LTD3V-8

[SLY5LT]

pretty good power there steve . what ya think of the di fillipo system? is it much louder than stock?

well i'm not sure if it is good power ?
as i've not many 3v 5.4's to compare to with only the mod's i've got
dont get me wrong... i'm happy where i'm at, but i'll be looking for more out of it before i'm done
only the header's are di filippo, but as you'd know.....
stock system's are'nt ment to be loud, and that's ten fold for an LTD being a limo
i did'nt relise how quiet it was until "kev gave it a rev" after doing the plug change,
a hoover vac cleaner has nothing on my old system
it's still quiet at idle & low throttle, but opens up a bit when my foots down.
i was thinking of taking one of the muffler's out, but the quiet/loud open throttle suits the car i think

[SLY5LT]

a clip from my last meet at calder i just come by.

[[Sterling]]

That's what difillipo system do. Mine is awesome. Puttin' round town you hardly hear it or cruising on the highway you'd think it's stock. Then once you put the boot into it, it gets loud, really loud.

[burnt turtle]

he only has difillipo headers kester

[[Sterling]]

And? So your saying they do nothing soundwise?

[burnt turtle]

headers arnt going to make a huge difference (difillipo V's pacemaker) in the sense you just used

[[Sterling]]

Well cleary it has becuase steve said it..

[burnt turtle]

its the exhaust he has on that sounds like that, not just the headers

[SLY5LT]

Well cleary it has becuase steve said it..

performance wise, it has made a gain of .5 off my 1/4 mile time with the full system...(untuned).
as far as sound, that's due to the muffler's that are on it (2)..... i quite like it now

[koles318]

it looks gay with those stocko's on it.

[pHaT`eL]

Dumped on standard rims, cant really lose there at all. Tough

[SLY5LT]

it looks gay with those stocko's on it.

your talking about the "steelie's" or the std LTD rim's
either way i'm to fussed about the how it look's atm
a nice set of rim's are on the list of thing's to get, but even then some people will love or hate them
one thing's for sure..... i'll like them (i hope)

[EFFalcon]

so what are your further plans

[Parfrey]

Saw this out on the hwy on friday night.. gave you a dose lol. Looks tuff as with the black stockies!

[SLY5LT]

so what are your further plans

well auto needs to be done soon (still).
still not sure what will happen with the motor.... n/a with cam's, or boosted ? (waiting on more info).
diff (lsd & gears).
i wanted wheel's before xmas..... but they'll be post xmas, as i'll wait to get what i want.
all those i've already spoke of before, cash flow is slow so it'll be a while before all of those are ticked off as done.
and last is the body & paint !
i've been looking at my old "nl" pic's & i'm thinking a cowl scoop the same as i had on it will be on the LTD soon.

Saw this out on the hwy on friday night.. gave you a dose lol. Looks tuff as with the black stockies!

haha i get dosed alot
it's funny how people are'nt as keen to give me a run (unless they know the car) when i've got the steelie's on, as aposed to the std LTD rim's.

[EFFalcon]

i'd love to see what they're capable of with cams, limits the VCT functionality though :/

[pHaT`eL]

so what are your further plans

well auto needs to be done soon (still).
still not sure what will happen with the motor.... n/a with cam's, or boosted ? (waiting on more info).
diff (lsd & gears).
i wanted wheel's before xmas..... but they'll be post xmas, as i'll wait to get what i want.
all those i've already spoke of before, cash flow is slow so it'll be a while before all of those are ticked off as done.
and last is the body & paint !
i've been looking at my old "nl" pic's & i'm thinking a cowl scoop the same as i had on it will be on the LTD soon.

Saw this out on the hwy on friday night.. gave you a dose lol. Looks tuff as with the black stockies!

haha i get dosed alot
it's funny how people are'nt as keen to give me a run (unless they know the car) when i've got the steelie's on, as aposed to the std LTD rim's.

I get the same thing happen to me on the hwy.. lol..

[SLY5LT]

i'd love to see what they're capable of with cams, limits the VCT functionality though :/

i'm not sure on power gains, but it'd sound something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUkyxFR9TCs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ird0-q4_y8w

[EFFalcon]

damn....
I can't imagine a LTD sounding like that

[Mr. CVE]

You should do it !
I always wanted to do heads and cams.
It was one of those things, you should do cams, but then you need to do springs, and then well you are almost there may as well do heads as well !

