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Joogie
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 Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 7:36:34 PM
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Hey i was doing some tests today on my VN 91 and i got a 9.05 which im sure it can do better ill see tomoz ;) for 0-100 and was wondering what other people have got when they do it? All my car has is a POD filter... Cheers Guys
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lolo
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Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 8:42:06 PM
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| Mate my car does 7.9 and its stock, nothing done to the engine yet, it has 270,000ks and a stuffed tranny |
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Joogie
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Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 10:35:10 PM
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| Yeah thats worries me ay i had a feelin there was something wrong with my car so im gonna have to get it checked out. mine has done a 8.8 before but thats fastest. I need more power! haha |
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mouce
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Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 10:40:41 PM
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I can run an 8.2 WITH my girlfriend timing in the passenger seat and that's with a little squeek from the tyres on launch.
Don't know how it goes with just me in the car. I reckon I'd be able to do sub 8 without any problems if I had a perfect launch, perfect shifts and no passenger.
Also...the car park at LaTrobe uni that I used to do it isn't flat, it's got a slight climb to it. So I think that 7.5 should be do-able. |
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lolo
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Posted - 13 Jul 2006 : 9:05:29 PM
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| Hey relax, I said I had a stuffed tranny and 270,000ks, when I'm done with my baby, we'll be lookin at about 3.2 seconds woooohoooo BOOYAHH |
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lolo
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Posted - 13 Jul 2006 : 9:06:31 PM
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| And you Know that is realistic for a turbo buick |
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mouce
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Posted - 13 Jul 2006 : 10:44:06 PM
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| with what you've got planned for your one, I see no reason why 3 seconds should be out of reach. |
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lolo
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Posted - 19 Jul 2006 : 10:42:04 PM
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| HAHA 7.9 on four fruckin cylinders, wat the hell is up with my car???? |
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mouce
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Posted - 20 Jul 2006 : 11:58:50 AM
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| DAMN! What does it run when it's firing on all 6? |
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lolo
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Posted - 20 Jul 2006 : 10:39:46 PM
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| I dunno Ill tell u in about a week |
Marcus Rogulic R.I.P (1980-2007)
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Palmz17
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Posted - 11 Sep 2006 : 9:02:36 PM
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| yous are gunna think i'm stupid and gay but i did a 7 flat all shes got is a cold air intake and a K&N filter and sports exy that was the fastest out of 5 rest was 7.8 and the high 8's after. not pulling your legs ether did it up near maryborough vic |
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mouce
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Posted - 11 Sep 2006 : 9:10:11 PM
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I'd believe it. Some of the VN V6 cars are kinda freakish. Some are quite 'sedate' and will manage only a 8.5 or a 9. Some will not do any better than 17sec on the quarter mile! But then there are the odd one or two that can pull away from just about anything at the lights.
With a perfect launch and perfect shifts (a combination that might happen once every blue moon) I'm not surprised that it can pull a 7 flat 0-100kph. The bolt on mods that you've got will help a little, but a 'freak' bog stock VN wouldn't be far behind.
Also depends on which version of the GMH VN memcal you're running, there's a LOT of different ones out there, each one offers benefits in slightly different ways. Some use a little less fuel, some give a lot more bottom end torque, some offer tonnes of mid-range power, some give almost no wheel spin...
Nothing stupid or gay about a flat 7 in a VN...it's quite doable in my opinion. The VN V6 has a big advantage over most cars, the majority of it's torque is available really low down in the rev range. All these guys go on about how much POWER they can get from their engine, any serious drag-racer knows that torque is what gets you off the line, power just keeps you moving. And the VN V6 has plenty of torque low down. |
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pizzadude213
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Posted - 12 Sep 2006 : 9:09:50 PM
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| guys guys i just pulled 6.7 for mine and its just stock but now i know why i lost it 3 weeks ago in the wet to much power its a 90 model vn and its a freak lol later guys |
go the vn beast!!!!!!!!!!! |
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trizo
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Posted - 12 Sep 2006 : 9:14:55 PM
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| were all fixed up I take it pizzadude?lmao!!! |
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baalamb20
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Posted - 13 Sep 2006 : 02:35:56 AM
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| I tried mine a couple of days ago i got a 7.5 on my stopwatch, I'm starting to notice changes to the car now that it's at 142,000, I'm broke and can't afford my regular services, i have an annoying rattle which sounds like something loose in the exhaust towards the back is louder, My Petrol Pump doesn't make that constant little buzzing noise anymore don't know if thats good or bad, when you turn the key you hear it do its thing and then nothing, and when i'm running low i get a whining sound from the back and a pfffff pffff coming from the tail pipe, I can't wait to get some more money so i can get it serviced, I even broke my center console the screws that hold it to the floor thats what you get for being obese and having big friends in there aswell lol. |
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jabba
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Posted - 14 Sep 2006 : 06:53:38 AM
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Another explanation I heard of thecomparison between torque and horsepower...
