Valandis Build

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:13 pm

I cant remember, are you running a Emanage? If so, how many pickups on the back of the cam gear does it need to run? Or can it be set? As on the back of the standard gear (the front exhaust gear where the factory cam angle sensor is) there is a steel plate bolted to the gear with 4 pickups on it - 3 small & one large. When we fitted my Haltech, we were able to grind off 3 of the tabs & have the sensor working with justone tab... but I don't know if the Emanage will do that.

I do know where to get verniers for the 6A12 but it would take months & months to get them, much like the wait Im currently enduring for the 6A13 equivalents

Post by **I8A4RE** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:35 pm

From what my tuner told me you cant do that with the emanage

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:29 pm

i'll find out about those tabs... How long will the wait be? I don't mind waiting as we are going to use the stock cam gear for now. Will these verniers fit with the sensor? Also how much will these be? What brand are they? Where are they from? Cheers ben

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:13 pm

update!

collet holders were found and bought and now its just assembling the engine time!

then tune and i might have it back on thursday if all goes smoothly... the heads look so good and clean! cant wait to hear her fire up!

getting withdrawal symptons here

short update. but sh*t loads of pics to come

xSlurpee · Post by **xSlurpee** » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:45 am

man, how much money do you make a week to be able to afford these kind of modifications!? respect YO!

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:30 pm

ok so its being held back due to not having received enough holders so they had to order more in...
meh looking like ill have it back next week at this stage!
mechanic gave me all these pics he's taken they look so good you guys will all cream! they have assemble one head and waiting for the holders for the other head then chucking it all back in. The oil cooler and transmission cooler look sooo good. seriously these pics are awesome. Bennoz you will love the pics of the ports they have definitely taken out quite a significant amount. i have pics of the old ports and new ports and a big difference! its going to be sweet!
theyre using the new bosch fusion plugs as well. these provide the performance of iridium with the life of the platinum. quite a fancy looking plug!!!
braided lines are going in today as well with new pads.
the engine looks so good
going to be quite a machine!

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:52 pm

did you hit a lottery?

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:08 pm

zuihoujueding wrote:did you hit a lottery?

he took out a loan to do the whole car!

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:55 pm

Yes I am crazy haha
I just had to do it. Even lots of people called me stupid but oh well!
when u guys see the pics youll understand
I haven't done the whole car. Everything but the bottem
end. Thats next on my list!
get it rebuilt bored and honed to 2.2L with custom
high compression and oversized pistons
Won't happen for awhile though

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:48 pm

oh my god i want to fly over to perth and slit dave in the throat!!!
just got a call from my mechanic and they tried to turn the engine over but they cant because the mivec cam is too large a profile and it hits the f***ing rocker arm!!!

what are my legal rights here? surely they must give me my money back and have to pay for the labour costs involved to pull it apart again and put the old cams in again etc?

after such a f***ing long wait i wouldve expected something that would work! this is infuriating and such a waste of time!!!
arghh!!!!
stupid idiots

someone please tell me what i should do?
my mechanics are pulling the new cams out and just replacing them with the old ones for now until we sort something out...

this is just disgraceful

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:41 pm

Old Ports

New Ports

Old Head

New Head

New Heads on Block

New Heads with HPC Extractors

My Favourite Pic

Top of Head Assembled
(even though the new cams will have to be taken out!

Front Set Up of Car

Nice Shots

zuihoujueding · Post by **zuihoujueding** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:20 pm

Wish i can bring my ride up to this level of treatment! Its a detox!

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Fri Aug 28, 2009 9:35 pm

I'd hate to say we told you so but you can probably see why we doubted it would be ready when you said it would. That said, that head with those header look HOTTT!!!

I guess it doesn't matter if they take their time, as long as they do it right this time. You should definitely hold them accountable for any of their fuckups and THEY should cover the cost. Your paying them for the part and the labour, NOT to fix something they screwed up.

Def looks sweet though

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Sat Aug 29, 2009 7:46 am

koolio1234 wrote:Im running 0 camber at the rear because of:
1. the rear is not driven and doesnt need the grip (FWD)
2. any camber not serving a specific purpose will wear away your tires
3. Less under-steer due to reduced traction
If I was to take it to the track i'd camber the rear to 0.5-1.0

hopefully they'll get their sh*t together mate. Hate to say it but i doubt they will finish by friday.

1. the rear is not driven and doesnt need the grip (FWD)
Yes it does.

2. any camber not serving a specific purpose will wear away your tires
Camber keeps your rear end stable and maximises rear end grip. Going around a corner with no negative camber will cause your rear tyres to lean on their sidewall causing tyre wear and less grip.

3. Less under-steer due to reduced traction
Elaborate.

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 10:41 am

ok so the cams are a no go anymore...
dave is trying to sell them to someone else that has ordered the same thing
who is this other guy? But yeah I'm not happy that my mechanic quoted me around 6500 to get tlthis done and it has now cost 12k and is way over my budget which they never warned me about

also the tiptronic gearbox I bought off nvr2low has different length driveshafts WTF
I thought all the 4 speeds were the same!
pretty much everythig that could go wrong has gone wrong.
now they won't give my car back till I give them the whole amount that I owe and
I am 5k short so looks like I won't have my car back anytime soon :'(
are they allowed to do that?

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:03 pm

Yeah, cars are money pits.
Mine isnt finished and just in engine alone I've done just on 9K.
That doesnt include everything else, and the car isnt finished.
But the car was done by myself, so little labour cost, but plenty of cursives shouted out.

Thing is, they are asking for money... is the car even finished?
As in 100% driveable, back together, no nigglies?
I personally wouldn't give them a cent till the jobs done... however, that would be with a written price quote, and telling them to get fudged if they tried to pwn me for hidden costs.

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Wed Sep 02, 2009 5:56 pm

it isnt finished yet...
theyre having issues with the driveshafts now cos the gearbox is different but i swear it shouldnt be but they showed me why so now theyre trying to sus out why...

theres a lot of things they never included in the original quote...

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:47 pm

sh*t man i swear all the gearboxs have the same drive shafts but if i could get hold of my old drive shafts man i would buddy.

Valandis91 · Post by **Valandis91** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 1:23 pm

yours was a 4 speed wasnt it nvr2low???

well they gave me a quote print out at the beginning. this was the over the top quote that included everything like rebuilding the engine get custom pistons and sh*t and that totalled 17,000
now i said i dont want all that crazy sh*t and we went through it and crossed off the unnecessary things...
this equalled around $6500

now they hand me the bill for $13,000 and i get the biggest shock in my life as they never said they were going over the quote. they mentioned how they had issues... but they never said anything about how much it cost or that they had gone over. especially by that much.
now they refuse to give me my car back until i pay them in full

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:59 pm

yh mate 4 speed buddy defently