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diff bounce (minispool vl)

Started by SLR-L31 · 10 Nov 2006 · 50 replies

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SLR-L31Archived member
well few things ive changed and made it alot beter new pedders comfort ride shocks and i jacked the arse end up which has helped alot. also took it to the drags on the weekend ran a few 8 flats n a few high 7.9's 1/8th mile in full street trim just with slicks, on 14 pound boost, it was a 37 degree day aswell, i tried the hard spring in the back right and the soft spring in the back left and it worked a treat launched alot straiter and was alot easier to steet down the track under power espeically snapping 2nd gear. only mods to car are front mount, head work and cam, still has 3;45 minispool and is a manual on 14 pound, oh and a 044 fuel pump n surge tank, still use a standard t03 and plenum no xf throttle body il post some pics up. nuthing like towing a vlt out to the drags with another vlt. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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1986VLArchived member
get some adjustable upper trailing arms, will help with axle tramp and provide more traction, whiteline and noltec/lovells sell them around $200-$250, they work wonders my pinion/tailshaft flange was hitting the underbody of my VL on launches cutting the chassis out, i got the noltec adjustable upper trailing arms and it stopped the hitting and gave more traction, but i have a tight rebuilt lsd and 4.11 gears
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vltnitronArchived member
good stuff slr. were you getting the narrow minded bogan v8 head boys coming up trying to tell you they'll beat you, before you started. i did at sa's 1/8 mile track. till first run Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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SLR-L31Archived member
yes i noticed underneath my tailshaft has left a few new marks on the tunnel, so u get these arms and adjust the pinion down more so it dont hit? vlnitron haha yeah i even had 1 bloke with a 308 on nos red light on me he was that keen to win haha i still got him buy a few cars over the line, i was the quickest street regersted car out there alday there were a few commies but they were all pullin mid to high 9's, and the tori on nos was running 8.4's so i was happy with the 8 flats alday considering how hot it is. i just picked up my jspec plenum today so i have all the gear bar computer and injectors. so now i got t04b turbo high rise extractors and external gate. jspec plenum 044 and surge tank as i said some injectors and computer and a tune n should see this baby getting some power oh and some 3:89 diff gears i reckon. it came out lookin pritty good but yeah a few lil mods should get it crackin. buy the way vlnitron ur car is one sick lookin vl, u should come over to the 1/8th mile track 1 day over here and give it a squirt it's always prepped good, and alot of s.a boys come over and have a squirt Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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NASTY1Archived member
so the mtr out of the aero is in the vl with grp a kit?
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SLR-L31Archived member
yep why the other original one is gettin freshend up, then this motor will get pulled out and freshend up to eventually but still going as strong as ever, killer street car nuthing blows wind anear it around here haha.
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NASTY1Archived member
haha true that.got rid of my ss now i have a r33 with a hair dryer on the side of it.best move i ever done just such good power and evan better handling.i can cruise with josh now haha
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SLR-L31Archived member
ah yes r33 are very smooth power this old motor in the vl is abit of a savage power it's ither hardcore sideways all 3 gears or it's nuthing haha it's hard to cruise up to a steady speed it just wants to spool the lil turbo up and take off, bit of a monster with that cam aswell, imliking the auto vlt i have the ****ty white one it's good to cruise in but just looks **** haha.
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NASTY1Archived member
whered you buy it from?the mission at coomie?haha.yer im wraped in the r33 its a bit like ur vl drag car but no cam. by the way whens the next test n tune?
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vltnitronArchived member
your car looks flat out what mine did. how far form adel is mildura. Did anyone get video of you. It was my first time out there but could of gone alot faster. looking forward to going back out early jan. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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SLR-L31Archived member
Quote: Originally Posted by NASTY1 whered you buy it from?the mission at coomie?haha.yer im wraped in the r33 its a bit like ur vl drag car but no cam. by the way whens the next test n tune? haha nah i swaped it for the gemini i had haha, so is ur skyline standard or got abit off boost. next meet is on ither jan or feb next year they have decided yet. Quote: Originally Posted by vltnitron your car looks flat out what mine did. how far form adel is mildura. Did anyone get video of you. It was my first time out there but could of gone alot faster. looking forward to going back out early jan. adel is about 3 and half hours drive 4 if ur a nanna , yeah i did get a vid of it il have to get it up on here somehow. the cars look very similar going down the strip but urs has alot more top end power it really started to move midway through 2nd. Mine gets a good start always round 1.6 1.7 60 foots. few people from adel come over n race though and make a weekend out of it good fun. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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NASTY1Archived member
stock turbo,5spd,10 psi,fmic,bov,same plenum as joshs just a cut n shut one,3 inch.180 rwkw on 10 psi.
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SLR-L31Archived member
180 rwkw will be abit slipery uil have to come and stir some of these skyline drivers up in mildura there all soft haha, ive only had a race with 2 there deadly off the line alot more traction than a vl haha. there was a white r33 at the drags not long ago it was only pulling 9.3's and it was ment to be 200rwkw but i doubt it, all comes down to drivers aswell.
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NASTY1Archived member
yer 1st starts to slip strate away so you pull it into 2nd thinkin youl get traction and it just slips more.i couldnt beleave it how its just lights them up when snaping 2nd at 60-70 kms hr.all good fun.would be more fun on more psi and better turbo.suposed to have a forged mtr but not confirmed yet.am comin to mildura at christmas.
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SLR-L31Archived member
they are very slippery i took my red one out lastnite and was racing a gen3 clubsport off 60 and spun all the way through 2nd right to 110 plus k's haha soon as i got third i took of passed him though left some good marks. i forgot to put a bigger fuse in cause im running an o44 now and melted the *** out of the fuse haha. but yeah the heads cuming off it this week going to get some off those snapped exhaust studs out and see how good the pistons are going as it's been running lean.
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NASTY1Archived member
cool cool. whens the next mildura test n tune a work mate wants to bring his rb30 ute over to test it.
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SLR-L31Archived member
late jan or early feb they reckon but we wont no till next year, but there's ment to be 2 at the start of next year jan, feb and march
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NASTY1Archived member
so thats the test n tune or racing?
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1986VLArchived member
SLR-L31: yea it does tilt down the pinion angle, when u set it right u notice the difference in traction
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SLR-L31Archived member
yeah u can test and tune on a race day anyway they usaually let u aslong as it's not a big meeting u can do wat u like u dont have to race. Quote: Originally Posted by 1986VL SLR-L31: yea it does tilt down the pinion angle, when u set it right u notice the difference in traction yes i heard that people adjust there arms out up to an inch how much do u do it, i mean how much longer are u arms than a standard 1.
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