The Group A BT1

Model - 1989 VN BT1 Police pack
Colour - Dulux Absinthe Yellow two pac
Bodykit - SV5000, Group A bonnet bulge
Engine - Pavtek built 355 stroker
Engine Mods - Main stud girdle,10 Degree Machined Valve locks, Brass Welsh Plug kit, 10Degree
Chrome Moly Retainers, HV Super oil pan, Isky 9005 Dual W/dampner springs, Modified oiling circuit, Power Bond Race Balancer, New Oil Pump, Crane Teflon Valve Stem Seals, Arp Main Stud Kit, SS Ferrea inlet and exhaust Valves, Scat Stroker Crankshaft, Scat H-Beam Conrods, Yella Terra Platinum Shaft rockers, Street Solid Camshaft, Crane Roller Lifters(.842"), SRP Forged Pistons, 9 Key Rollmaster Timing chain set, Moly Rings 1/16 1/16 3/16, .080" Chrome Moly Pushrods, HP ACL Main and Big End bearings, Crane Bronze oil pump gear, Grooved lifter bores, Full Race port cylinder heads, Line honed main tunnels, Oil restrictors, Dynamically computer balanced, Group A VN manifold port matched to heads, Oil catch can, CVR electric water pump, AU twin thermo fans, 120 amp alternater, K&N panel filter and custom cai
Power - 523hp at the flywheel
Exhaust -HPC coated Pace Maker 1.75 inch Primary tri Y headers , twin 2.5 inch high flow cats into single 3.5 inch system with straight through muffler and resonator all mandrel bends.
Gearbox - Malwood automotive prepped T56 with GM Motorsports Rip Shifter
Diff - LSD with tightly shimmed 4.11 centre
Brakes - (front) 330mm slotted disks with 4 piston calipers (rear) crosdrilled and slotted disks standard calipers
Suspension - 30mm front sway bar, 20mm rear sway bar, King springs, pedders struts, Whiteline strut brace, new bushes all round
Wheels/Tyres - Simmons FR17 by 8inch with 235/45 Toyo Trampio tyres
Interior - Retrimmed black vinyl door skins with yellow inserts, Black vinyl roof lining, everything else painted black to match, Cobra race seats with custom sheep skins, oil pressure and vacuum gauge mounted under head deck, VY SS gear stick boot and knob, Momo millenium stearing wheel, level 3 dash with trip computor, Monza window winders, Speco shift light.
Other Mods - Tinted windows, tinted tail lights
Stereo - JVC mp3 head deck, Stinger cabling, Eclipse 4way amps X2 (one for subs one for speakers) Pioneer 6.5inch 2 ways, Pioneer 6x9's, Eclipse 12inch Subs in carpeted box, MB Quart capacitor.
Build period - On going
Cost - Too much
Future mods - Get ECU and Tune, Finish interior (Leather and suede seats), Respray, get wheel centres re-painted black,


Hello folks, this is my pride and joy the soon to be reborn Group A BT1 VN commodore.

I've owned it for about 5 or 6 years now and it's been a looong painful expensive but joyful journey to get it to where it is today. I've suffered being T boned by a non insured red light running pensioner, a destroyed gearbox, and lastly a lunched engine but what doesn't kill it only makes it stronger. I still have many more plans for her in the pipeline, time and funds permitting. As it stands at the moment all that awaits it's impending re-birth is a new ecu, dyno tune and have the surge tank and fuel pump installed, this will be happening this month hopefully.

when is this thing going to be back on the road??

Hopefully in a few weeks tops. Will be booking ecu and tune on monday, hopefully they aren't that backed up with work.

Is anyone else seeing pics with chopped off right hand side?

yeah i think there may be something i need to change. ill have a bo-peep

actually i just had a look, and there is nothing i can change that will stop it. i think you need to resize your pics to 800x800, that works for me, doesnt chop anything off

so, with the new motor......technicaly the "group A" motor is gone yeah?

thus making it a BT1, with a new motor......sv5000, and a Group A bonnet bulge?????

this thing is just full of mongrel.

unlike other cars on here cough cough

no my car is a thoroughbred

AFGHANGTi wrote:so, with the new motor......technicaly the "group A" motor is gone yeah?

thus making it a BT1, with a new motor......sv5000, and a Group A bonnet bulge?????

Well apon removal it was discovered that it never was a group A bottom end anyway. But it still has the Group A twin throttles to justify the bonnet bulge so still GRPABT1, just better .

well it will be when it is back on the road......

so name change???

BT1WITHTWINTHROTTLES

Yeah as soon as you change yours to GTIWITHCULTUSBADGE.

Car is booked in for tune at the end of the month.

its CULTUS josh.....CULTUS

I had to resize those pics to 640X480 Rhys, pretty small.

Bought a new fire extinguisher the other day to replace my under charged one I've had for years. Shiny chrome one from a mans toy shop for $70

Took some decent interior shots too.

What? No electric windows??? Not bad though merrick.

Meh electric windows weren't on the tax payer bill for cop cars back in 1989 fortunately. That said I don't like em and don't want em, I had a electric everything mazda 929 before this and every bloody window stuffed up. Power windows add weight too

convienence to weight ratio is not good though

Nah, with our weather and no air con the windows are down 99% of the time when I drive anyway, not constantly up and down.

Going in to get fuel system, ecu and tune this morning. Should have it back wednesday arvo hopefull

bout time.......

So does this mean I expect a phone call wednesday afternoon?

saying that it is broken again??