A few questions about WH statesman LS1

[muso]

I looked at a WH statesman LS1 the other day, really nice car and surprisingly pretty fast for it's size, it would chomp any stock Toyota Aurion in a straight line and most other non LS1 powered luxo barges as well.

I don't know much about them, but the WH model seems to have gone from 1999 to 2002, so how does it work WH series 1 (VT equivalent) WH series 2 (VX equivalent) WK (VY equivalent etc)?
The one I drove was a Nov 2000 model but I noticed the steering felt a bit like my old 99 VT it seemed to have very little feedback and felt dead on centre, also the brakes felt bad similar to my VT brakes.
The VX I had before the VT had much better brakes and slightly better feel to the steering, if series 2 WH's are "VX's" maybe they have had some upgrades in steering and brakes.

I think the WH is the best looking out of the statesmans especially the smooth rear end (like my wife:bow:) but it is a pity about the "VT dash board and guages" they really should have made it completely different like the WK which is nothing like the VY Commodore.

And one thing I can't get over is the willingness of the LS1 to rev....that's the all alloy thing I guess, I bet ford wish they had an all alloy V8 because they need one.

If anyone can help me out with my queries about WH series it would be great:) I really only prefer the WK for the new dash and guages which I absolutely adore, pity you can't retro fit the entire dash and guages out of a WK into a WH, but even if possible the cost would be not worthwhile, unfortunately at this stage WK is a bit out of my price range.

[Timmay5.7]

I had a wh international (2001)... The brakes were a little spongy, but remember that the car weighs a bit more than a standard one.
The steering on mine was pretty good tho, fairly responsive.
Maybe take a few more for a drive, just to be sure.

[muso]

Cheers Timmay5.7, can anyone tell me how many litres the petrol tank holds in the WH, is it 75 litres like the commodores?

And one thing I want to ask is are the WK instrument clusters interchangeable with WH (I'd think not) then are they interchangeable with VY models such as Calais Berlina etc?

[LS1Grange]

yeah mines 75.

I'd say your pretty much on track with the WH/VT WHII/VX time line thing.

As for the brakes, well the standard ones are pretty average. I recently chucked some DBA slotted 4000 series in mine and it made a good difference. Bout $400 all round. Put Slotted Street Series on the back.

I think you find also that if its a WH Stato or Caprice it will be the Gen3 engine(220KW). The HSV Grange came out with the LS1(250KW,255KW for S2) engine.

Not sure about the dash face lift. I've seen a WK front end on a WH though.

If you have any other questions just let them rip. plenty of barge drivers on here.

[German Statesman]

Brake pedal feel was improved with WK.

Methinks from memory the instrument surrounds are physically different in shape and won't interchange...have to check.

WHs are good buys now - I saw a '99 with an LS1 in Tungsten with 140k on the clock for $10k neat.

[muso]

WH LS1's are the bargain of the century at the moment, the one I looked at was around the 11-12K mark, had factory leather, sunroof :) any better and naked girls would be running up to me at the traffic lights asking for a job:goodjob:

If.....and it's a big if Mr Rudd maintains the 2K LPG rebate these cars can have real power that doesn't sound like a kitchen appliance and still be pretty cheap to run at the end of the day, if you factor in the 2K+ which you have to add for LPG Vapour inj. conversion it's OK.

But Nr Rudd's 'gross reportable fringe benefits' reform on salary sacrifice caused my 30K a year income to be assessed as 40K and I have to pay the Ex wife 3K by June next year on top of what I already pay and I have 2 kids with me and a new wife, sorry about the thread deviation but I'm just saying that I think Rudd is out to cut what he can, where he can, so I am hoping he does not axe the 2K rebate but if he does the installers will have to bring their prices back down 50% where they were before the 2K rebate came in so maybe it will still cost the same........sorry to rave on.

[richiev8]

Hi, agreed, Just bought a 99 WH LS1 with 110km service history, Leather, for $8900.....