wh Satesman soon to be twin turboed

by **cranking** » December 6th, 2009, 7:59 pm

After selling my boosted eb I needed a new car so yer, I know its a holden but I got it for a decent price, its a WH STATESMAN INTERNATIONAL LS1 auto. I've driven a few ls1`s and unlike most of them this one actually has low down torque it currently has the following mods:

SS Inductions 78mm billet throttle body
SS Inductions Growler cold air intake
Mafless tune done, approx 330kw
Pacemaker extractors
Pacemaker hi-flow 2.5" cats
Yella Terra hi-ratio roller rockers
Underdriven pulley set 25%
Twin 2.5" sports exhaust
Lowered with full Pedders Sportsryder suspension
Nolathane bushes throughout
camber kit front and rear
Rear guards have been rolled
Harrop brake upgrade which includes 343mm front and 332mm rear discs
18" Alloys
3.46:1 LSD fitted (std is 3.08)
Transmission remapped(upshifts and downshifts quicker and firmer)

After only having the car for 2 days this is what someone at work did after hitting it with there truck, all good but as it get fixed in a week.

planned mods are:
3.9 lsd
3700 stall converter
transmission cooler
w/line 30mm front and 24 mm rear sway bars both adjustable
and maybe a cam in a few months and hopefully get 280-300rwkw if I can be bothered.
Change the wheels as I think these ones are fugly
and take the crap chev badges off

by **private9** » December 6th, 2009, 8:04 pm

Wow, that scrubbed up clean as!

by **nstg8a** » December 6th, 2009, 8:10 pm

not bad at all, dont mind those rims either, nice and subtle.

i like the way the rear seats are shaped like two buckets

by **NUT347** » December 6th, 2009, 8:15 pm

Nice stato man.

Should be fun with a big dirty stall.

by **cranking** » December 6th, 2009, 8:15 pm

Thanx mate, the rear seats are actually more comfortable then the front. As for the rims as I'm a p-plater I want something more standard looking like the statesman international 17's but they want fit under my brakes.

by **cranking** » December 6th, 2009, 8:29 pm

NUT347 wrote:Nice stato man.

Should be fun with a big dirty stall.

Thanx mate, I'm only going for a big one cause I'll probably do a cam in it later

by **vegabass** » December 7th, 2009, 8:29 am

I like the wheels. Nice list of mods too. :thumbsup:

by **nr2877** » December 7th, 2009, 4:11 pm

+1 for removing chev badges

by **cranking** » December 7th, 2009, 4:21 pm

definitely, retards who do that stuff annoy me.

by **Jake** » December 7th, 2009, 4:32 pm

Looks mint :cool:

by **jazza312** » December 7th, 2009, 5:32 pm

i dont wanna say it but that stato looks great. good work.

by **cranking** » December 7th, 2009, 5:42 pm

thanx mate

by **Kyle the ED4LTR** » December 7th, 2009, 6:31 pm

I've always loved the WH Statesmans, nice stuff man :good:

by **SLY5LT** » December 7th, 2009, 10:38 pm

i've seen that car before? did you get it off a guy in greensborough by chance ?

by **cranking** » December 8th, 2009, 8:02 am

Yer i did mate his name was Keir

by **bushman** » December 8th, 2009, 10:26 am

Looks the goods man nice buy, always like the look of WH statesmans even if they are a glorified commonwhore. i like those rims it could maybe be a touch lower though. be prepared for absolutly no fuel economy with 3.9's 3700 stally and i big cam. one of my mates did that and he was getting about 370km out of a tank after he had all the go gear done

by **NL_CONCORDE** » December 8th, 2009, 11:18 am

Very nice the wheels look like a BMW M6 item good luck with the build

by **cranking** » December 8th, 2009, 11:30 am

I'd be lucky if i get 370km out of a tank curently, I was hoping at best may be 300km city driving with all the work done :beg:

by **SLY5LT** » December 8th, 2009, 11:46 am

cranking wrote:Yer i did mate his name was Keir

that's my old neighbor, he has a bad habbit of spending alot of cash on a car & selling it cheap....
due to not being able to afford to run it :roll:

.......you should've got a pretty good deal

he's now got a mazda mx5 convertable (the first gen) he did have a laser turbo as well (project car),
but i think he got rid of that as well.

by **cranking** » December 8th, 2009, 12:02 pm

He obviously goes through a few cars, I only got this of him about 2 1/2 weeks ago

by **SLY5LT** » December 8th, 2009, 12:08 pm

he must've just got the mx5 ? .....as he was working on it when i picked my bro up to go the drags last friday night,
my bro filled me in on the sale etc.
he used to have a dual 3" exhaust on it ......it made more power but he said it was to loud :shock:

good luck with the car mate !

cheers steve.k.

by **cranking** » December 8th, 2009, 1:03 pm

Thanx mate.

by **cranking** » December 23rd, 2009, 9:25 am

Update, I've just put a deposit on a twin turbo kit by AVO so that should be installed by the end of January.

