Pollushon
Boost gives me a bar....
- Joined
- Nov 9, 2012
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- Location
- Canberra
- Members Ride
- VY SS
Time flies when you're having fun. I didn't do much on the old girl in the last while, life gets in the way. I did have plans to doll it up and sell, then grab a VF2 and boost that. But that was falling into a 50k+ proposition and thanks to my club and some friends I got to drive a number of VF2 SS manual and auto. I found it wasn't the experience I wanted. Sure they are beautiful cars with all the bells and whistles but by the same token, I didn't once feel connected to the road comparatively to Betty.
So I've taken half that cash and decided to breath life back into the old girl, make her into everything I've always wanted. I wrapped it matte black for starters, tedious but think it came up well. Suspension and brakes back to brand new, driveshafts all the basic consumables, bushes and bearings. Mouldings, seat belts and rubbers. Surprisingly cheap when you do all your own work. She drives and stops beautifully. looks okay too. The rims are from BCI. Thanks to them I have the extra padding of 17" without losing any performance. 245 on the front (17"x8) and 275 on the rear (17"x9), she sticks and holds really well.
Coulson retrimmed seats are also in the works.
The best bits are yet to come. LSX performance in Melbourne are building me a 383 with all the fruit, Callies, SCAT and JE with some Brian Tooley cam goodness and CNC the bejeebus out of the heads. 9.6:1 compression ready for the Roushe 2650 that's going on top (M122 to begin with) and a Laminova intercooler. Mantic 9000 organic twin plate, new 1" 7/8 headers and a reco Truetrac.
Thanks to Corona it might be a little while but the motor hopefully is only a month off. I plan to drive this beauty into the ground now.
Slowly wrapped piece by piece
Finished!
So I've taken half that cash and decided to breath life back into the old girl, make her into everything I've always wanted. I wrapped it matte black for starters, tedious but think it came up well. Suspension and brakes back to brand new, driveshafts all the basic consumables, bushes and bearings. Mouldings, seat belts and rubbers. Surprisingly cheap when you do all your own work. She drives and stops beautifully. looks okay too. The rims are from BCI. Thanks to them I have the extra padding of 17" without losing any performance. 245 on the front (17"x8) and 275 on the rear (17"x9), she sticks and holds really well.
Coulson retrimmed seats are also in the works.
The best bits are yet to come. LSX performance in Melbourne are building me a 383 with all the fruit, Callies, SCAT and JE with some Brian Tooley cam goodness and CNC the bejeebus out of the heads. 9.6:1 compression ready for the Roushe 2650 that's going on top (M122 to begin with) and a Laminova intercooler. Mantic 9000 organic twin plate, new 1" 7/8 headers and a reco Truetrac.
Thanks to Corona it might be a little while but the motor hopefully is only a month off. I plan to drive this beauty into the ground now.
Slowly wrapped piece by piece
Finished!