[WTF-SIX] VSII 6 Speed Manual Supercharged 4.2 Litre

[HoldenManDan]

Hey guys, I’ve been a member of JC since I got my first car (this VS is my first car) in July ’06, so I thought it was time I posted my ride up for all to see.

Name: Daniel

Model: 1996 VS Series II Exec w/ factory manual. It came stock with V5W country pack suspension, no airbags, no ABS, sump guard, fuel tank guard, 16” VR clubby replicas, tow bar, and somewhere along the way picked up a high performance LSD.

Colour: Sherbrooke green metallic

Odometer: 189,XXX when I got it (July 2006), about 229,XXX now (21/11/2010)

Bodykit: VS S pack boot lip spoiler

Engine Type: 4.2 litre Supercharged L67

Engine Mods:
4" pod filter in Mace airbox with VN style lid
4" memory wire intake pipe
10.5mm Eagle leads
NGK spark plugs 1 heat range colder than stock and gapped to .9mm
Walbro 255lph intank pump
81* thermostat
Block chemically cleaned, bored and honed
Come Racing Stroker kit:
Nodular Iron Stroker Crank
H beam 4340 steel rods
Diamond Racing Forged pistons
Diamond Racing piston rings
Balanced rotating assembly
Camtech turbo regrind cam
Yella Terra 1.8:1 roller rockers
King engine bearings
New valve springs, retainers and locks
Crane lifters
Manley Generation II severe duty stainless steel valves
3 angle valve grind
Rollmaster double row timing chain
Balance shaft deleted
Ported and polished heads
Cometic 4 layer steel head gaskets
ARP head studs and main studs
Powerbond race spec 5% overdriven harmonic balancer
3" supercharger pulley, pushes about 11psi in the manifold
Boost solenoid deleted
MAFless tuned by Dick's Electronics
6200rpm rev limiter
Running Royal Purple 10w 40

Exhaust: HM headers to custom twin 2.5" collectors, twin stainless cerametallic race cats, short twin 3" section into single 3" lukey muffler before going over the diff, single 3" tip

Gearbox: Mal Wood Tremec T56 6 speed manual with short throw shifter, "012" ratios, 10.5" billet steel flywheel and matching cerametallic clutch, custom 2 piece tailshaft, revised pressure plate clamping force, re-sleeved clutch master cylinder

Diff: Fully rebuilt LSD with 3.5:1 gears

Power: 210RWKW

Brakes: VT twin piston calipers painted with bright red engine enamel/matt black paint with PBR decals, QFM A1RM track pads, with 296mm gold electroplated curved slotted rotors with non contact areas painted black. 1" VT master cylinder, goodridge braided lines. DBA OE spec rear rotors, non contact areas painted black, with red and black painted calipers.

Suspension: King springs super lows in front, ultras in rear (removed upper spring insulators, bump stops halved in height) with KYB short shocks all round, adjustable panhard rod, nolathane adjustable strut brace, whiteline 22mm adjustable rear swaybar, nolathane S type heavy duty swaybar link pins, nolathane "fully floating" camber and caster adjustable strut mounts with nolathane strut bearings

Wheels/Tyres: 19" VE SS-V's with Hankook Ventus Sport K104's

Interior: Saas steering wheel, genuine monaro pedals, monza sports seats in front, custom centre console lid, green neon above a/c, "true green" LED illumination in footwells, under front seats and in boot, green LED security light, green LED key light, switchable on/off interior light (so can be off with doors open), redone rooflining, level 3 cluster upgrade with Phreddied "true green" LED's in lcd windows, custom boost gauge install in drivers door, stato leather rear seat, boot lid carpet, power window conversion with Phreddied "true green" illuminated switches, "true green" illuminated trip computer, A/C and demister buttons, red LED hazard switch, custom "fog lights on" indicator in instrument cluster, aircon controls redone in stock colurs but with LED's also done by Phreddy, VZ HBD 6 speed satin chrome shift knob and matching leather boot with satin chrome stitching, matching handbrake boot, satin chrome steering wheel inserts, MadDad electronic boost gauge series II VS calais leather and velour door trims with satin chrome inserts and genuine chrome door handles

Sound System: Work in progress, Pioneer DEH-P4850MP head unit with custom ipod dock, pioneer 350w 6x9’s in vinyl pods in rear, Scosche EFX-HDX67 6” 300w splits in the front, with Cadence twin 12” subs in complete slot ported box to also go in. Will be running 2 amps, one for front and rear speakers, another for the subs.

