Sold the supercharged monaro & bought 3 new Rides and a wicked turbo charged Chev :)

[redcv6]

Well im back on the forum again. lost interest in it a year back, as too many wankers with absolutely no knowledge of cars, and that thought they owned a 10 second standard v6 commodore, with no respect for other people or moderators took over the website.
Im hoping that all this has changed.


Name: Johnny
Location: east of melbourne
Age: 22
Occupation: sparky

Ride 1
VY SS UTE
kms: 140,000
condition: excelent inside and out

Modifications:
pacemaker extractors
stainless steel pacemaker cat section and cats
x force stainless mid section
red back mild steel rear section with resi cut out.
19's
Poly Air Bags in rear for tow assist
dvd player
Thunder Hard Lid

Picture:



Ride 2
HQ Belmont windowless PanelVan
Year: 1973
Condition: needs full restoration
Modifications:
none of yet :P.......... well actually i believe it has 4 inch lowering blocks in it.

Picture:


Ride 3
100 series Diesel Landcruiser GXL
year: 1999
Modifications:
Arb Roof Rack
Arb Compressor
Arb 2 Inch Lift (old man emu)
big box in rear with fridge slide tray
IPF spotties (don't look at flash as the round ones, but god damn do they work)
tjm winch bar
warn xd 9000 with plasma rope
Hot Water Service (shower)
2 spare wheels + tires
GME slimline UHF and aerial to suit

standard features
cruise control
central locking
alarm
all electrics

Pictures:





AND NOW FOR THE BEAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chevrolet small block 400ci 4 bolt mains motor with hks ball bearing ceramic coated turbo(T70 something built to handle 1000hp)

Motor:

heads from eagle spares ,double valve springs, 2.2 inlet, 1.6 exh valves
crane roller rockers and push rods
edelbrock victor junior manifold
holly 750 double pumper annular discharge
electronic boost retard dizzy
low comp pistons
new crank
high volume oil pump
edelbrock water pump
drive plate
reduction starter motor
comp 8:1

Trans

new from eagle spares
2200 stall converter
stage 2 shift kit
new yoke
new large oil cool and filter
new chrome dip stick and converter pan

(considering a powerglide)

Turbo kit

Fuel system twin 425 gas mixers and twin B2 converters
intercooler 3 inch piping, B.O.V
the turbo is a HKS and is ceramic coated
3 inch dump
50mm external wast gate

Diff:

Modified 9 inch.
is only 28 spline with 2.87's (or around that)
but is going 35 spline axles with 3.5- 3.7's in it



Now just got to put it together to hopefully get me down the strip in under 10 seconds. a mid 9 would be nice haha

Hope you enjoyed!

[GRPABT1]

Is the 400 going into the HQ?

[redcv6]

yeah buddy, thats the plan. need to rework the turbo piping but other than that should go straight it.

[Dr HaxZaw]

I'm just going to sit here and look at that engine for the rest of the day... studying for uni exams has got nothing on it

[Jonno]

i want the pannooo

[redcv6]

haha cheers boys. yeah im meant to be studying also.
the van is amazing however ive come across the rare opportunity to buy a genuine hq sandman, which for those who dont know, there were about 100 made. so i might be purchasing that aswell, so i can have my genuine sandman streeter and my off its tits belmont.
cheers for the nice comments

[DevilDRake]

Looks the goods. Will be good to have a build up on it. if you do a build up be sure to post it up in the HQ section so i can follow it :P

[redcv6]

will do mate, only just started doing the floor pans, so ill see if ican start one.

[ToMMMaY]

Those manifolds look bloody weird lol

[azkwazere]

Im hoping that all this has changed.

It has not, in fact, its probably slightly worse.

love the rides though.. nice 4x4!

aZk.

[Sabbath']

Definately changing my career to a sparky.....nice rides!

[redcv6]

tommay - manifolds are standard chev with a crossover pipe
azk - thats a shame to hear, but thank you for the kind words
sab - haha barely any of this money has come from my sparky job, all from last job. and don't become a sparky no work, no jobs, and they still want a pay rise..... we are all screwed.

[Reaper]

haha cheers boys. yeah im meant to be studying also.
the van is amazing however ive come across the rare opportunity to buy a genuine hq sandman, which for those who dont know, there were about 100 made. so i might be purchasing that aswell, so i can have my genuine sandman streeter and my off its tits belmont.
cheers for the nice comments

IIRC HQ Sandmans were all built at the end of their run in '74. Not sure how you could have one built in 1973. Right off the bat the guards on the van pictured are incorrect but that doesn't rule the car out as they could have changed many times over it's life. I'd be interested to see the trim plate on this car.

Reaper

[redcv6]

hahaha no mate, i meant im looking at a hq sandman that is not for sale yet that i have first offer on . mine is a belmont. sorry for the misunderstanding. the sandman im looking at however is born in mid 74 and has b trim code and metalic paint from factory so that should definately be one. also has gts guards and dash. so far we have come to $5000 im waiting to see if i can get him down a bit in price.
cheers Johnny

[Reaper]

hahaha no mate, i meant im looking at a hq sandman that is not for sale yet that i have first offer on . mine is a belmont. sorry for the misunderstanding. the sandman im looking at however is born in mid 74 and has b trim code and metalic paint from factory so that should definately be one. also has gts guards and dash. so far we have come to $5000 im waiting to see if i can get him down a bit in price.
cheers Johnny

Ahhh kk. Sorry - misunderstood. Hope it isn't too rusty. They are certainly few and far between.

Reaper

[redcv6]

it is pretty gone,however still workable, but hey the last one i heard that sold was for $47000 to a guy out in moe who wanted to relive his teen years. it had a small block chev and perfectly restored so i hear, in that burned orange colour i think.

[redcv6]

quick update - started hearing a noise in the 4by im hoping its just a uni but have a deep fear that its going to be the rear diff

[Ian Johnston]

Being a 100 series Cruiser, it could be the front diff. Very common problem.

[Hangman]

Woo another panno :thumbs up:

My first thought when I saw the engine was into the van with it too. Glad that's the plan

[redcv6]

ian - the front diff was replaced 2 months ago so i really really hope its not that.
hangman - yep its definitely going into the hq, just need to get the turbo piping sorted, and paint the firewall and she is good to go in

[redcv6]

so just a quick update, the ss ute got written off by a street sweeper truck..... not what i wanted but money can go to finishing off the panelvan i guess and saving for a house.

[vn1989]

no!!! how did that happen did u have insurance???

[redcv6]

hey mate, a street sweeper truck rammed the car up the ass why itwas parked on the side of the road its going through insurance now just waiting on their excess to be paid and agree on a payment.
cheers Johnny