Toms Empire Red VR V6 [EMPIR3]

Name: Tom
Model: 1993 VR V6
Exterior: Metallic Empire Red, calais grille stripped back to crome, VT orange oval indicators, debadged, colour coded rear garnish, SS front bar/bezels, Chrome window surrounds
Interior: VN Newport Seats
Wheels: 18" BSA 339s. Firestone 235/40/18s
Exhaust: advance extractors, magnaflow high flow cat, lukey 8x4" glasspack, Twin 2.5" dump pipes, 2.5" piping... See More
Suspension: King springs superlows, Monroe GT Sports shocks and struts, nolathane heavy duty link pins, nolathane adjustable strut brace, Pedders Adjustable Panhard Rod.
Brakes: Fronts DBA Street series slotted rotors, Bendix CT Stealth pads. Rear standard GM pads and rotors. Optional factory ABS
Trans & Diff: Stock 4speed Electronic Auto
Under the Bonnet: Stock Buick 3800cc V6, VS Super6 Cold Air Induction, Lukey performance air filter, Bosch Super Spark Plugs, Top gun 8mm Max 300 leads, Greenfoam tune
Audio: Kenwood 50x4 MP3/Ipod Headunit, 4x Soundstream 180w 6.5", Soundstream 260w amp, Digital designs 512a 300W sub
Power: 112.8rwkw last tested, 118-120rwkw estimated.

Ahh....the "Maltese Commodore" has graced us with his presence.......great to see ya over here Tom.......lookin forward to catchin up next weekend buddy...Andy

Haha andy. I wanted to be the Maltese Falcon, but couldnt bring myself to drive a heap of shit lol

-ToM- wrote:

Haha andy. I wanted to be the Maltese Falcon, but couldnt bring myself to drive a heap of shit lol

BAHAHA GOLD !!!!!!

Hi tom its josh how are you mate how long you been member have to catch up if you get time at some stage again

hey josh, had the account for a while but hadnt logged in for a while

Hi Tom very nice looking VR you got there matey, Very clean and tidy. Love the colour. Hopefully will see you out next weekend for the cruise with the 2 clubs. Nice of you to come to the Forum and show us ya ride. Good on ya

cheers mate. Figured id pop on the forums and have a look around. We are all interested in the same thing after all. Club politics dont interest me

Some pics of the panhard rod and suspension clearances. As you can see theres not a whole lot of play between the suspension arm and the bump stops. Would shortening\replacing with shorter bumpstops make the ride a bit softer at all?

Would really only make a difference if it is actually bottoming out. Possibly a softer shocker would be 1 possible solution?

Smaller bumpstops would just result in tyres scrubbing inside the guards


cheers

doesnt bottom out so its all good i guess. I have no idea how much suspension travel there actually is, and/or if a softer shock would result in bottoming out.

I'm pretty sure monroe do a shock that has extra cushioning at the end of the stroke, these were designed to give a smoother ride when running superlows as the shockers spend most of their time nearly closed anyway


I would suggest a trip to a suspension specialist, they should be able to give you the right answer for your setup and probably not charge ya for the info


good luck with it

cheers

Not much new.

Roof lining was fixed for no charge.

Cars going in thursday for all new window moulds, window mechanisms and sliding lugs on the drivers door.

The windows stuck up at the moment as the faulty window mould pushed the window off track and snapped something inside

well, the car went in to see george today, and after staying back until 7pm to finish it, a new window regulator and some replacement window moulds went into the drivers side door. I didnt really realise how expensive that **** is.

I also gave the car a rinse off and a chamois down on the way home, and the quality of the autoglym 4 weeks after it was applied is instantly apparent.

They arent the best pics, and a couple seem to have corrupted while uploading

Tom I love your vr, its simple, classy & tasteful! well done!! I dont think these cars need body kits they look tough without them!

And it's got a sports exhaust on it that ACTUALLY sounds good on a V6 !!!!!

Thanks guys,

Haha Andy, after spending $1400 on a single pipe exhaust system, id sure hope so

Hi ya tom, the car is looking very nice mate

some boredom shots

Hi tom looking good lol mite come around after my two weeks work to work some ideas out with you for my vr mate if ok

allways ok mate

Hey Tom not really a VR VS Fan but mate love the look of yours the Colour is sweet and the wheels set it off perfectly. And it gleams nicely.

new brakes, nothing special. DBA Street series slotted rotors and Bendix CT stealth pads.