"Horsepower determines how fast you hit the wall, torque determines how much of the wall you take with you" |
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lolo
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Posted - 24 Sep 2006 : 11:30:45 PM
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| yep guys I tried it, my cousin was on the stopwatch, hit 100kph from the lights on the monash, uphill in 6.9 seconds |
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Stimpy
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Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 9:38:41 PM
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| mine probably hits 100 in 2 and a half minutes. its running like a dog with 2 legs at the moment. mite have to give it a tweak :p. |
id rather sleep with an old hen than pullet |
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trizo
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Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 10:37:55 PM
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| yay he's 1 4 ya fellas mines a stok as a blok vn just put a rebuilt g/b in and a new vally cover with gaskets all the crap and she pulled a 6.4 0-100 km not bad 4 a stok so as mouce was saying it very doable and if lolo get his beastie runnin the wat he wants well there is gonna b sumthing 2 watch out 4 cause with wats in mind 4 that vn well lets just say getting a time 4 it wont b easy!!!:)oh yeah a full service as well! |
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matt
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Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 11:30:52 PM
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My cars an auto and it only pulls mid to high 8s, it takes off like a rocket but as soon as it kicks into 2nd it looses so much momentum. This is my first auto car havin drivin a manual since i got my license, is this normal for an auto to feel like that?
Would replacing the trans fluid help? was going to do it as soon as my wallet will let me anyway.
Also been lookin in2 shift kits, will that also help with that? |
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mouce
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Posted - 04 Oct 2006 : 11:35:07 PM
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Depends, are you shifting it like a manual (ie. launching in 1, then shifting to 2 when YOU do it)? If you're just being lazy jamming it in D and flooring it, then high 8's is good. If you want to make it a bit crisper then clean up the t/b and reset the kickdown cable (all that costs is your time), if you want it to snap into gear then get a shift kit fitted.
And yeah...it's normal for an auto to feel a bit lazy when compared to a manual. A stage 2 shift kit would really help that though. |
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aadamsvn19
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Posted - 05 Oct 2006 : 07:42:09 AM
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| tell me how to post video clip on here and ill show u 0-100 in very quick time supercharged |
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matt
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Posted - 05 Oct 2006 : 9:28:41 PM
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i have a stage 1 instrument cluster so i have no tacho and dont feel comforable blind changing, does manual shifting make a big diff?
i did clean the t/b and reset the kickdown, it feels like it does rev out fully now anyway? Thats the first thing i noticed with my auto after cleaning it does rev higher before it kicks down now with more ease. |
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trizo
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Posted - 05 Oct 2006 : 9:38:34 PM
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show off @aadamsvn i'm jeoulus but hey we run stok 4 the moment but things will change;] gotta c this vid of urs?????if got the auto and want a good time 4 0-100kmph then drive it like a manual u will c a difference u should feel the same sorta kinda power feel outa 2nd then gently into 3rd then 4th!! this might help but even my new auto g/b goes nuts just in d from a stnd start so sum are a bit freaky sum r just not tryin hard enough;).............trizo
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trizo
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Posted - 05 Oct 2006 : 9:42:33 PM
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oh yeah stok g/b aswell its not got the shift kit yet!
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mouce
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Posted - 05 Oct 2006 : 9:54:10 PM
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Matt...without a tacho it's pretty hard to shift it properly if you're going for flat out acceleration, and it's not something that's really good for the box anyway...but, if it is done properly then yeah, you should see a bit of a difference in the times.
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trizo
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Posted - 05 Oct 2006 : 10:03:15 PM
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| yeah well cant argue thats right............:) |
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aadamsvn19
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Posted - 06 Oct 2006 : 07:39:38 AM
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shift using ur speedo it more accurate
just plan wat speed u shift at and shift at that same speed every time
i do this cause my revs go up to quick and miss it being manual |
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mouce
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Posted - 06 Oct 2006 : 10:54:38 AM
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Actually since the tacho shows what speed the engine is doing, it's a lot easier to pick the point you should shift at. Unless you want to sit down and do all the calculations to work out what road speed 5000rpm is in each gear, it's easier to use a tacho...as for it climbing too quickly, that's why you start to react when you see it flash past 4500rpm.
Anyway...the speedo in VN's isn't the best, even if you DID the calculations, there's still a good chance that you'd redline the engine...and trust me...they don't like it. |
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aadamsvn19
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Posted - 06 Oct 2006 : 1:01:59 PM
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| mines not puss auto its manual 45 1st 85 2nd and so on |
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matt
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Posted - 08 Oct 2006 : 12:03:13 AM
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im all for manuals and im not the biggest fan of autos but dont bag them man, i didnt get an auto by choice, i had an otion of buyin a 90 berlina with a screwed water pump for 700 bucks and i took it and i put so much effort in my car and for people to bag autos like they are the girls option ints just damn annoying.
By calling autos "puss" ur callin my car a "puss" car and thats not cool. |
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