Dale's VQ 5Litre Statesman - The Stealth Fighter

[DeViLisanAnGeL]

Name: Dale
Model: 1991 VQ Statesman
Colour: Atlas Grey
Bodykit: Std VQ with Caprice grille, Caprice side and rear skirts
Engine Type: 304ci EFI V8

Engine Mods:
Valvetrain: Crane 218@.050 on 110 cam, yella terra 1.65 roller rockers, crane lifters, chrome moly pushrods, LT1 springs, Rollmaster Timing chain.

Heads: Ported VN Heads. Opened up chambers to 66cc, Stainless 2.02 intake, Stainless std size exhaust valves.

Induction: Custom VN Group A style Intake Manifold, 10" Bellmouthed runners, twin 60mm T/B's, 3" Stainless intake pipe with pod filter.

Bottom End: Standard 304, Standard Comp, Main studs, New bearings, Deburred block and smoothed valley. Std rod bolts, no rotating assembly prep.

Fuel System: Standard Low pressure In-tank pump, 2L surge tank, Bosch 044 Main pump, 24lb Group A Injectors, Turbosmart T-reg.

Other Mods: Powerbond Street Balancer, High Energy Super Pan with Girdle mod, rebuilt oil pump with increased base pressure.

Exhaust: 1 5/8" Tri-Y Extractors, twin 3" metal cats, twin 2.5 exhaust, twin 3" Stainless tip

Gearbox: Pro Convertor 4000rpm Lockup stall, Fully rebuilt TH700 auto with wider Hi energy Kevlar 2-4 band, Hi energy 3/4 Frictions, Hi energy Forward Frictions, 'The Beast' reaction shell, Steel Thrust Below Shell, Sonnax bush kit, Stage 2 Transgo Shift Kit, Corvette servo with solid shims, 0.500" Boost valve, larger 1-2 Accumulator, TCI Deep Pan Alloy Sump, B&M Pro Ratchet, Massive B&M Trans Cooler with Thermostat Controlled Fan with braided lines.

Diff: 3.89 spool

Power: 12.67@108mph, 1.80 60ft on street tyres. 14.50@96mph with std tune, std timing, 2.5" cat back, std cat, cheap extractors and 3.89 open centre. stock all else.

Brakes: Front: PBR Performance VT Calipers, Slotted Rotors, Billet adaptor hubs, Braided lines, 'police' pads. Rear: Slotted Rotors,Bendix Advance Rear, B&M Line locker

Suspension: Kings Ultralows front, SSSL's rear, Monroe GT Shocks, Nolathane Adjustable Strut Tops, Noltec 4 Point Camber Kit, Noltec rear K-Frame Mounts, VS trailing arms, Strengthened VP K-Frame, Nolathane Radius rod bushes (k-frame and control arm), Control arm bushes, Sway bar mounts and heavy duty link pin kit.

Wheels/Tyres: 19" VY GTS Shadow Chrome rims, Gloss Black 18x8" VT GTS rims, 15" stock VQ alloys or gloss black 15x7 steel rims

Interior: Leather Sports Steering Wheel, Drft Water Temp, Oil Pressure, Volts, Trans Temp and Boost Gauges, Speco Stand Alone Shift Light, Blue LED Conversion

Other Mods: Crane Hi-6 Ignition, detailed and smoothed engine bay, new clear indicator tail lights, Full AUtometer gauge compliment (Tach, Mech Oil pressure, Mech Water temp, volts, trans temp), Detailed front and rear Suspension/Wheel Wells, Battery in the Boot.

Stereo: Ripped out

Build Period: 5 years and counting...
Cost: Lost count.

Future Mods - More power.

[hsvpunk]

why nobody comment yet... LOL.

Looks ****n tough. Look forward to seeing this week.

[VN - SS]

damn thats nice lol shuda just chucked the TB's on top lol

[bread]

oh this beast is just asking for 20's, thats a fairly long build period, whats the dyno on this car?

[Emackulation]

Wow, awesome effort! car looks great. You should add a boot lip to make it look meaner. Love the cleane engine bay, that manifold looks crazy how it sits up so high, long runners. Too bad about the pod sucking hot air though.

P.S. Dont get 20's, ride quality will suck the beanbag.

[Wagon_Wheel]

Whoa thats a mighty big manifold!
Whats it go like? Looks like it would get a fair bit of attention, from the good and the bad kind lol

[TVR-190]

kickass barge

nuff said

[DeViLisanAnGeL]

Pod is there without an enclosure because the enclosure makes it messier - if you get what i mean.
I've got the All Holden Day at Flemington in March that i want to enter it into to defend my title of best of make. The neater the bay, the better.

build period is long because i only work about 10 hours a week during uni - I've got a monster course. It also used to be my daily up until about 10 months ago.

I'm not sure how it goes yet, but i will tell you this weekend. No dyno, just track times, which i don't have yet either

20's - nope. I go thru tyres too quickly. About the only other rim i'd put on it would be 19" VX GTS shadow chrome or black.

forgot to mention - TUNED BY GREENFOAM

[padrickz88]

damn this car looks tuff..... everything dark so it looks evil :P

forgot to mention - TUNED BY GREENFOAM

lmao like half the people on this site, cant get better bang for buck then his tunes :P

[VL-187]

that looks tuff as!
nice work..

[kniever]

i love this thing, i will be watching this thread with great interest, damn tuff.

[DeViLisanAnGeL]

Took it for a long drive last night, was good to get out in it. Showed up some problems with the way its running, hope to sort it out on the weekend before sunday's cruise. I'll be there anyways.

Still love the stall, its a great mod.

[rch-13z]

very cool car champ... mmm black barges!

[shimms1]

sick stato dude looks mean, wats it throwin out?

[DeViLisanAnGeL]

atm nothing cos i ****ed the motor again lol
ran dead level with a mate's mid 13 sec silvia with a few people in mine, so it wasn't a slug.

[TUF UTE]

manifold worth doing ya reckon ?

[greenfoam]

Wouldn't have run better than a low 14 before so yes manifold worked very well

[bennett vq]

where did you get the manafold from and how much did it cost by the way tuff vq

[greenfoam]

He made the manifold, it cost him $1000 for the tig welder and one or two bottles of gas ($200) 8 egg cups and alot of time

[hsvpunk]

oh hard luck dude. im still keen to see it.

[DeViLisanAnGeL]

cheers hsv punk, it will be back! Going to japan in a few weeks, then after that will start on it again. Mid year i expect.

Haha foamy, glad you included the egg cups! They cost all of $1.22 each. Awesome stainless bellmouths though.

And you can cancel out the cost of the tig cos technically my old man bought it and i just use it all the time. Think he's used it once

Mani was great though, the more you revved it the harder it wanted to go, none of this falling over business. Its a pity i didn't get to test it properly. Should go well with the stroker bottom end though!

[v8_stato]

looks tuff as dude

[Haydz]

something etched into the front plate of the intake. would look awesome as.


dno what youd want to put there.

good luck with it man. good job on the welding too

[vq50141.3]

hey Dale, looks like its come along way from your issues with the timing chain?
Anyway that was then ..and it looks tuffer now with the throats out the hood lol

[[TOPGEAR]]

looking good. how much u been driving it ? had any trouble from cops yet