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I looked at the dyno today and thought about setting it up. It was 35c here today and the rain was intermittent, so I gave it a miss. The joy of an outdoor dyno. I'll get back on it tomorrow I reckon, keep things fresh and further develop the mafless tune for the Caprice. I have been watching countless hours of LS based HP tuners content, feels like I'm back in school lol. My OTR was lost in the post and after several calls and a couple emails, it's back on track to be delivered next week. That's about all I've got for dyno content, if you want a power run, hit me up, can get you in whenever.

On the off chance anyone here is interested, I've been making some Aussie Fords for modified GTA5 servers. While not a racing game, FiveM is pretty much perfect for thrashing around, with a very decent physics engine considering GTA's vintage. Let me know if you want to drive these, or just see them developed.

Had an old school XD Falcon with a 351 on the dyno this evening for a power run. The guy had moved the distributor before arrival and it was roughly 20 degrees too far advanced showing pinging, pre ignition and a very high idle. After a quick adjustment with the timing light, it ran up a respectable 162rwkw. The neighbours had just got home so they enjoyed an earful lol. I would give a fark but they have been insufferable carnts since they moved in, noise being the biggest problem. How the turntables

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Looked at the dyno, did no dyno work. The flamin VCM intake finally showed up this evening at 9pm, would it be bogan of me to go out and fit it now? I'll fit it tomorrow and then I will get the Caprice back on the dyno for some more tuning. I'll be happy if it makes 240rwkw, might even be enough to beat a stock Falcon now Also managed to get the shed ordered this year and it'll be delivered end of January. Should only be a couple weeks for them to have it built and concrete done, will just have to wait and see

Digging up this old thread again today to celebrate washing my ute for the first time in many years. It turned 20 this year, and it shows. It was a good looking car until I moved to the bush permanantly. At some point during the last drought, I learned to live with it dirty from daily dirt road use. After sitting for the better part of the last year, I took a long look at it and decided, if I want to keep this thing, it's time to rescue it. The short version of the rest of the story is, I can no longer poke fun at people for power washing their interior. lol Anyway, this thing needs a paintjob.

Trans service for the shop car today, made it like new!!! Smooth shifting and crisp where it counts! Did a bunch of road tuning to dial in the speed density, now it's much closer to where it needs to be. I'll put it on the dyno tomorrow and sort out the wot stuff, it was a bit rich last time I checked. It'll be interesting to see if the power output changes.

Nothing within 30km is open around here after about 8pm, so I made 3 packets of noodles, 4 eggs and 3 chicken breasts.

I wouldn't think I'm any sort of celebrity haha... that's far from it, even on this forum... all good, though, much love I'll let you know when it's resolved and you can create a different account and/or merge the current one you've got into the new one.

Yep that's the one. We get a lot less rain here though and it usually gets a couple degrees hotter. It was face searingly hot today.

It has since spiced up to just over 43C

I've gotta prep the shed base myself, that involves digging 170m2 down 10cm and compacting road base or dolomite into it. To do that I need to move a cubby house, move some broken down cars, hire a bobcat and compactor and get to work. The middle of summer is the best time for all that lol After that the shed company does the rest, and they should smash it out in a few days.

Thanks guys. This problem has been fixed. I ended up taking it back to my mechanic on a hot day and they were able to re-produce the issue. Ended up being the fuel pump. They connected a pressure sensor to it and you could see the gauge fluctuating quite a bit when the issue was occurring. One new fuel pump and it's all good. Today was a warm day in Melbourne and I was able to drive for an hour without issue!