Daily Driven & occasionally thrashed VE SSV

[Tre-Cool]

Only ever driven on weekends by lady driver... oh oops not the for sale area.:)

Make: Holden
Model: 07 VE SSV
Colour: Black
Engine: 6L L98 with SQP 224/228 camshaft, Pac 918's, VCM OTR Intake,
Harrop HH122 Supercharger (Older generation 2litre) making 12psi with ribbed rear drive belt upgrade (why it sounds like a raped cat)
Fuel System: Dual Walbro pumps in custom "factory pump module", 60lbs injectors @ 70psi frp
Transmission: Factory 6L80e
Stall Converter: Circle'D 3500 stall. 9.5" stage 2. can run full lockup at WOT
Power: 400rwkw
Exhaust: Custom Twin 3" - 4 Mufflers no hotdogs. now 2 1/2 mufflers after track night.... assortment of rear muffler options. :)
Driveline: stock
Suspension: HSD Coilovers on Front, FE2 springs rear with Bilstein Shocks (HSD's broke)
Brakes: DBA4000 Front 355mm/ 365mm rears with Brembo 4 pistons (factory camaro brakes from the usa) - Cost me less than $2k
Lights: 35 Watt HID's on the projectors
Diff: Stock Manual 3.46 ratio LSD
Interior: Onyx Leather, Standard Holden Floor Mats
Audio: Stock SSV
Exterior: Stock SSV. Chev Grill, no rear badge - chev grill looks better than holden so fuck u haters.
Wheels: Koya Rex with 275/35/20 rears. 245/35/20 front
Other: Devil's own Water/meth injection, Tech Edge Wideband Sensor, Self tuned.
Best 1/4 time naturally aspirated: 12.030 @ 115
Best 1/4 time blown: 11.4 @ 123 & 11.5 @ 127

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t72/ONEJZX90/Antilag%20Motorsport%20Dyno%20Day/Tre-Cool.jpg

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/50.jpg

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/06062009(006)%20(Large).jpg

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/06062009(008)%20(Large).jpg

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/06062009(009)%20(Large).jpg

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/07062009%20(Large).jpg

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/07062009(001)%20(Large).jpg

http://www.vyssute.com/components/com_joomgallery/img_pictures/ve_ssv_a6_4/stall_converter_install_8_20090914_1769744545.jpg

http://www.vyssute.com/components/com_joomgallery/img_pictures/ve_ssv_a6_4/stall_converter_install_9_20090914_1918470474.jpg

I will get some pics of it over the long weekend once i give it a clean.... maybe.

[Autopilot]

This thing sounded awesome on Tuesday night.

[Marti]

i like this car very much, awsome work

[Risk10k]

Much love for this car Dave, straight pipes are the most obnoxious thing I have ever fucking heard on a errr.. 'closed street, for testing purposes only' situation. :)

Also love that its driven

[Brute]

Didn't anybody tell you you're not supposed to post dyno sheets in your build threads?

[lazy6]

Remember allways seeing this at wa freightlines! Very tidy

[rat]

really enjoyed watching you drive this around barbs, it fucken boogies!!

[stumps.]

Is this the charger off your ute? If so what is happening to that? And is this the ve that was TT for a while?

Too many mint cars

[AGIT8D]

The twin turbo VE is his brothers, then there is the green ute and the blue drag ute I think.

[Buckets]

Didn't anybody tell you you're not supposed to post dyno sheets in your build threads?

Why the fuck not?

Nice car BTW, V8 + blower whine FTW.

[Tre-Cool]

Is this the charger off your ute? If so what is happening to that? And is this the ve that was TT for a while?

Too many mint cars

yeah same charger i had on my ute at the wcc barb's day. basically same engine combo, but this one is making more power.

the ute has been sitting in the back yard minus gearbox/engine since the track day, due to broken gearbox. that is all fixed/upgraded but im going to build a new engine for it prior to cannonball.

have all the parts for a 410 stroker, but i have pretty much sold it to my dad now for his drag car.

so looking at buying an lsx 410 or 427 direct from the us and then put the 2300 harrop on top of that.