Other Mods: Clear indicators, twin tone air horns, engine start button with green LED illumination, sump guard removed, towbar removed, debadged apart from lions front and back, custom full chrome berlina grilles, calais tail lights, s-pac boot lip spoiler, boot lock delete, painted boot garnish, remote boot release, crystal headlights and indicators (indicators have pearl globes in them so you cant see the orange), LED parker and number plate light globes, 80L tank installed, mudflaps gone, undercarriage sprayed in matt black, fuel/breather lines under car sprayed silver, fuel tank sprayed silver with gloss black straps, polished and heatproof painted metal lines in engine bay, engine block painted gloss black, rest of motor in silver, engine pulleys sprayed gloss black, ZZP polished rocker covers, billet aluminium clutch fluid reservoir, aluminium catch can

Future Mods: Finish door trims, new window tint, new front windscreen, respray, finish stereo, twin turbo conversion

Here's how she looked when i picked her up back in July 2006, complete with sheepskin seatcovers:



And here's how she looks lately:



Cheers and enjoy

[HoldenMan7]

looks good mate, good list of mods done to it also, cant wait to ya post more pics lol

[LM8185]

Thats a nice, neat looking car mate, get some more pics up. Want to see some more mods. Hows the start button go? You fit it yourself, or buy it with it?

[mischa]

i took that second photo, and im proud of it

Hows the start button go? You fit it yourself, or buy it with it?

you will find he made a how to in the how to section. engine bay pics dan!

[HoldenManDan]

Hey thanks for the comments guys, I'm working on getting up a few more pics hehe. LM8185, thanks mate, i fitted the start button myself, i wrote up a how-to so now anyone interested can have a look and do it if they choose!

Thanks heaps mischa, i didn't forget who took it, just to make a mention! lol yeah mischa has taken heaps of great photos on our cruises

Anyway, here's an interior pic from before i got new front seats and put the start button in, but i like it anyway:



And here's another one i like, taken my beautiful gf Mandy:



And this is the closest i have to an engine bay pic atm, it seems like every time it's worthy of a proper photo i'm too rushed to take one!



Although i do have a photo of the engine cover after i painted it! I used VHT (i think) plate finish chrome. I used a plastic primer first up and let it sit for 10 mins to get tacky, then did 3 or 4 coats of the plate finish. I stuffed it up the first time (accidentally touched it while it was still drying) so re-did it. This is how it came up:



Hopfully that keeps ya going for a little while!

[AttaBoy]

I have to say that one of the neatest Vs around. I fell in love with your wheels. What are those rims??? And are they 18"??

[NickVR]

Nice VS mate. I love those wheels, they really suit your car.

[HoldenManDan]

thanks guys... on the subject of wheels, theyre up for sale!

Theyre the ones seen on the VZ SSZ sedan, ute, thunder ute, and monaro CV8Z. They're 18"s, immaculate condition, no scratches marks or anything... around 85% tread all round, nankang NS-II's. Really well looked after, had them for about 4 months. Selling cause i'm "upgrading" lol. I think i paid $1700, but looking for about $1200. Anyone interested?

Cheers guys

[HoldenManDan]

hey guys bit of an update, wheels are sold lol (to my gf haha) which is fair enough i guess hehe.

Anyways i'll be getting the LSD rebuilt really soon, just wanted to know whether i should go for 3.45's or stick with the stock 3.08 ratio. I do a fair bit of cruising but isnt my daily. What do you guys think?

Cheers for all opinions

[HoldenManDan]

little update...

