My 2003 Holden VY SS

Well hello there,

Just thought i would finally sit down and share my project car, this may take me a while!

First of all a little about me.
I am a technician at a Holden dealership, if you arent sure what “Holden” is, its an Australian brand of GM we’ve made many nice cars up until a few months ago when we stopped production in Australia due to financial reasons (Australia no longer builds any cars..RIP)

So here’s my project

Vehicle: Holden VY SS
Colour: Phantom black
Engine: 5.7L V8 (LS1)
Transmission: T56 6-speed manual
KMS: 94,000

What have i done to this car?
Jeez where do i start

MODS
-Sound system
-JL C2 Front splits
-JL C2 Rear Coaxles
-Kicker 12″ Comp R sub
-Alpine ILX-007E Headunit
-KICKER KX8005 Amp powering the sub and speakers

Driveline
-Ripshifter (short throw shifter)
-Heavy duty XTREME Half button half ceramic clutch
-3.9 Ratio trutrac locker LSD Differential

Wheels/Tyres
-Holden VE SSV 19″ rims bored out to fit VY
-245/35/19 Pirelli P1’s

Brakes
-Brembo pads
-Brembo rotors
-Sprayed calipers yellow… so i stop faster

Interior
– Led Globes
– Installed footwell lights

Suspension
– Monroe GT shortened and stiffened shocks all round
– Lowered springs on the front
– AirRide suspension on the rear
– AirRide Tank
– Vair Compressor
– VU2 electronic solonoid valves
– All 3/8 Line
– SLAMD bolt in bags
– All bushes throughout entire car have been replaced by heavy duty Nolathane bushes

Exterior
-Purple heat proof windscreen installed
-Phillips Diamond vision headlight and fog light globes
-Led Parkers
-Led number plate lights
-Senator spoiler painted and installed
-VZ commodore tail lights installed
-20% window tint

Exhaust
-4 into 1 pacemaker extractors going into 3″collectors
-Twin high flow Cats
-Twin 2.5″ stainless steel exhaust with twin center CSV mufflers going into twin rear hot dogs

Engine
-Otr and exhaust
-Tuned 242RWKW (for now) ((Thats about 324RWHP for you Americans))

Maintenance
-Replaced Waterpump
-Replaced Heater tap
-Replaced all coolant hoses
-Replaced all bushes
-Replaced all drivebelts
-Replaced all idlers to metal heavy duty kind
-Had bonnet, front bar and both front fenders resprayed due to stone chips
-Replaced Battery
-Replaced Bonnet Struts
-Replaced Key
-Replaced RHF door lock actuator

MISC
-Fire extinguisher for track days
-Dash cam for street days

Well i hope i havent forgetten anything but i bet you i have, New number plates should arrive tomorrow which im pretty stoked about

Older video of the exhaust note:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XEgSw6aGrs[/video]

Video of the rear Airide doing its thing
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pKS3xyyUbU[/video]

Quick little walk around
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJhoOs3YKt0[/video]

Dyno Run
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8zB16rcT4[/video]

Oh did i mention im also a photographer