The Statesman

[THE STATESMAN]

Name: Matt

Model: 1990 VQ Statesman Series 1

Colour: Alpine White

Bodykit: VQ series 2 rear skirt, HSV rear spoiler

Engine Type: V8 5L

Engine Mods: Redline air filter, HSV air box, 70mm throttle body, High Energy sump, Cop alternator 120 amp, Modified chip

Power: 135.3rwKW

1/4 MILE TIME: 15.08@91 MPH (STOCK 16.29)

Exhaust: Pacemaker extractors with full polished stainless steal 3 inch exhaust from D&T exhausts with 3 inch high flow cat

Gearbox: Rebuilt trans with stage 2 shift kit, corvette servo piston and a Trans cooler

Diff: Enduro Harrop cover, LSD 3:45 Gears

Brakes: VT front brakes EBC green stuff on the front bendix pads on the rear,
Braided front brake lines. Front and rear callipers painted silver, VS brake booster, VT master cylinder

Suspension: Front lowered king springs, KYB shocks, Adjustable strut tops, Rear Calibra lowered king springs, Modified level ride suspension, 20mm Shelby rear swaybar

Wheels/Tyres: 18x8 STRADA Modular Shadow Chrome/235x40

Interior: Re trimmed/ re shaped seats in black and charcoal leather, Momo steering wheel, B&M pro ratchet shifter, Custom console with 3 Autometer gauges, cup holders below stereo, Chrome hand brake leaver, Blue neon’s inside of car and in boot, White Style Dials, painted VS door pods, blue LED's through out interior, blue interior locks, various interior pieces painted black, Chrome door handles, Chrome hand brake lever, S/S dash badge, VP Calais steering wheel glove box, Modified VP switch blocks


Stereo: Pioneer head unit 8650mp,2 x 12inch pioneer subs in custom-made enclosure amps in floor (ALL MADE BY ME), focal 6 ½ inch splits, 6 inch pioneer 2 way speakers, 2 U.s. Audio Amps, 1 Farad Aerpro

Other Mods: Painted and Detailed under carriage, VS IRS rear, Odessey battery, Caprice grill, Caprice front bumper chrome, chrome fuse box, Chrome guard/headlight bolts, Chrome Oil/ power steering/ petrol cap, VN clear indicator tail lights, Chrome rocker covers, Polished VS top engine covers, Chrome door handles, Caprice Fog lights

Build Period: since march 2003

Cost: PROBALLY 2 MUCH

Future Mods: Black Series 2 stato dash, Recondition motor when time comes and add some more POWER.


Contacts:

Soaring Phoenix Mechanical
Peter 76 Wright Road, Ingle Farm, 5098, Adelaide, South Australia
Ph/Fax 08 8395 0617 9am-5pm Mon-Fri

NEAT UPHOLSTERY
Jason U12/26-28 Jacobsen Crs Holden hill,
Ph 0411775430

[SUSPECT]

noice car i remmeber it well when i got my vk dynoed with u at the cocc dyno day few months back

[THE STATESMAN]

thanx mate. i remember the vk 2. good to see you upgraded

[Jesterarts]

Beautiful VQ mate!!
Nice ride height and the stereo is wicked!!
How much did the pioneer gear set u back??

[CALAIS 6]

pics don't do her justice matt and iv been wondering how long it would be before THE STATESMAN graced this forum

[90VN55]

nice car. it looks tuff. the mags look real good when the car sits at that height

[VH SLE]

hey mat you didnt happen to pic that up in the last couple of days did you. i know someone that picked up a v8 VQ stato in the last couple of days called mat.

[HoZy]

****ing love the VQ, Your cluster looks like mine, Haha Great minds think alike

Cheers
MaT

P.S- I got an obsession with VQ's an I got those rims aswell haha

[sixshooter]

Looks very neat with the custom work !!!

[HoZy]

hmm 135rwkw That's pretty low when you think about it, My bro's Calais VN, is putting out 150.2rwkw and it's been dyno's 3 times, at 3 different places to makesure it's right. lol

Cheers
MaT

[foammedia]

Yeah but Hozy you bros car is running more timing more fuel and a better exhaust, easily worth the 15rwkw

[HoZy]

Yeh but,

Read this guys suposid engine mods... And his exhaust system.. Seem's to be very sluggish to me..

