Hold(en) my beer - Monaro, Ute and Commodore content
Discussion
So continuing the 'halve the commute, double the consumption' logic that caused this thread:
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
It's probably time to actually give the commUTEr its own thread. To summarise the other one, 45mpg V70 D5 daily duties taken on by Prodrive Brera V6.
2 months and around 2,000 miles in, a post appears in the Holden bits for sale facebook group of a partially JPS liveried Ute complete with spare set of wheels and a ute tent.
I commented on it largely saying "I appear to have bought the wrong daily, stupid question but I don't suppose you're interested in a Brera..."
Seller replied "That is a stupid question... what sort of Brera?"
Long story short, we met for a couple of beers to discuss poor car buying decisions, drove each car and agreed to just swap
This was the Sunday before Le Mans, so really perfectly timed as it meant I didn't have to worry about getting my Monaro running sweetly after the big cam install I'd just finished.
So the Alfa's 23mpg for 260bhp has now been replaced with 21mpg for 390bhp (albeit via a slushbox)
There were a wide array of additional stickers and tape to finish the livery, so this was done ahead of Le Mans, the ute tent worked flawlessly, a spare pair of rears were taken to France and sent directly to hell, and all in it has worked as well as you could hope.
I still haven't managed to bring myself to remove the stickers.
Being that it's largely the same interior as the Monaro it's all very familiar, it's supremely comfortable, rather droney with what I assume isn't the original exhaust, the stereo is comically good considering there's nowhere to put any speakers, it makes excellent grandstand seating for 6 people, and is just so much more 'fun' than the (admittedly gorgeous) Brera was.
It has a very playful handling balance, although the LSD is somewhat worn out so it can be guilty of only spinning up an inside wheel on occasion which is a little uncouth.
The slushbox is nice for commute traffic, but it wouldn't be my first choice. As it's a Ute and can carry spare tyres, my ultimate plan has always been to have a supercharged Ute as a 'silly' car. Unfortunately the 4L60E behind the LS1 isn't up to that in stock form, and I'm not interested in spending money improving a gearbox I don't want, so the supercharger will have to wait.
Long term plan is ultimately to replace Sheila (the Monaro is called Bruce, the Ute has a smaller engine and auto box so...Sheila) with a manual equivalent, but for now I'm just having a great time enjoying the simple 'charm' of another Holden product. It has also implanted the idea that the only sensible thing to replace the V70 with is a Commodore estate (manual, 6 litre, obviously) but that would have to be imported from Aus, so not in the near future!
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
It's probably time to actually give the commUTEr its own thread. To summarise the other one, 45mpg V70 D5 daily duties taken on by Prodrive Brera V6.
2 months and around 2,000 miles in, a post appears in the Holden bits for sale facebook group of a partially JPS liveried Ute complete with spare set of wheels and a ute tent.
I commented on it largely saying "I appear to have bought the wrong daily, stupid question but I don't suppose you're interested in a Brera..."
Seller replied "That is a stupid question... what sort of Brera?"
Long story short, we met for a couple of beers to discuss poor car buying decisions, drove each car and agreed to just swap
This was the Sunday before Le Mans, so really perfectly timed as it meant I didn't have to worry about getting my Monaro running sweetly after the big cam install I'd just finished.So the Alfa's 23mpg for 260bhp has now been replaced with 21mpg for 390bhp (albeit via a slushbox)
There were a wide array of additional stickers and tape to finish the livery, so this was done ahead of Le Mans, the ute tent worked flawlessly, a spare pair of rears were taken to France and sent directly to hell, and all in it has worked as well as you could hope.
I still haven't managed to bring myself to remove the stickers.
Being that it's largely the same interior as the Monaro it's all very familiar, it's supremely comfortable, rather droney with what I assume isn't the original exhaust, the stereo is comically good considering there's nowhere to put any speakers, it makes excellent grandstand seating for 6 people, and is just so much more 'fun' than the (admittedly gorgeous) Brera was.
It has a very playful handling balance, although the LSD is somewhat worn out so it can be guilty of only spinning up an inside wheel on occasion which is a little uncouth.
The slushbox is nice for commute traffic, but it wouldn't be my first choice. As it's a Ute and can carry spare tyres, my ultimate plan has always been to have a supercharged Ute as a 'silly' car. Unfortunately the 4L60E behind the LS1 isn't up to that in stock form, and I'm not interested in spending money improving a gearbox I don't want, so the supercharger will have to wait.
