Morton's white VQ Statesman

[Morton]

Shiftkit is free with this guy's rebuild. He makes his own. And the corvette servo is only $50, and a twenty minute fit. I had both on my VP, and the gearbox behaved exactly how I wanted it to

If I'm not mistaken, a shift-kit will increase hydraulic pressure to the clutch packs and reduce slip'age. Reduces shift overlap and other nasties. Otherwise generally improves gearbox life. A Corvette servo serves a similar purpose in terms of elongating life, and reducing slip. Something like 30% more holding power. So why not both?

As much as it would probably be a great drive with one or the other, I KNOW exactly how it feels after he builds a box with both - so why try anything different, right?

[Blown V6 Hatch]

What you have planned to be done on that auto will be more than fine!

[Mack]

Sounds like your have made a good decision Morton, gotta get it done before it makes driving annoying. Mine lost 3rd and 4th on my way home from work between towns, 100km.h in 2nd gear isnt that great LOL.

[immortality]

you got it morton, the shift kit alters the way the fluid travels through the valve body (the TCI kit i have here actaully has 2 drill bits in it to alter the standard seperator plate and some new springs) the servo applies more pressure on the band to stop it slipping. it also takes less time for the fluid to accumulate behind the servo (something to do with the surface area of the servo) so when shifting at high throttle settings (with increased pressures from the shift kit) it gets into gear in double time, jsut the way you like it

nice ride morton. personally not a big fan of the statesman series but you gotta love the extra cylinders and displacement. (although i imagine it's a very comfy cruiser)

[Morton]

Originally Posted by Blown V6 Hatch

What you have planned to be done on that auto will be more than fine!

Yeah, it's not gonna be a crazy car hey Just a stocker with a few cheapskate mods ^__^ no cams, blowers, strokers or any of that. Thanks for the input mate always good to get more opinions.

Originally Posted by Mack

Sounds like your have made a good decision Morton, gotta get it done before it makes driving annoying. Mine lost 3rd and 4th on my way home from work between towns, 100km.h in 2nd gear isnt that great LOL.

Hahahah oh dear, that's gotta suck. Happened to my dad's mazda oh the way to adelaide. Every time it shifted into 3rd it would cut out altogether. Had to hold it in 2nd gear all the way back to Melbourne

Originally Posted by immortality

you got it morton, the shift kit alters the way the fluid travels through the valve body (the TCI kit i have here actaully has 2 drill bits in it to alter the standard seperator plate and some new springs) the servo applies more pressure on the band to stop it slipping. it also takes less time for the fluid to accumulate behind the servo (something to do with the surface area of the servo) so when shifting at high throttle settings (with increased pressures from the shift kit) it gets into gear in double time, jsut the way you like it

nice ride morton. personally not a big fan of the statesman series but you gotta love the extra cylinders and displacement. (although i imagine it's a very comfy cruiser)

Thanks for the info mate, always handy to accumulate more information ^_^ rep will be left.

Yeah, the stato has its ups and its downs... but you can't go past the sheer size of the thing. So much acreage in the back, it's amazing ^_^

My tax return should be in the vacinity of $3000, so some of that will go into reubilding the trans and swapping over my diff centers. Then the stato will have a good auto and 3.7s, and we can get back to work

[THE STATESMAN]

Nice stato mate good thing you ditched the spoliler they look horrible imo. good buy for the $3000 you paid for it paid 10g for mine about 6 years ago they've come down in price a bit.

[Morton]

Yeah, they've come down a bit alright

I wish mine was your colour though. You've got the nice clean white. Mine's milky white, and therefore looks rubbish unless washed properly. Love the work you've done on yours too, I've got many pics saved in my JC folder ^__^ Yours is mint.

And yeah... that spoiler wasn't brilliant, was it I'm going to pick up grommets for the boot when I can - and keep my eyes on ebay for a milky white boot lid.

[Bz Kn33z]

Looking good mate, the shiftkit and gears will help it alot, so when is the weight reduction happening to the car so it can shed some KGs put her on a diet like i did mine lol, thanx for the tips i am also looking into twin throttle bodys for the VN just having a play get all the stuff cheap already taken the top of 1 of my spare manifolds lol and its all shaved and leveled out looking good.

[THE STATESMAN]

I thought that yours is the same colour? Mine's alpine white if its next to another white car it dont look white it looks a bit creamy

[HoZy]

*cough* I wonder where he is hahahahahahahaha

*just spoke to him on the phone*

*ooooooooh*

[Mack]

Originally Posted by HoZy

*cough* I wonder where he is hahahahahahahaha

*just spoke to him on the phone*

*ooooooooh*

In jail for illigal parking?

[HoZy]

ROFL possibly