Morton's white VQ Statesman

[vnv8driver]

do they look that bad? look better than your vr statesman rims!

[Wagon_Wheel]

Dont say that dude, he will cry

[Wagon_Wheel]

Whooopsssss....

[Morton]

My Statesman rims are stocko style, and 15", and therefore superior to anything else available on the market with no exceptions.

[Morton]

It was a sad day, today. The VP was finally towed, and is no longer. *sob*









Farewell, sweet prince.

[Emackulation]

Thats actually a sad sight, I never thought I wold say that about a car lol. Well, there no time like present, you have a new car and all is good. RIP The Custom faded Blue VP.

[HoZy]

doesnt even look damaged, thought u wrote it off?

[stocky]

yeah wth. smallest impact ever. you could have at least taken the electric mirrors off for me

[HoZy]

yeah wth. smallest impact ever. you could have at least taken the electric mirrors off for me

Written off in my rule book is, never see the road again its so ****ed...

That vp still looks better condition than my VN! rofl

[vnv8driver]

fool! how come the taillights stayed on????

By the way i had a glance at my trip metre today, beat that?

[vnv8driver]

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[Morton]

Thats actually a sad sight, I never thought I wold say that about a car lol. Well, there no time like present, you have a new car and all is good. RIP The Custom faded Blue VP.

It is sad But the street IS cleaner without that thing sitting there

doesnt even look damaged, thought u wrote it off?

Yeah, hit in the back. Hard to tell from the photos, but everything back there is out of whack. even the rear windows don't meet up quite right with the quarter panel any more.

yeah wth. smallest impact ever. you could have at least taken the electric mirrors off for me

pfft, I wish it was a small impact. her car went UNDER me, which is why there's no huge impact mark everything sagged out of shape though. Electric mirrors were both good, but the surround and mount was shagged on both of them.

Written off in my rule book is, never see the road again its so ****ed...

That vp still looks better condition than my VN! rofl

hehehe, yeah, it's a shame they wouldn't fix it. it was very fixable. Just a little bit of damage, but spread over a large area. It would have needed to spend many hours on a chassis puller, and need new bumper, exhaust, boot, tail-lights, reo, and a lot of chassis work to straighten out the quarter panels which sagged out.

fool! how come the taillights stayed on????

By the way i had a glance at my trip metre today, beat that?

Big impact, the car just took it well. In fact, the back of the car buckled so much, ALL the screws on the back of each tail-light popped out and tore from the plastic body of the lights. They're both held in only by tape and glue, but the back half of them is shattered from the impact.

That's about the same economy I'm getting at the moment too With the revised trip meter settings I was told to enter, she's getting anywhere from 12.2 - 12.5 average. I need to get out on the freeway more



In other news, I have gearbox work lined up to fix the current slipping issue. Given that the gearbox has done over 270,000km, has towed for most of its life, and has NEVER been rebuilt, I've decided it's time for a full workover before something bad goes wrong, so I'm arranging to have the gearbox torn down and rebuilt with fresh internals, and a stage-2 shift kit + corvette servo. Should be happening within the month. Will go nicely after that - it's the only thing stopping me!

And nobody try and tell me it's a waste of money - I'm getting it done for a low price - but I'd rather not discuss that around here these days with the things some people tend to say

[Wagon_Wheel]

Dude.... doors, guard, tail lights, mirrors.... WTF?! could have gotten MONEYS FOR THEM!
Tis a very sad sight though...

[Morton]

Dude.... doors, guard, tail lights, mirrors.... WTF?! could have gotten MONEYS FOR THEM!
Tis a very sad sight though...

That shell being towed away, is a SOLD shell geoff. Someone payed money for it, it's not being towed for free I got good money for it, but I'd rather not discuss it on the forums ^___^

[HoZy]

Stage 2 pro ratchet shift kit, kevlar band, thicker clutches, boost valve, billet servo, beast reaction shell.....

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO REPLACE YOUR IRS CRADLE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS!

[Morton]

Stage 2 pro ratchet shift kit, kevlar band, thicker clutches, boost valve, billet servo, beast reaction shell.....

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO REPLACE YOUR IRS CRADLE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS!

As tempting as that thought is, you know, I may just NOT

Nah, I don't need all that wizardry. I'm getting the work done dirt cheap by a trustworthy mechanic, but I see no need to buy things I won't need. I won't be downshifting the auto, and I won't be driving it any differently to the way I do now. The only time she'll be opened up is late on a Friday/Saturday night, and even then, people from the Vic Chapter will know I don't take my cars out and do loops every week, so it would just be money spent where it's not needed Kevlar band may be worth it for $50 though. They're not that expensive hey.

[HoZy]

just cheap to your shiftkit, kevlar band & boost valve..

There both cheap!! both for under $100 from memory.

Cheers
MaT

[Morton]

Are you able to hit up these parts for me at decent prices?

[Blown V6 Hatch]

Stage 2 pro ratchet shift kit, kevlar band, thicker clutches, boost valve, billet servo, beast reaction shell.....

YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO REPLACE YOUR IRS CRADLE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS!

LOL, wtf for Mat??? Incase no one has realised, it's a stock 5 litre.....Now, THAT would be a waste of money!

[Morton]

Incase no one has realised, it's a stock 5 litre.....Now, THAT would be a waste of money!

EXACTLY my point

[HoZy]

LOL, wtf for Mat??? Incase no one has realised, it's a stock 5 litre.....Now, THAT would be a waste of money!

lol u can get it all reasonably cheap, ask Daniel how my old vq shifted...

BWARRRRRRRRRP SCREAAAACH BWARRRRRRRRRRRRP

[Blown V6 Hatch]

Stage 2 pro ratchet shift kit, kevlar band, thicker clutches, boost valve, billet servo, beast reaction shell.....

The only 2 things that change the shift feel in that list are the shift kit & servo (which Daniel said he is getting)....All the rest have nothing to do with the shift and are NOT warranted on a stock 5 litre! The auto has lasted 17 odd years in that car, why does it need all that stuff in it now??

[Morton]

lol u can get it all reasonably cheap, ask Daniel how my old vq shifted...

BWARRRRRRRRRP SCREAAAACH BWARRRRRRRRRRRRP

.... I'm still seeing my physio about the whiplash.

[Morton]

The only 2 things that change the shift feel in that list are the shift kit & servo (which Daniel said he is getting)....All the rest have nothing to do with the shift and are NOT warranted on a stock 5 litre! The auto has lasted 17 odd years in that car, why does it need all that stuff in it now??

I was actually quite impressed that this auto had lasted for 270,000km. It's been fitted out with over $2000 of custom towing gear, so it's not like the car had an easy life. But DAMN, that's not bad at all for a T700. If I can keep this car running on the stock trans for another 270,000km, then I probably deserve to have to do another rebuild

Cheers for the input though, it's good to know I'm on the right track here

[vnv8driver]

its either a servo or shift kit, add the 2 together and its overkill unless the box is strenthened quite a bit more than stock.. the wider bands would be a good idea though, just get a servo and boost valve and leave the valvebody the way it is will shift hard enough.