Vlad's rides thread

[OZ38]

Whats the advantage of the V8 T5? better ratios or supposedly stronger?

Better ratio spread.
With G-Force the gears are way stronger due to size & being cut like half way in between a helical & a straight cut spur gear. You can also add some stronger aftermarket parts which help oem gears last a bit better.

Cheers

[vlad01]

Have you asked PPG? I read on their site somewhere they can make anything custom so perhaps an input shaft?

[TdracerTd]

Btw. Those prices from perfourmance are for ppg gearsets. I thought they were pretty tidy.

[vlad01]

My bumper moulds or mould arrived.

Only one in the package instead of 2 that I ordered. Also they are grey not white.

Does anyone know what the grey ones are from White VP series II ? since white mould on a white car would look stupid?

[vlad01]

Cruise control arrived as well as the scuttle panel which somehow survived the trip from tas while the box got squished. Only couple of rivets popped through the wire mesh so I will re do them vlad spec as these items from holden were a bit of a brain fart using rivets on wire mesh lol. The old style ones had a moulded plastic mesh with solid outer margin where the rivets went so no probs with them. Later post production scuttle they changed to wire mesh, probably cheaper and more air flow for the interior fan. I personally like the look of the wire mesh.

My fix will be to re-rivet them all with a small washer behind the mesh

[vlad01]

Noice!

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finish is fantastic. I might hang these on the wall as they might get used and no longer be new putting them on the engine lol

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[Gareth]

They look great

[wozza]

They look much nicer than the junk yard specials I have sitting waiting to go on... how much did the coating cost?

[vlad01]

coating was $295 and has warranty too.

[vlad01]

They look great

Great? you mean delicious!