[F6Hoon]

Impressive mate.... To much ke$h :)

[Passage GT]

awesome car dude, best of all worlds lol, tell greg to get the same setup already!

[VS50WA]

yeah same charger i had on my ute at the wcc barb's day. basically same engine combo, but this one is making more power.

the ute has been sitting in the back yard minus gearbox/engine since the track day, due to broken gearbox. that is all fixed/upgraded but im going to build a new engine for it prior to cannonball.

have all the parts for a 410 stroker, but i have pretty much sold it to my dad now for his drag car.

so looking at buying an lsx 410 or 427 direct from the us and then put the 2300 harrop on top of that.

Thought about the Whipple Superchargers? I reckon a 2.9 to 3.3 would be more suited to the larger capacity motor. Not to mention you will be running the whipple in a more efficient part of there boost to airflow curve then the smaller eaton.

[Tre-Cool]

yeah, im keen to go a 3.3 whipple, but i allready have the 2300 sitting in a box.

i might be able to sell to my brother for his ve, so ya never know.

[jesse-92]

Love this car fuck its quick good on ya sounded awsum last night

[Tre-Cool]

Update time:

On a cruise a month back i broke the ringland on piston 8 from the freezing cold air (i hadnt compensated too much in the tune for cold weather, due to tuning in summer). end result was some pushed water and plenty of blow by from the pcv.

stripped the motor down to find bits of the ring lands on cyclinder 6 & 8 missing. i allready knew something was a miss with cyclinder 6 for a few months before the track day, but it wasn't going to prevent me from having some fun.

After stripping down the motor and finding what looked like no physical damage to the heads or on the bores, I'd thought i was going to get by with a cheap rebuild with some forged pistons.

So the block, crank and parts were delivered to SQP for machining for some new pistons/assembly work.

Sadly it turns out that after some cleaning up of the bore in cyclinder 8 a slight crack was detected in the steel liner. (ally block's have pressed in steel liners)

So only natural thing to do is upgrade to a new LS3 block for 6.2lt's while sticking with the current cam.

New engine should be ready in 2 weeks, so im taking the time to put a trans cooler in for the auto & trying to get a deal on new bigger blower. Though if the latter falls through i will take the 2.3lt blower i have in a box and put that on in place of the smaller/older 2lt model.

Then it's a count down to when the auto gives in.

[Rhys]

how that auto is still alive is beyond me

[thommo]

Id say its bad to hear about the extra damage with the block but youve turned it around to be a very positive outcome

What sort of power are you expecting to produce with the new setup ?

[Miggy]

Wayyyyyyyyyy to much cash :D

Love your work btw.

[n1ghth4wk]

Keen to hear that thing when it's out on the road again. Nothing beats that cam :D

[Risk10k]

how that auto is still alive is beyond me

It IS treated gingerly. Its treated like all gingers should be treated.

[DanWA]

its like running a na 5spd behind a r31/vl turbo

if you actually know how to drive, they are fine




Loving the new plans mate!

[Rhys]

there is nothing tame about the way dave drives the car AT ALL :)

[Tre-Cool]

i forgot to mention when the engine gave out, i still chopped ross. lol. though i think he was running on lower boost than normal that night.

i dont think im rich in anyway, im just a boring guy who doesnt drink/smoke and rarely goes out. i also have no kids running around the place.

[Risk10k]

i dont think im rich in anyway, im just a boring guy who doesnt drink/smoke and rarely goes out. i also have no kids running around the place.

Aaand your not married. Kids cost fucking nothing until teen years. I'm in the same boat as you, but maaaaaaaaaaaaarried.

http://www.80stees.com/images/products/Al_Bundy3.jpg

[Tre-Cool]

update time:

I'm in the process of putting the car back togethor again, so it should be running sometime over the weekend, early next week.

so far the new 6.2lt LS3 motor is in along with the auto, waterpump and all accessories are on too.

