VR Senator with LSx454

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

VS 5.0 wrote:

Spotto !! https://www.whichcar.com.au/events/fuchs-adelaide-auto-expo-2019?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2019_12_06_SM&utm_term=list_streetmachine_newsletter

 

“Almost as impressive are the widened factory Senator rear alloys”

 

seems to undersell it lol

[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]

Yea I read that too, just a little bit more involved than just widening them…

[VS 5.0Participant Perth WAVE SSV Z Series M6 View build HERE Member since: March 31, 2015 Posts: 118]

Journalists and facts ? Surely you jest.

[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]

Tbh pretty happy to be amongst the quality of those other cars, I reckon mine would be close to the only real driver maybe?

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Happy VL anniversary 

[vinParticipant saSL/LEE View build HERE Member since: June 5, 2019 Posts: 66]

GMH is dead, the VL lives on, at least it has the iron lion, not some jap crap or god forbid an american LS.

[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]

Anonymous wrote:

Happy VL anniversary

I saw that come up too, time flies right.  Bloody love that car, not sure why, it’s only making about 100kW, but just cool to cruise in.

vin wrote:

GMH is dead, the VL lives on, at least it has the iron lion, not some jap crap or god forbid an american LS.

Ahh yes, but my LS is iron not ally….

[vinParticipant saSL/LEE View build HERE Member since: June 5, 2019 Posts: 66]

technically then it would qualify

[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]

Wow, looks like Commodores Plus has its first 100,000 view thread.  Given I created this forum I am pretty bloody proud of that!!  (I know that’s self indulgent!!)

[Judge1 FrazerParticipant new zealand1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed View build HERE Member since: February 5, 2016 Posts: 775]

Hey Gary any chance you could find out the degrees your engine sits back , straight edge on the face or the crank

[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]

Hi Frazer,  should maybe be able to, although I have it over at a secret squirrel location. while I do the Kombi.  But as it turns out I thought its time to fire it up and take it for a drive.  So had it on charge today.  This is the first fire up for a few months, apologies the video is a little dark.  But I think its a bit angry I have been ignoring it

[cava454Moderator 93 VR BT1 View build HERE Member since: February 20, 2015 Posts: 2 390]

Isn’t it a fan of cold starts?

[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]

Never has been Cav. I think it’s a down side of the ITB’s. Once it’s warm it’s sweet as.

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by  VRSenator065.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Cold starts are one of the most difficult areas of the map to tune as you really only get one go per 24 hour period, the factory does such a good job everyone takes it for granted…

[Judge1 FrazerParticipant new zealand1983 VB LSA MG9 6060 6 speed View build HERE Member since: February 5, 2016 Posts: 775]

Cava when’s your going to start

[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]

Anonymous wrote:

Cold starts are one of the most difficult areas of the map to tune as you really only get one go per 24 hour period, the factory does such a good job everyone takes it for granted…

Hadn’t thought of it that way, makes perfect sense.  I guess too by the time you have changed the map, the engines warmed up a bit.

• This reply was modified 4 years ago by  VRSenator065.

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Yep, the second it fires everything after isn’t a cold start, really hard thing for Tuners to get right, it’s something I tweak myself as it takes so much time..

[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]

We sure take modern cars for granted.  Hot, cold, rain, shine whatever, hit the key and they start and purr. They also use no fuel and are incredibly reliable.

[ImmortalityParticipant 97 HSV Senator 185i 02 VX L67 Calais View build HERE Member since: August 31, 2015 Posts: 535]

A workmates brother in law worked for GMH.  He drove around in vehicles fitted with industrial dataloggers that monitored everything.  The vehicles were his daily drivers so they they get bulk data for every part of driving in real world use.

[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]

Just had a chance to take it out for a decent drive at lunchtime (some benefits in Iso).  Prob first good drive since it tried to kill me.  Did a plug change first as I hadn’t done that since the dyno runs etc.  Started great, let it warm up and just beautiful.  Man, I never tire of driving this thing.  Really strong lumpy idle, actually relatively docile at cruise speed, but holy crap, just even squeeze the loud pedal and its just invades all the senses.  Did the obligatory small burn out (on a private road), basically just off idle, would have easily just blown the tires off if I wanted without going anywhere near the limiter.  Happy days, love it.

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