**Supercharged VT Senator Signature M5 20's Custom Interior** NEW THREAD

[HSVSIG]

Name: Daniel
Age: 20
Model: 1997 HSV Vt Senator Signature 195i
Build no. 040
km's travelled 120,xxx
Colour: Raven Mica
Bodykit: Factory HSV Senator
Wheels: 20" HRS Pegasus
Engine: HSV 195i 5litre + more:dancingna
Engine Mods: Vortech V2 supercharger running 10psi, Bosch green top 42lb injectors, Bosch 044 pump, 2bar map sensor, Turbosmart 1200hp fuel reg
Power: 262.4rwkw on safe tune
Gearbox: Getrag 5 speed Manual, Heavy duty Exedy racing clutch
Diff: 3.91 diff gears, Re-shimmed LSD
Exhaust: Pacemaker Extractors(HPC Coated), twin 2 1/2" Hi flow metal core cats, Twin 2 1/5 Super-cat exhaust , twin 3" stainless tips
Interior: Full HSV Shale leather re-trim in vx senator material with Coulson seats, door inserts retrimmed in shale, shale suede running along doors and under the dash and down beside centre console, gear boot and handbrake lever trimmed in shale leather, HSV Signature Floormats..
Stereo: DEH P1Y pioneer head unit, pioneer yellowcone 6" 250w splits, pioneer yellowcone 6" 260w 2 ways, Pioneer yellowcone 6" 225w 2 ways, Audiobahn A8000T Mono, Pioneer 4ch, Pioneer 2 ch Amps. 2x 400rms 12" Audiobahn Flame subs, Aeropro Capacitor, Stinger accessories(RCA's, Power Splitters...)
Suspension: Standard HSV front shocks with SL king springs and Pedders rear shocks with SSL kings
Other mods: Custom Plates [HSV.SIG], Stainless Steel HSV Door sill plates, Autometer 2 1/16 cobalt oil pressure and volt gauges, Custom boot install, smoothed and resprayed engine and rocker covers with new badges fitted.
Cost: its up to about 50k so far including purchase...
Contacts: Pakenham Automotive, Tire Plus Pakenham, Autobarn Narre Warren, Exhaust Plus Pakenham, Finecut upholstry.
Future Mods: Starr Performance intake, mild blower cam, KAAZ LSD and front mount intercooler
Hope you all like, Cheers

hey all i know its not an ls1 but i thought id post up anyways as a few of my mates have them and are on this forum lol, i cant work out how to post pics but.. hmmmz

when i work out how to post pics i will get some up..

[vyc4b]

Mandingo:worthless:I had to. lol

[HSVSIG]

lol i cant put pics up yet :(

[TommyVTss]

is that a stock motor? very healthy power for a 5 litre with stock intake well done!
is this car running maffless?

caint wait to see pics

cheers tom

[HSVSIG]

is that a stock motor? very healthy power for a 5 litre with stock intake well done!
is this car running maffless?

caint wait to see pics

cheers tom

yeh mate thats a stock engine, it made 165rwkw before the blower and exhuast, yeh its maffless now after HP-F tuned it with the blower on it..
its in getting the cooler done now.. hoping for an extra 20rwkw+ after the cooler.. 13 psi is also an option.. i want 300rwkw

[Tecca]

Man that sounds of its head!!!! cant wait for the pics!!! and being a 20 year old bloke :confused: lucky b*stard haha, nice job mate.:bow:

[HSVSIG]

lol cheers mate, will get pics up as soon as i can

[TommyVTss]

hey mate i was going to go a turbo setup on mine already have cam gears exhaust cai so this may suit me more.

whats a ball park figure cost wise if you dont mind me asking?


cheers tom

[HSVSIG]

turbo would cost more mate, plus i dunno how much boost you could run on a stock motor with the turbo being efficiant. i been told a motor would need to be built.. you would need turbo manifolds so your headers would be useless, along with your cai and cam may not work to well either..

[sixlta]

mate if ya want to get a pic up, email me and i will post for ya, or drop in tomorrow and ill get a few pics, :)

[TommyVTss]

i have asked and my cam is boost friendly! yeah sc or stroker def the better options! would i be looking around the 7 k for fuel and sc if so its about par with a stroker.

cheers tom

[HSVSIG]

i have asked and my cam is boost friendly! yeah sc or stroker def the better options! would i be looking around the 7 k for fuel and sc if so its about par with a stroker.

cheers tom

for that money you will get better bang out of a supercharger, but the the other components may break.. etc gearbox diff..


mate if ya want to get a pic up, email me and i will post for ya, or drop in tomorrow and ill get a few pics, :)

cheers mate, car is in getting the intercooler done at the moment, should have it back by mid next week.. i have some good pics up on street commodores in the my ride section.. maybe you could save them to your comp and post them here???

