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Be worth talking to the guys at speedfactor who i just got my xyz setup from, they can do all sorts of lower weld on sleeves and custom top hat camber plates, the commodore kit is pretty good at just over $1900 shipped

Sweet should be all sussed got the kit from speed factor so suited to the commodore tube size, gonna get one of the boiler welders at work to tig them up for me (hes good at welding boiler tube backwards upside down and in a mirror so these will be easy) our ndt guys are on site at the moment so should be able to get that sorted at the same time

Wanting to confirm detail on welding coilovers (xyz from speedfactor) to factory commodore strut tubes, im sure there used to be an info sheet somewhere but cant find it. basic sketch attached but from memory, full circumference weld at least 10mm above the bottom spindle/knuckle, 4x plug welds around the tube 12mm dia hole, and minimum 1 diameter of strut tube inserted in the coilover weld sleeve. Full ndt to section 18.9.2 with mag particle? Or is dye pen okay?

Would suggest bin the weather pack and fit a deutsch DT if its a wire to wire connection, otherwise I can prob find your the right weatherpack

Been a while since last update, moved house built new workshop and finally onto fitting up the new brakes, it stopped good before and now its even better plus the added looks factor, next mission coilovers shorten the diff fit the new wheels and get the cert updated

not sure how far you've got with the LS1 pcm, Iv just been diging into a back burner project Iv been meaning to get to for a while of LS1 pcm on 304 v8, the PCM does defiantly need a specific OS for the hard coded controller setup (input and output assignment) Im using an express van (distributed 5.0vortec) OS with segment swaps to achieve what i need to for single coil low res trigger and right functions fans etc. I suspect you'll need to use a v6 specific OS with some segment swapping so the usual V8 DBW to DBC os (what OS have you setup now?) on the P59 likely wont work as the low res will still be expecting 4x pulse for trigger and the outputs will be setup for v8 firing, a v6 specific OS will be able to run low res 3x or may even take the 18x CAS signal I have seen mention of using the P01 pcm ign 1 driver to control the DFI EST timing input, im not sure if any of the V6s ran the p59 PCM, Note the OS from a P01 cannot be run on P59 it will hard brick the controller (unrecoverable).

be wary of the P59 ecm in VZ format its a DBW only operating system, so it will not read the TPS or drive the IAC, it will need an operating system swap to a pontiac gto cable throttle & 4L auto control OS before it will be any use, i would recommend staying away from trying to get the vz DBW working in this sort of application as the overall torque vs correlation airflow model will be wrong and plague you with limp mode issues (also VZ throttle pedals & tac modules are common failures and expensive as NLA you could also have a look at the 4.3 gm v6 platform operating systems as well im not sure whats compatible or changes there, they usually run same OS as v8 just wired different, I work on these in HP tuners which is far easier user interface & datalogging (can realtime tune for a few parameters) than PCM hammer LS droid or tuner pro, HP tuners also have boost patched modified OS well defined in both MAF SD & blended

Tridon tfs133 m16x1.5 is one of my goto 90 on 85 off and 2 wires so crimp to what ever suits Or tfs106 95 on 90 off m14x1.5 2 blade terminals

Tyres on & bolted up for a look, reused the 235/40r18 nankang ns-20s that came on the front went with 245/40 matching nankangs for the rear, looks like I can do about 20-25mm off each side of the diff on the rear, front needs to come up about 10mm so I'm not clipping the guard all the time, shocks are a bit sad so good excuse of coilovers I reckon...

Quick wash ready for rotokauri school car show tomorrow, better check those wheels again... tyres coming this week so will be able to measure up the diff mods soon. Gotta pull the manifold off again already blown out the exhaust gasket (shite pressed permaseal thing, got a copper one in from aussie to anneal and install, will double check flange face is flat while it's off should be good after that.

Wheels have been making progress, painters has sorted the centers in a custom mix gunmetal with silver on the inner barrels, & RKM sorted polishing the outer lips looking sharp now, just gotta finish polishing bolts to assemble them

1. Yes would normally resize rods with the arp bolts at least measure very carefully journal to crank and bearing clearance 2. depends on cam check with kelford 3. Depending on what power your aiming for a set of 731cc injectors from MSEL would give you plenty of head room at 3 bar base or 860 something at 4 bar pressure going boosted? , if NA the 371cc @3 bar ls3 injector would prob be adequate, MSEL have plenty of options

Iv setup alot of water meth kits now on various setups all boosted stuff, rotaries, 2jz, rbs and even a 6 port direct kit on a 6cyl bmw diesel. I have it in my own car along with spending alot of time on the dyno with Gav at High Performance rotaries getting these setup , pretty cool to see the benefit in almost instant air temp drop and the difference it makes to being borderline knock limited, especially when you don't wanna run e85 in a street car, as for setup on a link, in my vk im running the aem pump nozzle lines solenoid etc, except I have a hella ssr driving the pump driven by a pwm table and enable conditions on a GP output for the solenoid, I have a failsafe setup for low tank level to kill hi boost

spent quite some time on this hence the several 3d print versions 1st, the rotor im using is a 320X32 vz thunder so same size & swept area as the factory evo rotor just a different hat offset height which suits commodore hub & gives good wheel clearance too , pad pretty much runs very near to the edge of the disc and almost to the inside diameter flat area so using maximum surface area possible

progress on the brake adaptors, a few chunks of 4140 now match my 3d printed models and fit spot on thanks to Moose design for sorting the machining, there's even hope to keep the corvette wheels it's super tight but they do clear in the 16"wheels