Motor specs:
pretty much the same as the old factory 6lt motor except for an upgrade to some larger dual valve springs
Forged pistons obviously
stock crank/rods with upgraded ARP bolts
ARP Main & Head studs
same cam
new timing chain (was allready double row)
new oil pump, gaskets and shit
newer ls3 heads swapped for my old ones for zilch
that should just about cover it.

Engine built by John from SQP in maddington

Over the weekend I drained the fluid out of the auto and put in a new filter (after getting a new one from amcap, then when going to install it find it was for a different gearbox) and new dexron 6 fluid as it was passed the 100k km service interval for the trans.
http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/engine%20rebuild/IMG_0275.JPG
Decided i should put a rather large dual pass cooler in for the auto at the same time which should arrive friday morning at work from adelaide.
http://www.aseturbo.com/images/uploads/Oil%20coolers/oil-cooler-dual-pass.jpg
So i'll make up a bracket for it on the weekend along with the power steering cooler.

tonight i swapped the injectors & cooling hoses from the old hh122 (2lt) blower to the larger htv2300 (2.3lt) blower and put it on top of the motor.

I've been pretty slack in taking pictures, coz well once you've seen a ve engine bay with a blower on it, there all kinda the same.

However, im running some LS9 valve covers which allows me to mount the coil packs directly to the covers without the steel bracket they normally have. This should help tidy up the engine bay somewhat.

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/engine%20rebuild/IMG_0274.JPG

once i get back on the road and run in, i'll hit the dyno and see if can crack the 600rwhp mark. if the the auto holds on that is.

[Miggy]

FARRKKK!!!!! Now that's a trans cooler!

[Mistikal]

Coming along swell :)

[AGIT8D]

Did John pimp up the LS3 heads too?

Same cam?

[Tre-Cool]

stock ls3 heads, no real need for porting with the blower going on top.

apparently he deals with a guy on the east coast that build motors for the pro utes and they can only run specific part number on the motors, so thats why i got upgraded to the later model part number.

cam is still the 224/228

[4A10SHN]

did you say tidy up?

[AGIT8D]

stock ls3 heads, no real need for porting with the blower going on top.

apparently he deals with a guy on the east coast that build motors for the pro utes and they can only run specific part number on the motors, so thats why i got upgraded to the later model part number.

cam is still the 224/228

Any idea what the part number that they need is? I'm keen for new heads!

[Tre-Cool]

did you say tidy up?
fark no. function over form bro.

no shiny stuff needed on this one.

[Turbo2.6L]

fark no. function over form bro.

no shiny stuff needed on this one.

Very much like!

[Tre-Cool]

in saying that though, i'll probably need to get you to make a catch can setup for me. though there wont me much room to put it anywhere once it's all back togethor.

[Turbo2.6L]

What do you have in place of the old airbox & what's sitting in the original battery location? Easy enough to relocate battery if you haven't already, & there's plenty of room between rad & quarter panel for a decent sized catch-can.

[RELEASE]

What do you have in place of the old airbox & what's sitting in the original battery location? Easy enough to relocate battery if you haven't already, & there's plenty of room between rad & quarter panel for a decent sized catch-can.original battery location on VE is in the boot from factory

[Turbo2.6L]

So what sits behind each headlight when an OTR is installed, deleting factory airbox?

[RELEASE]

factory air box on passenger side comes clean out with a gapping hole and drivers side there is the main fuse box/wiring harness and coolant neck

[Tre-Cool]

and on the blower setup like mine, you get a replacement washer bottle which pretty much fills in the hole of the original airbox.

http://www.vcmstore.com.au/WebRoot/ecshared01/Shops/vcmperformance/4C61/E77A/A8BD/E861/8AAC/C0A8/D240/88A2/VE_HH_Left.jpg

[Turbo2.6L]

Factory airbox location for catch-can then Dave? Or is that where you mounted the flux capacitor??

Edit: make up bracket to mount of Brake Booster mounting points??

