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On 21/07/2022 at 5:24 PM, Kinkstaah said:

That reminds me, why did I use all of the ports on the valve covers when I could neaten it and just use the PCV like you have done.

Cause.. flow? Ugh. Looks nice man. Much nicer than mine!

I asked about this when Autotech put the blower on, this is the way Harrop has the installation, the drivers rear breather is plugged, the passenger rear breather goes to a PCV valve then the intake, the front drivers fresh air is still there plumbed in to the intake as well

I asked about if it would restrict the flow, both Harrop and Autotech said it was fine and a single 3/8" line is more than enough, because thats what it basically has stock, well, my rear main is still where it is meant to be, and the dip stick stays in its tube

The standard valve cover vents go from 2 x 3/8 to 1 x 3/8 line with a PCV valve  into the TB

On 21/07/2022 at 6:59 PM, Ben C34 said:

Why are you so worried about heat man?

It's not like they burst into flames. It is like 20yrs old and hasn't burnt down yet.

Because I'm bored and want to play around, plus they have heat shields standard

I assume an engineer smarter than me thought it was a good idea, and it got past the people holding the purse strings, so they thought it was necessary as well 

I asked myself "why do OEM exhaust manifolds all have heat sheild, and why does nearly every modified car doesn't have one"

My conclusion for OEM was the smarter than me engineer senario above

For the modified cars, my conclusion was it doesn't add HP for the money and time, so alot people don't bother, until they melt wiring or other stuff

Meh, I've got a heap of the sheilding for a few attempts, worse case senario is I hate it and start looking at V4.0, or, some other random thing that the voices in my head think is a good idea.........

(I wonder what a 4" exhaust would sound like compared to the current 3.5" single ?????)

 

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On 7/21/2022 at 8:09 PM, The Bogan said:

I asked about this when Autotech put the blower on, this is the way Harrop has the installation, the drivers rear breather is plugged, the passenger rear breather goes to a PCV valve then the intake, the front drivers fresh air is still there plumbed in to the intake as well

I asked about if it would restrict the flow, both Harrop and Autotech said it was fine and a single 3/8" line is more than enough, because thats what it basically has stock, well, my rear main is still where it is meant to be, and the dip stick stays in its tube

The standard valve cover vents go from 2 x 3/8 to 1 x 3/8 line with a PCV valve  into the TB

 

The earlier LS1's do that, the newer ones (like mine) have the PCV valve in the valley cover, so the only hose they have stock is the under-valley one to the intake manifold.

My one came with a nightmare combination of both vents and a newer PCV. You need to have the one from the throttle body on. I plugged it and exploded my dipstick at the track N/A because I was thinking boost land with a one way valve. Well it turns out crankcase pressure when it builds vents in the other direction into the intake manifold, so it's both fresh air and a vent. So don't mess with that one lol.

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Found my next pointless mod

Purchased a RU-3130 for $50 with a 3.5" flange, LOL, I said flange.... >s-l400.thumb.jpg.eb2ca6d47f73db04ffae08b68a874e65.jpg

Plus some composite sheet and pinchweld to look like >

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Why, maybe more induction noise, and a day of making templates, drinking beer and possibly even some wrinkle coat paint splashed about

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On 23/07/2022 at 12:31 AM, Dose Pipe Sutututu said:

Maybe you should buy Lego, same feeling, less money lol

Have you ever stepped on Lego?

That stuff is dangerous and I won't have it anywhere near me

Plus cars and motorbikes are like Meccano and Lego for adults 

Going to WSID tonight with the boy for some passenger runs

Not going for gold, I'm going to leave easy with some minor mechanical sympathy 

In other news, I have the local tilt tray guys number on speed dial 🤣

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On 27/07/2022 at 8:09 PM, Ben C34 said:

Nice, are you stalling it up or just mashing the pedal?

Often people stall it up and it hinders more than helps. Just mash it and see what happens.

Just mashing and pedalling it

I've still haven't had the RaceTCS fitted yet though, once that is installed it should knock some time off my 60'

Even 2 seconds flat on the 60' should get me into the 11's I'm thinking

The big old girl feels really good

Drag radials will change it, I mean if the 60ft becomes 1.8 you'll be down into the very low 11's to boot.

Then again after you have the slip in your hand you now have extra rims and tyres to stare at going "Ah yeah... cool, now what"

So may as well just do the math and be satisfied 😛

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On 28/07/2022 at 9:05 AM, Kinkstaah said:

Drag radials will change it, I mean if the 60ft becomes 1.8 you'll be down into the very low 11's to boot.

Then again after you have the slip in your hand you now have extra rims and tyres to stare at going "Ah yeah... cool, now what"

So may as well just do the math and be satisfied 😛

I'm really happy with the car as it stands, the MPH shows hows that the car is making good power, but with the limiting factor of traction on the dig

I did umm and arr about drag racials, but I cannot really justify purchasing drag radials and rims to get a better ET, which like you said, would just sit a around for most of the time, the old girl was built to be a fun cruiser with some poke, not a drag car

When the RaceTCS gets hooked up I'll have another go and see how that goes IRT improving my traction on launch, my vision is a fast street car than I can drive up and down the coast in, and have a little fun with on the odd occasion, without worrying about needing to swap to drag radials to do it

I am happy to run the R888R rubber on the rear though, so far they are lasting really well, they have run up and down to Goulburn, Canberra, and Coffs Harbour a few times, and are just as good, if not better than the Hankook RS4's in the wet, and they have done alot of driving around in the wet, I'm hoping to get 10-15k km out of a set doing street duties

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Whilst I'm playing around with the car it would be unfair not to play around with the bike

My right heal would get rather toasty sitting next to the exhaust, even though it does have a shield, so, some heat wrap under the sheilding was called for, you cannot even really see it which is nice

I'm riding to Goulburn tomorrow so it should cure well and stop smoking by........ Marulan........

Just need to give the bike a clean, to ensure it rains today, and not tomorrow....

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On 31/07/2022 at 2:17 PM, Duncan said:

My tip is....it's bogan cruise ship, not harley, weather down here at the moment mate

I've got alot of warm bike gear that can deal with the cold, and for the wet I've got good wets and warm waterproof boots

I'll will still be on leave next week, and I'm hoping that after hanging out with the daughter for a few days I'll go for an inland adventure, possibly to Walgett, then along the Gwyder into Grafton then the A1 into Coffs, it's a great ride on the bike

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