[sixlta]

pics of the beast, Enjoy:)http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii150/Sixlta/1.jpg
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[TommyVTss]

thta looks SWEET mate nice ride!

tom

[Tecca]

woooow just like i expected! AMAZING RIDE!!!!! great job dude!:bow:

[ACUZED]

20 and still on p's??? but mate that is so clean its incredible now that is one tidy unit... everthyin complements everythin else its definatly a keeper... those rims a definatly somethin else first time i seen a set like those very nice....

[thnk_again]

thats a awsome car dude very neat

[OUTAtheBloo]

Nice clean ride, not over the top.

Congrats

Dan

[iloveholden]

Looks great mate well done and yes not over the top

[VZ_V8]

i like everything about that car... looks really tidy and as most have said its not over the top, wheels looks awesome and i love the interior, especially since you havent done everything white including steering wheel and dash etc which a few seem to do. Awesome job mate!

[macca33]

Good to see you over here Daniel. Your rig is looking very good as per usual. Keep us all informed regarding the intercooler. See ya in a bit over a week mate.

Cheers,

Macca

[juicen]

Those seats look good enough to sleep in!!!

And those rims are hot hot hot!

[monarocv804]

Wow !!!!!!!

[ls1ozstyle]

Hey there youngn, I love it. Nice and stylish like a senator is supposed to be (with impressive power to match). Well done

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[S2VYSS]

Sweet looking car mate. The rims suit the car a treat

[madazz]

hey mate good to see your on here now. pics dont do this car justice people it looks mint in person. goes alright to lol

[throttlehappy]

that looks great
those rims are awesome, perfect match!

[GF81]

That's a bloody awesome looking Senator. Rims really suit it well and the interior and engine bay look very neat.
More importantly I bet it's brilliant to drive with that combo. :thumbsup:

[LS1Grange]

beautiful just beautiful.

Those rims really suit it too and the interior rocks.

nice piece of machinery mate.

[Evman]

If that was my car those seats would be a lovely shade of grease and oil...:confused:

[HSVSIG]

Cheers for all your comments guys.. i went in today and seen the progress on the cooler.. i couldnt be happier it looks unreal.. cant wait to get it back to see how much i can notice the difference.. im also thinking about going for 13psi

[vyc4b]

I like the look of the pipework in that pic ya sent me Dingo.........
how long are ya looking for installation mate........

[HSVSIG]

cooler all done, havent run it up yet, its lost a bit of bosst but feels stronger.. bring on more boost

[BLN215]

It's looking fantastic mate but you allready know how i feel about this beast.
They feel so much better with the cooler hooked up hey,i reckon 13psi now will have it moving really quick.Just tune it on the safe side there's nothing worse than the initial feeling of blowing your donk to bits and knowing your bank accounts going to be blown to bits too:confused:

[HSVSIG]

lol yeh so true mate, hopefully 13psi will wake it up enough to not get depressed everytime i go out with a crew of ls1's lol

[BLN215]

lol yeh so true mate, hopefully 13psi will wake it up enough to not get depressed everytime i go out with a crew of ls1's lol

Im sure it gives them a shake up nowadays.:bow:
Whens it going in for final tuning?

[HSVSIG]

not sure yet mate, just gotta get the pulley for it, fix up a few things then put it back in to be done...

[VTSSDUDE]

That's an awesome ride. Very neat and tidy and not over the top. Well done mate. All the best with it.

[HSVSIG]

Well its finally happened guys, something has given away...
pretty sure its a head gasket.. so time to pull it apart and fix it properly.. good set of head gaskets (kimetics or something lol was gonna use copper but told these are better), upgrade to head studs, while its apart i will do custom grind roller camshaft, valve springs, collets, retainers, 80thou hardened pushrods, double row timing chain, roller rockers, up boost to around 11-12psi and re-tune... was quoted between $3800 and $5000 to have it all done drive in drive out just depending on what condition the heads are in etc
was told that the lifters will not need to be replaced as they are roller and they should still be good.. so hopefully they are coz there expensive little buggers for the rollers lol

[PBoB]

While you've got it apart mate, you wanna reload the photos cos they appear to be gone :confused: an I was looking forward to seeing it :lol:

[HSVSIG]

im taking it in on monday to find out exactly what the problem is, doing a comp test and a leak down test..