[Tre-Cool]

this is a better picture of what it will look like tonight.
http://www.vcmstore.com.au/WebRoot/ecshared01/Shops/vcmperformance/4C80/68A6/DA46/7A44/5044/C0A8/D240/51EF/Heath_with_blower_OTR4.jpg

[Bomber]

Swwwweeeeeeett

[AGIT8D]

That last engine bay looks nice and tidy, which is surprising considering the amount of shit in there.

[Tre-Cool]

im going to see josh in the morning, so we shall see where we can fit a catch can or 2.

should be a good maiden run down to mandurah through the back roads.

[Mistikal]

this is a better picture of what it will look like tonight.


Difference being yours won't be that clean :p

[Tre-Cool]

lol. so true

[RELEASE]

why not run an ASE catch can like mine? doesnt seem like on the pics the spot it goes in is taken up by the blower stuff

[Rhys]

good to see the shitter getting put back together :p, should i place a bet on how long the auto is going to survive now :D

[AGIT8D]

im going to see josh in the morning, so we shall see where we can fit a catch can or 2.

should be a good maiden run down to mandurah through the back roads.

Back roads!? Which back roads?

[Tre-Cool]

why not run an ASE catch can like mine? doesnt seem like on the pics the spot it goes in is taken up by the blower stuff

doesnt have enough vacuam ports.

I'm likely to plumb this back into the blower this time round, i was always getting a smell of oil when coming to a stop with the vented catch can.

[RELEASE]

not sure about the vacumn ports part but mine doesnt vent to air. its sealed and plumbed back into my OTR

[Tre-Cool]

ah, i thought you had the vented one, which only has inputs for 2 hoses.

plus while i paid top $$ for the oil coolers, $270 for a catch can is fucking crazy. http://www.aseturbo.com/HEADER-TANKS-CATCH-CANS/OIL-CATCH-CANS/CATCH-CAN-KIT-VE/prod_148.html

[RELEASE]

the one on the link looks nothing like mine :S

i had mine powdercoated black by them before they sent it to me. cant remember cost as it was 3 years ago now i got it.
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k37/Deano_22/EXCESSV/other/IMG_3977s.jpg
http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k37/Deano_22/EXCESSV/2008/IMG_4064.jpg

if you want something cheaper then look elsewhere

[Tre-Cool]

better seeing it on. i was thinking they were mounting it off the head. from the looks of that they are using the 13mm bolt next to the fuse box to hold it?

the vcm otr also has the hole for the hose on the other side to yours.

did you put a t-peice on the line going to the bottle or are you running a single hose from either the valley plate or rocker cover? coz im going to be pulling/sucking from both rocker covers and the pcv in the valley plate.

also looks like my trip is getting an extension down to bunbury to pick up some leather seat covers for my brothers SS.

[RELEASE]

yep mounts on the bolt that holds the fuse box down. nut off, slid catch can on, nut on :)

you can see from the pic, its coming from the metal fitting on the valley plate. no t piece

its a huge catch can too...would be surprised if it holds close to 1L!!

[Token]

fark that engine bay looks good.

pretty sure i've seen this down guildford road once or twice.

[colt75]

looks like a pretty solid build dude!

any reason why you went harrop instead of magnuson blower? (dude at SQP said he really onlys fits/supplies the magnusons cos they get real good results with them)

[Tre-Cool]

i've had the htv2300 in a box in the shed for over 6 months as it's "supposed" to go on the 410 im building for my vy ute. it may still make it's way onto it, but for now i'll give it some use on the VE.

I was originally trying to sell the hh122 kit to then buy an mp2300 kit, but the 122 didnt sell, so it was just a matter of swapping the injectors over, replacing the coolant hoses, front pulley & then the front snout.

Well i called it a night at 11:50pm.

The car runs, took 2 starts before it settled to an idle, neighbors probably dont love me after having it idle and revved after 10:30pm while i checked the trans fluid level & for fluid leaks (yay for none), but fuck em. pingpingpingpings always have parties and music played loud, they can listen to my v8 symphony.

In no particular order, here are some pics.

