Tuff Cars Down Under: 2014

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

10 sec Holden VK Commodore

The Holden VK Commodore is somewhat of a budget build.

Engine
Stock bottom end L98 with milled heads & flycut pistons resulting in a bump up in compression to 11.9:1.
An LSX454 camshaft (236/246, 613/613, 110 lsa) is fitted and was built by Nick @ NJC LSX Performance.

An E85 carby has resulted in 320kW to the wheels through 255mm Street Radial tyres.

Best 60-ft so far is 1.42 off the foot brake.

Power drives through a T350 trans

Diff

Borg Warner with 3.7:1 min-spool.

Friday, February 21, 2014

BACK DRAFT turbo HSV Maloo

Featuring a unique tray mounted huge Garrett GT55 turbo, this Holden HSV Maloo Commodore Ute sure is a head turner. Power comes from a fully forged GM 408ci LSX V8 engine which sounds fantastic.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Don't Donate Your Hard Earned Money To Fuel Companies

DO NOT DONATE FUEL Recently I came across a very useful tip share this with friends and family

DO NOT DONATE FUEL
I came across a very useful tip. I was surprised to know it but had a doubt so I talked to one of the pump technicians and he too accepted it as a fact. I think apart from providing space for the gas generated inside the petrol tank this is yet another reason why we should not fill the tank to the brim. Many of us are not aware that the petrol kiosk pump has a return pipe-line (in Pink). When the petrol tank (in the car) reaches full level,

there is a mechanism to trigger off the pump latch and at the same time a return-valve is opened (at the top of the pump station) to allow excess petrol to flow back into the pump. But the return petrol has already pass through the meter, meaning you are donating the petrol back to the Oil Dealer.

Also only fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the petrol, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening. Your liter is not exactly a liter. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.

1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.

When you’re filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3) stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you’re getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your Petrol tank is HALF FULL. The reason for this is the more Petrol you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. petrol storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the Petrol and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every litre is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder, if there is a petrol truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy Petrol, DO NOT fill up. Most likely the petrol is being stirred up as the Petrol is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.

To have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Petrol buyers. It’s really simple to do.