[BLN215]

Bugger mate thats no good,hopefully for your sake (money wise) its only a gasket.If not atleast you can build a toughy for her and get her going how you really want to.:)

[HSVSIG]

UPDATE: ok so while it was apart we put in a custom grind crow cam, Double row timing chain, hardened 80thou pushrods, crane double valve springs, crane collets and retainers, crane roller rockers, ARP head studs, Cometic Head Gaskets, heads were machined for teflon valve stem seals, machined for bigger valve springs also a new exedy HD clutch, new gaskets and welsh plugs all through, Romac Harmonic Balancer.. was tuned again at HP-F and made 295.4rwkw in 31degree heat, then had it on the dyno a few days later in 20degree heat and made 316.2rwkw..

[macca33]

Bewdiful mate. Well, the customary thing is to post up a dyno sheet and a nice video - get cracking son!!!

Cheers and well done mate,

Macca

[HSVSIG]

ok i will get the dyno sheet up and i will get a vid asap

[glen_56]

Nice, making some good power now. What boost are you running?

[02vxss]

Really well done mate, certainly one of the nicest cars getting around, and making great pwr now for a 5L as well. Great stuff!

[HSVSIG]

cheers guys, its running 9psi

just fixing a few little bits and peices today and going to give it another run on the dyno..

[ovt55]

mate sounds like a good cars cant wait 2 c the pics

[grantsgto]

hey man good to see the bloer came up nice!!!! seats are looking hot 2!
what else you got in mind for the senator?

[HSVSIG]

cheers mate, just build a solid bottom end for it for relaibilty then maybe pump some more boost, other than that get some paint work done and just clean it up heaps

[grantsgto]

have you thought about the factry stroker bottom end?
i had a standard vr 215 with a v2 blower made 323rwkw
just some food for thought

who did the work for you?

[HSVSIG]

pakenham automotive done the work, HP-F tuned it.. made 318rwkw with standard bottom end, but i wanna keep the vt block coz of the factory roller cam set up.. would have to find a 220i vt motor

[grantsgto]

wow 318 is impressive for a 195!!!!!!

how long did it take to tune it?
are they pricey?
i used another company, i wont name, but they charged like wounded bulls!

[SLE355]

Saw your car out the front of PA today, love them wheels on it :)

[anto]

just supercharged my ute and got 419.8rwkw. The latest Harrop 2.3l.....
How do we put pictures on here?

[BLOOWR]

those wheels are nice as, great choice

[HSVSIG]

cheers guys, yeh the wheels look good, just waiting till i see them everywhere.. seems to happen when people like wheels lol

[g00gz]

insert "nice wheels' comment here. bet your sick of hearing that though!

[HSVSIG]

lol na its always good to hear someone likes my cra, but i just hope i dont see the wheels on every second commy lol.
im going to get some pics this weekend before the VSS cruise, and will get a pic of the pak auto dyno sheet and the HP-F dyno sheet.. just been cleaning it up all weekend and all this week, hiding some wiring, ignition module etc.. trying to get it looking mint for the cruise on sat night..

[HSVSIG]

hey guys havent been on for a while, will try and get some new pics up soon..

[TimmyG]

Yes please do m8 as the original pics are not working anymore so i havent seen the beast yet lol.
Cheers
Tim

[michaels1v8]

sounds like a damn nice car

Hopefully some new pics will be up soon.

[HSVSIG]

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new pics up :)

[.:TRIXTR:.]

god i love this car! those new pics dont work hook us up with some eye candy!

[6LS2]

I see your car heaps mate, on the hwy.

Saw you in a pack, 2 Typhoons ( FKMF6 and another blue 1 ) a Blue WRX, and a few other holdens..

Last Friday I was in an orange XR6T, with my L's up hehe =) Dont know if you saw me, I was next to you for a while.

Your car looks awesome.

[.:TRIXTR:.]

ahh the pics work now but they dont do it justice at all.. good work champ keep it up

[tiga_mica_vu_ss]

sweet ride

[nathan383]

Hey mate are you still looking for a Kazz diff??

Cheers nate

[MANHYPERSS]

Dont know but i am, What ratio and how much? :-)

[nathan383]

3.9 and would be after about $3500 coming out of a VT SS

[HSVSIG]

cheers for the comments guys, yeh i remember the xr6 with L's lol, them other typhoons that were there are damn fast, lol blown 5ls are slow for modern day standards

still waiting to be validated :P

[HSVSIG]

havent been on for ages, just thought id jump on and say hi lol :)

[macca33]

Good to see you haven't dropped off a cliff face mate. Have to catch up soon.

Macca

[HSVSIG]

for sure mate, havent found any cliffs yet lol

[Tecca]

G'day again mate :), hows the car keeping up??? any more pics:D???