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Pepsimus' 97 RVR HSGR

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Started by Pepsimus, Oct 06 2015 03:38 PM

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Posted 15 November 2015 - 11:48 PM

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Autos are like that. Lucky its not e85 as well
4g93t jumbuck conversion. PRANGED 18/3/12, CHECK MY MEMBER RIDES Page 11. no serious human injuries.
ON THE ENGINE STAND. g4cs 2.4l + Gt35r. PLUS: auto conversion + Awd coming.
thanks for parts and help: BMGTZ, EVOCPE, cwolf, Benozi, Jamo-GSR, 1JUM2NV, RXVII..much appreciated, cheers guys.
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Posted 15 November 2015 - 11:51 PM

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Jesus. Power of a 4cyl. Weight of a 6cyl. Fuel consumption of an 8cyl. Looks like I need to find a daily

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 12:22 AM

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The fact it has the aerodynamics of a bulldozer blade, doesn't help either, lol

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 01:03 AM

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Hit the nail on the head

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 01:28 AM

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Economy is so abysmal, there is a thread about it. I dont think anyone has a auto rvr and getting 300km to tank.
The manuals were better but not sure how much.
4g93t jumbuck conversion. PRANGED 18/3/12, CHECK MY MEMBER RIDES Page 11. no serious human injuries.
ON THE ENGINE STAND. g4cs 2.4l + Gt35r. PLUS: auto conversion + Awd coming.
thanks for parts and help: BMGTZ, EVOCPE, cwolf, Benozi, Jamo-GSR, 1JUM2NV, RXVII..much appreciated, cheers guys.
Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines. —Enzo Ferrari
REMEMBER: you cant polish a turd, but you can roll it in glitter.

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 01:52 AM

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I get around 350km to 450km depending on atoind town or highway. But.... I am a grandma driver.
Incidentally, when i had the EVO 3 ecu in my economy was around 10percent better.

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Posted 16 November 2015 - 06:11 AM

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The fact it has the aerodynamics of a bulldozer blade, doesn't help either, lol


Lol..nice comparison!
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Posted 17 November 2015 - 12:46 PM

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Thought I'd hop back on gumtree after giving up my searching. Can someone clarify if this will fit my rvr?image.jpg image.jpg

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Posted 17 November 2015 - 04:08 PM

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Mates mrs just reversed into my car. Anyone know where I can get a HSG front bar?

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Posted 17 November 2015 - 10:18 PM

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There was a bloke on gumtree wrecking one in qld or nsw,
Ad had a pic of a ssg but he also had a hsg he was parting as well, wanted to sell the whole kit as one though,
Do me a favour if ya do get a complete bar? Just check your reo for me, Im gunna need one soon

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Posted 17 November 2015 - 10:22 PM

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And yes the 16g will bolt on no worries, might need to open up the manifold outlet with a die grinder to suit,

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 12:10 AM

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There was a bloke on gumtree wrecking one in qld or nsw,
Ad had a pic of a ssg but he also had a hsg he was parting as well, wanted to sell the whole kit as one though,
Do me a favour if ya do get a complete bar? Just check your reo for me, Im gunna need one soon


Yeah he wanted $400 hey? Cars been in a front end before, so no reo... Pretty certain the cars a write off

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 01:30 AM

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Yeah, Ashley I think his name is,
And....dam, I dont know what your lucks gunna be like finding another 2nd hand one, I was gunna buy the darwin hsg for $650 purely for the front end, but had to pull my own head in before the mrs does it, lol, an I doubt it'll be there in feb...

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 01:38 AM

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Group buy perhaps?

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 01:40 AM

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Damage isn't too bad on my bar so might give fibreglassing a go, but I've got a mate who is a qualified panel beater etc so depends on the price haha

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 02:02 AM

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Group buy perhaps?


what were you after? Im still keen to get it but I know ill just hoard more parts, already have 3 sheds and a massive garage full of evo 3,5 and GSR parts

Give it a go repairing it, if its already semi stuffed then it wont matter if ya do make an abortion of it, lol,

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 03:40 AM

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Was just wanting a good condition front bar, all the brackets and tek screw holes are broken, grille is shit, been repaired with rivets previously. Worst thing is I haven't told the mrs that her cars been hit.... She bought the rvr so yeah :/

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 07:11 AM

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Oh oh..your in the shit now. ^
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Posted 18 November 2015 - 05:05 PM

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Made up a backstory so it didn't involve my mates and she didn't care one bit... I asked why and she said " Caus I'm not the one fixing it " well played...

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Posted 18 November 2015 - 11:56 PM

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Mates mrs just reversed into my car. Anyone know where I can get a HSG front bar?


I've got one. Come with a car though. And I'm only 10mins up the road from you.
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