355 Stroker VS 97' S Pack Utility

[betts]

Name: Caillim
Model: 1997 VS Series II 5 Litre S Pack Utility
Colour: Custom dark green with grey specs
Bodykit: Maloo front bumper and skirts, group a bonnet bulge, custom rear bumper. All badges removed, except for HSV badge on bonnet. Tarp hooks removed.
Engine: 5.8L 355ci Stroker, pictures of build starting on page 2.
Engine Mods: 355ci Stroker
VS 5L 304 Block, acid bathed, re bored, decked and prepped
2 Bolt Mains
355ci Stroker Scat Crank
Scat i Beam Rods
Custom Grind Camtech Cam
Crane collets, springs, retainers
ACL Bearings Kit
ARP Head Bolts
Starr Performance Manifold
90mm Throttle Body
Big Pod Filter
SRP Flat Top Forged Pistons
VN heads, ported, polished, crack tested
11.5:1 Compression ratio
Rollmaster Double Row Timing Chain
Timing Cover
Moly Rings
Race Harmonic Balancer
Antipump Lifters
Yella Terra Adjustable 1.7 Ratio Roller Rockers
LS1 Injectors
Custom made Eagle 8mm Leads
MSD Blaster SS Coil
MSD 6AL-2 Ignition Control
Gilmer Belt Drive
Pressure tested
Gear reduction starter motor
Exhaust: Single 3 inch mandrel bent system.
Gearbox: Fully rebuilt and strengthened TH700 with stage 2 shift kit, B&M pro ratchet shifter, 2700RPM stage 2 morestall, Heavy duty transmission cooler.
Diff: Freshly rebuilt LSD with 3.45 gears
Brakes: Vt brake upgrade with RDA slotted rotors, and yellow calipers.
Suspension: Pedders, hard as a rock.
Wheels: Black stockies, widened at the rear. Yokohama 352's on the back, Bridgestone Re92' on the front.
Interior: Recaro Designer Sport bucket seats, glovebox personally signed by Peter Brock, not long before he passed away.
Stereo: Alpine deck, and 4 x 6.5 inch Pioneer speakers. Its not much, and i prefer the V8 symphony most of the time anyway.
Other Mods: Aftermarket alarm system, large thermo fan.
Future Mods: Install 100hp wet shot of nitrous


How it looked when I bought it










How it looks now







Any feedback and comments are welcome

[apoc585]

Looks good matey!! go the black VS Utes! haha

u got a pic of the engine bay?

[betts]

cheers, cant go better than a black ute yes i do have a pic of the engine bay...

[apoc585]

oh n ps. get rid of the damn tow ball hahaa

If you find out the details on the rear end thats on it can u let me know... im thinkin of gettin it

[fuzzy2308]

once u got black u cant go back . shes sexy mate. keep us posted on her.


i probably should know this but what front bar has she got?

[apoc585]

psst: maloo front bar same as mine hehe

[betts]

oh is that the maloo front? i thought it was the clubsport front but maloo sounds right too, apoc do you know what the rear end is then?

[TUF UTE]

its a senator grill

[betts]

its a senator grill

the rear bar is a senator grill?

[Jo3_Blo]

No, the grille is a senator grille.

Rear bar - not too sure. Might be malloo? DOubt it.

Rear bar might be something completely aftermarket. Maybe a one off?

[betts]

yea well i did a google search last night to try and find out what kind of bar it is, and found a few pictures of utes with the same bar as mine, but none of them mentioned what kind it was.

[boonga]

niccce im just deciding between the vx maloo kit and the vr but u just made my mind up. not a big fan of the bonnet but its your car so each 2 there own. keep up the good work

[betts]

cheers mate, yea I cant picture how the vx maloo kit would look on a vr/vs, thanks for the input

[Cobez]

Dude, Maloo, Senator and Clubsport share the same front bars, different grille's, not sure about the rear bar, might be a custom job, the sides of the rear bar look like the sides of the rear bar on my VS Senator.

Thank christ there is someone out there who has the WHOLE bodykit on their VR / VS ute!! Sick to death of seeing douchebags with just a front bar on them. Looks craptastic!!

Love the ute mate, looks tough, and has the engine to go with it. Too many bodykitted VS ute's with Ecotec's still under the bonnet out there. Nice work!!

[stocky]

looks good. wheels are nice. 18 inch? they look like VX SS but they were only 17s

[Cobez]

Actually, the rear bar looks Clubby / Senator, but modified to fit a ute so the tailgate comes down without banging the bar.....

Looks good though i like it!! The whole ute looks tough.

[betts]

Dude, Maloo, Senator and Clubsport share the same front bars, different grille's, not sure about the rear bar, might be a custom job, the sides of the rear bar look like the sides of the rear bar on my VS Senator.

Thank christ there is someone out there who has the WHOLE bodykit on their VR / VS ute!! Sick to death of seeing douchebags with just a front bar on them. Looks craptastic!!

Love the ute mate, looks tough, and has the engine to go with it. Too many bodykitted VS ute's with Ecotec's still under the bonnet out there. Nice work!!

Cheers mate! Yea you can't go round sporting bodykits and such unless you have some grunt to back it up, thats what I reckon anyway. Shes not doing too good at the moment, the thermo fans stopped working the other day, and she's been running bloody hot! Getting the fans fixed today and am going to get a full body detail in a week or two. Ive never owned a dark coloured car before, and boy do they get dirty!!!

[betts]

looks good. wheels are nice. 18 inch? they look like VX SS but they were only 17s

Thanks, yea they are 18" but i'm not sure what brand.

[Cobez]

****ing oath they are man, my Senator is Cherry Black, it's an absoloute WHORE to keep clean. Wash and chamois it, it's sweet, then as soon as it even drizzles, it's filthy again.

I had mine professionally cut, double coat polished and double coat waxed when i got it to get all the sand scratches off. Came up mint!!

[betts]

Yea i know! One sprinkle of rain and all your hard work is undone. How much did it cost for you to get the detailing?

[Cobez]

Well a lady at works husband has owned a detaling company for 25 odd years now, so she got me a 50% discount. Would have cost me a little over $300 for the job, but got it for $150.

[boonga]

bout the eco tech thing i cant wait til im off my Ps so i can do some acual engine work

[betts]

I dont think he was having a direct go at you boonga, just making a statement. Even once your off your p's its tough mate, I've been off them for a few years and modifying cars is dam expensive! It just saps your money away, certainly not good if you have a missus haha

[betts]

Havent updated for a while, just found out the other day that I have the vt brake upgrade, and have also got slotted rotors. I found this out when I had to brake hard to aviod another car and realised that they definately were not stock brakes! Almost slammed my head into the steering wheel haha. She is booked in for a full exterior detail tomorrow morning, so afterwards I will take some pictures and post them up. Otherwise, I have found out that the car doesn't have any engine work, and I'm looking to pick up a second hand engine with some mild work done, but I'm not in any rush. Although if anybody does know of a good condition worked 5 litre going for a decent price dont hesitate to let me know

[stocky]

yeah it looks like it. can barely tell, but in the first photo you can just see one of the VT calipers