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Walesy's cherry black WH Caprice

Started by walesy · 9 Feb 2011 · 5 replies

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Make / Model: WH Caprice series II Colour: Cherry Black from the VS HSV era with a fair bit more metalic thrown in Bodykit: no way! Engine Type: 5.7ltr LS1 Engine Mods:FAST 92mm manifold,Holley 90mm throttlebody,Higgins Alloy OTRCAI, maffless tune,25% underdrivin balancer Power:344.7rwhp Exhaust: hurricane 1 3/4 tri Y extractors, hurricane hi flow cats, twin 3in pipes (no X pipe) twin hotdogs dumped at the diff (i made it myself) Gearbox: stock 4l60e Diff: 3.45 (temporary). waiting for 3.9s to be put in, i got em at home just been lazy Brakes: standard size, slottoed rotors Suspension: Lowered with super low king springs up front and ultra lows out back, shortened shocks in rear. Wheels: 20x8 zenzetti heirs. Interior: standard caprice creame leather woodgrain has been tinted so its almost black Stereo: not a car audio fan but still have a clarion dvd headunit in it and some sub and amp, to be honest it hardly gets used, the twin 3in pipes are music to my ears :-D Other Mods:"angel eye" LED ring headlights, tinted taillights, arieal hole deleted, debadged all except the caprice stand up bonnet emblem, red hsv center caps on wheels (ill be getting rid of them and replacing them with caprice ones), 20% tint, guards have been rolled Future mods: *the engine needs a rebuild which is what im saving for now, i have 2 ideas in mind but im not going to commit to either idea until i have the 20k as a start base, idea #1 rebuild it as a high comp 383 with SRE tunnel ram manifold (twin filters out the bonnet = PORN!) idea #2 rebuild the 346 low comp for a t51r LS1 single turbo kit * gearbox wise depends on what engine combo i go with for the 383 ill go a manualised T400 and for the turbo ill go with a t56 6speed manual and tripple plate button clutch. *also been thinking to put a pink pearl through the cherry black to REALLY make it pop anyway thats most of the details heres some pics and a couple vids aswell SOME PICS BEFORE I PAINTED IT AND A COUPLE VIDS FOR YA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ejQB1hQfM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaoUSfLGTH0 Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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obsesvArchived member
is it sittin on front runner and slicks in the driveway? what did it run? neat car man i loooove cherry black!. i reckon go for the turbo setup over the hi comp n/a setup btw
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walesyArchived member
haha yeah slicks and front runners, only ran a 13.1 so slicks were kinda overkill but i picked em up cheap and it was better than spinnin the 225 street tyres off the mark
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walesyArchived member
well i blew the gearbox up in this the other week so as sson as funds are here im getting a built box from craigs autos, also putting my 3500 stall in
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walesyArchived member
been a while since i been on here, i got the built box and everything done, so much better now... got a few new pics for something different too Some original photos have not been recovered yet.
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MUSArchived member
Tough as nails mate! Looks amazing.
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