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Totally agree. I use cash wherever possible...getting hard tho...I've had businesses give me filthy looks when I've pulled out a wad of cash to pay for something...they'd rather I use bank transfer/EFT as it saves them going to the bank. NZ is on its way to going full cashless...the Govt doesn't...

Please do. Trying to figure that one out makes my head feel silly

It'll def last til next year if you don't try to hit 7k rpm/break it again

^^ this.

So does yours..love that colour. I used the same shocks front and rear so that when I load up the car with fuel and luggage/people I don't get a sagging arse ;)

SSL all round..on 20s. No scraping.

Biting my tongue re how to make money fast..

Very interesting indeed...something to watch

Torque wrench, or torque wrenches are a vital piece of kit if you work on your car. I'd be checking the torque/tightness of the new bolts you put in...

I've got a lowish diffuser under the utes arse. The fins hang down a decent amount so I'm equally cautious nose in or nose out. I've been really lucky actually..I've got the splitter/skirts/diffuser thing going on and the curbs around blenheim are just the right height to go under the splitter...

Absolutely agree re regulation. If it is a form of currency it needs to be regulated to keep things as honest as possible. Im not a crypto guy.. I have actually been looking into it lately though. I'm thinking it's not a good time to put my money in the pot right now lol... Could be a great...

That's odd. FE2 isn't as low as FE3 so should be miles off scraping anything. Are you sure it's not just 'bumper sag'? lol Seriously tho..you shouldn't be scraping the front bar..is your splash guard/bar support still fitted under the front end? ( haven't owned a VE but im assuming they have...

My VF ute has FE3 now and could go a lot lower...it rides fairly high ( handles awesome though ) My VF2 had FE3 but I've lowered it since. FE3 isn't particularly low.. your judder bars must be fkn huge over there..or your car has been lowered at some point

If you like it and it'll make you smile every time you get in buy it. Life's short. Enjoy it in as many ways as you can. My 2c

LED output is more accurately measured in lux. Incandescent and Flourescents are generally measured in lumens ..which is light visible to the eye...lumens for humans. LEDs often include light frequencies outside of our ability to see them and have a greater light output than lumen will indicate...

Penrite 10/Tenths 5W30 (cammed) ls3

Had a similar issue a few years back. Holden dealer did the work.. car was pretty much undriveable when they gave it back. They denied all responsibility of course..said it was normal, said the car did that when they got it etc..lots of bullshit basically. They had my car for 9 wks total ( i...

No the remote terminal on the inner guard by the airbox.

Sorry I meant inner guard not firewall ( passenger side lol ) where it mounts in place of the factory airbox. It doesn't affect the CAI at all..you just get codes from a bad earth.

Gave the ute a wash and wax...It doesn't get cleaned as often as it should. Comes up real nice with a bit of love.

This may or may not be helpful. I fitted a growler CAI to my VF LFX ute. Started getting codes straight away. Spoke to the guys I bought it off..no need for a tune they say. In my case ( and apparently very common issue ) the ground bolt on the drivers side firewall that goes through the CAI...

I think you are onto something there bruv..

Yeah well I'm not peddling anything fella..sounds like maybe you are though? Each to their own eh?

Del

I second Losh' suggestion. Just park it up and forget about it for a bit. Don't make decisions when you're not thinking clearly..chances are you'll make bad choices. You can always sell it in a few months if you still feel the same about it..but once it's gone it's gone. Mental health...

The eternal question....what's my car worth?

Yeah..its not just snapped springs tho..at that speed you're risking valve bounce/float and the heat produced softens the springs ( if it doesn't break them ) meaning they don't do what they are sposed to. The springs usually fail before the lifters so if you wreck both ( lifters and springs )...

..someone else's V8 going kerboom revving it's tits off*

Agree..max torque should be in the 4000s somewhere. Mine is max torque at 4400 and max kw at 6200. Can't see why you would want to exceed that..better to change gear before then and stay closer to your max torque range ( imo )

No...its not 6600. I accidentally over-revd to 7k on a bungled downshift and it cost me a set of springs, lifters and ultimately a cam as a lifter stuck. Here is a pic of my '16 Redline's redline...6000. ( 6 spd manual ) GM specs I read online somewhere said 6500 was max before damage was...

Wow...ok..yeah nah lol..I think you'll find 6500 is the absolute max before the motor shits itself...thats already well into the redline. Maybe that's the problem mate.. pushing it to achieve something it isn't made to handle?

I think you are most likely correct. From the reading I have done ( motoring magazines etc ) it appears that the NZ cars were higher specc'd than the aussie sold cars..we don't like the full budget banger cars here. I've seen you guys referring to the SV8 as a 'V8 powered Exec (poverty...

Ummm..what's the redline on your car? Mine would be pretty unhappy if I rev'd her above 6500 too I'd say... can't confirm that tho as I don't push her hard enough to hurt her...she is happy enough at 6200 so that's about my limit

Interesting reading. I had a 2003 VY SV8 for a few years ( great car ) and that had side airbags.

^^ I may be wrong but I had the impression that LEDs were illegal here ( nz ) unless fitted from factory.

I liked the ride of the FE3 setup but aesthetically it doesn't do the car any favours. The roads around where I live are 'semi rural' I suppose..so compromise was the order of the day. I went with Monroes ( have had them before..they're ok for the price ) and Cobra Superlows. I went cobra over...

Yeah totally agree. However, OP is talking about numbers not driveability.

These colours