The kit includes:
Twin GT30/37 Ball Bearing R Type Turbochargers
AVO Cast Manifolds
AVO High Temp Turbo Cast Outlets
AVO Large Bar & Plate Front Mount Intercooler
Twin AVO Power Air Filters
AVO Racing Blow-off Valve
AVO High-Temp studs and all necessary hoses, clamps, and fittings
Stainless Steel Braided oil lines and water lines.
AVO Aluminum IC Piping and Silicone joints
Siemens 660cc Fuel Injectors
600hp Fuel Pump.

The tune is gonna be setup for about 380rwkws on about 6 or 7 psi, I only hope the stock auto last a little bit.

by **stav50** » December 23rd, 2009, 9:47 am

FARRKKK, you dont waste any time, this sounds like its gunna be sick, i dont mind these statos, gl with it.

by **cranking** » December 23rd, 2009, 9:51 am

yer I thought about and its gonna cost about 7-8 grand to do a cam, stall and diff gears and all for about 300rwkws and it would be lumpy as ****, so for an extra couple of grand I can get this done and this kit is also on a vx ss manual and its done 600rwkws on 20psi all on a stock bottom end too.

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » December 23rd, 2009, 3:09 pm

bloody hell. that will get the big statsman up and going!

by **cranking** » December 23rd, 2009, 3:27 pm

I think with the power it should do an 11 second qtr fairly easliy which is more then enough on the street.

by **Michael (HYPOEB)** » December 23rd, 2009, 3:30 pm

Who will be fitting and tuning it?

by **cranking** » December 23rd, 2009, 3:33 pm

AVO in Cheltanam, I went around there on Monday to put a deposit on the kit and they seem fairly good and they've fitted this kit about 30 or 40 times so hopefully all goes well.

by **Steady** » December 23rd, 2009, 3:50 pm

AVO stuff looks nice, and they've been around for yonks.
should be a fair monster man, it'll piss in an 11.
be interesting see how long the stock box lasts.

by **cranking** » December 23rd, 2009, 3:58 pm

Yer I've read some good things about them and they seemed like decent people. I've got a guy who will build me a box for a decnet price, but i just want to delay that as much as possible.

by **SLY5LT** » December 23rd, 2009, 4:32 pm

cranking wrote:Update, I've just put a deposit on a twin turbo kit by AVO so that should be installed by the end of January.

The kit includes:
Twin GT30/37 Ball Bearing R Type Turbochargers
AVO Cast Manifolds
AVO High Temp Turbo Cast Outlets
AVO Large Bar & Plate Front Mount Intercooler
Twin AVO Power Air Filters
AVO Racing Blow-off Valve
AVO High-Temp studs and all necessary hoses, clamps, and fittings
Stainless Steel Braided oil lines and water lines.
AVO Aluminum IC Piping and Silicone joints
Siemens 660cc Fuel Injectors
600hp Fuel Pump.

The tune is gonna be setup for about 380rwkws on about 6 or 7 psi, I only hope the stock auto last a little bit.

keir may want to buy it back off you after you put all that gear on it

by **cranking** » December 23rd, 2009, 5:06 pm

no hope, I'll have to much fun with it

by **Troutman** » December 23rd, 2009, 7:07 pm

Well done, nice xmas present for yourself, let us know how it goes! I've considered doing something like that many times, but with my car traction is pissweak even as stock. Stupid IRS...

by **someLS1** » December 23rd, 2009, 7:28 pm

very nice mate... completely unbaised opinion ofcourse!!!... haha looks like u only had it for a bit and have some decent plans... decent car for a p plater too :shock:

by **kocho** » December 23rd, 2009, 7:52 pm

i really like this
even tho i am not a big fan of holdens
good luck with the turbo should be fun when its all done

by **private9** » December 23rd, 2009, 9:14 pm

Steady wrote:AVO stuff looks nice, and they've been around for yonks.
should be a fair monster man, it'll piss in an 11.
be interesting see how long the stock box lasts.

AVO had a kit in their showroom, and it's damn nice quality to be honest. They showed us around their VX demo car as well and that looked great, so hopefully it all goes well.

They were happy to spend well over an hour explaining everything about the kit and install, as well as answering a million questions, so big props there.

Fingers crossed that all goes well with install and tuning.

Trying to talk my brother out of such a high initial power figure, I'm thinking maybe it's a touch too high for a 20 year old ;-)

by **ClassicAU** » December 23rd, 2009, 9:18 pm

I think you guys are putting the kit on the wrong car, should chuck it on the red beast Justin!! Or have you sold that one too!

by **Steady** » December 24th, 2009, 4:54 am

private9 wrote:Fingers crossed that all goes well with install and tuning.

Trying to talk my brother out of such a high initial power figure, I'm thinking maybe it's a touch too high for a 20 year old

I'm sure it will!

haha fukk yeah, bit of power!!!
i for one would have killed myself dead at 20 with that power :lol:

by **cranking** » December 24th, 2009, 7:21 am

Steady wrote:
private9 wrote:Fingers crossed that all goes well with install and tuning.

Trying to talk my brother out of such a high initial power figure, I'm thinking maybe it's a touch too high for a 20 year old

I'm sure it will!

haha fukk yeah, bit of power!!!
i for one would have killed myself dead at 20 with that power

Yer it is bit of power, but I'll just have to get use to it fast.

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