Thanks all :thumbsup:
nice car mate, what exhaust is on it, stock or have you changed it? a 2.5" twin with straight through mufflers will make everyone break their neck. as for the camber, you can get camber kits here from just about any suspension or tyre retailer, im sure someone will be able to send one to you. as for 18lt/100 sounds a bit high? im assuming your doing crappy short driving or have a lead foot
cool i'll look into a camber kit, i think it had an exhaust upgrade to the 2.5" twin with straight through mufflers when the first owner brought it, it sounds ace
Great car, I imagine you'd get quite a few people asking just what it is though, since they'd be fairly rare there. I've got a few mates in Britain, and usually when I show them photos of HSVs they're quick to point out that they look like a riced up Vauxhall.
Yep i get that too
people tend to ask if its a modified vauxhall omega or vecta.
Seeing this in the UK reminds me of the top gear review Jeremy clarkson did on your car (
YouTube - *HQ* Top gear Clarkson HSV VT GTS series 1 5.7). Hahaha I love the part when he drives through the small quiet country town and then they show the aftermath of what the v8 caused lol hehe golden.
anyway back to your car, good to see it in the UK. I imagine that wouldn't be cheap to own over their, so you should be proud of it. how hard is it to get aftermarket parts for it over there? or do you have to get them from the US and Australia?
That one in the vid is the VT1 mines the VT2.
Its not cheap no.
We have some good specialists here but people mainly use
Welcome to monkfish - the big fish is always right!! who can get the parts and have built some monsters. check out their site.
A fellow Englishman
I always wanted a Monaro when I lived in Blighty but the fuel costs where too high. As soon as moved over here, first thing I bought was a V8!
I get roughly the same mpg out of my ute round the city, sometimes it goes as high as 22 lp100. So I wouldn't worry to much.
Do you use it as a daily driver or just a weekend toy?
I try to use it as a weekend toy
Before the ressesion me and my girlfriend was looking for jobs over there as at the time they needed Floor Fitters and ive been an industrial floor fitter for 6 years, girlfriend has been security checked and has done admin work for the M.O.D and DVLA etc, but now ive been made redundent and girlfriend laid-off it'll be a struggle at the mo
I also have a 1998 Fiat Cinquecento 1.1 Sporting :w00t: which is my daily driver,
there is a HUGE differance between 56bhp and 400bhp :yeah: but its really cheap to run.