PaRaDoX's HSV VP SS - V8 5.0L

[PaRaDoX]

Hey, i picked her up yesterday, shes un registered at the moment but going for RWC this week, i paid a GOOD price on it and im happy after my calais came off a trailer ive been without a set of wheels...

Make: Holden
Model: HSV enhanced VP SS
Year: 1992
Colour: Alaskan white
Kilometeres: 216,000km (when i got it)
Engine: 180kw HSV enhanced 5.0L v8
Engine Modifications: wade 818 cam, crow cam heavy duty valve springs, crow cam billeted retainers, Custom tune, 2.5" mandrel bent cat back exhaust
Power: ???
1/4 mile: 14.90 @ 95.2mph @ 45 deg heat!
Trans: 4 speed T700 auto + Corvette Servo + External Cooler
Diff: 3.08 LSD
Suspension: King Springs Super Low Fronts, King springs ultra low rear springs, Monroe GT Gas shocks + IRS & FE2 Strut tops VL style mounted front sway bar
Trim/Interior: Blue SS Seats, VN Calais Headliner, Calais Dash inserts, Statesman door trims
Options: Power windows, Electric mirrors, HSV enhancement pack, HSV steering wheel + 16" wheels
Build no: 153
Audio: fullee sick 12" subwoofer (pioneer) 2 amps, meh audio makes car slooower!


In the works:
Strengthened IRS Frame with VR Hubs (for better offset)
3.9 Diff gears
Custom made twin 2.5" exhaust with 2 X pipes and straight through mufflers

 

[cruzncommo]

nice, but only auto =[

 

[vn calais manual]

nice mate, engine bay looks clean as!

 

[MoNoXiDE]

That is a very drool worthy VP :yeah: Looks nice and clean, well looked after!
Good to see you went from VN to VP

 

[09WNS]

looks nice for a VP

 

[minux]

Nice ride bloke, alot of potential. One thing that is weird, is that it has Fake SV 5000 wheels, where these not on the car as original?

 

[greenfoam]

You got a bargin there for sure, I didn't know the 180 kw machines got a fancy badge on the steering wheel ! or the HSV airbox

 

[88GreenVN]

Yep looks great - I like. A tad better than the VN Calais I bet.

 

[PaRaDoX]

engine bay came up MINT!, all the grease is washed away now, cleaned the sump etc, jsut gotta fix the hand brake button, and headliner, then inspect brakes and bushes, before i send it in for a roady.. from the looks of it dosnt look like it will need anything except the usual (wiper blades, etc)

found out the LSD works and is nice and tight, about 1/4 throttle pulling out of the servo and i got it full sideways opps

well sterring wheels broken guys!, the clips that hold the center on are rooted, so it has no springs means horn is passivly on and the padding dosnt grip the metal either..

its smaller than the calais wheel BUT the centers are the same, so im playing swapsies for now, just have to put up with a bigger wheel for a while unless i decide wood grain is the go but i like looking at the hsv badge

as far as i can tell the wheels are factory, it made a trip to the HSV factory so why cant it have geuine SV wheels on it?

just fixed the power windows, all 4 work now perfectly

what i didnt show so far this will be fixed in a few weeks (he got "stuck" on a pole)

over all im staying alaskan white, just get the paint fixed, (bumpers resprayed, all damage fixed) overall the paint dosnt have stone chips etc

luckily the VP white was better than the VN white and holds up against the sun awesomely

 

[88GreenVN]

well sterring wheels broken guys!, the clips that hold the center on are rooted, so it has no springs means horn is passivly on and the padding dosnt grip the metal either..

The pegs that hold the horn button on can be fixed. You get a standard horn botton from a VN and cut the lugs off. Drill a small hole in them. Cut snapped lugs off the wheel and drill a small hole in each one. Use 5 min aryldite and a small metal pin (I used electrode with the flux mostly scrapped off. I has worked a treat with the 2 wheels I've done so far.

Else I'll have the horn button! How much?:thumbsup: