So I have been hard at work putting this thing back together.
It has now been painted Poison Ivy green, which was a colour on our local VE Holden Commodores (AKA Pontiac G8 GXP). I also had the interior trimmed in white, with black carpet and a black textured powdercoated dash.
The wheels are 17x8/17x9in and custom-made for me, riffing on an old 3-piece racing wheel from the early 1970s here in Australia called a "Mawer". The biggest change, however, is the supercharged iron LS under the bonnet, Highes Performance 1000hp-rated 4L80E electronic trans, and built 9inch diff with billet 35-spline axles, Trutrac LSD, Strange nodular iron centre, Wilwood discs and 1350 uni.
I built the fuel system using Raceworks gear, including an under car surge tank, twin external pumps (PWM-controlled) -10 feed and -8 return lines, 1500cc injectors, and flex-fuel to run regular gas or E85. I also built the exhaust system using twin 3in oval exhaust from Vibrant Performance, with two cats and four mufflers.
To keep the engine cool I carved out the stock radiator support panel and fitted the big radiator out of a late-model Holden VF HSV GTS (AKA a factory supercharged Chevy SS). It now sits further forward than where the stock radiator sat, and I squeezed late model air conditioning condenser in front of it, as well as a thick water:air heat exchanger but that did require me to fabricate a new nosecone support and hood release prop.
The whole car has been rewired so it no longer uses fuses or relays as it now uses a Haltech Nexus R5 and PDM, with a Haltech ic7 colour digital dash and their CAN keypad to control headlights, cruise & traction control, reverse camera, fuel pump and thermo fan overrides, and more.
These are just some pics I had on my phone but the car will appear in an episode of Mighty Car Mods on YouTube soon.
I know it will disappoint some Pontiac fans who prefer standard restoration type cars but I am happy to be labelled a heathen as I'm a hot rodder at heart.
Cheers
Raised up for transport
Here is the heart of the matter - a 403ci stroked LQ4 6L from a Cadillac Escalade. It has a full Texas Speed rotating package, CNC-ported LS3 cylinder heads and a Harrop TVS2650 supercharger (with water:air intercooler).
If you'd like to hear it, here's a sneak peak:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kQy_Xr40rYk