$8500 2 spend
13 July 2005buy a turbo 6... or better yet a turbo 4, fuels gettin to damn pricey to be runin these v8s these days lol
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1 July 2005hi fellas i'm phil I drive a V8 VL calais, haven't been on the forums a lot this year or on any cruises for that matter, giving the car scene (and my wallet!) a break... concentrating on study
V8 Fuel consumption?
10 June 2005When my VL was running the carb 5L fuel economy was anywhere within 20-24L per 100kms... now EFI its within 15-17L per 100kms (all city driving with quite a bit of booting). Country runs really pull t…
Active manifold
26 May 2005Quote: Originally Posted by mickymac And yes by 300kW, i mean flywheel, as thats all i need, like to keep my licence. [Image in original archive] lol, 300 kws in a VL is still make it hard to keep …
manual
25 May 2005$2000 is ripped for a G, i got mine for $1200... dunno why people love 'em so much they're weaker than the later t-5s... damn needle rollers [Image in original archive]
Active manifold
24 May 2005if you're chasing 300fwkws and you're genna use VN heads i'd go for the torque power d/p and the EFI hardware 1000cfm 4-barrel throttle body... thats what i'm genna use [Image in original archive]
Active manifold
24 May 2005Quote: Originally Posted by wagonshaw hey snowy the guy who owns the walky limos makes his own twin throtts and are based on the come racing ones. not sure if ya new about that or not. probably not…
manual
24 May 2005Quote: Originally Posted by 1815261 Yeah but if i cant find a manual v8 vl i will prolly hav 2 stick with the auto yeah? since you're in QLD i'd just get Mal Wood to make up a conversion kit to mak…
manual
23 May 2005here we go this debate again... [Image in original archive] i'll just say that i'm not a fan of the humble trimatic and leave it there, but does that worry you anyway? you want a manual?
manual
23 May 2005only the walkies and HDTs came in manual... the rest were trimatics, so unless you after a collectors item you'll be up for a manual conversion.
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