MLR's Bogan cruise ship

[Kinkstaah]

22 hours ago, The Bogan said:

Thinking of going even taller in the rear end

3.07, or even possibly 2.87

The 3.46 gears are much better than the 3.91 that were originally in it, and for all of the hwy cruising I do, and with the amount of torque the car has just off idle, and the stalled slush box to get the engine spinning I think the longer gears will give me more manners down low, and good fuel economy on the hwy

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I have a 4.11 in mine, and a .63 6th instead of a .50.

Even with these (relatively insanely) short gears, my 1000kmh idle is like 1800rpm. With the .50 it was 1600ish? With the rear ratios you are talking about, I don't know honestly why you don't get a 4cyl econobox and play V8 rumble through the speakers.

[robbo_rb180]

31 minutes ago, Kinkstaah said:

......

I have a 4.11 in mine, and a .63 6th instead of a .50.

Even with these (relatively insanely) short gears, my 1000kmh idle is like 1800rpm. With the .50 it was 1600ish? With the rear ratios you are talking about, I don't know honestly why you don't get a 4cyl econobox and play V8 rumble through the speakers.

How do you find 3 & 4 gear with the 4.11? especially on race tracks.
Looking at LS conversion for new car and hard to get info on the nissan 3.9, 4.08/4.11, 4.3 ratio with the 6speed

[robbo_rb180]

17 hours ago, The Bogan said:

And after almost hitting a roo on my last adventure down the coast I want one of these smart bar plastic roo bar thingies

Currently got the feelers out and on the hunt

They have been known to do more damage to the car than roos......
Insurance will cover repairs if you do hit one.

[The Bogan]

2 hours ago, Kinkstaah said:

......

I have a 4.11 in mine, and a .63 6th instead of a .50.

Even with these (relatively insanely) short gears, my 1000kmh idle is like 1800rpm. With the .50 it was 1600ish? With the rear ratios you are talking about, I don't know honestly why you don't get a 4cyl econobox and play V8 rumble through the speakers.

Because I like 500hp v8 rumble

I'm at 2300rpm at 110kph with the 4l60e and 3.46

Meh, in the end the car is a cruiser with some poke, it isn't a race car, it doesn't get locked in a garage all week/month, if I can have it fast, and somewhat economical on the hwy I call that a win

[The Bogan]

LOL

 

[GTSBoy]

8 cylinders all right

[The Bogan]

Doing the usual 500 km run in the thing again tomorrow 

Sydney - Goulburn- Canberra- Goulburn- Sydney

Cruising and lunching with fam

Noice

[Kinkstaah]

On 9/30/2022 at 9:35 AM, robbo_rb180 said:

How do you find 3 & 4 gear with the 4.11? especially on race tracks.
Looking at LS conversion for new car and hard to get info on the nissan 3.9, 4.08/4.11, 4.3 ratio with the 6speed

I got you fam

Source: me doing what you doin. This is with limiter of 6600 and 265/35/r18 tyres, and a 4.08 rear.

So, turns out it is 2123kmh at 1000kmh. The regular T56 6th gear is 1696kmh in 6th. Making before what I said a little fake news.

Also I forgot it's auto, yet again. I also just realised that the numbers I pasted right now are a mix of 4.08 but the rpm at 100kmh is the 4.11 rear. Cause I clearly am not sure which one I actually have in my car cause it makes no difference unless you're doing it all in excel 😐 😐 😐

I find the ratios to be near on perfect - That said I bought the magnum for the 5th gear being shorter which makes a mental difference but testing it IRL and in simulators like assetto corsa showed actually no difference in pace 😛

 

^--- also me

[robbo_rb180]

3 hours ago, Kinkstaah said:

I got you fam

Source: me doing what you doin. This is with limiter of 6600 and 265/35/r18 tyres, and a 4.08 rear.

So, turns out it is 2123kmh at 1000kmh. The regular T56 6th gear is 1696kmh in 6th. Making before what I said a little fake news.

Also I forgot it's auto, yet again. I also just realised that the numbers I pasted right now are a mix of 4.08 but the rpm at 100kmh is the 4.11 rear. Cause I clearly am not sure which one I actually have in my car cause it makes no difference unless you're doing it all in excel 😐 😐 😐

I find the ratios to be near on perfect - That said I bought the magnum for the 5th gear being shorter which makes a mental difference but testing it IRL and in simulators like assetto corsa showed actually no difference in pace 😛

 

^--- also me

Thats the info I needed, Legend.
I better start looking for a decent LS conversion kit.

 

[The Bogan]

Damn it

Got a "letter" in the mail

80 kph in 70 kph zone late last month

It was on an off ramp heading off the M5 near Casula

1 point and $128, not a big hit cash or points wise, but I've lost my gold licence, Mark has a sad

 

[The Bogan]

[The Bogan]

Perfect front ride height

[The Bogan]

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"

[The Bogan]

[The Bogan]

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 👍

[The Bogan]

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

[Duncan]

you said blow tehehehehe

[The Bogan]

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 

[The Bogan]

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

[admS15]

f**k man, you have a real sickness. Et streets on 16's or even 15's will grip much betterer. Need that side wall big profile energy. Not sure if will look more or less bogan though.