I'll be getting a new starter motor fitted soon + getting a/c compressor bearings fixed... also she's rollin on stockers atm hehe. Trying to work out if the 19's i've got sitting in the back room will actually fit my car haha. If i work out for sure that they will fit i'll be getting the lip machined (big hint) and then slap some rubber on them .

Pics soon

[NickVR]

Sounds good. Can't wait for pics.

[HoldenManDan]

Things are starting to happen again yay lol...

Taking her in tomorrow (saturday) morning to get a new starter fitted ($190) and finally fix the a/c bearing (drive wheel physically able to move side to side along shaft, noisy on idle + drive, noisy a/c when on). So it'll be great to have her starting how she should and not making any more stupid noises from the a/c compressor

As some of you know she's been suffering from either a worn centre bearing or rear uni joint (possibly both) giving a bit of vibration when accelerating, esp when warm. Well i've finally sorted out some $$$ etc so she's booked in for a full diff rebuild at Diff Technics in Kogarah on thursday!

Cost for the rebuild $650, centre bearing $130, rear uni $66. I was originally going to get it rebuilt with the standard 3.08 ratio, but at the last minute said "f*** it just do it" and sourced a 3.45:1 gear set for $250! It's not new but probably wont matter much as i dont drive her everyday, and at the price of a new gear set ($600), it'll have to do!

So come thursday night i'd better be a happy chappy!

Oh and heres a couple of pics i took tonight after giving her a much needed wash:

Rollin on stockers for the time being, sorting out rubber for my new wheels pretty soon i hope lol


Engine bay pic (the light wasnt the best)


Thought i'd post up a pic of my modified CAI. I look at the CAI on my dad's VS (un-modded) and its insane how much more open mine is!


Enjoy

[OZ-18-OI]

aer you sure thats a factory manual?? the boot around the gear stick isnt normal and the stick is reasonably high?? on the compliance plate what does it say for transmission, mine is factory 5 speed as i have a sticker on the rubber boot says that it is a manual transmission and the time and date that it was put in...have a look at my car and tell me what you think

[HoldenManDan]

G'day mate yeah its factory, M35 on the plate. Lol my shifter boot is normal, but does look a little high in that pic. Since that pic i've got the shifter handle to sit a fair bit lower. Your ride is an SI that's why my shifter boot is different to yours. The SI VS had the Borg Warner T5 with rubber boot around shifter, and the SII VS got the getrag box with leather boot. My dad has the exact same car as mine but white. 2 VS SII factory manuals under the 1 roof

I actually saw that sticker today as i'm working on the console this arvo, says its manual, date says 1/12/96. You have a nice ride yourself, rims suit well!

Cheers

[OZ-18-OI]

cheers mate, yeah ur ride is nice, good to see that there is a lot of nice vs commodores out there, a few too many for my liking thought, but the marjority of them are auto, so i gues having a manual is abit of unique'ness haha, i think its becoz vs's are cheap, you cant kill them, and they just look awesome... cheers mate, rides coming along nicely

[HoldenManDan]

Hey, thanks for the comments OZ-IB-OI, amen to all you said last post! Too true mate.

Another lil update.

Got new starter motor put in on saturday, performs awesomely and sounds much newer! Takes bugger all time to crank over now too, which is a bonus. The air con compressor was getting looked at too, and it turned out it was totally stuffed! Lucky the guy i took it to got his hands on a brand new one for pretty cheap, so he could pass the savings on to me. All up it was $800, that was new starter fitted, new air con compressor fitted and air con re-gas. Pretty awesome price i thought

So its thursday night, still got old diff in. After striking a late breaking deal with the local bloke (decided he'd do $660 for the LSD rebuild not $770 like first quoted) i cancelled kogarah and will be getting it done locally tomorrow!

New diff gears:


Ratio:


As you can see the diff gears i got are actually 3.5:1, so yeah something different from the norm! I'll be getting them put in tomorrow along with the rebuild, and a new centre bearing and rear uni if needed.

So come tomorrow night i'll definately be cheerin!

