Rear drum brakes!!

I mean the abs, irs and airbags...I dont mind too much just had the peace of mind that i had some good safety features...I know the panno is quite the rock but yeh just going to be diff..its more my dad who is worried about the safety..

i will learn how to drive her and take it easy all the time...im not a mental on the road anyways just other dickh's you have to watch out for..

AGR071 wrote:

lozzie wrote:Im just used to all the statos features

You can still have some in your pano, some of us do....... or am i the only one?

yeah mate i think your the only one with a/c and all the mod cons

SORRY, i thought you ment stuff like electric windows, A/C, Cruise control, power steering.

ABS,SRS - possible but a REAL pain in the bum to set up.
IRS - possible but a bit of chassis work will need to be done.

CURSED wrote:yeah mate i think your the only one with a/c and all the mod cons

Oh bugger!!

lol i dont care about all that stuff, I just dont want to be disadvantaged when it comes to being safe thats all...

AGR071 wrote:

CURSED wrote:yeah mate i think your the only one with a/c and all the mod cons

Oh bugger!!

i have power steering and air con too, if that's what you mean by mod cons.... but just wait.... hmmmm, after the 8 conversion, i could take this anywhere...... I still have access to my old wagon with electric mirrors etc....

lol well im giving up allll the mod cons for my dream car...

the van

some people say im going backwards and that i should be going forwards with the 'car thing'

Mod con's...........

Like TV, DVD, GPS, Internet & a vacuum! Mr Bumpy rock's in the mod cons dept!

well you really do have 'it all' im talking about abs irs airbags and stuff.....

is it a bad thing im going backwards in that department....so frustrating when people say that to me....

i hear 'why get an older car when you can sell the statesman and buy something newer with better features and a safer drive' ?@@??@?@?@?@?@?@@?

Better to go backwards, they don't build them like they did anymore.............

a save drive depends on the driver not the car, new cars drive for the driver if you know what i mean

ah yeh i hear ya!

Well im a rating one and only just rolled into someones arse once before but in my 6 yrs of driving, nothing clean slate...i hope to keep it that way...especially with the arrival of my van i will be EXTRA careful ..

The van is rock solid unlike the stato which just cracked the front bumper cuz its plastic, and no shit, i just touched the car in front!

CURSED wrote:a save drive depends on the driver not the car, new cars drive for the driver if you know what i mean

yup, i know what you mean, in the olden days people used to actually learn how to drive a car, nowadays the cars do do it for you, rear sensors, rear video etc etc etc, most don't know the dimensions of their vehicles, we're a lazy throw away society - so if there's some of us that can keep history and the classics going - why not, and old vehicles aren't necessarily unsafe, did you know that airbags can maim you, or even kill you depending on the impact?

Ok well yes you are right! excited about the van...I hate waiting...

I know everyone is saying, save for the 308...I hear if you turbo a 202 it rips the doors off a v8

What about a 30 camshaft and 350 holley carby on the 202?

Need the torque Loz.
A turbo 202 in an LJ torrie will blow apart a v8 of similar size- the EZY 10Z boys will show you that.
But a turbo 202 in a fat panelvan will need the torque of a v8 to pull better times.

CURSED wrote:a save drive depends on the driver not the car, new cars drive for the driver if you know what i mean

And in the olden days, in the old cars, the speed limit was 100 mph equal to 160klms, and we did our best to comply with the laws of the day , especially on the highways Our old FJ would squeal trying to get to 90 mph, (140klms) she was flat out

And they reckon the young ones of today are hoons

Scott is right you can tinker with the 202 cam, change heads, put fast carbies on etc or you can just bolt in a 253/308 and get into it with the V8 rumble out the back. Don't get me wrong there are many Panelvans out there with nice 6 cylinders and I have owned two, only to change them to 8's eventually, I'm an eight fan all the way.There's not a bone in my body that wishes I kept them a 6. There's not many around whom pull out an 8 to put a 6 in, but plenty that go the other way? Whichever way you go, you'll have plenty of style

I`m not too familiar with the holden sixes but I`ve got a Ford Fairmont with a worked 4 ltr and a Fairlane with a stock 5 ltr and there is no way you could compere the two i would rather drive the Fairlane 5ltr over the 4 ltr any day

I still suggest Whispering into Wizard's ear....
He's the one with the spanners on the Holden 6.
(Plus he may have a spare cam or 2 lying around with some other go fast parts...)

Hey i msg the wizard so im awaiting his reply!

Thanks for the tips guys

he logs on around 8 to 8:30 monday to friday as he on;y has the net at work.

PS: love your avatars Lozzie

Is he still on holidays??

could be Scott. also the dizzy man wont be open till monday sorry Lozzie.

highwaymenace wrote:could be Scott. also the dizzy man wont be open till monday sorry Lozzie.

HA HA HA!!!!!
Sorry, I immediately pictured a bloke spinning around and around....

Thought Daz was the Dizzy Man................... Doing circles in the lounge muttering "van, Van, van"