vn 304 powerup options

[Dave]

fuck, I am definately getting a VN calais once the vk is done

will be ghetto styles

[Dave]

how did the box not die a messy death?

[Blow]

I was a fairly healthy, unmolested car until i got it.

I didn't really load up the trans that much, and as soon as you gave it a boot it would wheel spin.

[lysdexia]

270ish rwhp isn't 'heaps' to be putting through a t700.. though it surely wouldn't last forever

[mizone]

I don't know about power out put but there are 2 VN wagons that run Kwinana every now and then. One has a 5litre with a blower and runs in the 11's or 12's (can't remember) and a 3.8 V6 one with a Yella Terra blower kit that does about the same times.

Go figure.

[Dave]

270ish rwhp isn't 'heaps' to be putting through a t700.. though it surely wouldn't last forever

the boxes fuck out with standard hp

[Shifty]

i've spent a bit of time driving a vs ss with exhaust/intake/tune and it's painfully slow, i don't think you could get by without mechanical forced induction or fuckloads of gas

so, how shit are these engines... crank, rods, etc? pistons cope with boost or are they a bit of a time bomb? heads ok for boosted applications?

[Shifty]

oh and gearbox options?

and how would one of these compare to, say, a turbo 1uz or an eb-el turbo falcon engine

[TK]

The stock motors are gutless but pretty dang tough, word is that 10psi into them is pretty safe if the tune is good.

My short motor is pretty close to a stock VN, the only extras I got are ARP rod bolts, ARP main studs, cast ACL stock replacement pistons, steel top rings & a balance.
It copes with 480rwhp no probs.

[Shifty]

you're full of shit mate, i heard it only made 478hp, not 480... damn internet cunts full of shit :D

fuck me that's good. what are they good for reliably, that about it? what if you wanted to go 500, 600?

what did you do from deck up?

[Shifty]

ps: camtech didn't want to know about my bike cam... changed their mind, they don't do bikes.... nice of them to tell me that when i was on the phone about it for 20 minutes

[Dave]

I have heard of them holding 14psi standard with a spot on tune and low iat, but that might be testing the friendship a bit

[Blow]

Mine was showing as high as 12psi on the boost guage.

[2JZR31]

270rwhp really does sound low for a Turboed V8. So a falcon 4.0 shits on a VN V8? I know the 4.0 is a good motor but I would have thought a VN V8 would shit on it?

[bpm]

i had a turbod vt 5.0l on the dyno a couple of weeks ago. made 330rwhp on around 8psi. engine was stock with cometics and studs. gt35ish chinese turbo.