jakesae101
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If you want to upgrade to clubby brakes let me know,
bigger 2 pots 330x32 mm slotted bendix rotors new rotors have done a couple of thousand ks. With safebrake braided lines.
i also have a set of dba gold cross drilled rotors for the standard brakes that were skimmed and didnt see much use before upgrading.
unsure whats happening with my rears yet possibly have something that will happen. You can fit the vented rear rotors from the redline i think it is easy enough they are virtually the same thickness just vented. The clubby ones use the same caliper just a different carrier and a 315x18mm vented rotor
the clubby stuff is a good step.
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I have a bit of experience with my one to know what helps ive just gone to a 30 profile also 245/30/20 all round tho.
Mine is N/A ls1 with a lot of stuff done but making 305kw at the rears
Just about ready for cert , just waiting on the last bits to fit the vf 4 pot brembos ive been rocking clubsport bigger brakes for a while but its time for some real ones!
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Do the diff bushing insert if you havent its like 50$ and makes a big difference to help traction
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They are a press fit into the rotor as far as im aware , if they weren't as tight as id like i was just going to use some retaining compound! The re wording definitely clears that up ill get cracking!
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@cletus I have a brake query, I want to convert my VZ commodore to running VE brembos In aussie they machine the centre of the rotor out a couple of mm to fit the vz hubs and run a 2mm spacer that fits in the stud holes (m12 vz m14 ve) as I understand it now we can't modify rotors anymore. I know a few of these kits have been certed here but unsure what to do now.
Leon at LVVTA has confirmed that the brackets themselves comply in terms of material and thickness. but im unsure what to do about the rotor situation.
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Ive seen people make an F shaped tool or use a pipe wrench around the rim of a crank pulley to turn engines , obviously if you dont care much for the pulley / willing to risk it for the biscuit damage wise.
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So im adding in a electric vac pump for some extra brake vac and using all gm stuff
using a VE commodore up28 pump and a cruize switch / T that fits on the booster so i can still keep the engine vac, it will just kick the pump on at low vac as I have been finding at times this is a bit average with the cam im running.
@cletus whats the go with the brake booster hose from the pump to the valve switch with regards to markings, as I know it has to be specific stuff as im fitting on the other side of the engine bay.
will this comply or is there a brand you recommend.
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Swann insure my commie and have never said anything on the laundry list of mods
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3m VHB tape will hold just about anything to anything, its foam based just make sure the surface is clean. Have used it to stick plates on before and never had an issue.
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1 hour ago, cletus said:
Not yet but I will now, previously wind noise is enough to notice hearing being affected after a long ride, but this pipe makes it 10x worse
I find the 3m silicone ones really good i just trim the ends that poke out a bit to fit in my helmet but they are super durable and I find them easier to use than the foam ones and they dont get super grot like the foam ones.
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You wearing earplugs when riding? I do now when riding now and my current bike isnt super loud but cuts out lots of wind noise and find that i can still listen to whatever comfortably with my intercom on.
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On 27/12/2024 at 21:00, rotormotor said:
Liama bad choice.
Great if you are into speedway ect but my mate had a terrible experience with some subaru heads / cams they built and setup at a rather significant cost and after much more money spent after damaging valves ect he went to another place and they ended up fixing it all and re doing a bunch of stuff they did.
Early on they seemed ok built a friends track car ls motor but when i contacted them a couple of years ago for some ls head work they weren’t really interested in taking on more work, Kevin Ban at Horsepowerheads in chch was fantastic for my ls heads I was really happy with his work and turnaround.
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If you want to borrow a colour tune to help with the tuning let me know as i have one although i did most of my tuning by road tune on the mini but it ended up rather close to when i put the colour tune in. Playing with different dashpot oils 30w in it currently, i have the genuine su oil if you want to try some of that
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Realistically I need a larger stall than what I have I regret not going to a 25-2800 stall but $$$ after everything was tight but it made a night and day difference to my car with the cam combo ect as I had a number if drivability issues ect. My tuner said my car for some reasons idle tune ect was one of the hardest hes had despite having done the same combo ect
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15 hours ago, Muncie said:
I've found a well known home workshop dude that'll do one for about $350 providing i pull it out he's got plenty of work out there so good feedback so can't go wrong for price.
I found it better to just stab it off line to load up trans and turbo kind of worked bit of lag. I have a setup that should work like Nitrous Oxide but needs some experiments to see how it goes.
Not the guy in Auckland named Louni? That offers some rather cheap 4l60 rebuilds a mate of mine who did my trans had a horror story or two of peoples trans that had a very short life due to rebuilds not really being rebuilds and some very suspect reassembly. He was basically rebuilding them for what a reputable full rebuild kit costs so you have to wonder what you get for the $$.
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Fantastic result! Its about a 750 to get your factory one restalled they can only get them to around 21-2200.
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They were on 9 thats half way i think? in my car but that was on fe2 suspension and whiteline bars
my bcs are on 6 from full soft and its pretty much where i want it but my trans is a bit more vicious than stock so the shifts cold are pretty firm shall we say so you get some pretty rad wheel hop.
12 hours ago, Muncie said:It doesn't bounce at all ! I thought the old shocks were ok but this is night and day difference. I've got to figure out how they work. One was at 3 clicks one was 9 so I've started at 3 and will see how it rides.
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Hopefully those new shocks make a good difference!
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Have had a good run with sealwell cubes tbh and they dont seem to jizz anything up. Has managed to keep my mini retaining its coolant after a few small issues
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The bottom one can also be found on the late vz dbw ls1 cars , talk to Chris at Prestige tuning and Motorsport as he has removed a bunch for mafless tuning.
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If you want some adjustable rear shocks to play with my tein ones are coming out soon for me to put in a set of bc gold adjustables all round.
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Heaps of people 3d print the change gears so theres an easy option to obtain some
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If you haven’t watched already corn fed boost on YouTube has some fantastic turbo holden 6 content!
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On 18/10/2024 at 14:44, tortron said:
Oh, I found a replacement NEW pinion gear. It's about 4x what I want to pay, but probably worth it
Her3s a horizontal milling machine $320 buy now seems good
If that was close to Wellington id have snapped it up, great value
Good tyre guys
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Mag and Turbo in Porirua are great also