Vlad's rides thread

[vlad01]

I got the rego for the vacationer come in the mail. wtf?

How does that work?

[HQ355]

Hey Vlad,

Don't lower your CR and run turbo with E85.

No loss in response, but Yeehaa up top.

Best of both worlds.

Chuff

Yep now were talking ! That would be the ultimate sleeper in your red VP !

[vlad01]

got the manifold painted. just waiting for the paint to harden and then i can polish the top bit. test fit and port match.

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Oh and I ordered my bits. 1050 bucks latter...

[vlad01]

Did a check on the port matching and for stock its very good. Only have to clean up the top part of the port as it narrows down slightly due the way it was cast. Also will reduce the injector boss slightly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-Kzf3HytAM

Just a test fit but its a sexy looking engine now.

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[vlad01]

Adding to my pile of painted bits.

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[Holden202T]

getting pretty technical with the video in the manifold it certainly looks like minimal work!

[vlad01]

Well with the phone torch, camera and screen I could use it to look down the ports real time. Video was only so I could show you guys

So to the porting.

As you can see the stock port tappers off at the top slightly.

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And with gasket you can see it easier.

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Now ported.

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Ready to go!

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could not be happier!

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[Gareth]

The manifold could have had more out of it to match the head (based on the gasket pics sitting on the heads, the angle for viewing is poor)

Sorry...

[vlad01]

no, its exactly the same size as the heads, fraction bigger around the radius infact.

[Gareth]

Looking at the fourth and fifth photos above it looks very different... But like i said the photo angle of the head in the fifth photo is hard to tell...