Cya VL...

[greensmokeninja]

Ive just sold my trusty VL turbo which had a few light mods( exhaust, FMIC,T3/T4, EMS stinger..)It was a pretty decent taxi, running a tyre-frying 13.6...but a little agricultural..
Anyway Ive always liked the look of the early 90's RS, but I don't know a hell ofa lot about them. What sort of stock power ATW are you looking at roughly,and what sort of 1/4 mile time?
I'd also like to know what sort of basic mods are the most effective, and what sort of gains I can Expect from each.
Finally, are there any real inherent weaknesses in the engine/driveline that I should know about?

Im really keen on getting one, but a few people have told me that theyre difficult and expensive to modify... tell me it aint so!

[Billsy]

the RS stock has about 100kw atw, add some light intake mods, a $350 ecu chip and a full exhaust. and youll be set for around 145-150 atw

to get more power than that reliably your looking at bigger injectors, fuelpump and aftermarket ecu
the stock motor can put out about 200kw atw fairly reliably with a good tune. there are people who have pushed past this. but the life of the engine would be questionable.

[whitey]

Chech the Technical FAQ section theres some good info on buying an RS and moddifying an RS with power gains etc.

Hope this helps.

[paddo]

billsy, who's got 200 atw with a stock motor? and who's pushed past it? imo 200atw on a stock motor is pushing the limits of it.

[bosc0]

i will soon.... i hope

[Raz]

I think Mark is doing the same or will be soon i beleive...

[Billsy]

thats my eventual target. though my engines not completely stock, but there are a few people with stock Ej20s on rexnet with around that figure, for engine life reasons most people upgrade the internals at the same time.
there is a guy in mildura with vf22, 440's, exhaust, avo top mount and unichip making 195atw on 19.5 psi
it definitely can be done.

[spacca]

there is a guy in mildura with vf22, 440's, exhaust, avo top mount and unichip making 195atw on 19.5 psi
it definitely can be done.

Is that on a *very* happy dyno??
And in what gear?

Wish I could get that :cry:

[Billsy]

there is a guy in mildura with vf22, 440's, exhaust, avo top mount and unichip making 195atw on 19.5 psi
it definitely can be done.

Is that on a *very* happy dyno??
And in what gear?

Wish I could get that :cry:

its been done on 2 different dynos, none of them are "happy dynos"

heres a link HERE (http://www.rexnet.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34451)

[spacca]

its been done on 2 different dynos, none of them are "happy dynos"

heres a link HERE (http://www.rexnet.com.au/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34451)

Done in 3rd gear, and not on the Autotech dyno - makes me feel a little better :)

[rony]

holy crap, that rex, 620NM of torque at 95kph! I wonder how real that is.

[goq11k]

Nukem ran 200 KWATW i think from a stock motor, with FMIC, ecu, blah blah

[LegacyLout]

I Sold a Vl Calais for my Legacy RS..... Weird

[TOMO]

I sold my VL Turbo calais for my RS Liberty. :D

[Kristian]

I had a VL turbo, had simular mods to you. sold it 4 a 92 GX wagon. now i have had it converted with all 96TT running gear.

I would never look back, such a better car.

[LegacyGTwagon]

wow.. all these VL bokes moving onto Subarus..

I myself had VT Acclaim and Im now driving a Legacy GT

[TOMO]

I only brought the VL for the Turbo and than my brother brought his old RS I had a drive and I was hooked on the boxer beat all wheel drive handling and the stelf bomer look. :twisted: :twisted:

[greensmokeninja]

erm... where is the tech FAQ?

[Mickey]

Here is a link

It was in Technical FAQ ;)

http://www.rslibertyclub.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=8225

[greensmokeninja]

makes sense really..

[hendo]

holy crap, that rex, 620NM of torque at 95kph! I wonder how real that is.
It's to do with the gearing. My car made 156.5 kw ATW on the same dyno, but because of my short ratio's it had 690nm @ 88kph.
There is no way my car has that much torque in the real world.

[rony]

Hendo,
ahh no worries, thanks for clearing that up, thought it was a bit high looking.

[Warlord]

my car was making about 760 at 130km/h ish