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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | This one took my eye cause it is black and a manual.
Paid $3000 for it at auction cause a wrecker wanted it and was bidding hard against me (not many manual 380's show up at auction)
Anyway she took around $3800 to get back on the road, a chassis rail was slightly bent and it had to go on the rack.
The dent was forward of the suspension turret, but had it done properly just in case of any test criteria like roadworthiness etc.
Here are the before and after photos.
The car also became the basis of my ECU prototype mule.
Have since fitted the supercharger from the GT etc.
here is a video of the finished product
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4DvPq9RDP8
 (as delivered 1.JPG)
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as delivered rear.JPG (288KB - 631 downloads)
interior.JPG (175KB - 668 downloads)
airbag test.JPG (195KB - 628 downloads)
fixed.JPG (234KB - 636 downloads)
fixed 2.JPG (245KB - 690 downloads)
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Location: Brisbane,qld | Nice, did you throw in the LSD? |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | haven't done it yet...but should be a piece of cake. |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | An update on this car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWNyPY98v-g |
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Location: Perth | supercharger sounds sweet |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | She is all done, might just change the wheels on her, have a set of GTL wheels on the shelf.
needs lowering and i have a spare set of KONI shocks and springs....Hmmmm
anyway she is 200 at the wheels with the blower...non forged stock engine.
She has the second highest dyno result of any 380...200.8kw at the wheels.
She is also the only supercharged and intercooled 380 ever built.
Also has the RPW extractors for a bit of fun.
Very dignified result for a great car that was going to end up in the wrecking yard.
 (380vrx intercooled engine bay final.JPG)
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Location: Brisbane,qld | Well done once again, sounds the part too |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | Just been talking to a guy in the US.
The Eclipse which has a 6G75 engine has a 6 speed gearbox that should bolt straight in to a 380....
Oooh...have asked him for a price to ship to Aus...why not...sounds like fun! |
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Location: Brisbane,qld | I take it Thats manual |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | wsbtt - 1/9/2013 00:20
I take it Thats manual
yep...sure is.... |
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Location: Brisbane,qld | Yeah, dont think they come out 6 speed auto |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | wsbtt - 1/9/2013 11:23
Yeah, dont think they come out 6 speed auto
the thing to watch out for is that it spins in the right direction.
some of the overseas models have the motor pointing the other way to us... |
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Location: An island off southern Tasmania. | This car was sold to a guy at the aussie magna forum in WA...it was working perfectly.
He took it to Racing Performance Works....(RPW)
In a nutshell...They blew it up on the dyno.
After a lot of game blaming... the poor guy parted it out..real shame..and a bad...bad..effort by RPW...they couldnt work out how a Link ECU works so tried to fit a Haltech and blew the motor.
Moral to the story...if it ain't broke don't fix it...(and in my mind don't take it to RPW)
This was the ONLY intercooled 380 with Sprintex supercharger.
RPW say they are working on one...but...Ho hum...it will never happen...
Mine may have been a prototype lacking the shine of a production model but it worked....as did the ECU and custom injector rail.
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Location: NSW | Just read that last update. Heart wrenching!
People and their decisions...sigh.
Please do take heart in the fact that not only did you resurrect another rare 380, you have made it even more unique. In fact, another world first! And have proven yet again, the PS41 platform's and drivetrain's robustness and responsiveness to further mods, especially those with a manual box.
What's more, that 380's parting out has resulted in your work living on in powering so many other 380s if not other compatible models!
I am certainly grateful for people like you, and especially for your help with my LX!
Perhaps one day I will have the room and the dough to get another manual 380 for you to experiment with supercharging, intercooling, LPG, and AWD!
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