Had to to some minor cutting to the front bumper to fit the trans cooler in. Not much room to play with because of the water pump for the supercharger intercooler.
http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/engine%20rebuild/IMG_0276.JPG

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/engine%20rebuild/IMG_0277.JPG

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/engine%20rebuild/IMG_0278.JPG

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/engine%20rebuild/IMG_0279.JPG

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/engine%20rebuild/IMG_0281.JPG

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/engine%20rebuild/IMG_0282.JPG

I don't think i'll be having any issues with heat for the transmission anymore. haha, the cooler is fucking huge!

[F6Hoon]

Looks tough as mate, road tuning the cruise stuff tomorro then???

[Tre-Cool]

just got home from bunbury, was looking good till about an hour ago when i lost oil pressure 20km's from home. looking to be faulty oil pressure sensor as the engine is smooth and quite.

Gave the old man a call to come pick me up with a trailer, drove it on to trailer, still dead quite. no klack klack sounds like they make when they really have lost oil pressure.

I did reuse an existing sensor, so hopefully that's it.

also need to get a larger blower pulley as it's making near on 14psi by 3500rpm.

Josh did the power steering cooler bracket for me aswell.

http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/engine%20rebuild/IMG00061-20110716-1309.jpg

[Tre-Cool]

started car up this morning, oil pressure guage on dash came straight up.

fucking thing, knew it wasnt mechanical related, but stopped just to be sure.

i'll check wiring today, but as it's a pingpingpingping of a job to replace the sensor (behind the blower) i'll leave it for now, but i'll pick up a new sensor just incase.

[colt75]

yeah hopefully its a faulty sensor.

just curious as to how difficult it was to fit that htv2300?

[Tre-Cool]

about as hard as undoing 9~10 bolts on the factory manifold, putting the new blower one on.

the rest is relativily straight forward to install.

[RICEY]

haha that would be a bastard to change with the blower in the way.

My engine needs twin screw love so bad sigh

[Risk10k]

haha that would be a bastard to change with the blower in the way.

My engine needs twin screw love so bad sigh

DO IT you sexy trade certificate holding man you.

[RICEY]

Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[Tre-Cool]

harrop say the htv series is quieter than the older HH series.

i say bullshit, the blower is not stealth anymore atleast not with the ribbed belts. but i had them on the older one too and it was much quieter.

[RICEY]

Fuck stealth I love that blower whine.

[AGIT8D]

I had never envisaged how much of a pingpingpingping it would be to replace the oil pressure sensor with a top mount on.. Fuck that.

[Tre-Cool]

under load the whine is awesome. but just cruising around you can hear it also.

sounds similar to the vortech blowers, but this might be because it's being driven so fast from the pulleys.

i need to order a larger pulley to under drive it.

[AGIT8D]

Josh said it was loud as fuck, which is good. The main deterrent for me ever considering a top mount was the fact that they were trying to make them super stealthy so you didn't know the car had one. No point having a blower if you can't hear it whining from idle!

[PSI 304]

^^WHS!

[colt75]

blower whine is definitely a perk imo.

music to my ears!

[Tre-Cool]

car is back up and running again, it appears that in my excitement of getting the car back up and running and with the bigger blower, the squirt i gave the car shortly before it died last weekend was the result of some detonation killing some of the conrod, mains bearings.

i under estimated the larger capacity blower and ended up putting around 14psi of boost into the motor relativily early in the rpm range and while i took a fair chunk of timing out of the original tune for the run-in it was obviously still too much.

end result was engine out for a strip down of the bottom end, with it turned around within a day.

Talk about Service!

Because of the increase in boost, im going to go back to the hh122 blower because the htv2300 would require me to change the harmonic balancer to drop it down, plus the 2300 is way too noisy at cruising speeds. @ 2000rpm it has a real loud harmonic whine from the gilmer gears. Nothing like the old 122.

[Turbo2.6L]

Soft!
Put new balancer on & leave the 2300 on :D

[Tre-Cool]

yeah i know. but i still need a bigger blower for the 410ci motor that is going back in the vy ute. so it all works out in the end.