[HoldenManDan]

Hey, hope everyone is having a good xmas

The diff gears made an awesome improvement, it accelerates so much better now! I dont know how hard this guy in a VT L67 that i came across was trying, but i kept even with him to 80km/h... and it only does about 300rpm more than stock at 110km/h which is good. I'm still finding out how tight the LSD is, without even trying the inside wheel wants to chatter around 90 degree corners from a standstill

All up the driveline rebuild which consisted of:
New rubber coupling at front of tailshaft, new centre bearing, new rear uni joint and rebuilt LSD with 3.50:1 gears, totalled about $1200ish. So that parts all sweet, now just finding out the "crunchy" way that the syncro on my 4th gear is going, not happy seeing as the trans had a "full reco" done mid '05, i guess they forgot the syncros! I'm a bit annoyed, but i'll be getting onto that as soon as i get rubber for my new mags:


which will be happening hopefully mid january

Cheers

[mattgreen]

loooking realy nice mate, very clean vs, im likeing your engin cover
mines also been sprayed buy mine matchs my rims (gold) looks preaty good well everything undermy bonnets sprayed gold haha ill have to get ya a pic looks good tho especialy the cold air intake!!. howmuch were those new rims? tehre preaty fat, im more of a fan of the shinny chrome haha thats what i plan on getting atleast
peace

[HoldenManDan]

hehe thanks mate, yeah i'm after a fat look which is what i reckon i'll get with these ... I bought them from a guy on here (RebelSS) who sold them to me for $795. Then to get the centre machined to fit VS, new NS-II rubber 235/35/19, wheel and locknuts, balance, alignment and probably steering alignment is gonna be $950, so getting the whole lot for $1745, instead of around $2500 as a package from a wheel shop. So i reckon i did pretty nicely. I'll be putting pics up as soon as i get them on my ride!

Also i've got a bit of xmas $$$ so i might go to holden tomorrow and get some chrome front grille inserts to replace the current grey ones. Something i thought i'd finally get around to. As far as i know these chrome inserts are only on a grey background? Does anyone know if they come with a black background instead? I tried the chrome inserts from my dad's vs which is white and the grey background doesnt go well with my green. I guess if they dont come with chrome/black i'll be painting the grey bit black haha.

Another thing i'm looking at atm is a level 3 dash, probably just be waiting til something good on ebay comes up though, and prob check out a few wreckers. Let me know what you guys think is a good price!

Cheers

[Swordsy]

Nice car mate, the one thing that really needs doing is getting rid of that monstercar stance!! keep it up though!

[mattgreen]

hehe thanks mate, yeah i'm after a fat look which is what i reckon i'll get with these ... I bought them from a guy on here (RebelSS) who sold them to me for $795. Then to get the centre machined to fit VS, new NS-II rubber 235/35/19, wheel and locknuts, balance, alignment and probably steering alignment is gonna be $950, so getting the whole lot for $1745, instead of around $2500 as a package from a wheel shop. So i reckon i did pretty nicely. I'll be putting pics up as soon as i get them on my ride!

Also i've got a bit of xmas $$$ so i might go to holden tomorrow and get some chrome front grille inserts to replace the current grey ones. Something i thought i'd finally get around to. As far as i know these chrome inserts are only on a grey background? Does anyone know if they come with a black background instead? I tried the chrome inserts from my dad's vs which is white and the grey background doesnt go well with my green. I guess if they dont come with chrome/black i'll be painting the grey bit black haha.

Another thing i'm looking at atm is a level 3 dash, probably just be waiting til something good on ebay comes up though, and prob check out a few wreckers. Let me know what you guys think is a good price!


Cheers

keep me posted mate i wanna see some pics, i have to get some dings machined out of mine! is it expensive? and then all 4 repainted!, anywho post a pic of a chrome grill up i wanna see lol

[NickVR]

Those VE wheels will look awesome on it mate. I still like the old SS-Z wheels though, wouldn't mind getting a set for mine.

[Aggro_VE]

Those wheels will look better on my Gemi lol.. so next cruise in Feb we might see em? btw you thought about getting those clear headlights like on Amanda's car?

[cruzncommo]

needs dumped, least you wont get done for too low :P

[mattgreen]

edit: Post a pic of he sold ss-z wheels Nickvr =D