Black Pearl 6.1 VVT e85 14:1 AFM

[pir4teParticipant Mallala640 HP hyper-cruising SS-V Flagonwagon View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 154]

Better than that in the current market – Vermentino from Adelaide Hills – like a dry German riesling but more intricate and delicate. Perfect with oysters and chilled shellfish, my new release for summer 2015. 100% sales success rate.

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

nothing wrong with a quality eden valley riesling, but love the sound of that, make sure you have a couple in the boot when you come round 

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[vs manta 218Participant Vs hsv manta View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 796]

First time if seen this

 

awesome car man, built very smartly

[pir4teParticipant Mallala640 HP hyper-cruising SS-V Flagonwagon View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 154]

vs manta 218 wrote:

First time i’ve seen this awesome car man, built very smartly

Thanks mate, really appreciate that.

Built smart… to use to the max and last… yeah I am digging it, done 25k km since June 

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Unusual to see the effort and level of detail you have gone into for a regularly driven interstate highway km eater.  Fast and efficient, very cool.

[Dan811Participant SE Melbourne02 Monaro M6 LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 4, 2015 Posts: 124]

It’s also awesome to see a different approach to modifying and tuning.

No forced induction or strokers or huge head+cam arrangements, just clever use of today’s technology and ecu capabilities. I hope more people go down this route for tuning, though I daresay there’s cheaper ways to make HP.

The main thing I love about this car is that other than the cost of building and Tuning, there are ZERO downsides. No loss of driveability or smoothness, and effectively a DROP in fuel consumption. A package that is very rare in the real world.

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

^agreed most mods you make that increase performance make the engine more efficient, and hence driven right can make it more fuel efficient.  Valve event timing (especially overlap) is a big exception.  That’s where the use of vvt with this rig is so cool to effectively overcome that drawback.

[pir4teParticipant Mallala640 HP hyper-cruising SS-V Flagonwagon View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 154]

Thanks for the positive feedback, this forum rock 

The other interesting thing about this build is the thermal stability when using high octane ethanol and high mechanical boost. Ambient today was 32° along the Pacific Hwy near Byron Bay:

Highway cruising

Bumper to bumper crawling to standstill

And this is after two hour drive Gold Coast to Bangalow:

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

I just wish we could get it more easily here in SA…

[pir4teParticipant Mallala640 HP hyper-cruising SS-V Flagonwagon View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 154]

That Space Pirate look…

LED nacelles fer Black Pearl

Funky.

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[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

Are they aftermarket led? Or vf v2

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

You weren’t driving through Gawler yesterday were you?

[pir4teParticipant Mallala640 HP hyper-cruising SS-V Flagonwagon View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 154]

OEM VFII beauties!

Not Gawler, no. Barellan, NSW.

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[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

OK, saw a car like this flash by, it had personalized plates which I thought were yours, obviously not

[sands vsParticipant vs commodore View build HERE Member since: March 1, 2015 Posts: 619]

They look good the lights, suprised you can get them already as a spare part. Being a led was there a wiring mod etc to get them working?

[pir4teParticipant Mallala640 HP hyper-cruising SS-V Flagonwagon View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 154]

No very straightforward, one plug connector off, swap in the space glow afterburners!! 

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[pir4teParticipant Mallala640 HP hyper-cruising SS-V Flagonwagon View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 154]

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[pir4teParticipant Mallala640 HP hyper-cruising SS-V Flagonwagon View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 154]

I prefer t’ cut me own wake when it come t’ mods, an it serves me justice. Here be me dry sump fer SS pirates… Arrgh!

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[pir4teParticipant Mallala640 HP hyper-cruising SS-V Flagonwagon View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 154]

Even the “always 85%” ethanol is only ever 81%-83%, so I ‘splash out’ on high grade alcohol – e95 – on weekends:

Huge difference at 14:1, 20 litres costs $60 and a trip to Bunnings

For perspective, the difference between ULP91 and PULP98 is seven RON points. Take that difference, multiply it by 3x … this juice is 120 RON… yes that’s 21 points higher octane than PULP98.

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[Dan811Participant SE Melbourne02 Monaro M6 LS1 View build HERE Member since: March 4, 2015 Posts: 124]

Is that first picture a Nos Fogger????

And I thought dry sumping takes more than an accumulator, doesn’t your oil pump need to be changed out altogether?

Watching this closely…

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