VG 355 stroker

[Boonz]

hey everyone

been on here for a few years and havent really made the effort to make my own thread on the ute, but these things happen when your lazy
so ive decided to post up a few details, specs and pics of my pride and joy

its a 1990 model VG S pack ute, started life off as a manual but somewhere along the line a previous owner changed it to an auto...
i bought it for 4 grand, it was a 5 litre, was maranello red and faded as faded could be, 15 inch 5 spoke mags, auto, LSD, some wacked as old school computer chip, 2 1/2 inch stainless exhaust, 267,000 k's on the clock....so overall a good base for my project to start
now i havent got any pics of when i first bought it or any of the bodywork and painting stages as that was like 5 computers ago and alot of cameras! but you could imagine a kinda red ute on 15's lookin kinda beaten up lol....

so i stripped the paint back to bare metal, spent about 3 months every night and most weekends working on the body to get it straight as can be, got my panel beatings skills down pat now cos of it
ordered a VS senator style bodykit for it which suits it pretty well i rekon...

got it all in primer and left it for a week or so to let it settle, got a headache from trying to choose a damn colour! wanted to paint it bright orange pearl but decided not to do that as it would look a bit weird..... so i settled for a colour off an 88 model holden astra.... tropical green lol... no its not hothouse its got a silver metal flake instead of gold
so had that all painted and cleared and put the ute back together.

now the motor, was completely rebuilt to almost standard but had the compression raised to 9.0:1 and had a baby cam installed, heads rebuilt and trans rebuilt with stage 1 shift kit. made 151 rwkw
about 3 months after that i put in a crane 284 cam but didnt get round to getting it tuned....

so the finished product after i bought my rims looked like the ute in my photobucket album "rebuild 1"
boona15/ute rebuild 1 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

about a year and a bit after i finished that, lost my license for 7 months for being naughty....

had the auto built a bit stronger, put on a twin 2 1/2 inch system, installed a kaaz powerpot LSD with 3.45:1 gears, VT front brake upgrade

then took the motor out after i hunted around for some stroker parts.... kinda go out of hand lol

rebuilt the motor with an eagle 355 crank, chev journal scat H beams and SP forged pistons and a compression ratio of 9.8:1.... installed a crane 286 camshaft and associated parts, yella terra adjustable roller rockers, stainless oversized valves, torque power dual plane manifold, EFI hardware throttle body, wired it all up to suit and put it all together
had the seats retrimmed in VY SS green and black cloth, vinyl dye'd the dash, steering wheel and door trims in satin black, installed the oil pressure, stoich and trans temp gauges under the CD player
bought a set of 18 inch verde kaos rims off a member here and put them on, got it registered and have been driving it round with a massive grin on my face ever since

boona15/other cars/ute rebuild 2 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

very near future mods: charger and some very sticky rubber

so yeh sorry for the essay but thats the story of how my ute came to be as it is now.... i should be at the next SA cruise cos im happy with the way its running now

[Wagon_Wheel]

Very nice mate, always wanted to see a thread on your ute.
Not really keen on the wheels though, but love the color, sounds like it was a fun project.
Any future plans at all?

[greenfoam]

Horay, I thought you might be keeping the ute secret forever. There's a spot waiting for you in either the left or right lane at South Coast raceway next season

[Boonz]

yeh thought it was about time i posted up something... what wheels you referring to tho lol...

only thing i have planned to do is save up for a raptor
should have it on the side of the block by early next year

[Boonz]

Horay, I thought you might be keeping the ute secret forever. There's a spot waiting for you in either the left or right lane at South Coast raceway next season

ive already said to you its happening will also let you know hwo the new tune goes this weekend

[greenfoam]

Yeaaah well I'll have my camera ready, Peanuts vs VQ rat for stroker champion of the world. I can see it on youtube allready

[1991_Vn2nV]

Very nice mate, will be awesome to see this car in person on a cruise

[wrx884]

car looks awsome man been wondering if there was eva a write up of this ute not a fan of the chrome rims but with the type of paint uve got they do match so its not a bad thing there ne chance 2 share a cost on the build 2 date?

[daron]

ive seen him and car
once

[greenfoam]

You guys with the wheel comments are giving away your gay tendancies . I didn't even know it had mags on it. It's got a good motor and it's green, what more could you want :! )

[Emackulation]

LOL@ Foam.

About time you posted a thread...sheesh. Hehe, good job with the car. Losing your liscence isn't always a bad thing is it lol. It would be great to see it on jewtube.

10/10 for effort and enthusiasm.

[EvoVIIIJDM]

ive seen the car once but that was a looooong time ago. Be good to see it again some time.

[Boonz]

car looks awsome man been wondering if there was eva a write up of this ute not a fan of the chrome rims but with the type of paint uve got they do match so its not a bad thing there ne chance 2 share a cost on the build 2 date?

well i liek the 18's that are on it now.... i should get a few more pics of it outside somewhere.

probably cost me about $37-38,000 give or take by now... doesnt take long to add up after youve put all the bills together but i dont wanna think about that i just wanna drive the thing

whens the next SA cruise? might come out for a drive

[EvoVIIIJDM]

well i liek the 18's that are on it now.... i should get a few more pics of it outside somewhere.

probably cost me about $37-38,000 give or take by now... doesnt take long to add up after youve put all the bills together but i dont wanna think about that i just wanna drive the thing

whens the next SA cruise? might come out for a drive

21st june. the option was for murray bridge way, could tag along there. visit the poll mate.

[flyen]

i remember this thing...
always good to see/hear a tuff 5L

[RVN 355]

Very nice,also have seen this ute once few years back sounded nice as back then and luv the vyss interior

[greenfoam]

Benny, right now I'm doing an emergency tune for a stroker from your town, they said there is some drags on in Mildura next weekend that they want to race at. You should go too see who is home town champ

[Boonz]

whos the person your doin the tune for??

i cant i have to be in adelaide for my sisters 21st :P so probably not a good idea to be driving the next day haha....

i should have enough saved by this time next year to put me into the low 12's.... i know theres a few tough strokers around that are built to be run N/A. mines just a cruiser till the charger comes and then il see how i go down the 1/4

[RVN 355]

All you need now is RVG 355 PLATES hint hint nice green machine once again

[minux]

For the love of god don't go those gay plates suggested above!!!

[Boonz]

haha i definately wont be getting those plates brad... well i have an update for everyone

stroker + ute + 18's + rain = zero traction
thats about all thats been happening lately really... so probably wont be any updates for a while till i save enough for the charger and associated parts

got a few piccies the other morning before work while it was warming up

[Wagon_Wheel]

Those wheels look better than the other ones, but i reckon some simmons FR19's would look the goods!

[Boonz]

lol yeh better job would be good too cos they are waaaaay overpriced but a good looking wheel...

put in another tune from greenfoam with some more timing up till 5000 rpm, WOW i put 100 kilos of dead weight in the back to see if i can get traction in first gear the other night and it kinda worked, suprisingly my 0-100 time feels so much faster when i can hold it flat from 30 km/h instead of 70km/h

[88GreenVN]

lol yeh better job would be good too cos they are waaaaay overpriced but a good looking wheel...

put in another tune from greenfoam with some more timing up till 5000 rpm, WOW i put 100 kilos of dead weight in the back to see if i can get traction in first gear the other night and it kinda worked, suprisingly my 0-100 time feels so much faster when i can hold it flat from 30 km/h instead of 70km/h

A greenfoam tune can require better tyres, diff, tranny, undies....

[Bz Kn33z]

i live in Mildura, there was word about a 1/4mile strip being done up here, i hope it goes through, if u came to mildura i would go to the drags for sure.