I just read that bp thread too, so hmm...

[PSI 304]

Well thats a shame to hear dude! Glad to hear its back to all go again. In regards to the blower, if the VY can use it then maybe its good to stick with the devil you know and bolt the HH122 back on there. 14psi of HTV2300 goodness would have been nice if it held together though lol.

[Daisy]

get your shit together and leave the 2300 on, need to milage on the combo before heading to cannonball.

[AGIT8D]

Give me the 2.3, keen to ruin my bottom end too! :D

[Tre-Cool]

wasnt planning on taking the ve to cannonball.

the vy motor is being built for big boost. mid 9 compression. big bore pistons, short stroke.

[Turbo2.6L]

... need to milage on the combo before heading to cannonball.

Like the 4094 turbs kit you'll be running at Cannonb... Wait a minute :p

[Daisy]

Lick my arse you midget kunt.

its just a matter of time and it will be on.

[Daisy]

wasnt planning on taking the ve to cannonball.

the vy motor is being built for big boost. mid 9 compression. big bore pistons, short stroke.

so what are you planning on taking then?

[Tre-Cool]

the uterus of course.

want to carry spares and extra fuel.

Wanna be able to smoke a set of tyres at the race track too.

too scared i'll smoke the auto

[Turbo2.6L]

Lick my arse you midget kunt.

its just a matter of time and it will be on.

I thought we had something special :(

[Tre-Cool]

So as the engine for my ute doesnt look like it's going to be finished for a while & definetly not in time for the cannonball, mainly due to lack of $$$. I put the bigger blower back on the VE on sunday. Only a 2hr job from start to finish, including swapping intake and injectors over.

Another reason for doing so is i had the car on the dyno saturday morning and ran up a measly 480rwhp (started at 430). i'll be honest and say i have been running this motor richer & with less timing than the old 6Lt motor but the Air intake temps are attrocious. (suspect the big trans cooler is not helping things here, so im going to look at changing & relocating the trans cooler)

start a run with 60c and by the end it's at 82c and that's on shootout 8f, so not exactly a slow ramp rate. on the road though you don't really notice the difference as it makes like 400rwhp from 3.3k rpm peakes at about 5k and holds flat till 7k.

On friday i ordered the "beauty covers" to clean up the sides of the otr in the engine bay.
http://www.vcmstore.com.au/WebRoot/ecshared01/Shops/vcmperformance/4D64/98D2/ECF7/1367/7AE9/C0A8/D241/B911/1.jpg

also ordered a slightly larger 85mm pulley for the blower, but i might get away with the current 80mm. doesnt seem to be making as much boost now that it's run in, noticed on a quick blast last night the blower made 85kpa (12.3psi) at 4400rpm then started to fade away by 5500 to 78kpa. mind you i was only going 95% throttle due to a fucked front tire needing replacement and didnt want to go too fast incase it blew out on me.

also got another 20ltres of methanol for the water/meth injection on the weekend for some added octane when required :-)

will book in for some dyno time in the next few weeks, i want to get atleast 580rwhp from it with out switching the methonal on.

[Tre-Cool]

http://youtu.be/5uA8MZ4Hp50

Small video i recorded this arvo of what the bigger blower sounds like driving sedately.

[kurbn]

that sounds great, looks like effortless power

[eScoRt20]

indicator louder than engine? DISLIKE!!!!

[thrtytwo]

sounds great, haha as soon as the vid started up I recognised that little round about. And I live no where near there :S only been through it a couple times

[Token]

Love the infil panels. Dam phone didnt load the video :(

[Tre-Cool]

well it was bound to happen and as it happens the day i planned to take it to the strip to see if it could run a 10. the auto has finally started to call it quits.

on the way to work this morning i noticed that once it was in 6th gear as you tried to accellerate the revs would go up as if the converter had unlocked, i then switched over to manual mode and it was doing the same in 5th gear, tried 4th and it seemed okay.

then on the way home tonight it started doing it in 3rd and 4th at about 50% throttle. pulled over and changed the tune so that the converter stayed unlocked incase it's the converter that is fucked.

gave it some throttle and as you get into it, it would rev up as if hitting neutral, so i'd say she is fucked.

so, now on the hunt for another stockie for the short term and will rebuild this one to hold atleast 600rwhp.
total km's 131,987km;'s.

