Nice car man. Definately something different! If you are going to paint it, keep it the same colour, just go with a freshen up respray. ;0

Quote: Originally Posted by TWO89 Yeah how far do you go. Revving it over 7 grand youll start stretching rod bolts and benting push rods. 7 grand is a huge rev! Agree'd lol. i know guys with 9 second cars (big dollar big blocks in monaros etc) and theyre always fixing something they broke. now a 308...one of my most favourite engines of all time but starting to get to its limits. i think you wouldnt have to much trouble with your current set up but will mostly run into a lot of problems if you keep trying to squeeze more out of it...parts breaking etc. Great run but...im glad someone on this forum has proven you dont need to spend thousands on strokers to run times.

Quote: Originally Posted by atuffvl around 11.5 comp 4.11 boarg warner 4" shortened 8" stars running a trimatic ran on 26 x 10.5 x 15 slick . putting 28 x10.5 x 15 next time ill try get sum picks up during the week Are you running coil overs to fit tyres that size?

your rite if i keep trying to get any more out of it ill only start breaking stuff and hurting it then back to square 1 . theres no coilovers on this car have done a coilover set up on my old calais that had 12's under it but that was with a slite rail modifacation had coilovers squezed under back and a panard mod as well 12's under a calais looked dam tuff but i sold it...

A ex mate of mine, has a stock stroke ,stock Vn headed 308 in his Vk same cam as yours , 4.44 locked salisbury,4500rpm converter/trimatic has run 10.8 at 130mph. Revs to 7500rpm all the time and easily spins over 8000rpm on a misshift, has a harrop single plane Larry perkins race series casties, can't remeber comp, think was 11.5., headstuds, A9L rod's. Best/cheapest/fastest V8 i have seen for a .long time and doesn't it sound awesome, used to give me a fat cheers darren

Quote: Originally Posted by Jet R31 A ex mate of mine, has a stock stroke ,stock Vn headed 308 in his Vk same cam as yours , 4.44 locked salisbury,4500rpm converter/trimatic has run 10.8 at 130mph. Revs to 7500rpm all the time and easily spins over 8000rpm on a misshift, has a harrop single plane Larry perkins race series casties, can't remeber comp, think was 11.5., headstuds, A9L rod's. Best/cheapest/fastest V8 i have seen for a .long time and doesn't it sound awesome, used to give me a fat cheers darren ....how the hell can it do 10s? I had basically all of those things (cam not quite as large) in a car that weighed 1 tonne and went 11.9! I just cant understand how the hell you get a VK down the quarter in that time with that mildish motor?!

now thats some thing id like to see as not even pavtec have achived that or c.o.m.e my mate had a car that....na just toying with you . mate if its possable then id like to see it without GAS or a stroker then thats some thing we would all like to see...................................... Quote: Originally Posted by Jet R31 A ex mate of mine, has a stock stroke ,stock Vn headed 308 in his Vk same cam as yours , 4.44 locked salisbury,4500rpm converter/trimatic has run 10.8 at 130mph. Revs to 7500rpm all the time and easily spins over 8000rpm on a misshift, has a harrop single plane Larry perkins race series casties, can't remeber comp, think was 11.5., headstuds, A9L rod's. Best/cheapest/fastest V8 i have seen for a .long time and doesn't it sound awesome, used to give me a fat cheers darren Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

timbo's old setup ran a 10.80 in his rx4.. standard stroke, vn headed 304.

RX4s are like 400kg less than a VK though.

o yes much lighter car

Funnily enough, my mate who built the engine has built the same combos; but with the 355 stroker crank, and they have only done the same times after much piss farting around, It definitly has no gas. Would a Rx4 be 400kg lighter once you put a big diff in it and a v8, probally not. The vk ran 12.2 at 113mph through the mufflers on 17inch retreads, with the distributor not working probally(wasn't advancing the timing), they fixed that dropped mufflers, fitted slicks, richened it up and it did plenty 11.2's/11.0's s and then busted out a 10, all in the same meet. who knows darren I just remebered his own personal car, with B-cast heads ran 11.0 with a slipping trans in a LJ with the same cam aswell/standard stroke, he is still spewing the Vk beats it, but with the track closed he can't beat the time yet. cheers darren

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my hats off to you man its not a bad effort getting your 308 into the 11s, well done!

i know of plenty of 308/304 set ups that rev past 7 grand. dont have to spend mega bucks on them either just be smart about wat you buy.

i was going to pull apart and re-do cam timing but i cant be bothered it still swings to 7 - 7500 just stops making power at 6000 o well nice and safe ..going to do another exhaust and cruz it untill i get nailed then may be sell motor an build another somthing a little tamer for the street.. thinking of headdin out on that cruz for charity street commodore thang duz any one no where its headded to???

atuffvl: You're on one of the latest fullboost movies doing a small burnout (prob 3 seconds)... looks good!

man i love this car more and more each time i see it!

thanx guys ill have to check it out i was spewing i brought the slicks off ebay same old story you go an pick them up and they wherent quiet what was listed but after the drive to get them and after some heated disscousion i brought them anyway and didnt have much meat had to take it easy on them which sucked . if any one has some reveresed offset iterceptors im after some for burnouts i was going to enter at calder but stockies dont fit. damm short diff

How fast were your 60 foot times?

60 foot's where 1.757 , 1.780 , 1.793 , 1.809 was a little flat out of the hole but not bad