tim_pato
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- daily-5.0 5spd vr ss clubodore, project-74 lh rana
I want to say a big thankyou to everyone here who helped with advice, and the1 for doing me a great price on a mail order memcal. Without justcommodores.com I could not have done it. (I'd like a dollar for everyone that has been helped out of a pickle by the forums. Keep up the good work!)
So here it is when I first got it.
Standard vp seats, leaking fluid from every were all the suspension was shot, hubs,cv's, unis, centre bearings all cactus.it had vt calipers and standard vr booster/mc my god the travel in the break pedal........ But the motor ran ok and the auto was sound and the price was right. it had 8 months rego and I got the owner down to $1500. Sound like a heap of? It was! The only reason I got it was because I had heaps of spares. It all started when I bought a wrecked vs ssfor the motor and box for my lh torana.
After that came a 5.0 5spd vs ute minus the manual conversion and then an l67 Greg Norman international stateo. And a clubsport replica that had all the bells and whistles.
Even a hsv badged sunroof that will get installed shortly. I rang holden it was just a 6 cylinder.
At one point this is what my shent looked like
unfortunately I'm on apprentice wages so I have to sell anything that I don't need to afford the next thing. It works ok my ss owes me around 2k yet I've spent 8k on it. A man can make good cash buying wrecks and selling the parts, if you don't mind idiots and a yard that resembles a wreckers.
It Doesn't sound like much and most will turn there nose up at it, pffft turn ya nose up its my rig and I love it ;-) keep in mind I was on 2nd year apprentice wages when I got it and still only on Third year wages now and payed for a wedding in between, here's what I've done since October...
Kingsprings heavy duty front
super low heavy duty rears
Front shocks, lowered rear sports shocks
Strut brace, Front hubs
All new Nolethane every thing up front
Strut bearings Nd rubbers
Ball joints
Vt booster, master cylinder and front twin piston callipers. Vs hsv rear calipers, slotted rotors all round.
Reco radiator and all heater Nd rad hoses replaced. High flow 82 degree thermostat new radiator cap. Au twin Thermos.
Ignition module was reconditioned in 2008
Rebuilt 5.0 with new dizzy cap, button and 9mm eagle leads
precision engineering Hypatec flat tops
284 blue racer by crane camshaft
Lt1 heavy duty valve springs
antipump up lifters roll master double row timing chain,
Hsv otr cai Nd k&n panel filter
70mm throttle body
Serviced the injectors
reseated the Valves (Ferrea brand stainless steel)
Ported heads and manifold.
Genie extractors with 4/2/1 exhaust
T5 conversion new clutch Nd machined flywheel.
New rear Unis and new cv shafts.
3.45 gears in a low k s1 vt v6 lsd.
18" wheels.
80% front tyres 50% rears just been balanced and aligned
Clubsport side skirts
Ss spoiler
Modified auto harness Nd. auto ecu running a hsv memcal from The1
Hsv Leather clubsport seats
Hsv level 3 dash cluster
Hsv Leather clubsport door trims
Statesman international interior window seals and centre console with cup holder mod done.
Full power window conversion
Power aerial
Two amps two subs
New pioneer head unit with usb and 6 rca outs, alpine type s front speakers with splitters and tweeters. Pioneer 6x9 3ways in the rear.
Saas wheel.
but that's my baby for now and The build is far from finished.
So here it is when I first got it.
Standard vp seats, leaking fluid from every were all the suspension was shot, hubs,cv's, unis, centre bearings all cactus.it had vt calipers and standard vr booster/mc my god the travel in the break pedal........ But the motor ran ok and the auto was sound and the price was right. it had 8 months rego and I got the owner down to $1500. Sound like a heap of? It was! The only reason I got it was because I had heaps of spares. It all started when I bought a wrecked vs ssfor the motor and box for my lh torana.
After that came a 5.0 5spd vs ute minus the manual conversion and then an l67 Greg Norman international stateo. And a clubsport replica that had all the bells and whistles.
Even a hsv badged sunroof that will get installed shortly. I rang holden it was just a 6 cylinder. At one point this is what my shent looked like
unfortunately I'm on apprentice wages so I have to sell anything that I don't need to afford the next thing. It works ok my ss owes me around 2k yet I've spent 8k on it. A man can make good cash buying wrecks and selling the parts, if you don't mind idiots and a yard that resembles a wreckers. It Doesn't sound like much and most will turn there nose up at it, pffft turn ya nose up its my rig and I love it ;-) keep in mind I was on 2nd year apprentice wages when I got it and still only on Third year wages now and payed for a wedding in between, here's what I've done since October...
Kingsprings heavy duty front
super low heavy duty rears
Front shocks, lowered rear sports shocks
Strut brace, Front hubs
All new Nolethane every thing up front
Strut bearings Nd rubbers
Ball joints
Vt booster, master cylinder and front twin piston callipers. Vs hsv rear calipers, slotted rotors all round.
Reco radiator and all heater Nd rad hoses replaced. High flow 82 degree thermostat new radiator cap. Au twin Thermos.
Ignition module was reconditioned in 2008
Rebuilt 5.0 with new dizzy cap, button and 9mm eagle leads
precision engineering Hypatec flat tops
284 blue racer by crane camshaft
Lt1 heavy duty valve springs
antipump up lifters roll master double row timing chain,
Hsv otr cai Nd k&n panel filter
70mm throttle body
Serviced the injectors
reseated the Valves (Ferrea brand stainless steel)
Ported heads and manifold.
Genie extractors with 4/2/1 exhaust
T5 conversion new clutch Nd machined flywheel.
New rear Unis and new cv shafts.
3.45 gears in a low k s1 vt v6 lsd.
18" wheels.
80% front tyres 50% rears just been balanced and aligned
Clubsport side skirts
Ss spoiler
Modified auto harness Nd. auto ecu running a hsv memcal from The1
Hsv Leather clubsport seats
Hsv level 3 dash cluster
Hsv Leather clubsport door trims
Statesman international interior window seals and centre console with cup holder mod done.
Full power window conversion
Power aerial
Two amps two subs
New pioneer head unit with usb and 6 rca outs, alpine type s front speakers with splitters and tweeters. Pioneer 6x9 3ways in the rear.
Saas wheel.
but that's my baby for now and The build is far from finished.
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