Cheers
MaT

[minux]

Lovely ride bud.

Hozy, 135 rwkw on a 165 kw engine isn't bad, its about normal with an exhaust done.

[CALAIS 6]

trust me hozy iv seen this car in action it's quick and the sound is orgazmic.And the rims are nice4 and shinny

[elljay]

FCUK that looks shmick!!! I neva thought a VQ could make me blush!!

[RVN 355]

hmm 135rwkw That's pretty low when you think about it, My bro's Calais VN, is putting out 150.2rwkw and it's been dyno's 3 times, at 3 different places to makesure it's right. lol

Cheers
MaT

mines 144.5 @ wheels with diff on the way out and no cam or internal work.. You always want more power mate

[RVN 355]

Very nice mate, i Have told you that a million times but one more wont hurt. Thats one nice looking VQ. Always a pleasure to see it in real life.

[THE STATESMAN]

thanx people's for the commemts

Beautiful VQ mate!!
Nice ride height and the stereo is wicked!!
How much did the pioneer gear set u back??

steroeo stuff cost me about $2500-$3000 cant remember done it over a few years.

pics don't do her justice matt and iv been wondering how long it would be before THE STATESMAN graced this forum

thanx. i only just stumbled accross this fourm dont know how i missed it

hey mat you didnt happen to pic that up in the last couple of days did you. i know someone that picked up a v8 VQ stato in the last couple of days called mat.

ive had the car for 3 years so it must be another Matt with a stato

****ing love the VQ, Your cluster looks like mine, Haha Great minds think alike
Cheers
MaT
P.S- I got an obsession with VQ's an I got those rims aswell haha

il have to have a loOk at yours now the rims are one of the only ones that i could fit without using spacers. i want to get a new set but they look pretty good on the car so ill leave them for now.

hmm 135rwkw That's pretty low when you think about it, My bro's Calais VN, is putting out 150.2rwkw and it's been dyno's 3 times, at 3 different places to makesure it's right. lol

Cheers
MaT

i have had the car dynoed at 2 places within 2 weeks of each other (didnt do a thing to the car in that time) and the other read out was 120.3rwkw. every dyno is different i think that the power figure is about right for the mods done

At the end of the day it has an air filter and exhaust the TB doesn't do much if anything at all. The sump i only got because i needed a new one so A bigger cant hurt. The diff gears and shift kit are the things that get this big lump of car moving. it goes hard enough to get me in and out of trouble

a drag strip is the only place to see how much power you can get to the ground. not a piece of paper

trust me hozy iv seen this car in action it's quick and the sound is orgazmic.And the rims are nice4 and shinny

its not that quick lots of sound but and the rims are hand polished so they better look shinny dam that takes me ages to do that every couple of weeks :b:

FCUK that looks shmick!!! I neva thought a VQ could make me blush!!

im glad it did

[CALAIS 6]

quicker than my vl lol espeacially on hills lmao

[Sphinx]

From one Stato owner to another, slick ride ya got there Matt.

See ya on the road...

[THE STATESMAN]

started to fiber glassing my console got a fair way to go yet but should look sweet when im done. progress pic

[HoZy]

Absolutely ****ing awesome!!!!!!!!

Good work man, Gonna need a shitload of bog & sanding by the looks of it

Cheers
MaT

[THE STATESMAN]

Absolutely ****ing awesome!!!!!!!!

Good work man, Gonna need a shitload of bog & sanding by the looks of it

Cheers
MaT

dont really want to use that much bog if i can.alot of sanding to do :b: ive only done 1 layer of fiber glass but starting to take shape

[foammedia]

Statesman man, do you have a 660 foot mph on your time slip? can I have that and some info on how much traction you had during the run so I can compare my 1/8th mile mph

[HoZy]

you should of gotten some dowlling, some square 1cm dowling, and use that as like a bevel around the shifter whole so it slopes down so theres not so much of a gap between the top of the shifter & the console, would of given a more smooth look, Hope you know what i mean.

Cheers
MaT

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