Upgrading from my first car to a 3.0RB Wagon

[wilso]

Hi All,

On the weekend just past I purchased a black MY07 Liberty 3.0R Spec.B wagon. Let me say I cannot wait to pick it up this weekend. This will be my second ever car as Ive been driving the same black VN Commodore wagon for the last ~11 years. I just hope the Liberty is as bulletproof as the VN has been to me.

A little bit about me is I'm from Ballarat (VIC), 30 years old and working in IT.

I've only been on here for a few weeks since I decided to get a Liberty and I have learnt heaps from reading various threads.

Cheers, Wilso.

[Robbks]

Welcome aboard mate.

few things to keep an eye on.
-oil usage., some drank it like fish, others don;t use a drop
-Use good fuel. these engines need 98RON wherever you can, the factory tune is pretty nasty and they knock a bit on anything but the best fuel
-centre diff failure in the 6speed boxes. they get hot and will lock up after about 50km of driving, giving you the feeling of a 4wd with centre diff lock, makes it hard to to tight turns

[Ric]

...
-Use good fuel. these engines need 98RON wherever you can, the factory tune is pretty nasty and they knock a bit on anything but the best fuel
...

I'm curious about this one. I've experimented with 95 and 98 over the years, and notice hardly any difference.
I usually use Shell 95, and have never observed knocking in my engine. The engine has done about 125,000km now.

[Robbks]

on my normal route home i find myself cruising in 6th gear at about 80km/h 2000rpm with the window down, squeeze the throttle to maybe 1/3 for a little uphill section and it audibly pings on 98RON
So i just leave it in 5th now.

Unless it's wastegate chatter i'm hearing...... ( )

Need to get mine tuned. DBW maps REALLLLLY sh!t me

[libz05]

welcome soN!

[wilso]

Finally back with some pics of my wagon. Spent 7 hours detailing it on the weekend and very happy wth how it looks.

[paggaz]

Nice job. Looks schmick!

[Corsair]

Welcome. That car has plenty of modding potential.

[jslayz]

Welcome,

In black too

Did someone say mod....

Grill, Rims, Done.

Get some sticky tyres on and enjoy!

J

[wilso]

Grill, Rims, Done.

Agree

[J0HNATH0N]

Very nice looking wagon mate!

[Robbks]

Grill, Rims, Done.

Agree

+ big rear swaybar, set on hard to keep that phat a$$ from floating around