Reapers Black VP SS

[thestig]

Great to see you haven't been shot yet. It is every man for himself over there....

Reaper

The operative word being "yet". I do have some interesting stories to tell however...

L8r

[Reaper]

Bilsteins are in, as are the K-mac strut tops. All I can say is woah - what a difference. The ride is quite a bit firmer but *all* of the high speed floatyness (is that a word?) has gone. I got a wheel alignment done and dialed in a tad more neg camber + bought the caster to right at the end of the factory limit.

In my early testing the rear still seems to have a little too much roll for my liking and maybe a slightly stiffer rear bar might be the go. I'll let things settle down for a few runs before I do this though.

Reaper

[Terminal]

Hey Reaper what are your thoughts on King Springs? Did you check them out as an option for the VP.

[Reaper]

Hey Reaper what are your thoughts on King Springs? Did you check them out as an option for the VP.

Yeah I did. Like anything you get what you pay for. For anybody who wants their street car to sit a bit lower with otherwise normal driving they are a good cheap solution. For track work there are probably better alternatives but you pay accordingly.

Reaper

[Terminal]

Yeah I did. Like anything you get what you pay for. For anybody who wants their street car to sit a bit lower with otherwise normal driving they are a good cheap solution. For track work there are probably better alternatives but you pay accordingly.

Reaper

Cool since i wont be on a track then ill probably be getting some.

[VZHSV]

Yeah I did. Like anything you get what you pay for. For anybody who wants their street car to sit a bit lower with otherwise normal driving they are a good cheap solution. For track work there are probably better alternatives but you pay accordingly.

Reaper

if you dont mind me asking how much did the suspension set you back?
shocks and springs?

[Reaper]

if you dont mind me asking how much did the suspension set you back?
shocks and springs?

I highly recommend Quadrant Bilstein in Berwick. They know *exactly* what is what. Compared to your standard pedders/monroe it isn't cheap but the difference in performance is huge. It was around $1400 for springs and shocks. I installed them.

Reaper

[Reaper]

After way too much chocolate over Easter I decided the VP needed to go on a diet

Out came the entire interior and an afternoon with the heat gun got me about 1/2 way there....









As you can see the tunnel and passenger side is still to go. I think I have the technique down pat and hopefully will get home from work early enough to finish it during the week.

Reaper

Ps. Metal buckets suck as drivers seats.

[Wagon_Wheel]

Lookin good, very neat job of it, most ppl i see attempt it leave heaps of tar stuff left stuck.

Let us know if you notice much difference.
Or even weigh it all once its all out and see how much u lost

[Reaper]

Lookin good, very neat job of it, most ppl i see attempt it leave heaps of tar stuff left stuck.

Let us know if you notice much difference.
Or even weigh it all once its all out and see how much u lost

I will be weighing it all but that will have to be next week.. GF went nuts when she saw what I was going to do with her scales. Will wait till she is at work next time

Reaper

[stocky]

After way too much chocolate over Easter I decided the VP needed to go on a diet

how do you feed chocolate to a VP? that cant be good for the engine

[Emackulation]

Looking good. Weight reduction, fun times.

[greenfoam]

Used petrol again to clean the remains off or acetone? very clean job so you must have used something . One thing is for sure it's going to be an awe inspiring sound from inside the cabin on your next trip to 60 mph

[azkwazere]

lol... his next post will be totally in caps cos he's gone deaf...

"ITS RUNNING ALOT FASTER NOW WITHOUT THE EXTRA WEIGHT!"

haha

Though you were weighing the car with her scales.. lol.. though how are you doing that? then relised the bucket of **** was being weighed.. drrr...

Coming along nicely, LOVE VP's

aZk.

[greenfoam]

It wont make alot of extra difference in straight line speed but it all adds up for cornering/braking and general hanging onto the road and controlabilty in a hairy moment and that's all important stuff for this car. In the end If car A has 50 kgs less than Car B then Car A wins no matter if it's by .1 it's still a win

[immortality]

Hmmmmm you eat chocolate, yet the VP goes on a diet Hmmmm. very neat job indeed. i'm sure glad i've got a s1 VN. not much dead weight to worry about (except the driver ) are you only gonna fit a drivers seat?

[89 vn]

How much roughly does all that stuff you removed weigh?

[greenfoam]

How much roughly does all that stuff you removed weigh?

I lost count doing mine, But roughly on the VP the deadner in the boot and towards the back seat is almost 10 kgs, the rubber mats are about another 10. And the rest of the deadner in the cabin is around 20. So it's a 40kg trick or so. Which if you've ever had a light weight girl in the 40 kg range in the car you'll know it's enough to notice being slightly slower with that much extra weight and it's the most weight you can pull from a VP that has no real purpose so it's just gota go in a perforamce car. Reaper will be able to tell you exactly how much all that weighed soon .

[stocky]

you guys are tempting me to start ripping all that stuff out of mine now haha

[89 vn]

NIce,my boot has been completely stripped its bare as just black metal inside wonder if previous owner could of removed other stuff

[hakhawk]

i think we concluded at one stage that vns didnt get boot deadener

[Reaper]

i think we concluded at one stage that vns didnt get boot deadener

The VN I just sold didn't have any in the boot. BTW - can anybody confirm if the re-enforcing bracket that runs from the center of the diff hump to the back along the boot floor is part of the car or is it part of the tow bar and can be removed.

Reaper

[greenfoam]

The VN I just sold didn't have any in the boot. BTW - can anybody confirm if the re-enforcing bracket that runs from the center of the diff hump to the back along the boot floor is part of the car or is it part of the tow bar and can be removed.

Reaper

Mine had a bar along the centre of the boot floor but it was the top part of the tow bar. Well I assumed so, it didn't look factory.
And only VN calais have deadner in the boot and even then seems like not all of them do. All VP's have it

[immortality]

The VN I just sold didn't have any in the boot. BTW - can anybody confirm if the re-enforcing bracket that runs from the center of the diff hump to the back along the boot floor is part of the car or is it part of the tow bar and can be removed.

Reaper

Remove it, it's only used for the towbar, i've gota keep mine because i use to towbar once in a while..... and the NOS bottle is bolted to it

[Reaper]

Hokay.... out it comes..... Am also considering a pair of carbon/suede seats a friend has sitting about. The stockies weigh a ton! Not sure about this one though - I have visions of this car all bared out and 100% track if I did that.

Reaper