Long term plan is ultimately to replace Sheila (the Monaro is called Bruce, the Ute has a smaller engine and auto box so...Sheila) with a manual equivalent, but for now I'm just having a great time enjoying the simple 'charm' of another Holden product. It has also implanted the idea that the only sensible thing to replace the V70 with is a Commodore estate (manual, 6 litre, obviously) but that would have to be imported from Aus, so not in the near future!
Perfect daily. I saw the le mans video incidentally. I have a vt2 hsv .
Those cone diffs are rubbish, In fact mine had broken cones. I went with a kaaz ,Im not sure on the torsens, I need a proper lock up.
Perhaps put this in it ….
https://www.tuffcarparts.com.au/vt-vx-vy-vz-v8-hol...
Those cone diffs are rubbish, In fact mine had broken cones. I went with a kaaz ,Im not sure on the torsens, I need a proper lock up.
Perhaps put this in it ….
https://www.tuffcarparts.com.au/vt-vx-vy-vz-v8-hol...
fred bloggs said:
Perfect daily. I saw the le mans video incidentally. I have a vt2 hsv .
Those cone diffs are rubbish, In fact mine had broken cones. I went with a kaaz ,Im not sure on the torsens, I need a proper lock up.
Perhaps put this in it ….
https://www.tuffcarparts.com.au/vt-vx-vy-vz-v8-hol...
I have a truetrac in the Monaro which works really well (albeit slightly clunky)Those cone diffs are rubbish, In fact mine had broken cones. I went with a kaaz ,Im not sure on the torsens, I need a proper lock up.
Perhaps put this in it ….
https://www.tuffcarparts.com.au/vt-vx-vy-vz-v8-hol...
If man maths comes in to play, I may put a wavetrac in the Monaro and swap the truetrac into the ute...
Needless to say Sheila was in full bogan mode at Le Mans
As she seems to be slightly quicker than she feels, tomorrow some friends and I are popping over to Santa Pod to see how she goes.
I'm guessing a low 14 at about 100, feel free to guess amongst yourselves, I shall attempt to update the thread although signal at the Pod is scant at best
Epic bogunning!
The JPS livery is a cool touch and will wind up people nicely, and I couldn't work out what was wrong with it - it didn't look right although the font is right, the kerning looks wrong.
Always wondered how these cars held up in the salt, as Australian winters are pretty benign and outside the few hills in NSW / VIC / TAS then I don't think it freezes much at all.
The JPS livery is a cool touch and will wind up people nicely, and I couldn't work out what was wrong with it - it didn't look right although the font is right, the kerning looks wrong.
Always wondered how these cars held up in the salt, as Australian winters are pretty benign and outside the few hills in NSW / VIC / TAS then I don't think it freezes much at all.
https://youtu.be/9enkIEL-A0A
https://youtu.be/czEtOKs8EvA
Bringing a little touch of 'straya to Le Mans
In the pairing lanes, weather looks... British.
https://youtu.be/czEtOKs8EvA
Bringing a little touch of 'straya to Le Mans
In the pairing lanes, weather looks... British.
I have 2 opinions and a question.
1st opinion is that i would remove the tabbaco sponsorship, due to my own hatred of tabbaco companies.
2nd opinion. I love the Ute. It's great.
Question.
I own an omega. How much omega is in its make up.
I'm thinking the doors are identical and m a bye the front screen
1st opinion is that i would remove the tabbaco sponsorship, due to my own hatred of tabbaco companies.
2nd opinion. I love the Ute. It's great.
Question.
I own an omega. How much omega is in its make up.
I'm thinking the doors are identical and m a bye the front screen
Pit Pony said:
I have 2 opinions and a question.
1st opinion is that i would remove the tabbaco sponsorship, due to my own hatred of tabbaco companies.
2nd opinion. I love the Ute. It's great.
Question.
I own an omega. How much omega is in its make up.
I'm thinking the doors are identical and m a bye the front screen
Certainly the door handles are the same, except the Omega ones are quality metal, the Monaro are also the same (but also plastic). 1st opinion is that i would remove the tabbaco sponsorship, due to my own hatred of tabbaco companies.
2nd opinion. I love the Ute. It's great.
Question.
I own an omega. How much omega is in its make up.
I'm thinking the doors are identical and m a bye the front screen
I think the door window glass may be the same as well, there are doubtless a fair few shared components and the rear of the estate is very similar to the Commodore.
Yeah tobacco companies are hardly to be celebrated but personally it doesn't bother me enough to remove it, it's quite clearly a bit of fun and to be fair, it worked well with the tyre smoking 😂
Sat in the car in the rain, standard Santa Pod!
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