thought I give the ol VR a run since I hadn't in a while. Goes great! its so stupidly touchy!
here is a rather lazy 0-100 run, wound out 2nd well past peak hp and you can see it falling over. ideal is to shift into 3rd around 85-90ks and despite lost time shifting you get quicker 0-100
but.... I couldn't be bothered so here is the vid.
Re: Vlad's rides thread
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 5:10 pm
by Gareth
Not bad...gee that speedo climbs quick
Re: Vlad's rides thread
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 7:32 pm
by Dylan
How's the fuel economy now after the tune?
Re: Vlad's rides thread
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:17 pm
by immortality
Yeah, the manuals always went well. In my old VN I always had trouble getting traction in first, was worse with 3.45 gears even with a good LSD and tyres.
Re: Vlad's rides thread
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:19 pm
by vlad01
not sure on economy. barley drive it. But I reckon it would be fantastic since it has phenomenal crack throttle torque. It has not dissimilar acceleration just light throttle to WOT.
I did several accidental burnouts on the way out of my dirt driveway. Just cracking the throttle a fraction is instant wheel spin on dirt or gravel lol. Almost no words to describe the ridiculous throttle response this has.
Re: Vlad's rides thread
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:25 pm
by vlad01
Biggvl wrote:Not bad...gee that speedo climbs quick
yeah problem is not enough traction with these Turanza 235 tyres, I went and checked the road later, solid line for over 100m, fades and sudden solid line for 5m, that was from going into 2nd. I'm considering a trutrac but seems overkill for a stock engine otherwise. So it actually wheel spun the whole entire 1st and bit of 2nd lol.
imagine if i had stock tyres lol.
If all was good the acceleration would be better, loosing fair bit to wheel spin, but I do get an awesome kick in the pants when the tyres hook up at 65km/h
Re: Vlad's rides thread
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 8:45 pm
by HQ355
Atleast get an LSD, it makes a difference, if not you'll get even tyre wear lol
Re: Vlad's rides thread
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 9:08 pm
by vlad01
I can swap them around lol.
I can try a trutrac on the VP as that will have a lot more power than this car lol
Re: Vlad's rides thread
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 9:34 pm
by The1
nice, goes quiet well! You can usually take a slice of 0-100 time off even with a stock car and a good tune.
Re: Vlad's rides thread
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 9:45 pm
by vlad01
you certainly can, but mods help that even more, even simple ones like exhaust and air intake like on this car.
I might try some stuff with the WOT AFRs after coming across this rather interesting but old article.