[1JZVL]

132,000km

holy fuck not bad! Some people don't even drive a car that many km's.

Gotta be happy with that :)

[Tre-Cool]

Just picked up a 25k km 08 model box from a written off hsv thanks to wallisten wreckers for $1500

so that's a job for the weekend.

[esky]

I love calling that joint up.

[Turbo2.6L]

"Got a tailshaft for an '03 falcon ute?"... "Na, mate, we just cut them off"
"Ok, got a gearbox crossmember for same car?"... "Na mate, we just cut them off too"
"Ok, got a set of front/rear struts then?"... "Na mate, we just cut them off"
etc etc etc
"WHAT DON'T YOU pingpingpingpingS CUT UP WHEN REMOVING THEN??" *hangs up*

Fuuuuuuuuu!
Worst wrecker ever, run by the biggest hillbily fucks around.

[Tre-Cool]

lol

there was 2 youngish guys there today, well around my age atleast. i rang up this morning and said
"im looking for a 6l80e gearbox"
"what's that?"
"6 speed auto from ve commodore"
"oh, yeah we got 2 of them"
i then asked for model numbers on the box as there are different years, they had a 7cva which is what my current box is and an 8cva (mainly means the year it was made) so i opted for the 8 as it should also have some seal fix that gm had to do to stop shift flaring from 2nd to 3rd.

[Brett_J]

Pretty sure I saw/heard you from a distance roll by Rifo's tuesday night. So angry sounding

[vnformula]

Get that hub sorted out?

[Tre-Cool]

it was the wheel balance. wasnt done as a 9.5" rim only 8.5

[Tocchi]

^^ gotta hate the inconvience of that, but much easier solution :)

[ForgedV6]

"Got a tailshaft for an '03 falcon ute?"... "Na, mate, we just cut them off"
"Ok, got a gearbox crossmember for same car?"... "Na mate, we just cut them off too"
"Ok, got a set of front/rear struts then?"... "Na mate, we just cut them off"
etc etc etc
"WHAT DON'T YOU pingpingpingpingS CUT UP WHEN REMOVING THEN??" *hangs up*

Fuuuuuuuuu!
Worst wrecker ever, run by the biggest hillbily fucks around.

Hahahah i scored my Super6 engine, g/box and bunch of other shit from them. When i went up to see the engine i bought running the owner John leaned over to give it a rev at the throttle body and his 'Gandalf' style beard came within mm of the supercharger pulley. I grabbed his beard to get it out of the way! Never heard someone say fuck so much!

Tre-Cool was that you at the BYE dyno day almost launch off the dyno? Filthiest car there without a doubt! Hahahahaha. I was the dude moving the dyno fan in front of cars.

[Risk10k]

It was washed the other day, SOOOO clean, not one swirl mark in sight!

[Tre-Cool]

yeah, nothing some dish washing liquid and sponge cant fix.

yes, was my car at the bye dyno day.

i think the 6 or so runs in the 580mark and runs on the street are what killed ze box.

[vnformula]

Bring it back down tonight for a re run Justin has got a small dyno night happening. $50 each i think

[Tre-Cool]

think im gonna keep off the dyno's for a bit once i get the new box in. atleast until i get my ute running again and i have a spare car to use. I dont think my dad wants me driving his SS to work all the time.
lol

[Tre-Cool]

while im updating threads figured i should do this one too.

after putting in the new auto last year i took the car to the drags on the 7-12-11 and ran a couple of 11.2's @ 129mph havent been back to the drags with it since as i started a new job and have been away.


http://youtu.be/jldLEhJSqxo

as mentioned in other threads i copped a yellow sticker about a 3 weeks ago for a cracked window & blower, so im in the process of getting the sticker removed and then getting brakes/blower/cam/exhaust etc permitted. for that i have got new extractors/cats & mufflers to quiten the car down el sleeper spec.

all the exhaust parts arrived today but im still waiting on some new dba rotors for the rear as i've had no hand brake working since i did the rear 4 piston brembo upgrade. (who needs a hand brake in an auto?)

have also removed the twin turbo kit from my brother's ve and put my old hh122 on his and he will get my old extractors too.

