Dylans HSV VE Maloo R8 #39 now with more EL :-(

ZEROPSI · Post by **ZEROPSI** » August 5th, 2010, 3:01 pm

These are actually really nice cars. Subtle but have a real prescence on the road. Top buy.

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » August 5th, 2010, 6:29 pm

bentls - if the wheel bearing is cactus the disc (and drum assy) can kick sideways slightly and cause the handbrake to grab. We've replaced quite a few rear wheel bearings on VEs. Woo.

SLOLS1 - I thought the different diff hat was VT-VZ only - VE is a completely different rear suspension design.

ZEROPSI -

sub·tle
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–adjective, -tler, -tlest.
1. thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
2. fine or delicate in meaning or intent; difficult to perceive or understand: subtle irony.
3. delicate or faint and mysterious: a subtle smile.
4. requiring mental acuteness, penetration, or discernment: a subtle philosophy.
5. characterized by mental acuteness or penetration: a subtle understanding.
6. cunning, wily, or crafty: a subtle liar.
7. insidious in operation: subtle poison.
8. skillful, clever, or ingenious: a subtle painter.

So....Not any HSV then.

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 5th, 2010, 7:20 pm

bentls wrote:umm that thump noise it did in my garage was defo hand brake... maybe the bearing is fucked aswell, but that was defo handbrake noise it made

got the car back today and its all good. wasnt the handbrake.

SLY5LT wrote:what exhaust are you going with?

single 2.5'' with no mufflers dumped at the diff

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 5th, 2010, 7:22 pm

nothin suss wrote:Does this thing axle tramp like a bastard?? My Cousins' manual Maloo does, annoying!

yeah its killer! real bad and annoying

SLOLS1 wrote:Supposedly all you need to fix the axle tramp is a harrop diff hat. Changes the mounting points on the back of the diff..... that's what ive heard anyway.

mmm really? that would be mad to stop it. ill enquire bout them...

someLS1 · Post by **someLS1** » August 5th, 2010, 9:08 pm

Rollin might be right... mainly because i know fark all about VE... i have heard that yea on vt-vz it fixes it just assumed VE would have a similar fix? surely harrop have come up with something for them too.

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 5th, 2010, 10:03 pm

yer just had a super quick check on happop website and it says they are to suit vt-vz.

fingers crossed this will see the dyno tomorrow and ill ask them about the axle tramp

private9 · Post by **private9** » August 5th, 2010, 10:05 pm

SLOLS1 wrote:Supposedly all you need to fix the axle tramp is a harrop diff hat. Changes the mounting points on the back of the diff..... that's what ive heard anyway.

And decent shocks & heavier springs. Just did the Harrop cover on mine, still tramps like a mofo, just not as bad.

nothin suss · Post by **nothin suss** » August 5th, 2010, 10:22 pm

Done a google search and replacing the cradle bushes seems to help 50% as well, just a superpro nolathane type. I'm guessing it will harshen gearchanges up a bit tho. Warranty??

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » August 5th, 2010, 11:09 pm

Warranty for what? Fitting aftermarket bushes? You're dreaming!!

What pressures are you running in the tyres? Around 38psi is generally best for tyre wear, might reduce axle tramp if you're currently running a lower pressure than that.

SLY5LT · Post by **SLY5LT** » August 5th, 2010, 11:47 pm

LOW_XR wrote:
SLY5LT wrote:what exhaust are you going with?
single 2.5'' with no mufflers dumped at the diff

oh ..... so a std e-seires system then

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 7th, 2010, 1:16 am

SLY5LT wrote:
LOW_XR wrote:
SLY5LT wrote:what exhaust are you going with?
single 2.5'' with no mufflers dumped at the diff
oh ..... so a std e-seires system then

hell yeah man

. hit the dyno today and did my exhaust 2night. to tired to go into detail but ill have pics up in the morning

John_LS1 · Post by **John_LS1** » August 7th, 2010, 8:11 am

tough car man, will be good to see the number it gets on the dyno.

private9 wrote:
SLOLS1 wrote:Supposedly all you need to fix the axle tramp is a harrop diff hat. Changes the mounting points on the back of the diff..... that's what ive heard anyway.
And decent shocks & heavier springs. Just did the Harrop cover on mine, still tramps like a mofo, just not as bad.

dont tell me that i bought one for mine! did you get the sport or enduro one? what springs and shocks you running on yours?

nothin suss · Post by **nothin suss** » August 7th, 2010, 9:31 am

Rollin wrote:Warranty for what? Fitting aftermarket bushes? You're dreaming!!
What pressures are you running in the tyres? Around 38psi is generally best for tyre wear, might reduce axle tramp if you're currently running a lower pressure than that.

I will rephrase it: Will Holden knock you back for driveline warranty if they see aftermarket blue bushes in the in the event of a claim?

private9 · Post by **private9** » August 7th, 2010, 10:20 am

What'd it end up running?

John_LS1 wrote:tough car man, will be good to see the number it gets on the dyno.

private9 wrote:
SLOLS1 wrote:Supposedly all you need to fix the axle tramp is a harrop diff hat. Changes the mounting points on the back of the diff..... that's what ive heard anyway.
And decent shocks & heavier springs. Just did the Harrop cover on mine, still tramps like a mofo, just not as bad.
dont tell me that i bought one for mine! did you get the sport or enduro one? what springs and shocks you running on yours?

