Smidez VN SS

[smidey]

I have owned this SS for around twelve years. It was heavily modified when i bought it and in the time i have owned it i have almost replaced all of the mechanical parts. When i bought it it had a fibreglass VR/VS clubsport front bumper and rear wing and the rear guards were rounded and am starting to put the body back to standard. It's evolving more toward how i want it all the time and i have most of the parts to get the rear end back to factory.

Series 2 Phoenix Red VN SS Power Pack (Export Model)
Engine: (184rwkw/527nm) K&N filter onto 72mm throttle body, ported heads, Kelford type D cam, comp cam pushrods, yella terra roller rockers, aftermarket pistons, shot peened rods and upgraded bolts.
Driveline: SV5000 Shift kitted trans with corvette servo with front mount trans cooler, custom two piece drive shaft onto 3.45 ratio LSD.
Suspension: Monroe GT Gas/GT Sport shocks with Cobra Superlow springs. Nolathane bushes all round. HSV swaybars and adjustable panhard rod. Kmac adjustable camber castor strut tops. Nolathane Upper Rear trailing arms.
Brakes: Wilwood 4 pot callipers with wilwood 13” GT directional vane rotors front, standard rears.
Exhaust: Pacemaker headers with twin 2.5” pipes all the way through to the exhaust tips. It has resonators toward the rear and a custom made stainless steel muffler. The system also has removable caps just behind the extractors for drag racing and removable caps just forward of the diff for track racing.
Interior: Calais leather seats with door trims re-trimmed in leather to match. Level 3 cluster and switch blocks, VN GrpA wheel, Pioneer mechless head unit with pioneer speakers front & rear. Electrical oil pressure gauge on dash.
Other mods: Cruise Control added. Electric radiator fan controlled with a thermo switch inserted into the thermostat housing.
Wheels: VZ R8 19s with 235/35 Potenza Front, 245/35 GT Radials rear

Calais seats with retrimmed door cards

Capped drag pipes just behind the pacemakers

Removable caps at the diff

Fan and front mount trans cooler. Fan controlled by thermo switch in thermostat housing

Thermo switch in thermostat housing

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[SS-REX]

Nice build you got going there bro good to see you made your own with mods whats next on the cards for this. Have you thought about building a shield for your air filter just to save it from engine heat soak or going back to a factory box with a/m filter just a suggestion.

 

[smidey]

thanks mate. Next is to replace the hood lining for a dark coloured one which will complete the interior for now. Then in the winter i'll get the rear body parts back to standard and have the car resprayed.

Yeah the pod isn't my ideal, i changed that years ago and regret it now. It did have a SV5000 air box but i wasn't as wise as I am now and sold it, was 22 when i bought this car and ideals have changed now i'm older and not so stupid haha. I'm not chasing horsepower, it has a lumpy cam and enough go to be interesting but that's all for now. I drive it regularly and it's cheap enough to run.
I just realised i didn't put any proper info about the donk. The engine in it is about three years old, done about 15,000ks. Brand new short block, new shot peened rods, pistons, crank etc. Comp cams push rods.

 

[SS-REX]

thanks mate. Next is to replace the hood lining for a dark coloured one which will complete the interior for now. Then in the winter i'll get the rear body parts back to standard and have the car resprayed.

Yeah the pod isn't my ideal, i changed that years ago and regret it now. It did have a SV5000 air box but i wasn't as wise as I am now and sold it, was 22 when i bought this car and ideals have changed now i'm older and not so stupid haha.

The paint doesn't look to bad for it's age but a respray should have it gleaming again thou. Yeah we all get wiser with age but hey you only live once i think. You should be able to find another air box if you search ebay over here even trade me & T&E if that's still around.

 

[smidey]

yeah it's not bad but plenty of stone chips and the rear quarters are a bit of an abortion.

 

[VS 5.0]

Those rear quarters look weird on a VN.

 

[smidey]

Those rear quarters look weird on a VN.

yeah i'm not a fan so will be changing them. I have one side off a VN at the moment to replace them.
they were done by a panel beater, cut 100mm sections out of a vr/vs and welded them in. they have lower lip and inner guard parts to them.

 

[VS 5.0]

I suppose they went about it the right way.

 

[smidey]

yeah it was done properly, just what the bloke wanted

 

[Deuce]

Fair guess you didn't sell it then aye.

Thought you were looking to stroke it in your rebuild?