This will take the power up from 5000 rpm to say 5800 rpm would be more fun. with a small 2500 good stally it will be nice to drive as well.

[EFFalcon]

as with anything, once you go past bolt ons things get pricey.

but it'd be unique!

[SLY5LT]

i'll have to see what happens

[SLY5LT]

the brakes are shot, so good old ebay come through with some new disc's front & back with pad's to suit that i picked up a couple of day's ago for $300



i did my day trip to murray bridge s.a today, just over 1400 klm's all up....15 hrs behind the wheel + fuel stop's & chit chat with the guy i bought something from (a long day)
i got a good suprise with the car... this is the first long run it's had since i got it & it went well
i had all the tool's & a couple of spare wheel's etc in the boot (just in case) but the only drama were the flying pest's splatering on the windscreen
the suprise was how good on it was on fuel.... the average fuel consumpition was ....



yep... 9.5 l's per 100 klm's !!!!!..... 600+ klm's from a tank
i thought it'd get around mid 10's, as it's getting low 13's during the week with some (friday hwy action)

[nothin suss]

Yep the big old truck engines love the hwy hey!
Good pickup with the brakes. You'll love how easy b-series are to work on. I jump at doing homers on them.
If you can't have wheels on and off, rotors, pads changed and driving again in an hour there's something wrong!
They are notorious for front wheel bearings tho which is kinda a workshop job. Need a real decent rattle gun and torque wrench.

Looking forward to seeing these new wheels!

[SLY5LT]

just filled up after doing some running around, the ave is up to 9.7 l/klm's and the range was 647 klm's
pitty i dont get that in a normal week

[EFFalcon]

going to echuca tomorrow, fingers crossed for similar econ

[SLY5LT]

another pic from the AFF drag day i just stumbled on....... go the single spinner !!!!

[BROCKYB8]

looking good mate .
Up for some drag racing in march

[SLY5LT]

sounds good, the trans & maybe a couple of other bit's will be done by then

[BROCKYB8]

sounds good to me hehe

[SLY5LT]

it would...knowing you'll still beat me

[BROCKYB8]

it would...knowing you'll still beat me

Lol you dont know that for sure. And knowing you youll have something that you dont tell me about hehe

[SLY5LT]

a couple of thing's has happend since the last post, twice in two week's i've been touched up by a couple of "knob jockey's" at f/gate carpark, it seems no matter what part of the "least occupied" part of the carpark i go to, i come back to find something to show for it and of course they left there details to cover any damage.... NOT
also the trans is about to give up (i've known this for a bit now) but it's realy bad now.
i'm just about to get it rebuilt once i've sorted what i'm doing with the engine......
which leads me to the next small (and i mean small) item's i got today.



i'm going to go the cammed n/a route, so in preperation (not sure what cams i'm getting yet)
i got some "phaser limiter's"... thanks to kosta "PUNISHER" for puting me onto the mob from the states
there alot less complex & cheaper than the comp cams item's
i hope that this year will be a good year for the LTD....(apart from the start) and some better performance along with some visual update's will bring it up to speed with some of the other car's on the forum

[Mr. CVE]

cool, always wanted to see what these could make if making power to say 6000-6500. it may upset a few n/a xr8 owners

[EFFalcon]

awesome stuff, keen to see how you go with the cams, it might tempt me to go down the same route, i know kristy's already said she wanted the cams done

[BROCKYB8]

Well cant wait to see how you go with this .
Def need some rims on this car soon

[SLY5LT]

rim's will wait,
and cam's will be a while as well, as the list is..... auto & stally, diff- lsd & gears... then cams.
cant realy do the cams until the diff gears & stally are done (depending on what cams).
they cant give me a good figure on what power they make, as most guy's over there have other "bolt on's" on top of the cams.
at the very least.... it'll sound better & make people second guess the car

[pHaT`eL]

I like it on the standard rims, more power, less 'look at me'!!

[EFFalcon]

more mid mount

[pHaT`eL]

lol.. in something that looks like this, that would be awesome!