I went the Sports. Keep in mind you'll have to alter your exhaust to fit it! I suspect mine's down to flogged shocks. It was stupid low which would've killed them and I've raised it with Kings SL HDs. Definitely alot better after the cover, but you still can't skate most of the time - decent shocks will fix it though.

krisisdog · Post by **krisisdog** » August 7th, 2010, 10:35 am

My mates SS is fuckin low with aftermarket susp, front bars like 5cm off the ground and the car sits flat. Its got no axle tramp at all... But it was lowered only a few thousand kms ago.

KR1STO · Post by **KR1STO** » August 7th, 2010, 1:55 pm

What was the readout...?

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 7th, 2010, 5:25 pm

here it is. pretty good i thought for a %100 stock car....

KR1STO · Post by **KR1STO** » August 7th, 2010, 5:27 pm

nice..
that's great for stock!!!

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 7th, 2010, 8:13 pm

yeah cheers man. i was pretty stoked

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » August 7th, 2010, 11:54 pm

Now go do a 13.5 at the track

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 8th, 2010, 12:09 am

lol man, this thing will prob never see the drags.my ba never did.

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 9th, 2010, 10:11 pm

quick pic of my new extractors and cats.was fairly easy to fit.at least now it sounds like a v8

. they look too good to fit to a holden

KR1STO · Post by **KR1STO** » August 9th, 2010, 10:13 pm

nice!!!!!

[Sterling] · Post by **[Sterling]** » August 10th, 2010, 1:03 pm

You need to update your sig homo.
Word on the street is this pulled a nice figure for a completely stock car..

DEVLXR · Post by **DEVLXR** » August 10th, 2010, 1:55 pm

LOL. Nice exhaust man, shame you wont see fark all of it.

EBOOST · Post by **EBOOST** » August 10th, 2010, 7:08 pm

nice job man these things pull good numbers for stock cars.
cheers josh.

burnt turtle · Post by **burnt turtle** » August 10th, 2010, 7:31 pm

LOW_XR wrote:here it is. pretty good i thought for a %100 stock car....

by my calculations your down on your 307kw

btw your extractors and cats look fucking awesome, wish if they would stay looking like that huh

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 10th, 2010, 8:36 pm

[Sterling] wrote:You need to update your sig homo.
Word on the street is this pulled a nice figure for a completely stock car..

7 posts up retard

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 10th, 2010, 8:38 pm

DEVLXR wrote:LOL. Nice exhaust man, shame you wont see fark all of it.

hah yeah. with the engine cover off you see the extractors and a bit of the cats.

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 10th, 2010, 8:42 pm

EBOOST wrote:nice job man these things pull good numbers for stock cars.
cheers josh.

cheers mate. yeah pretty good numbers.

burnt turtle wrote:
LOW_XR wrote:here it is. pretty good i thought for a %100 stock car....
by my calculations your down on your 307kw
btw your extractors and cats look fucking awesome, wish if they would stay looking like that huh

pfft whats your car got?

i got told to see 240-250 @the wheels so was happy it made what it did.

should see the dyno again within the next week to see what (if any) the exhaust has given me, power wise.

burnt turtle · Post by **burnt turtle** » August 10th, 2010, 9:08 pm

LOW_XR wrote:pfft whats your car got?

haha only 176 at the wheels
just looking at 307 at the flywheel then converting that to power at the wheels and it seems to be down on that
lol mine is the same, i should be making 183 at the wheels if its all meant to be right

KR1STO · Post by **KR1STO** » August 10th, 2010, 9:11 pm

how are you calculating that man...?

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 10th, 2010, 9:17 pm

haha yeah im wondering the same kris?

so smart ass whats mine spose to have?

SLY5LT · Post by **SLY5LT** » August 10th, 2010, 11:34 pm

LOW_XR wrote:

ceramic coated ?....looks great... not cheap, is the rest of the system done as well ?

Rollin · Post by **Rollin** » August 10th, 2010, 11:54 pm

burnt turtle fail.

No engine lights on with those cats? How many cells per inch? Or have you secretly got it tuned and turned the 02 sensors off

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 11th, 2010, 9:19 pm

SLY5LT wrote:
LOW_XR wrote:
ceramic coated ?....looks great... not cheap, is the rest of the system done as well ?

nah not ceramic coated

just polished stainless. rest of the exhaust is just mild steel.

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 11th, 2010, 9:21 pm

Rollin wrote:burnt turtle fail.

No engine lights on with those cats? How many cells per inch? Or have you secretly got it tuned and turned the 02 sensors off

no engine lights as i had the code cleared before i did the exhaust.

lol no secret tune mate. and the cats are only 100 cell.wasnt given a option for anything else when ordering it.

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 12th, 2010, 11:04 pm

looking like ill be going to the phillip island v8 supercars for free

they are after a few ve maloo r8's to drive the drivers around the track or before the race.

they might show it on tv or some shit hahah if so i should get a turbo bird sticker on the windscreen for some advertising

KR1STO · Post by **KR1STO** » August 12th, 2010, 11:05 pm

haha.. that's sweet..!
Why are they after Maloo's...?

LOW_XR · Post by **LOW_XR** » August 12th, 2010, 11:35 pm

Sorry, should of said to drive the Holden drivers around.
I'm guessing maloo's so the drivers can stand in the back?