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VQ stato with 5000i engine!!
Car - VQ statesman series 1 born in 1990
Engine - 5L hsv red motor (5000i)
Exhaust - HSV extractors, twin 2.5",2 gutted cats, muffler on each pipe,
into one hotdog resinator and out the back
Mods - HSV front brakes
Leather interior
HSV steering wheel
Lower springs at the moment just a tad lower than FE2 (occasionally slammed at the rear)
Small sound system 2 6x9s and some splits in the front
Tinted windows 35% except back
White venetians
HSV 17" wheels
Future plans - paint rear veiw mirrors and door handles white
Caprice skirts and spoiler
Pinstripe tailights
Custom air intake pipe
Vq caprice or vt calais wheels
Stally and shift kit or manual conversion = hard decision at the moment
Resprayed in the same colour if i find time maybe a D.I.Y. job
Group A twin throttle bodies
A good touch up
Last edited by HSV.006; 10-12-2009 at 02:51 PM.
lol vq statesmans are sick, one question. do the vq statesman tail light garnish fit the vp commodore?
very nice ride though ive always loved them. especially with those clubsport rims :P
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pretty sure they fit but i wouldnt go putting one on a vp ss. red stripes look heaps good on them, stand out good on the white paint too. oh and i just had a look at some pictures of your car and.. dammmmm, its hot!Originally Posted by Denso
as for the wheels, im just waiting for the perfect ones to come allong, vq caprice series 2 or maybs some vt calaiseses
Last edited by HSV.006; 31-12-2009 at 02:23 PM.
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some pics.. still trying to tidy up the engine bay a bit more, still have some wires
and relays from the gas system that was in there. also some interior pics, going to
tidy up where you can see the panel between the back seats and the rear doors.
Geez some people cry about spilt milk on this thing.
Looking nice, I wish I had the room to keep my VQ.
Looking forward to more updates on this one
50LTRv8
Banned
i reckon I have seen this on the back of a tow truck?/Then getting extractors fitted??looked neat
AGREED!!!
car looks good mate!
Almost not here!
LOL - your Stato is better than my mungrel VN anyday -
Note - you have seen the mungrel VN when we stuffed the Senator rear bar into it lol
Last edited by 88GreenVN; 29-10-2009 at 08:15 PM.
White 05 V6 VZ Executive - Thrashed Ex Telstra car
and 3 Dangerous non ABS VN's
cheers man!
Tells it like it is.
k - so it's a stater with a motor that has red covers. No need to crucify the guy. Nice car dude - just ask a mod to change the title to something that won't give you so much grief....
Hmmm.... I must be getting mellow in my old age (or is that beer???). Speak of the devil - I need more Beer!
Reaper
Your freedom ends where mine begins
Tells it like it is.
I liked my title better....
Reaper
oh my post got pimp slapped, hmmm is that tail light center garnish made from transparent red plastic? cause i saw something on a forum.... i think it was this one.... where this guy put led's in his tail lights. how mad would it look if the whole back lit up when applying the brakes.
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yeah you must of seen it at doyles i kno the guys, much cheaper than paying an exhaust place to do it when i wanted to drive the car to work that night lol
Home Of The Shiny Tank
Nice stato mate! Love the venetians!
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Ok so heres the low down, i have been thinking about doing some work to the tranny for some time now. i have been saving up for a rebuilt with stage 2 shift kit, corvette servo's etc. but i am also pretty keen on doing a manual conversion. i obviously cant do both so if you could give me some advice/feedback/suggestions would be appreciated
Follow the White RaBBiT>>
manual be differntmanual stato's is always kool
If Barbie's so popular, why do you have to buy all her friends?
//There Ain't No Rest For The Wicked...
.51 boost valve
Stage 2 shift kit
Kevlar clutches
Beast Billet Reaction Shell
Billet servo's
Oversized Kevlar Power Band
Trans cooler is a MUST!
// Only issues I've noticed with a box shifting this hard, If i do full throttle shift, I've snapped 3 IRS cradles.
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sounds exspensive, so this means not in the near future. is that the exact setup you have??
//There Ain't No Rest For The Wicked...
Yep, Sure is what I have.
Cheers
MaT
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ha nice work man ill have to look into it! when i finally get a weekday off work that is
Project VT (In Progress)
cant go buy the sound off a aussie carst iron block 5l fuel injected v8 on roids
slap a terra chrger kit on that puppie
love the camber on the first pics.. i thought the vq was a live axel not irs
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yeah the motor does sound awesome heaps barky. gutted cats and twin pipes wooo
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