[Turbo2.6L]

What combo was in this when it ran the 11.2's Dave? 6.2L & larger blower, right??

[Passage GT]

have also removed the twin turbo kit from my brother's ve and put my old hh122 on his and he will get my old extractors too.

twin turbo kit onto his new clubby?

[Tre-Cool]

Yes to Dean, not a chance for the new clubby.

[Tre-Cool]

So Car is now legal with all mods, thanks to dpi engineering approval.

Since then Josh @ Metalcraft has been working on making a new water tank for the blower. Standard has about 500ml's new ones is around 10lt's, and has large enough opening to drop ice into it. :)
http://vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/ve-tank-top.jpg
http://vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/ve-tank-btm.jpg
It's going to be powdercoated black along with an additional water/meth tank Josh is still to make for me.

Also put in an E3 dash
http://vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/ve-dash.jpg

once i get my dyno setup at home, i'll be playing around with the tune to optimise it for the ice setup and see if i can run some 10's on street rubber.

[Passage GT]

dyno at home, pretty normal lol
awesome stuff dude

[[FL0SSIN]]

E3 dash plug and play?

[RICEY]

Negative.

[yeahlow34]

Fuck, how much effort to install the E3 dash??
Imagine some serious $$$ involved.

[Tre-Cool]

baught e3 dash from ebay. sent to a mate over in sydney, he hacks eeprom, i plug in and all done.

even if you buy a 2nd hand one from a wreck, he can reset the odo to match. i didnt care on mine so started from zero again.

[Tre-Cool]

So been a bit of time between updates. So i'll try to summerize the last 12 months.

Raced at the motorplex a few times during previous fifo job, highlights in no particular order or accuracy. (video's on youtube, feel free to look)

Ran 10.6 @ 134+ on 20" street tires
Raced at Racewars, no break downs or problems.
Ran multiple 10.2's on slicks at motorplex

Changed to Id1000 injectors for e85, fuel system no good with pressure dropping off over 5k rpm, so currently re-doing fuel system with a surge tank for more powers on e85.

For this i have removed the regulator from my internal tank module (allready an upgraded one) so now both walbro 255's will feed into an aeromotive filter in -10, then -10 into surge tank in the boot and from there go into twin 044's via -10, from there they pump out in -8 to another aeromotive filter in/out -10 (via y-peice reducer) into a bulkhead connector. from that bulkhead it will feed a -8 line to the fuel rails at the front.

Then to a turbosmart fps1200, return line will go through my flex sensor then back down the factory rail which connects to a y-piece that also has the main feed line to the surge tank.
http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/VE-Fuel-stuff.jpg
http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/VE-Boot-Surge-Lines.jpg
http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/VE-Tank-module.jpg

Return from surge tank back to main tank module is done via -6 line.

Also finally got matching rear rims for drag slicks that i try'd to order in December last year, They are an alloy 17x9.5" rim for my 28x10" slick and JUST clear my 355mm & 4 piston brembo's.
http://www.vyssute.com/downloads/VESS/VE-Rear-Slicks.jpg

Aim is to run a 9 second pass on the factory 6l80 auto. I know the motor/gearbox will do it if i put it in the stripped out VE im building due to weight advantage but keen to say yeah. i have a 9sec street car. :D

[Tre-Cool]

Update to old thread. mainly for historical use.

Car nearly achieved it's 9 second goal, with a 10.009 @ 137mph, before my radiator developed a cracked that night and called an end to my racing. Never took it back before deciding to sell the car and take all the goodies out.

Video of the run.

http://youtu.be/Oz8IE2P-qF8

Car was sold October 2014