth for? I'm planning on getting down to Whoopass next Wednesday, provided the car doesn't attempt suicide again before then You've done enough work, let me catch up!

Haha cheers Benji

Have had Auto88 silicon radiator hoses on mine for 4 years now, no issues. Seen several track outings in that time as well. Read about these problems with them leaking a couple of months after I got them and was going to change back to rubber, but haven't had a need yet.

Nah they don't hit the pillars at all, have full range of movement. They really do fit perfectly haha. The only issue with moving is the Recaro rails aren't 100% correct in their fitment, so it takes a bit of effort to get them to sit parallel once you torque the bolts up, otherwise they are very stiff. Haven't got that quite right yet, but they are close enough for now, I'll sort em out later.

When did you put the pump in? Don't forget with the hotter weather, the fuel will be getting hotter.

Alright, bout time for some sort of update! First of all, apologies for the photos that are no longer working, I have no idea how to fix them Secondly, I'll start with the small stuff. Bought some goodies from the carbon fibre group buy on here a few months ago; a cf headlight intake and a cf rad cooling panel. Not fitting the headlight just yet for obvious reasons, that will be for track and Powercruise duties. But here is the cooling panel: Now, last time I posted I mentioned a bit of play in the backrest of my seats. You can see in the videos of me at Powercruise that they were already not sitting in the right position (I'm not actually a Commodore-spec bogan). That escalated pretty quickly, and went from small movement to just outright snapping. Driving home from a mates place one day, full boost in 2nd, all of a sudden the seat gave way. Not a fun feeling. Anyway, the seat was then totally reclined and refused to stay upright. This happened about 2 weeks before I left on my 6 week holiday to Europe. So I decided I couldn't be farked wasting that time on the car, parked it in the garage and left it there until I got back on the 5th. Did a bit of research on replacement seats when I had the time, was pretty keen on getting a pair of the copy Bride Low Max Gias II's from the group buy section on here. BUT, I talked myself out of going copies again, as I wasn't keen on having a repeat of what happened to the Sparco copies, and I was actually worried about having mates in the car in the event of a car accident. So I eventually decided to purchase a pair of genuine Sparco R505's from Concept Racegear, who were very helpful. 5 days later, this arrived: Containing these: The quality of these things is just outstanding, they are absolutely rock solid, very very comfortable and look amazing. They're not light though, they weigh a good 20kg's each, not including the rails. However, as they are a universal seat, they weren't exactly bolt in using the Recaro rails. But they were pretty straight forward. First, I bolted the rails into the car and measured the gap between the bolts holding them in place, which was 400mm. Then I measured the gap between the holes in the rail mounts on the Sparcos, which were 340mm apart. So. Small problem. But easily rectified. This is how they were: I then re-measured, before drilling and tapping holes where I needed them, like so: It then took a bit of work to make sure the rails were perfectly parallel, but also not too hard to sort out. From there it didn't take me long to have them in the car, though I did have to retap the threads in the floorpan after doing a good job of the bolts on their way out But that bit of fun aside, here is the final product: They are a tight fit in the car, so perfect that one finds it hard to believe they are universal and not made for it! Anyway, that's where the car stands at the moment, driveable again at least. Unfortunately having just graduated from Uni and job opportunities looking bleak, further modifications are going to have to wait for a bit But I no longer have any excuse to not get the car down to the drag strip, so I plan to go and get some time slips next week to see how close I actually am to this power figure!

About 1540kg.

I don't drain the coolant these days either. Easy enough to stop the water lines from leaking. Do lose about a L or so, but just top it back up and bleed it.

Head down next week Luke? I'll be going next week.

I take it you went ahead with the 8-gauge cable for the battery relocation?

Turbos are a very easy swap, hardest part is getting the nuts off if they haven't been removed before. I can get my hotside off in about an hour these days. As for driving it, a car with a blown turbo will drive fine it will just be slow as shit, obviously. How worried you should be about ceramic particles finding their way back through your exhaust ports is another matter...

Link Vipec Haltech Adaptronic Not in any specific order of preference, those are just the ones that come to mind.

Ahh see that's what it was. I was looking in and around everything wondering where I could possibly have hidden those plugs haha.

Ok, just had a good look and I can say with relative certainty that the bottom gray one goes to your IAC valve. Unfortunately I can't spot the other two plugs on mine at all, so I dunno where they go. Sorry bud

Ohhh, my mistake, I thought you were referring to the ones at the front of the manifold. I'll just go have a look at my engine mate, but I'm not confident I'll be able to find them anymore, my wiring is completely different now with the Plazmaman plenum.

Mine had 1psi on full load in 4th. Which in the scheme of things is fark all. Ideally you want 0, but 1-2psi is good too. It's when you're getting 5/6/7psi that you have an issue. I'll send that PM soon dude, just sorting out the mrs